I hired a “life coach” two years ago.
This unexpected investment has undoubtedly been the best decision I have ever made for my personal growth. I feel exponentially more confident in the major areas of my life including my career, health, romantic relationships.
It felt embarrassing to admit because life coaches are notorious for being scam artists. I’d imagine themselves posting motivational quotes on Instagram and not even having their life in order. I also felt weird to share this because hiring a life coach must mean that I wasn’t in a good place in my life, which may have been true, but that’s something you don’t brag about on a first date.
- Why did I hire a life coach?
- How did I choose who to work with?
- How did this experience help me level up my life?
- Why didn’t I work with a therapist?
- How much does life coaching cost?
- What lessons did I learn?
These are all the questions (and more) that I hope to unpack in this piece. I’m writing this (1) to help people who are curious about life coaching for themselves and (2) it got really annoying to repeat myself to every semi-ambitious person who wants to improve their life through professional coaching. So viola — a Medium post — the…
