What do you do if you want to prepare for the future in life coaching through self-reflection?

Notice what thoughts and feelings arise within you for each question and then begin to think about why. Be curious about yourself and be open to whatever comes up. Keep a journal: Journaling your thoughts and responses to these questions is an excellent vehicle for self-expression. It can be helpful to look back at your responses, read how you handled things in the past, assess the outcome, and look for where you might make changes in the future. Try meditation: Meditation can also be a powerful tool for self-reflection and personal growth. Even if it’s only for five minutes, practice sitting in silence and paying attention to what comes up for you. Notice which thoughts are fleeting and which come up more often.

Reflect on what is important to you and some themes in your life, here are some questions to get you started: - Describe your perfect day. What are you doing? Who are you with? - What makes you excited to get up on a cold, grey, Monday morning? - Who do you admire? Why? - When were you most proud? What were you doing? Who were you with? - When were you most fulfilled? What were you doing? Who were you with?

Self-reflection begins with a deep dive into one's core values. As an authentic coach, it's essential to lead by example and embark on this journey of self-discovery. Be curious and ask yourself questions, for 'questions are the answers'. Acknowledge and accept what comes up without resistance, criticism and judgement. Practice self-compassion. Take time to ponder over personal beliefs, principles, and priorities, both in professional and personal domains. Finding alignment with one's values helps make choices and decisions with clarity and the outcome is fulfilling. By understanding what truly matters to you, you lay a solid foundation for aligning your aspirations with your innermost values, ensuring authenticity and fulfillment.

My mother suffered from mis-diagnosis and iatrogenic harm, both caused by the doctors who were assigned to "save her". I realized young in life, that "getting saved" is a dangerous business. My core value is holistically achieving, maintaining and improving health. Why? It's better than the alternative and something I can influence and control. Sharing this story helps me connect as a real person. Others see something of themselves in me and my story. I inform myself about all health decisions before buying into obligatory schedules and checklists carried around by well-meaning but short-cutting experts who could short-circuit my life by a "mis-tick" on a form assessment. People discovering my lifelong vigilance, imbues respect.

Part of setting goals to become a life coach in my personal journey, had to do with firstly, understanding my purpose in life, and for that I needed to reflect on the things that I always dreamed on doing. Then, I had to move put of my comfort zone into taking action and creating momentum to move forward with my goals. These are some of the questions to help you set up goals to become a life coach: 1. What do you really want? 2. What are your passions? 3. Which skills do you possess, or willing to develop to manifest your passions? 4. Which customers do you want to serve with your passions and skills? 5. What are the issues that you will help those customers to solve using your experience, based on your passions and skills?

My goal to become an effective holistic living coach -- I practice as a Recovery Coach Professional -- began 20 years ago. The journey to practicing and coaching professionally took me through public speaking, sales training, consulting, family dynamics, intervention mentoring, and an excessive amount of holistic wellness study, seminars, books and collaborations. Each segment of my journey involved the "next skill set". I find myself at this part of my journey with a massive amount of confidence and knowledge from a life well lived and well learned. My big picture goal has always been to be effective and help. Knowing your big picture is your compass to your destination. Know yourself well.

See yourself as your first client - how can you support yourself in becoming the best version of you. Know that your gaps can become your biggest strengths and be areas that you can support your clients with in the future.

Self-reflection involves acknowledging areas where growth and development are needed. Take an honest inventory of your strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement as a coach. Identify gaps in your skills, knowledge, or experiences that may hinder your future success. Embrace this self-awareness as an opportunity for growth and commit to continuous learning and development to bridge these gaps effectively.

I believe self-reflection can best be done when we focus first on our thoughts then on our related feelings & emotions and finally on our our behavioural manifestations. In whichever areas of our coaching skills we need improvement, working on our thoughts & emotions is prime. Once we learn to control, choose & redirect our thoughts & emotions, we can alter our coaching behaviors accordingly. I have found Self-Talk very helpful in removing our non-working thoughts & inculcating the new ones. I strongly suggest writing & recording your own scripts of Self-Talk & listen to it everyday twice at least. It will surely improve your coaching skills, empathy & relationship-building.

Embracing change within the coaching industry is apart of Embodying a Coaching Mindset. I stay open, flexible, curious and client-focused in my approach within the field. I know who I am as a Coach, and I know what I am currently offering through my coaching. Then I look to continuous trends and advancements within the coaching field and use continuing coach education hours to stay up-to-date with where coaching is headed. An example of this is taking Coach Supervision training so that I am knowledgable and prepared to deliver Coach Supervision to our community of Coaches. I embrace change within coaching by continuing to advance my skill set in alignment with what the market and profession are calling for at the time.

Change is one of the only constant in your life, strange as it may seem. Change can be hard to navigate at first, because we find it more reassuring to be in what we know, even if it is no longer good for us. You and your clients will always undergo change and when embracing it for yourself, you can help and support them to embrace change for themselves too.

One thing that helped me immensely to elevate my Life Coaching is my practice of Yoga and Meditation through #InnerEngineering tools. It helped me bring more self-awareness and connecting to my deepest self. Every time I sit for meditation it takes me to an elevated self while helping me find answers for many complex problems. I highly recommend anyone who wants to elevate their life coaching to spend time on engineering their inner self.

Being fully present is a daily practice that enhances focus on the only moment that exists between you the coach and your client. It means that you continously practice overcoming your past, let go of the illusion of the future which only exists in the moment in which you create it, - the present- , and practice being consciously aware of the connection between you, the Coach and the client.

Mindfulness is a powerful tool for enhancing self-awareness and well-being, especially for self-reflection. Practice mindfulness techniques such as meditation, deep breathing, or mindful journaling- whatever resonates with you most. Cultivate present-moment awareness and non-judgmental acceptance of your thoughts, feelings, and experiences. When you operate from that space is when you have the ability to bring qualitative presence for your client and that's the essence of coaching. Through mindfulness, I deepen my own understanding of myself, my emotions, my strengths. When I practice grounding before each session, I am able to foster a deeper authentic connection with my coachee for an equal partnership to happen.

The practice of yoga and meditation is immensely powerful and is amazing to center and elevate yourself. As a coach, I find it very important to be in a place where you are yourself centered in order to guide your clients. It doesn't mean that you have to have everything figured out all the time, you are also constantly evolving yourself, but you can be centered in your evolution.

Looking to shape your future in life coaching? Remember, self-reflection has its limits; you might miss your blind spots. That's why seeking professional feedback is key. It may seem costly at first glance, but consider it an investment in speeding up your success, avoiding lengthy trial and error. These experts not only spot what you might overlook but also offer valuable insights on your ideas. Finding mentors who've already navigated this path can save you time and energy. Trust me, investing in professional guidance is a smart move that can fast-track your growth. It's worth every penny for the clarity and direction it brings.

Self-reflection is indeed necessary to bring to awareness the behaviors or patterns that need to be changed or transformed. But let's be honest here. Transformation occurs when there is accountability, and that does not happen only by self-reflection because the ego will always find a way to resist change. Therefore, looking for a Coach to help on having accountability and provide feedback is crucial.

Self-reflection is indeed necessary to bring to awareness the behaviors or patterns that need to be changed or transformed. But let's be honest here. Transformation occurs when there is accountability, and that does not happen only by self-reflection because the ego will always find a way to resist change. Therefore, looking for a Coach to help on having accountability and provide feedback is crucial.

Life coaching is about being a leader to serve others and help them to move forward from point A to point B. And before you can lead others you need to lead yourself first. At the end of the day, it is your own story of personal transformation that will give you the wisdom to be able to help others.

Self-reflection is definitely important, but I see it as one part of establishing a future for yourself in life coaching. Sometimes 'all I see is all there is' applies to coaches too - we aren't infallible! So by all means, reflect and ask yourself the important questions, but to perhaps go a level deeper, a coach or accountability buddy may ask you things you hadn't thought of, or were subconsciously trying not to answer!

Self Reflection at core is all about ‘Discovering Intention’ To marry it to future goals is to ‘Take Action with Intent’ ?? Cultivating Conscious awareness of your Own Patterns of Thoughts, Intention and Actions, is the key here. ?? There is a Drive to Respond with Intent rather a React through Instinct. Thus creating new instincts in the process. ?? Discovery of Root Causes of Drives, Passions, Desires as well as Triggers and Reactions can help design a Conscious Future.

Keeping up with the times is critical Then principles are the same however the applications may be different. We need to understand what individuals face and how we can help them. The more things change the more they remain the same. So we need to recognize the challenges our potential customers face and how we can address them together with them always in mind. We do not have to agree but if we take on the responsibility to help them than that’s we need to do

You need to take the time to reflect on your goals and define which ones align with your values and what you want. You have to look for the areas of your life and skills that need improvement and to keep learning and developing yourself. You will be able to help and inspire others in a better way when you feel good about yourself.