The National, an English newspaper published in the Middle East, has an article that looks at the role of the life coach, and why people choose to use one. It compares the concept to life coaching of having a tutor at a young age, one that helps with a specific academic subject, or perhaps a read more »

According to an article over at the Saga website, having a positive outlook on life can make you life longer. New research carried out in the US showed that people who set themselves goals to achieve and gave themselves purpose lived longer, rather than those who felt they’d done everything they wanted to in life, read more »

Another London borough is offering it’s residents life coaching to help combat unemployment, reports the LocalGov website. The area of Kensington and Chelsea has a range of income levels – whilst many household incomes are above the national average, it also includes parts that are some of the most disadvantaged areas in the UK. The read more »

A former television life coach is setting up a new lifestyle club exclusively for women, reports the Scotsman website. Dawn Breslin, who use to be the resident life coach on GMTV, is pioneering ‘Consciously Female’. It will consist of social, informal meetings where women can discuss their relationships, career, and self-esteem. They will be encouraged read more »

An article by the resident life coach over at Accounting Web highlights the importance of setting goals. This is particularly important in the accounting industry, as well as life coaching in general. Having goals and targets allows tasks and areas of life to be given the priority they require. The idea of working towards a read more »

An article from a website for a town in Kansas documents an interesting experiment undertaken by a San Diego web editor. After many years of accumulating ‘stuff’, Dave Bruno decided to have a mass cull, and reduce his possessions to just 100 items, and live off them for a year, without buying anything new, or read more »

An article over at the This Is Plymouth website gives a first hand account of what it’s really like to undertake life coaching sessions. The writer describes himself as needing motivating and ambition, and as part of his first session he completed a questionnaire which helped to identify other areas that may need work, such read more »

A Surrey based firm are incorporating life coaching as part of an overhaul of the services they offer their clients, reports City Wire. MDM Associates will be using life coaching ideas and techniques from Nancy Kline and and motivational speaker Eckhart Tolle to help them focus more on their clients’ needs and offer a more read more »

Women prisoners in Scotland are to be given life coaching sessions, reports Deadline Press and Picture Agency. The scheme is run by NHS Lothian, and it’s hoped the sessions will provide the prisoners with the life skills they need to hopefully prevent re-offending, and help them rehabilitate into society. They will be taught general household read more »