How to Be Your Own Life Coach
Can’t afford to hire a coach? Don’t give up. Here are some tactics and tools to help you coach yourself through life’s ups and downs.
By Becky Mollenkamp, PCC
Hiring a coach, especially a good one, is a big financial investment that typically costs thousands of dollars.
As a life coach myself, I certainly think coaching is worth every penny (that’s why I’ve invested in coaches for myself). That said, I also recognize it’s not within everyone’s budget.
Just because you can’t pay for a coach, doesn’t mean you can’t benefit from coaching.
It’s entirely possible (though a bit more challenging) to coach yourself. It involves thinking about your situation in a new way. That’s easier with an outside perspective, of course, but it’s possible to dig deeper with yourself using these self-coaching tips.
Self-Coaching Strategies
Perhaps the most common self-coaching tool is using a self-coaching model. The most common is CTFAR, which stands for Circumstance, Thoughts, Feelings, Actions, and Results.
A famous coach trainer (whose beliefs do not align with mine so I won’t share her name) popularized this method, but didn’t create it. It’s based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which has been practiced since…
