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have seen celebrities, politicians, even sports figures use more than just one coach. Personal Trainers are coaches on a certain level. People's paradigms are different, the coach's approach may vary but the skills are all the same. Some Coach's may specialize in Wellness, Career Transitions, Emotional Intelligence and even Weight Loss.
Regardless of the specialization, a good coach will bring the best out of you.

A Life Coach is your partner. The coach already knows that you can be, do or have anything you want provided you really want it. People want to succeed but they want it now and don't want to wait. What they usually do is go out on their own and hit a brick walls give up and wallow in mediocrity. A Life Coach whether specialized or not will help you take those obstacles and discard them, get them out of your way and get on with the work,

Your are a client, which places the coach in a fiduciary responsibility, in other words the Life Coach is there to care for you, protect you and often times from yourself. The coach is empathic, insightful and will give you the right feedback so that you can make progress much faster than if you did things on your own. A life coach is part of your team for success. The Life Coach wants your success since that is the only way that you will keep them on.

This is how simple things can be. I am member of Toastmaster's; we have on the agenda what is called table topics. The Table Topics Master had a real problem and didn't know how to solve it. Of course she calls on me and relates the following story: My daughter is married to a military officer. He has been ordered to move to a certain base that is in a different state and city. My daughter doesn't have an option to stay, since the move will be long term. Her daughter is upset, but love's her husband very much. So they have no option but to make the move. Her daughter is upset about the move. What can she do?

My response was simply this, change her perception. Instead of focusing on how this was upsetting her, or how it was something she didn't plan on, I told her why doesn't she look at it this way, get excited about the move. Start to plan this marvelous change, accept it. Think about how wonderful it will be to meet new people and get your child into the right schools. If she knows exactly where she is moving to (she will live off base) why doesn't she start to screen new schools for her child. What about a house? What kind of house does she want to live in? Have her

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