Have you ever or would you consider using a Life or Career Coach service? In what circumstances/why?

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A life coach (broadly) and/or a career coach (in particular) counsel clients and encourages them on matters having to do with a wide variety of personal or career challenges. They listen and identify problems and set up tools and techniques and a step by step process for solving those, independent of industry if the issue is career related. For example, the one my friend is doing has four phases for her (Awareness, Analysis, Action, Achievements/Metrics) and under those there are activities to do, tools to use, and outcomes to track. This is very high level

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It's one of a few career switches I'm considering. Curious to hear thoughts and experiences from others. My friend has been working from home + been a stay at home Mom for about 10 years and just signed up for 3 months of sessions, wants to re-enter workforce and get her situation at home organized, doesn't know where to start...

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Have a friend who is one. People go for a variety of reasons but I think similar to a therapist it's a helpful sounding board. Sometimes it necessary to talk to someone to understand what you want.

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@72 Is you coach friend doing it full time? Are they making "enough" money from it as a sole income source? I'm also looking into various certification programs for coaching, but don't know anyone who's used the service before

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Sounds appropriate for your friend too

They'd have to be pretty intimately familiar with my industry for me to want to work with them... but I'd consider it. I'd look at it more as having a mentor I guess, that's really appealing. What does a life coach do if they don't know your industry? Just compare salary offers and give organizational tips?

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