What is a Lifestyle Coach?

By Sophia McDermott, Lifestyle Coach & Fitness Expert. 

What is a lifestyle coach?

A life coach or a lifestyle coach is someone who can help you maximize your full potential and reach your desired goal. They are someone who will help to create balance in your life and to operate from a healthy and/or positive mindset so that you are more likely to achieve your goals and continue on the path of growth and success. If you are having trouble balancing things or struggling to achieve your goals and feel that there are things holding you back or you need guidance on what to do, then a lifestyle coach is a game-changer.

Why A Lifestyle Coach May Come in Handy?

Most of us in this day and age are constantly juggling all that’s going on in our lives. We are living a hectic lifestyle dealing with work and kids. Most of us have lives that are out of balance. A life that is dominated by work or making money to make ends meet is out of balance because our health and relationships often suffer. If we are lucky enough to make time for ourselves and our goals we may also be dealing with limiting beliefs or other roadblocks that might make everything so much more challenging - even if we don’t realize it!. And with all the info on the web, do we even know what is true and what is just sales hype and what is going to work?

So how do we create balance in our lives? How do we reach our goals and maintain everything else with an empowering state of mind and what plan of action exactly do we take?

This is where a Life coach or a Lifestyle Coach might come in handy.

WHAT DOES A LIFESTYLE COACH DO?

A lifestyle coach can help you with overall life balance to achieve increased health, happiness, and success or they can help you with specific professional projects, personal goals as well as transitions and changes.

A Lifestyle Coach can help with your Overall life balance.

Often if your life is out of balance and there are things holding you back and you are not making time for yourself then your overall health is compromised. A lifestyle coach focuses on the bigger picture and once this is accomplished then they can tackle the specific goals such as hitting your weight loss goals or achieving more personalized goals that may have to do with finances or anything else that we may want to specifically improve.  Overall balance is so important to achieve long-term success because it is the foundation for the rest to take place.

A Lifestyle Coach can help with Addressing your mindset.

 A lifestyle coach can help to analyze the situation and work aspects of your life that might be lacking or aspects that might be compromising your health and wellbeing on all levels such as physically, emotionally, and mentally. Mindset is everything and a good lifestyle coach will address the mindset to help smash limiting beliefs and to eliminate any roadblocks that might be preventing you from reaching your goals. Moving forward without addressing the mindset could be counterintuitive.  We all may want to be rich, for example, but you may be dealing with a lack of deserving… and until that is addressed the money won’t flow, no matter what you do.  Another example is achieving the perfect, healthy body. You may know what foods are healthy and unhealthy, but deep down you don't think you can actually get there so the body doesn't respond the way you want it to because your mindset is telling you that you can’t, basically. Having that expert who can help you work through some of the deeper aspects, which can be difficult, is crucial.

A Lifestyle Coach can help provide Good advice.

Another great bonus of having a lifestyle coach is expert advice. For those helping to create a balanced, healthy lifestyle they will be sharing sound advice on things like sleep, nutrition, exercise, and overall wellness. Coaches for more specific topics such as finances will be sharing sound advice on financial strategies, for example. Working with someone who is an expert in their fields who can share their knowledge is priceless.

A Lifestyle Coach can help with your Accountability.

A lifestyle coach is fabulous for motivation. Even if the plan has been mapped out for your goals, actions need to be taken on a daily basis in order to achieve them. A lifestyle coach can help with accountability and help you to stick to better choices or stay in the right frame of mind on a daily or weekly basis so that you are more likely to stick to your goals and achieve them.  Consistency is the key to all long-term success.

WHO SHOULD CONSIDER WORKING WITH A LIFE COACH?

Anyone who wants to improve their lives and to hit their goals in the most efficient and productive way should consider working with a life coach. The extra assistance, support, knowledge, and accountability increase the rate of more growth exponentially. It may seem strange to work with an expert on how to live a better life but think of it this way, we are living in a society that is just so hectic. Finding balance is tough. Additionally, there is so much misinformation out there so it's hard to know what action to take or what choices to make. A lifestyle coach can put you on the right path to building a better life.