Life Coaching Online for Mid Life Transitions
December 9, 2009 by 50 Plus
Filed under Featured, Motivation
Every 7 seconds someone turns 50 years old. Many of those new 50 plus women and men and those who are already over fifty are asking the question:
What’s next?
I was in that position not so long ago. After feeling lost for a while there, a friend told me about life coaching – a process that has transformed how I navigate through the second half of my life. But what exactly is life coaching? In a nutshell, life coaching helps you figure out how to get from where you are in life to where you want to be. You can work with a coach in person or even access life coaching online – an easier way to get the benefits of coaching. If you are ready to transition into next half of life with a game plan for success and happiness, an online life coach can help you get there.
Benefits of Transitions Life Coaching Online
The major benefit of life coaching online over working with a coach in person is that there are no geographic boundaries between you and you coach. This allows you to select a coach you connect well with even though that person may live thousands of miles away. Life coaching online also allows you access to your coach through email for quick “laser” coaching on issues that might come up.
Another advantage is that life coaching online is a way for you make an affordable investment in the process that will help you plan and achieve your goals. A life coach online doesn’t have to drive far to meet you; they work wherever they have an Internet connection. Connecting with a coach online allows you to have the maximum benefits of coaching with a lower financial investment.
Life coaching can help you make it through mid life crisis symptoms, career transitions, issues with aging parents and empty nest issues. So many of us after 50 face these challenges but don’t have a way to cope and move on. Working with an online life coach can make a difference for you. And having an affordable coaching option is valuable tool in these tough economic times when people at 50 plus need the benefits of life coaching more now than ever.
How to Find a Life Coach Online
It’s not difficult to locate a life coach online. Referrals from relatives or friends who have been in a coaching relationship are a good start. If you do not have friends or relatives who have used a life coach for personal development, then the next step is to actually do an online search. For those who want help getting through the ups and downs of mid life transitions, conduct a specific search for coaches who specialize in working with 50 plus women and men.
If a basic Internet search doesn’t lead you to a coach you feel comfortable with, then there are websites and forums that specifically deal with personal development and growth. You will be able to locate an online life coach through one of these resources.
What to look for in a Life Coach Online
When it comes to life coaching online, there are several important issues to consider. The first and most important is finding a coach who you “click” with and who understands the issues you are facing and has training and life experience that can support you. Ask yourself:
Can this coach help me get what I want out of this next phase of my life?
Also look at the features and benefits of the specific coaching program. Do you like what’s being offered? Is there an opportunity to have more traditional coaching if you decide you want that down the road? Does the life coach online offer other products and services that will help you? As you are looking for your coach, think about what you would like to achieve through coaching. Ultimately that’s the litmus test for a great experience with life coaching online.
As an online life coach and 50 plus woman, I have a mantra I live by – Mid life isn’t about finding yourself; it’s about creating yourself. Are you ready to get creating?
It’s true that mid life transition is also difficult. We should prepare for it and maybe avail for online life coach. I do believe mid life is as important as the younger age.
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Midlife can also be incredibly transformational and lead you to change that will improve the rest of your life. But sometimes it’s hard to see that, isn’t it?
I enjoyed your post on life coaching online. Is there an audio/video connection to online life coaches, or is this simply by email? There are so many books and even online materials that deal with the midlife crisis. What is the advantage of having an online coach who you cannot really assess the qualifications of compared to reliable authors of many bestsellers on the shelves of bookstores?
You are right Lynne – there are some great books out there on navigating through midlife crisis. But not all authors are coaches. When you come right down to it, people are motivated to take action by different things. If you can make change in your life based on something you read – that’s really good. I know I’ve done that myself. Some people though, want more help in moving forward. That’s where a life coach can be helpful – to be your personal accountability partner to support your progress from where you are now to where you want to be.
You ask a really good question. One of the ways to learn more about a coach is ask if they offer a complimentary trial session by phone. Then you can ask questions about their qualifications, their background, their coaching style and more. If you’d like to learn more my coaching journey and how I coach, contact me at karen@amazinglifeafter50.com to set up a call.
Hope this helps.
Karen
Life coaching online can be every bit as efficient and intimate as coaching face to face. In fact in my experience, apart from the time, cost and travel saving advantages, the online coaching conversation is often safer and more intimate for the client, than face to face.
I would clarify that by online coaching, I don’t mean email, I mean coaching by telephone or skype supplemented by email.
I would also question whether authors of books on coaches are the only reliable source. What is really reliable when checking out the qualifications of a coach is to make sure they have proper training and some experience and expertise in the area you want coaching in – whatever age you are. Also to ask them for some referrals, and actually follow them up!