Affordable Life Coach Training
Anyone with the passion, the heart and the desire to assist people can become a life coach. The problem though is that those qualities alone are not enough to qualify you as an effective life coach. You will also need training and mentoring. But life coach training resulting in a certification costs $3000 to $6000 on average.
Let’s assume you simply do not have that sort of money laying around. Does this mean your dream of becoming a life coach is over? Well, not quite. There are several ways you are able to make life coach training more affordable.
Scholarships
As in traditional colleges and universities, there are scholarships available to help you pursue your dreams of becoming a life coach. There are a number of companies willing to assist you as long as you meet their qualifications and discplay the necessary level of desire and determination.
One approach you are able to take is with your current employer. You can inquire whether or not they have scholarships or other programs available that would meet your needs. A lot of companies offer incentives for their employees to further their education, particularly if it is in an area that would benefit the company, such as life coaching.
If no such progam presently exists in your company, you could propose it to the appropriate department head or your supervisor. There are a lot of companies that fund 100% of continuing education.
Another approach is to apply to one of the top coaching academies. One of these institutions is the International Coach Academy.
International Coach Academy is among the top schools in the world for coach training. They provide top notch, affordable and accessible training. Their Certified Professional Coach Program is fully certified by the International Coach Federation.
Find A Mentor
Another method of obtaining affordable life coach training is by finding a mentor. If you’ve the necessary desire and motivation, you are able to seek somebody already working as a life coach who’s willing to take you on as an apprentice. This might not be formal training but that does not necessarily mean that it will be less effective. Somebody presently working in the life coaching field may well be a better teacher or trainer who has been in the classroom and isn’t an actively practicing coach.
Naturally it is going to require some work to find somebody willing to become your mentor. You will need to gain their trust as well as demonstrate a high level of desire and determination to become a life coach. While you should attend some sort of formal training later to attain life coach certification, the lessons you’ll learn from studying under a personal mentor will likely prove to be far more valuable than anything you will learn in a classroom.
Self-Training
If you’re unable to find a mentor or are unable to afford formal life coach training, then your last resort is going to be self training. One source of self training that is widely available is books. There are a lot of books on the subject of life coaching, but you do not necessarily need to purchase them yourself. Find the ones available through your local library and begin with those.
Another good source of information is the World Wide Web. The information superhighway has an unbelievable amount of information on life coaching. Just make certain you exercise some caution on where you get your information. Choose sites that are credible sources of information regarding life coach training.
I’m ICA’s Sales & Marketing Manager and I’d like to correct a misstatement in this article. We do not offer a number of 50% scholarships for our coach training program. At our discretion, we may make a scholarship available to students in third-world countries, but it is not something that we do regularly or often. We do have a free teleclass called Become a Coach where prospective coaches can discover what a coaching career is like and what our financing offers are. I hope this helps. (Please update your article so no one is misled. Thank you! – Lori)
Sorry Lori my mistake