What's up with this new craze of becoming life coach?

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Anonymous wrote:It's not new in my circles. Anecdotally, the people I know who have attempted this "career" are the last people I would seek out for advice about anything.

Yes! The "Life Coach" and "Career Coach" types I know have histories of failed relationships, job hopping, substance abuse, etc. Definitely not people I would look to for advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not new in my circles. Anecdotally, the people I know who have attempted this "career" are the last people I would seek out for advice about anything.

Same, same ...

[Anonymous]

Anybody who is a successful life coach is mostly a successful sales person. They are kind of the original influencers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plants are my life coaches.

My cat is my life coach. He encourages me to sleep more and stretch.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s not new at all. It’s essentially people who want to be in a therapist role without any school, evidence based training, or licensure. The coaching industry is completely unregulated - it always baffled me why people go to life coaches.

This Is the part that confuses me! Seems like a fake job with no qualifications except ego, so I can imagine why people do it. But why does anyone PAY them? Or do they mostly fail because no one does?

Why do people get their taxes done at H&R Block? Same thing.

Wait a second. Tax prep places are important because taxes are confusing and most people don't have the patience to figure them out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not new in my circles. Anecdotally, the people I know who have attempted this "career" are the last people I would seek out for advice about anything.

Yes! The "Life Coach" and "Career Coach" types I know have histories of failed relationships, job hopping, substance abuse, etc. Definitely not people I would look to for advice.

This, but can say the same for acquaintances who are psychologists and far from stable or wise.

[Anonymous]

They are trying to get a quick paycheck without any schooling.

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Anonymous wrote:My question is, who is paying for a life coach? I would much rather spend that on a massage.

People who can afford both.

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I looked at a website of a woman who was advertising her coaching services on LinkedIn. I would never pay money to a “coach” but I was curious and figured she was a woman who wanted to opt out of a career but still make money. Her website shows she quit corporate and helps other women navigate corporate lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not new in my circles. Anecdotally, the people I know who have attempted this "career" are the last people I would seek out for advice about anything.

+1

The people I know who do it (mainly from the health/wellness/fitness space) are hot messes in need of allegedly fast cash (or what they think will be fast cash from this life coaching enterprise), so they try life coaching without any certs or prep.

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It's the crunchier "consulting" alternative to saying unemployed.

[Anonymous]

Okay. I'll bite. I'm a credential life coach through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). However, I don't do private coaching. I work in a medical school and use my coaching skills to coach medical students, residents, and faculty. I'm not a hustler and can't imagine building my own business around this, but the coaching skills I've gained through certification have helped me be more effective in the support I offer in my professional role.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay. I'll bite. I'm a credential life coach through the International Coaching Federation (ICF). However, I don't do private coaching. I work in a medical school and use my coaching skills to coach medical students, residents, and faculty. I'm not a hustler and can't imagine building my own business around this, but the coaching skills I've gained through certification have helped me be more effective in the support I offer in my professional role.

Coaching them on WHAT, though? How to manage the credentialing process? Do you do the credentialing for them or just tell them to do XYZ?

Everyone I know who works as a wellness coach does so for one of the following reasons:

1. They are trained in some school/tradition that doesn't have a "real" professional credential (e.g., indigenous healing traditions from around the world)
2. They are actual therapists working as parenting coaches on a cash basis vs. "family therapy" with insurance for legit reasons
3. They are trying to be therapists without the education, mandatory clinical training, supervision, and practice oversight associated with being a therapist

I know a lot of executive coaches who are former therapists as well as a lot of who are former business people. The ones who are not in #3 above are offering subject-matter expertise. I will assume that's what a credentialing coach would do in a medical school, but maybe I am not clear on what you do.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not new in my circles. Anecdotally, the people I know who have attempted this "career" are the last people I would seek out for advice about anything.

+1

The people I know who do it (mainly from the health/wellness/fitness space) are hot messes in need of allegedly fast cash (or what they think will be fast cash from this life coaching enterprise), so they try life coaching without any certs or prep.

Those who can't...teach.

[Anonymous]

It's getting a big push recently as the new grift.

It always seems to be the people who can't keep a real job or relationship. Like the least likely person you'd want to take advice from. Weird how that works.