Life coaching for kids and teens teaches our children how to use their mind and their thoughts to create happiness, confidence, and success in life. As your children’s coach, I can help them learn how to manage life’s events, the challenges of growing up, and any recovering from mistakes, failures, and disappointments. While working with me, your children get tools and strategies to know how to bounce back and pick themselves up so they never ever give up on their goals. Through the process of coaching, your children will develop self-esteem and confidence from the inside out, based on who they are, and not based on how popular they are in school, or how many friends they have or don’t have, or what they accomplish. It’s confidence and self-esteem based on worthiness and their birthright. They will learn to stand in power. When working with your children, I teach them to believe in themselves and I help them build self-confidence. They will learn how to stretch outside of their comfort zone, create courage, and go for their dreams with an “I can do it!” attitude.

To some extent, yes. However, life coaching goes beyond building good character, learning how to treat others, and knowing how to behave. In my programs, your children learn how to be the leaders of their own life, create a life purpose, set and achieve goals, and many other skills that most adults haven’t learned yet! However, if you decide to enroll your children in my coaching programs, it doesn’t mean that “you failed” as a parent. It simply means that you understand your children need additional support in the area of coping skills, building self-esteem, or overcoming shyness and anxiety. These are goals we will be working on as partners to help your child succeed.

The short answer is: Yes, your children and family can benefit a lot from working with a life coach for children. Your children might: Struggle with low self-esteem, getting down on themselves, beating themselves up, and thinking that no one likes them. Go through a big change, such as a move, a new school, or a traumatic family event, such as divorce, death, or illness. Struggle with low confidence, shyness, or anxiety, avoiding new things or new experiences. Be very prone to peer pressure and making bad choices with friends groups. Struggle at home with homework, chores, and other family responsibilities. The above and many more are good reasons for us to work together and support your child through challenges.

Life coaching and counseling have similarities, such as asking questions, listening, and finding patterns in someone’s life. However, they are not the same thing. Counseling helps with more serious issues that prevent a child from living a normal and productive life. Examples of issues are: eating disorders (anorexia or bulimia), depression, OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) or ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). Life coaching helps children reach their life potential: going from where they are to where they want to be. It’s about creating what they want through building unstoppable confidence and powerful self-esteem. When we’re working together, your children will set and reach goals, create balance, success, and happiness in their life. Overall, they will have a sense of direction, purpose, and fulfilment. Through WISDOM coaching, your child, you as a parent, and I as a coach will become partners in a creative process to help your child see how the power of their mind can create happiness, confidence, and success.

Most definitely! Stories are powerful learning tools for children (and actually adults too!) because they make them think. Stories help us use imagination and creativity to imprint a picture in our minds and create feelings in our hearts. Stories inspire, support, and empower your children to feel great about themselves, to really see what’s possible for them, and to understand that life is a wonderful adventure that’s worth living. How exactly does that happen? When I read and discuss a story with your children, multiple centers of their brains are stimulated: intellectual, emotional, and physiological. This engagement creates imagination and leads to deeper learning. With stories, your children and I can start important conversations without putting them on the spot or making them feel embarrassed. As a result, they can get in touch with thoughts and feelings that they may not be open to talk about directly. Furthermore, through stories your children learn “without lecturing” and I get to teach them “without preaching.” In addition, the accompanying activities help your children build life skills that they will apply to their own life. And last but not least, your child will be engaged and have fun listening and discussing the stories!