The Truth About Life Coaching

Life coaches are part of an estimated $2.85 billion global industry of professional coaches. Life coaches have been met with skepticism given it is a profession that does not require licensing or formal training yet resembles therapy. With a greater interest in wellness and attempts to overcome the stigma of therapy, the appeal of becoming a life coach or seeking the assistance of a coach grows year over year.

When you search life coach, Google tries to explain what a life coach is. Scandals haven't helped the profession's reputation. But despite this, the coaching industry is thriving. According to the International Coaching Federation (ICF), it's a $2.85 billion global industry with 71,000 professional coaches worldwide and 23,000 based in North America.

The profession is growing. Between 2015 and 2019, the number of coaches worldwide increased by 33% globally and 33% in North America, based on ICF's "2020 Global Coaching Study Final Report."

"Just briefly stated, coaching is about moving forward, deepening the learning and moving forward. Therapy also super useful is about going back and figuring out the why," explains Julie Colbrese, a master certified coach and board certified coach.

Life coaching is an unregulated industry, requiring no formal education, training or licensing. This allows virtually anyone to call themselves a coach. Alyse Parker holds no credentials or education in the life coach profession, and bases her practice on her life experience. She feels the openness of life coaching has enabled her to conduct 12-week seminars throughout the year and coach over 200 women in the last four years.

"I do believe that the flexibility and the openness for me to create what I what of this, of course within the realm of life coaching, it has been a huge element of why it works so perfectly for me as a person," Parker told CNBC.

Life coaching's increased popularity, may be due to the fact that it is not therapy. Coaches and therapists are often explicit about the differences.

Life coach Danielle Copsy explained, "I've had situations with people where we started working together and it became apparent that it was a therapeutic issue. How that becomes apparent is you just literally cannot move forward."

While it's important to understand the differences when seeking a coach, life coaching may act as a needed step to getting someone the mental health treatment needed. In an interview with CNBC, Psychologist, Amanda M. Spray, Ph.D. said "There is still stigma associated with mental health treatment, for sure. I think we're making a lot of progress. There have been great public awareness campaigns that have made it more acceptable to speak with mental health professionals."

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The Truth About Life Coaching

[flirtyandfinance]

I really think that you should carefully consider who you're allowing on your platform. Alyse is a very danger figure who lead millions of young people into a very dangerous relationship with food.

[lwolf]

Oh good lord. Alyse scams people up the wazoo. It’s horrifying.

[anoukc]

⛔ Be aware of this industry ⛔. It's full of unqualified people, and many are just really good at marketing and are able to sell their services. I have seen on social media life coaches, but also fitness coaches 🏋🏽‍♀️ (with no education in nutrition), dating coaches 👨‍🏫 (unmarried...), business coaches 👀(which succeeded in teaching people about how to be successful at teaching entrepreneurship while they never had previous real business...)

[mattpredictsofm.]

The rise of the life-coaching industry has many benefits for both individuals and businesses. Life-coaching can help you achieve personal goals, develop new career aspirations, and improve relationships.

[Dreabz]

Isn’t that blond girl the one who had an entire YouTube channel dedicated to her raw vegan diet and then stopped eating vegan and went on an “only meat”/carnivore diet? She was pretty defensive and shady when her followers called her out. Yeah, I’m not taking life advice from her 😅 thanks

[diligenthandsfinance]

Noooo. Nobody should be paying Alyse to coach them about anything.

[investinstyle-financeinves]

Some people just need another person to give them structure and routine to help them meet their goals.

[LaCréé.e]

Life coaching sounds like a scam to me

[lilmisscoloring]

not the Vegan chick. She is so awful 🤣 she shouldn't be giving anyone advice

[HitRealm]

Is it me or do these life coaches just seem like a 'Buy-A-Friend'?

I feel like anybody with healthy relationships and close friends has no need for these people.

[lindawang]

"it's essential that coaches have coaches"

sounds like an mlm to me

[MasonsTurtle]

I wonder who would pay for one instead of like a licensed therapist?

[ryankelly]

Therapist: Earned a Graduate degree. Charges $75-$125/hour

Psychologist: earned either a PhD or PsyD. Charged $75-175/hour

Life Coach: 100 hours of “training” done over 12-months.. charges $250/hour….

Cmon bruh ^**

[misstakenbelief]

Alyse is the definition of privilege and she's discriminatory. How you can promote her is beyond me. 🤢

[TaureanBaby]

I would rather just get a book from the library with these life questions, get a notebook and pen from Walgreens and just apply it to myself since it is up to the client anyway.

[williamleung]

How are life coaches charging more than licensed therapists?

[Zaba_the_Dogling]

she takes her experience from her life as well as ‘past lives’ 😂 says it all

[AntonSlizzardhands]

Unless the "coach" is much older than me and has proven success then I don't see the point.

[thequeenmidas]

I'm an ex C-suite executive with an MBA. I can tell you without a doubt that life wisdom and knowing how to guide others through life's challenges does not need a degree. The end.

[DesaThomas]

I'm actually disgusted with the amount of people who do not understand the benefits of having someone who understands the mechanics of life to be able to help guide/unknot people in their current situations. I use my divinity and create purpose inside myself to be able to actually aid the community.