Frequently Asked Questions about Life Purpose Coaching

What do you mean by Life Purpose?

Your life purpose is your contribution to the world that uses your whole self fully and gives your life passion, fulfillment, and meaning through dedication to something larger than yourself. For a fuller discussion see Finding Work that You Love and Finding Your Life Purpose.

What is Coaching?

Coaching is an ongoing relationship of respect and trust which helps clients take action toward the realization of their visions, goals, and desires. Coaching uses a process of inquiry and personal discovery to develop a client’s awareness, initiative, and responsibility. It also involves problem solving, strategic planning, action steps, and motivation. For more information, click here or read Jay's article The Emergence of Coaching. 

What is the role of a coach?

The coach's role is to provide support, facilitation, feedback, and challenge. Life Purpose coaches also know how to work with people psychologically and spiritually and understand the overall process of discovering and manifesting one's life purpose. Our purpose is to help you discover important truths about yourself and manifest them in the world. We never push an agenda on you. 

What is the Life Purpose Coaching process?

Life Purpose Coaching helps you explore the depths of your psyche using reflective inquiry and guided meditation to discover your life purpose. When needed, a Life Purpose coach can help you work through psychological blocks that are holding you back from progressing. We also incorporates career assessment to help you discover appropriate careers based on your interests and talents. Once you know your life purpose, we help you make and carry out action plans to actualize it. For more information, see Steps to a Meaningful Career.

How can I explore whether Life Purpose Coaching is right for me?

You can read over the wealth of material written by Jay Earley on this website. In addition, you can arrange a free individual phone consultation.

What is Change Agent Coaching?

A form of Life Purpose Coaching in which you discover and actualize your unique contribution to social transformation as part of your life purpose. Click here for more information.

Can coaching really work on the phone?

Yes, in fact most coaching is done on the phone these days. It can be helpful to use a speaker phone or headset when you are taking notes or when we are engaged in a guided meditation.

What if I don't want to follow the structure you have laid out?

The Life Purpose Program is flexible and personally tailored. You can choose exactly which steps you want to do and which you want to skip and which order works best for you.

What if I want other coaching help in addition to life purpose coaching?