According to Ajit, the co-founder of Evercoach by Mindvalley, there are two dimensions of coaching: coaching for challenges and coaching for growth.
When it comes to health coaches, their focus is to help their clients overcome health challenges such as smoking or achieve their positive health goals.
Your client may not be aware of what their challenge is or how they want to grow. So a coach will help them clarify what their needs or wants are.
Unlike mentorship or psychological therapy, a health coach acts as a guide who doesn’t impose their expertise and tell their client what to do, but rather provides clarity by explaining how things work and empowering them to figure out solutions on their own.
“You can take your client’s power away by giving them a piece of advice,” Ajit says.
When teaching, mentoring, and even willpower fail, coaching doesn’t because the request for a change is driven from within.