Becoming a Coach

February 21, 2008

Before You Become a Coach….

Before you can become a life coach, you need to know what coaching is and where it comes from.

If you’ve looked at various sites on personal or life coaching, you’ve probably noticed that their definitions of coaching vary.  There isn’t a standard definition.

Before an attempt is made to define coaching, let’s start with a bit of history.

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September 7, 2007

Psychologist and Business VP turned Life Coaches

Another decent introduction to life coaching that focuses on two women with very different backgrounds.  Maurine Patten is a clinical psychologist who added coaching to her practice while Ana Webber has been a business leader for 17 years.  In the article the women share (very briefly) about coach training, their specialties, and the fees they charge.

Life coach helps those struggling with the negatives

Here’s a second article by the same writer.  This time he talks about the coaching session he had with Maurine and with Ana.

Reporter gets a firsthand look at life coaching

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