7 Ask For Help & Difference Between Therapist / Life Coach / Consultant

This episode is for you if you are feeling like you need some sort of help but are not sure where to start.

Asking for help is very courageous, it takes a lot of strength. Don’t ever think asking for help is a weakness, you are beyond brave for stepping up and showing up for yourself. At some point in life we all need help, even the best of the best. Top entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, or stay home moms. Knowing when to ask for help and understanding why you need it is so so important.

Whether it’s as small as asking someone else to share in the household chores, or something as big as stepping back on a big project for work, remember if you feel your to do list items or emotions are just over flooded, there is always another way by asking for help.

Change your mindset. Stop thinking you have to be the one that does it all and know it all, you are not the only person. Once you get it in your head that you are worthy of the luxury of having help from others, your world will change.

If you are working long hours and is accessible all the time handling everything without delegating, and feel like you might crash soon, ask for help. 

If you feel stressed out and can’t make those stressful feelings and negative self talks go away, ask for help. 

If you want a different life but can’t break your current routine, ask for help. I don’t care who your help is, I’d be honored to support you if I’m a good fit, but whoever it is, you deserve the help you need. 

So in case you’ve made up your mind to seek help but can’t decide who to go to, I’ll explain the difference between therapist/life coach/consultant so that you can make a more informed decision to best help you make forward progress. 

Therapist

• Treat mental illness or clinical anxiety or depression. 
• Heal past trauma
• Cope with traumatic loss
• Cope with abuse
• Treat addiction
• Cope with relationship turmoil or violence. 
• Inability to function daily tasks.
• Panic attacks that cause harm.
• Suicidal thoughts.
• Therapist are past and present focused. 
• May be covered by health insurance.
• Holding onto something from the past that you haven’t let go:

             – You don’t like change

             – You are constantly missing the good old days

             – You keep repeating the same relationships that are not working

             – You have tons of regret

             – You need to change your life but don’t want to try new things

Traditional Life Coach

Use tools and techniques to:

• Change mindset/thinking
• Increase emotional well-being
• Change limited belief systems
• Re-frame past experiences
• Make life changes ie routine, productivity
• Increase motivation and confidence
• Change self identity
• Learn new skills, look into what apps or tools 
• Set and achieve goals
• Set a clear goal for Z, but look at how to get from Point A to Point B, then Point B to Point C.
• Therapeutic effect minor anxiety and depression and insecurities are ok as they are normal human emotions. 
• Present and future focused, explore past only as a means to help the present/future.
• Ask questions to get the answer out of the client, can share experiences but do not give advice.

Consulting

• Biggest difference is who holds the power. 
• Consults holds the answers. 
• Coaches help you find the answers.
• Provide tools and knowledge clients needs.
• Gives advice 

Niche life coaching

• Hybrid between life coaching and business consultant
• Coaching program designed to walk clients through the process the coach took to get the results the coach already achieved in your life. 
• For example Business coach, mindset coach, confidence coach, fitness coach.