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The questions people actually ask, answered plainly. No lead magnet, no email required to read any of it.
This library exists because most of what is written about coaching is written to sell coaching. These pages are written to answer the question, including when the honest answer is that you want something other than a coach.
What does a life coach actually do?
A life coach helps you work out what you want and what is stopping you, then holds you to it. Here is what actually happens, and what it is not.
Read this →Life coach or therapist: which do you need?
The real difference is not style, it is licensure, scope and legal privilege. Here is how to work out which one your situation calls for.
Read this →How much does a life coach cost?
Typical US rates, what actually drives them, and how to tell an expensive coach from a good one. Includes what this practice charges and why.
Read this →How to find a good life coach
Anyone can call themselves a coach, so the filtering is on you. The questions that sort good from bad in one free call, from someone who is one.
Read this →Is what I tell a life coach confidential?
Coaching does not carry legal privilege, so a coach's notes can be subpoenaed. What that means in practice, and the questions to ask before you disclose anything.
Read this →Why do I feel guilty about money?
Guilt about out-earning the people you came from is a loyalty response, not a maths error. That is why being reminded you worked hard never helps.
Read this →My child was just diagnosed. What now?
Written for the parent, not the child. What the first months actually feel like, what to do in what order, and why the grief is normal.
Read this →How to set a boundary you can actually keep
Most boundary advice fails because it describes what the other person must do. A boundary is about your own action, and that is why the usual scripts collapse.
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