Chalkboard Magazine Volume 4 | Page 27

! Confessions from a life coach Finding Balance I caught up with Mandi to find out more about her emerging business sector. My own experiences have given me good grounding to be able to help others. to their lives. It is not about giving advice. I teach people how to use their inner self and abilities to achieve their goals. Why did you decide to be a Life Coach? What qualifies you to do your job? Who is your ideal Client? I am a qualified Life Coach but honestly the best qualification that I have is my own life experience. My service is aimed at small business owners and people who are in a transitional stage of their life, by this I mean people who are considering starting a small business or moving country. Having said that my most recent Client is a professional who simply wanted to find balance between their home and work life. I realised that through teaching, I had been coaching my students in terms of their life goals and was keen to expand on this. Life Coaching is about helping people understand, realise and use the tools that have been given to them to find balance. Tell me more about your sessions and how they can help others. My sessions are 100 percent based around my Clients, I offer an impartial confidential service. Coaching is about showing the Client how to make change 27