This is the last episode with my housemate and life coach Jeremy (thepacerco.com/strugglz). I’ve recorded the 2 life coaching session with Jeremy in the last 2 episodes showing what a coaching session would be like. Today I’m going to learn about the job as life coach, how to become a life coach, what makes you a good one, how to look at the money aspect etc.

Related learning resources:

Luba Diasamidze (Jeremy’s teacher for life coaching in China): 

https://coachistok.com/

 (Email: 

[email protected]

, Instagram page: coachistok_china) International coaching federeation: 

https://coachfederation.org/

 Motivate Community(Neuro Linguistic Program) website: 

http://motivatecommunity.com/

; Authentic relating: 

https://authenticrelating.co/

# how does life coach work, how to become one, and how to become a good one

2:52 What is life coach? It’s like your favourate uncle. Plus, this is also how I feel about China.

7:57 How did you start life coaching?

9:30 A book that I’ve read four and half times, 12 principles of Karma. Then I cold-visited the author, who turns out to be a life coach.

11:28 Then at the same time, in the middle of job search in China, I saw a pop ad for life coach.

13:30 How to decide whether I want to invest money in the life coach training?

16:04 The 3-month training of life coach with 7 other classmates from all continents. 171 hours of training for 20,000 RMB.

17:35 The level system of the International Coaching Federation(ICF) and other coaching systems.

19:09 How do you know "you are ready" to coach someone’s life? How do you know you are qualified? One key component is your own life experience.

22:51 ICF guidelines for how to be a coach: Four tenents. And our job is not to take away the pain of others.

24:30 Do people naturally come up a strategy when they are self-aware? What if the other person won’t come up with a solution?

27:31 Tool kit of a coach, the GROW model, and how the coaching session is structured.

29:32 Trust your client. Plus how to recognize the boundary of what coaching can do.

# The practicality of an independent life coach

33:47 How to find the clients? Online coach referral sites (noomii.com, bark.com) and the market model.

35:42 The challenge of business and sales. And how to not put my need and anxiety for income on the client (and be patient to get to know the person).

37:46 Pricing strategy as a beginner coach (basically, free).

38:31 How to reach out to clients beyond the online referral platforms…for free?

40:24 Life coaching community in China: small enough to help each other, big enough to find clients.

42:59 Choosing the niche: coach for young people, help them to not make the choices I made.

44:36 How I made choices to switch jobs: driven by the need for money, versus the choice with mindfulness. When making choices with more consciousness, I’m more flexible and patient.

45:37 Finding work opportunities by walking around the neighborhood!

#And some more life philosophy

50:34 Is this "the call of your life"? Plus other opportunities I find that a life coach can work on: hospital, schools, daycare, etc.

56:52 What new perspectives have you learned about human?

Cover credit: Mount Cook (New Zealand), photo by Jean-Pierre Brungs from unsplash

Ending song: Seagull by Everet Almond