The short answer is no! You can use coaching for a variety of things. For example, coaching could be the answer if you're ready to change your life, are having problems, and can't seem to see a way out or what to find or change your direction. Coaching can also help you increase your self-awareness but showing you your strengths. Improved self-awareness can help you with interviews or progression within your career. Email us now to arrange a free consultation call to find out more.

Not really. Counselling generally focuses on the past, exploring what brought a person to where they are today. Counselling is needed when a severe emotional issue needs to be resolved to allow an individual to move forward with their life. Coaching references the past but mainly uses where we are in the present and how we can get to where we want to be in the future.

When a person seeks mentoring, they tend to seek a more experienced person with industry or job knowledge to share. Often mentoring relationships last for years. Coaching isn't about advising what you should or shouldn't do. You don't need a coach to be in the same industry. Instead, coaching is guiding you on a journey by helping you organise your mind and holding you accountable for the actions you set.

You can use coaching for many situations where you want to move forward in your life or career. Coaching is great to; Stop the reactive hamster wheel, Re-think and reevaluate situations from different perspectives, Increase awareness of situations and yourself Set, clarify and maintain goal focus Recognise new possibilities, new opportunities and new resources Notice what is holding us back; blind spots, barriers, old habits, negative beliefs