Christian Life Coach: The Work We Do Together
As a Christian Life Coach, I love the work that we get to do together.
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Whether in person or on zoom, life coaching sessions can inspire growth and health, while offering practical steps as you move forward in your life.
You might be in a place of searching for a Christian Life Coach. You might be hoping for help through a specific challenge or you’re praying for a fresh outlook in a place that you feel stuck or frustrated.
You story might include some trauma, relationship challenges, neurodiversity or be layered with ministry, stateside or overseas.
Having a Christian Life Coach can help
Having a life coach who has been there, walked through the fire of challenges, and found growth, strength, health, and healing on the other side might be vital.
You might be realizing that you have more work to do, more healing to experience, and more processing of your story with someone who can hold it with you.
What does it look like to work with a Christian Life Coach?
1} In Session – Whether you meet weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly, a session with a life coach can look many different ways. But, the basics generally stay the same. Welcome, how are you, how are you feeling, what is currently on your mind, where do you want to start, how did your personal work go between sessions, and what to work on before we meet again.
Coach Tip: Keep a google doc or have a special notebook for you to take notes during sessions and between sessions. Come prepared with topics to discuss, things you want to work on, or major challenges you’re currently facing.
2} Homework – I love this part. You, as the client, get to set the pace for this work. Then, a Christian life coach can direct or inspire you as you work on what you’re learning or discovering in counseling, in books, from a podcast or a youtube video. We can process a whole lot of life things in session and from that, see where God is leading next. I can resource with podcasts, books, journal prompts, or articles. I can challenge with scripture and quiet work. You decide what that looks like, what accountability might be needed, and how much time you put into this work.
Coach Tip: Record the healing journey. It’s a beautiful thing!
3} Quiet Work – This homework is best done as quiet, slow, personal work. There’s no rush, no deadline, no pressure. Dive into the critical growth places with care, caution, and compassion. Quiet work is a morning with coffee, a cup of tea on your porch, a sweet time of worship, or a journaling session with Jesus. It’s quiet, holy work.
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Coach Tip: Slow life moments down so you can notice how you’re feeling, what you’re thinking, what is happening around you, and what might be bothering, frustrating, hurting, harming, dysregulating, or challenging you in the moment.
4} Journaling – Your counselor is telling you to do this. I’m telling you to do this. Possibly, your pastor, your friend, and your heart is telling you to put things on paper. Write it out. Let the words, emotions, feelings, heartaches, challenges, and wins fill the lines. This can be a digital document if you love to type or a pretty paper journal if you love the physical part of writing. No matter what you’re facing, journaling is how we put the data down on the table in front of us, look at it with honesty, let Jesus evaluate and help and heal and grow.
Coach Tip: Play with journaling. Figure out a pace, style, time, and flow that works for you. Start with 5-10 minutes a day, a brain dump or messy list. Just start journaling.
5} Christian Coaching Groups – Coaching groups can be helpful in many ways. They are support in areas that are specific to you. They help build community with other women in that same season or space. Coaching groups are also a great way to either dip your toes into having a Christian Life Coach. These coaching groups are an affordable way to grow, be inspired, see Jesus at work, and find other women to walk with on the journey.
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Some healthy practices and work in life coaching
I have a few favorite ways to help you get to know yourself, become aware of who you are, help you find your identity in Christ, see where He’s working in your life, and give you vocabulary to navigate your own inner world with understanding and compassion.
Leaning into a few counseling modalities, as a pastor, with ministerial counseling experience, I love using these creative ideas because they can be very helpful and healing.
1} Create your timeline – Either in session or as homework between sessions. Allow yourself to spend some time on your life, detail it out in front of you, and let God use it to heal, teach, guide, and grow your faith.
2} Internal Family Systems – Give voice and name all the parts of you. What makes up your internal world? Who is dictating next steps or stirring up chaos or driving the bus?
3} Enneagram – Learn your number through taking a test or reading a book. This is a valuable tool to learn more about yourself, your motivation, your intent, your fear, your needs and wants and ways of interacting in the world around you.
How Faith and Life Coaching Work Together
God’s Word is paramount to my coaching sessions and practice.
Together, we dig deep in the Word, grow in faith, see him at work and trust him to help, guide, lead, and speak.
A Christian Life Coach helps encourage you in the seasons of life that feel like walking on water, praying for daily bread, belly of the whale, or hiding in a cave with enemies all around.
Prayerfully, a coach gets into the messy parts of your story and guides steps for healing and change.
I literally pray before, through, and after every single session. I’m asking for wisdom, help, words, understanding, and Holy Spirit power over it all.
As we become aware of how coaching can come alongside you in your story, we can evaluate, with God’s help, and move forward in his leading.
Are you looking for a Christian Life Coach?
Are you in need of someone who understands complicated things, neurodiversity, global work, or women in ministry?
Let’s dive into the work together.