life coach
Goals accountability partner
A life coach is someone who guides clients through personal or professional challenges—career transitions, relationships, goal-setting, motivation.
Unlike therapists, life coaches typically focus on present circumstances and future aspirations rather than psychological conditions or past trauma.
The field is unregulated, so credentials vary widely: She hired a life coach to help her figure out her next career move.
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
- advisorOne who gives guidance
- counselorOne who advises
- consultantProfessional advice provider
- facilitatorNeutral process guide
support · direction · feedback · accountability · encouragement · empowerment · insight · wisdom
Formal evaluation of worth
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
- affirmationsPositive self-directed statements
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
- reframingChanging interpretive context
exercises · worksheets · homework · check-ins · reflection · questioning · mirroring · challenging
Source of creative impulse
- driveOperate a vehicle
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- passionIntense emotional drive
perseverance · resilience · initiative · tenacity · grit · optimism · confidence · momentum
Accomplished goal or deed
- successFavorable outcome attained
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- objectivePurpose or goal
purpose · milestone · vision · dreams · career · progress · priorities · goal-setting
To make different
- growthIncrease in size
- reinventionComplete self-transformation
- transitionChange from one state
- developmentProgress toward maturity
progression · breakthrough · evolution · renewal · shift · becoming · self-discovery · journey
Steadiness or amount owed
- well-beingState of health, contentment
- self-careMaintaining personal wellbeing
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
boundaries · holistic · health · fulfillment · wholeness · harmony · grounding · centering
mentor
Trusted wisdom-giving advisor
- advisorOne who gives guidance
- counselorOne who advises
- consultantProfessional advice provider
facilitator · support · direction · feedback · accountability · encouragement · empowerment · insight · wisdom · navigation
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
- affirmationsPositive self-directed statements
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
reframing · exercises · worksheets · homework · check-ins · reflection · questioning · mirroring · challenging · intake
inspiration
Source of creative impulse
- driveOperate a vehicle
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- determinationFirmness of purpose
passion · perseverance · resilience · initiative · tenacity · grit · optimism · confidence · momentum · mindset
achievement
Accomplished goal or deed
- successFavorable outcome attained
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
objective · purpose · milestone · vision · dreams · career · progress · priorities · goal-setting · roadmap
change
To make different
- growthIncrease in size
- reinventionComplete self-transformation
- transitionChange from one state
development · progression · breakthrough · evolution · renewal · shift · becoming · self-discovery · journey · rebirth
balance
Steadiness or amount owed
- well-beingState of health, contentment
- self-careMaintaining personal wellbeing
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
burnout · boundaries · holistic · health · fulfillment · wholeness · harmony · grounding · centering · presence
- lifestyle expertsfitness trainer, nutritionist, dietitian, interior designer, organizer
- life coaches
- supportsupport, emotional support, moral support, support group, stand by
- teachersteacher, tutor, tutors, instructor, instructors
- advisorspolicy advisors, consultant, adviser, advisor, think tanks
- mentoringmentors, mentees, protege, apprentice, advisor
life coachsaboteur
One who deliberately undermines
bad influence · enabler · toxic friend · naysayer · critic
life coachpsychoanalyst
Unconscious mind specialist
psychiatrist · trauma specialist · therapist · clinical psychologist · psychotherapist
life coachabuser
One who mistreats others
manipulator · saboteur · exploiter · con artist · cult leader
life, coach, alive, lifestyle, lifelong, livelihood, lifelike, lifespan, coachable