The journey to becoming a life coach hasn't been an easy one. But the most important thing is that I'm here and I'm ready to take this on.
Just a few months ago I wrote two posts and it all ended up here. I was figuring out what I needed to do with my life and not wanting to sit on the sidelines anymore.
I have always enjoyed working in counseling and therapy. But the key word that is missing is that I didn't "love" it. I always felt (and I still do) that you have to love what you do in order to truly be happy. I enjoyed working with people. I enjoyed helping them with their lives, but I didn't love it. This sent me through a conundrum of what to do with my life. I thought I was supposed to be helping people. I enjoy helping people. I actually LOVE helping people, although I didn't love being a therapist and counselor. This led me to a conversation I had with a previous supervisor and the idea of me being a life therapist was a very viable career option. Life coach. Hmmm. It was a very good idea. I began doing research on this career. The biggest qualification was life, and I definitely think I had the right qualifications for that. That coupled with my background in higher education and counseling psychology, I knew that this was where I needed to be at this point in my life. So I laid the groundwork to get my life coaching practice off the ground and I ended up here. Ryan the Life Coach. I get to work with people in a way that is so different than the work I do as a counselor/therapist. This is where I am most happy.
There's still a long ways to go from here. I knew there was going to be work to be done. This was not something that was going goin to be easy. It was going to be a challenge. But you know what? I love doing what I do. And that's why I am ready to take on that challenge.
I hope you take the time and visit my website: www.coachwithryan.com. I go into detail the differences between counseling and life coaching.
I hope that this blog can now be a reflection on that journey. And that I can help and inspire those that need it.
