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I want to become a life coach/motivational speaker but I have absolutely no clue where to start. are there educational degrees offered towards this or should one just get a general bachelor degree? master degree? phd? I'm sure getting a higher degree would be best and I have every intention of going towards my phD but I want to know where to start, what path to follow, what classes to take.
Me too. Seems like you are in the right line of work.
I saw a woman on "What Not to Wear" that called herself a life coach and she was in her early 30s (I think). So I don't think age is the problem.
Is Life Coach just a modern term for counselor? I mean there are so many things in life you could coach about, body image, relationships, careers. Are you going to specialize in something?
Well emland that's a good question. I've been searching a long time for what what I want to do "when I grow up" and it came down to a few areas of career. I thought back to when I was have the greatest of times in my life and made a list. from that list I figured out what careers I could do. Life coach was one of them.
There's so many things I'm interested in and I don't think I'll ever stop on my quest for knowledge. So I can't pinpoint exactly where I'd narrow the life coach area to. but like i said, that's a good question and I hadn't thought of it before you mentioned it. Knowing me I'll pick one area and then keep broadening my knoweledge base to include other areas.
well wouldn't you know it. looks like I found my answer. After doing some digging I'll be attending a session hosted by current life coaches with other prospective life coaches on a roundtable discussion of sorts on if this is what I want to pursue or not and how to go about doing it.
thanks to those of you who were helpful. and not so much to those who were not.
From the start you sounded very young (maybe 20) and lost on this subject. The reason I used the number 30 was just to show you that 30 is young for such an undertaking. You never stated where you were (age, background) so you led others to make assumptions in that regard. I thought my last post was good advice to see a college counselor. I didn't know that you were already attending college. I wish you would have been more clear from the start. We can achieve the goals we set for ourselves in life. Good luck.
I am kind of surprised by the nasty remarks, too, sassypea. Maybe folks got confused and thought you were looking for the position of God or something. My background is HR for small business and I always recommend to people that are looking to work in a field that they need guidance with - ask someone in the field. I would ask someone in a different city, so you wouldn't be perceived as a competitor.
The first time I heard the term life coach was on the show I mentioned previously, but there are a whole lotta people out there that could use some coaching on several topics (including me!). I wish you well.
em, I think God would be an excellent career for me to pursue. perhaps those with the nasty comments could offer advice as to how I might get into such a position?
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