Do you have your own practice such as a coaching practice or some other business where you help others?

Question

I love helping people & thought about starting a coaching busines so I can do what I love & what I am good at & do naturally. I don't know how to structure this & would like to know what good books there are on the subject? What have you learned about doing this? Any advice is appreciated.

Answer 1

It's good that you have the interest to help others. Not sure if you are referring to life coaching or related to physical health. If it is physical health, then it will be good to take up a good certification course from ACE (acefitness.org) or ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine). These courses will give you a firm foundation.

For coaching, you can approach colleges to attend classes to gain basic foundation. A course or training will establish a good foundation- sometimes, if you only read from books, different books offers conflicting information that may lead you feeling even more confused. If you have a foundation, and with experience, then you will be able to differenciate fact from fiction. From there, you build a good reputation and then comes clients. All the best :)