Life Coach Ramblings

The first post is always the trickiest because I don’t really know if I should just start writing what’s on my mind or introduce myself first. I guess I’ll introduce myself.

I’m Diorella. I am a certified life coach, new to the world of coaching. I graduated from my ICF-accredited program in April, and now I’m working on getting my ACC credentials. (And if you happen to be researching coaching schools, by the way, I would LOVE to talk to you about my coaching school. No, really. I would. I love my school.)

I’m not really sure if I’ll do ACC first or just go straight to PCC, actually. It’s 100 hours for ACC vs 500 hours for PCC and there’s also that part of me that wants to have those letters after my name after doing all this work of going through training and prepping for the exam.

I read on a post on Reddit that your credentials won’t really get you clients, unless you’re looking to work for a corporation as an in-house or external coach. It’s companies who hire coaches that really look for the PCC or ACC credential. So, if you think credentials will help get you clients, it depends on whether you become an executive coach or a life coach. It feels like executive coaches get a lot more respect, by the way. Life coaches are still a mystery to a lot of people.

So that brings me to why I’m starting this blog. I google for “life coaching blogs” and I get results for personal development blogs, health and wellness blogs, blogs by life coaches talking about personal experiences and sharing “how-to” posts… But not much is out there talking about the process of becoming a coach from a first-person perspective. Or maybe I haven’t looked hard enough.

Anyway, I’ve had a lot of thoughts about coaching during this journey of becoming one, and I thought I’d share them here as I develop in my coaching career. Maybe some of you out there who are also becoming coaches have had similar feelings and thoughts?

And this blog isn’t just for people who are in the process of becoming coaches, by the way. This is also for people who are:

• Curious about coaching in general, maybe wondering what it’s all about
• Thinking about enrolling in a coaching school for certification
• Thinking about working with a life coach to help with personal goals, etc.
• Already working with a coach either at work or personally
• Already coaches

In short, it’s for anyone interested in the topic of coaching.