Personal Life Coaching is journey to wellness for any individual that is currently living with barriers in their personal, economic or community environment.  The Life Coaching assists individuals to plan and cope with transition such as youth to adult, grief /loss to acceptance, co-dependent to independent, addictive to non-addictive behavior or employment dependent to economic independent or any other life issues they may be living through.  The process is client driven which means the client is accountable and in charge of their wellness and achievement of economic goals. The Life Coach works as an equal and shares life experience and expertise with the client to empower the client to create positive change in their lives.                                          

Life coaching can be offered through one-to-one coaching sessions, workshops or groups for individuals with debilitating emotional and health barriers such as generational grief and loss, addictive behavior, family and elder violence, residential school trauma or any other barrier that may effect them. The program is mobile therefore can be offered in urban agencies as well as in Aboriginal Communities.

The Life Coaching process encompasses every aspect of an individuals’ life. We target not only the barriers, but also the situational, spiritual, and environmental factors contributing to distress.

The life coaching programs are tailor made to fit each client’s need. The programs are strategically planned by the life coach from utilizing feedback from the client encompassing past history, current situation, stressors, support systems, health factors, future goals, etc. The Life Coach then amalgamates all the identified information and creates a targeted program that meets the client’s wellness requirements.

The Life Coaching program uses a developmentally appropriate integrated approach designed to strengthen individuals’ abilities in the following areas:

• Personal Self-Management Skills
  Provides individuals with strategies for decision-making, managing stress, anger and all other interpersonal skills required to function and thrive in life.

• General Social Skills
  Enables individuals to strengthen their communication skills and build healthy personal and social relationships related to all areas of their life including: personal, family and community.

• Personal Health Skills

          Individuals obtain information that can assist them to lead a healthy life style as well as deal with medical        

          illness. Information and support on issues such as diabetes, HIV/Aids, living with cancer, incorporating       

        positive eating and exercise in life . These skills enhance the ability for the client to make informed decisions

        and maintaining a healthy body increases their ability to deal effectively with their emotional barriers.

• Addiction Resistance Skills
  Empowers individual to understand the health and emotional consequences of addictive behavior and inappropriate risk-taking. The client explores how self esteem, stressors, and social influences affect them. The client reviews how the addictive behaviors have affected their life along with how their behaviors affect those around them.  The client will more through a process from blame to accountability for self. The client will further explore reasons behind the use of the behaviors and incorporate new mechanisms to cope with harmful life experience, and build new helpful behaviors while building resilience to social influences.

• Economic Development

          Each client creates a realistic action plan to empower their life towards a gainful and sustainable lifestyle. They

        may require further education, training or employment however each step creates a stronger, more defined

        individual that impacts self, family and community.

Each Life Coaching session plays an important role in enhancing the confidence and skill capacity of the client, resulting in optimal implementation of new life skills.

If You would like more information Please Contact:

Rain Creaser - 250.785.1870 - rcreaser@neabc.ca