Unlike traditional psychotherapy, life coaching did not originate from medicine but rather from the world of sports, entertainment, and business. For decades, athletes, actors, and leaders have been working with coaches to improve their performance in their respective industries. The results from quality coaching have often been spectacular. However, you don’t need to be in any of these worlds to experience the benefits of life coaching. We are all leaders, whether it’s of our own lives, a family, or an entire organization, and we can all benefit from improving our ability to show up more skillfully. Coaching can be truly transformational and help create sustainable change. Many clients come into this work convinced that their marriage, job, boss, or some other external circumstance is what’s making them unhappy. It’s not unusual, even after just a few months of coaching, for them to state that they’re experiencing more satisfaction in their lives — even with those circumstances still present.