Why See a Life Coach?

By Chris Eschler, Health and Well-Being Life Coach

When most of us run into problems or get stuck wrestling with an issue, we really want to seek a new perspective, get some good unbiased advice, or even have a safe place to unpack current life stressors.

Psychotherapists are licensed counselors that can explore mental illness, look into early childhood attachment breaches, and explore traumas from past abuse. Coaches, on the other hand, do not focus on mental illness or historical traumas and breaches. Instead, a life coach is focused on helping you achieve your future goals and explore pathways that will enable you to get where you wish to be next.

Think about a time in your life when you felt overwhelmed. In your view, everything was falling apart, and you didn’t have anyone to reach out to for help. A life coach is that “someone” who is a phone call or text away from giving you undivided attention while you explore where this overwhelm springs from and what principle needs work to overcome the feeling of being completely stuck.

Life coaching that is done properly will focus on the principles of success in whatever area you’re exploring. Principles are the unchangeable laws or rules that govern the specific outcomes we desire. For example, if I am not trusted by my spouse and friends, it is possible that the principle of integrity is being broken. When we honor a principle, we are blessed with growth and progress; when we break with principles, we earn the consequences that follow and growth stops while we fall into unendurable pain. Life coaching is all about finding the principles associated with the life you want and helping you live by those principles to find success.

Your life coach can celebrate your successes and boost you to the next level. Your coach can be a shoulder to cry on when terrible things happen. Your life coach can especially be there for you if you are grinding away and absolutely nothing is happening.

So whether you’re celebrating a leveling up, you want to level up, or have trauma that needs to be explored, your life coach is the one person that can be that outside source you turn to for feedback, advice, and new perspective. A life coach can help you identify the areas in your life where you want to improve and guide you to tools that will empower your personal development.

About the Author

Chris Eschler earned a BS in Marriage and Family Sciences at Brigham Young University-Idaho. As a life coach at Ascend Counseling and Wellness. Chris works with individuals to develop their skills and provides a safe, accepting environment for exploring a wide range of thoughts and feelings. Chris knows that you are the expert of your life and that she is simply a guide. She currently sees couples with her husband, licensed therapist Matt Eschler. Together they assist couples with all couples issues, specializing in high conflict couples work. To schedule an appointment with Chris for life coaching, call Ascend Counseling and Wellness at 435-688-1111 or visit https://ascendcw.com/.