Comments on: Is Life Coaching A Scam?

By: Veronica Hay

Veronica Hay — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:56:43 +0000

Tim, thank you so much for your “spot on” post. There are few people that I feel I can really be myself around these days and while I think of myself as a very positive person, I am still “only human’ and haven’t reached complete enlightenment yet.

So there are days when I feel sad, angry, frustrated etc. And I just feel the feelings and move through them as best as can. Some days quicker than others.

It is all part of life and much healthier in the long run to just be honest about it with each other. So thank you Tim for your compassionate and understanding post.

By the way, the person in my life (a counsellor) that I learned the most from was as honest as they come. She chain smoked, drank gallons of black coffee and was far from perfect. But no one has ever come close to how much she made a difference for me, especially the seemingly “more perfect ones”

Perhaps it is time to drop the judgements of what is and isn’t acceptable, good and right, and just be open to what is, in whatever shape or form, showing up for us. They may just be a diamond in disguise.

Take care and enjoy your day, warts and all.

Blessings, Veronica Hay

By: Xander

Xander — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:28:35 +0000

A clear advantage is that people can relate to you there and then. You will build your own small community as you share your own problems, offering and receiving advice from others as you progress and help other progress with their own journeys.

By: Ian | Quantum Learning

Ian | Quantum Learning — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:57:57 +0000

Ah … well EVERYONE has there wonderful flaws and imperfections, even some life coaches.

I wonder if many people are looking to be saved by this mythical ‘perfect human being’. Somehow we expect our Gurus, teachers, life coaches and politicians(!) to be perfect, to be people we look up to and can emulate. Knowing they’ve got themselves and their lives somehow perfectly in order gives us hope that maybe we can too.

Of course it’s crazy. We’re all struggling with the same things, we’re all learning, we’re all growing, we’re all making the best of our lives we can. We all need to find our own paths. Looking for role models might give us some clues about how to do it, but completely unrealistic (maybe even dangerous) if we expect them to having everything sorted.

Except life coaches, of course. They need to be perfect in all aspects of life ;-)

By: Karen Chaffee

Karen Chaffee — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:42:22 +0000

Ahhhh. Did you feel that?

I think it’s what’s known as the breath of fresh air called honesty!

Thank you for it.

By: Tim Brownson

Tim Brownson — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:34:13 +0000

@ Anissa – You’re welcome and thanks for commenting. Life is all about yin and yang and anybody that tells me they have more yin than yang has me suspicious. I’ve no idea what I’m talking about, but I think you get the gist.

@ Maureen – I agree, I don’t think people should be intimidated by their coach who they see as being perfect. There’s no danger of that with me!

@ Becky – I haven’t heard of that, so thanks for the heads up.

@ Claire – Well thanks for letting me know that, it’s a lovely thought.

@ Dalibor – LMAO – yes they are which kind of makes them less than perfect ;-)

By: Dalibor Ružić

Dalibor Ružić — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:09:20 +0000

Many times people tell advice after they forget how they solved problem. :) Many times you will get better advice from person that have problem now, than from person that solved it ten years ago.

Also “perfect” persons are so pain to hang around.

By: Claire

Claire — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:03:17 +0000

Hey Tim, I am definitely more in the ‘Life is shit sometimes, that is okay’ camp :)

My voice is a big hairy boggart.

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:10:01 +0000

The best life-coaching I have gotten lately has been by reading Sarah Maria's latest book, "Love Your Body, Love Your Life." I am finally able to look past my flaws and have learned to love myself.