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This is the last episode with my housemate and life coach Jeremy (thepacerco.com/strugglz)). I've recorded the 2 life coaching session with Jeremy in the last 2 episodes showing what a coaching session would be like. Today I'm going to learn about the job as life coach, how to become a life coach, what makes you a good one, how to look at the money aspect etc. Related learning resources: Luba Diasamidze (Jeremy's teacher for life coaching in China): https://coachistok.com/) (Email: [email protected]) , Instagram page: coachistok_china) International coaching federeation: https://coachfederation.org/) Motivate Community(Neuro Linguistic Program) website: http://motivatecommunity.com/) ; Authentic relating: https://authenticrelating.co/) # how does life coach work, how to become one, and how to become a good one 2:52 What is life coach? It's like your favourate uncle. Plus, this is also how I feel about China. 7:57 How did you start life coaching? 9:30 A book that I've read four and half times, 12 principles of Karma. Then I cold-visited the author, who turns out to be a life coach. 11:28 Then at the same time, in the middle of job search in China, I saw a pop ad for life coach. 13:30 How to decide whether I want to invest money in the life coach training? 16:04 The 3-month training of life coach with 7 other classmates from all continents. 171 hours of training for 20,000 RMB. 17:35 The level system of the International Coaching Federation(ICF) and other coaching systems. 19:09 How do you know "you are ready" to coach someone's life? How do you know you are qualified? One key component is your own life experience. 22:51 ICF guidelines for how to be a coach: Four tenents. And our job is not to take away the pain of others. 24:30 Do people naturally come up a strategy when they are self-aware? What if the other person won't come up with a solution? 27:31 Tool kit of a coach, the GROW model, and how the coaching session is structured. 29:32 Trust your client. Plus how to recognize the boundary of what coaching can do. # The practicality of an independent life coach 33:47 How to find the clients? Online coach referral sites (noomii.com), bark.com)) and the market model. 35:42 The challenge of business and sales. And how to not put my need and anxiety for income on the client (and be patient to get to know the person). 37:46 Pricing strategy as a beginner coach (basically, free). 38:31 How to reach out to clients beyond the online referral platforms...for free? 40:24 Life coaching community in China: small enough to help each other, big enough to find clients. 42:59 Choosing the niche: coach for young people, help them to not make the choices I made. 44:36 How I made choices to switch jobs: driven by the need for money, versus the choice with mindfulness. When making choices with more consciousness, I'm more flexible and patient. 45:37 Finding work opportunities by walking around the neighborhood! #And some more life philosophy 50:34 Is this "the call of your life"? Plus other opportunities I find that a life coach can work on: hospital, schools, daycare, etc. 56:52 What new perspectives have you learned about human? Cover credit: Mount Cook (New Zealand), photo by Jean-Pierre Brungs from unsplash Ending song: Seagull by Everet Almond