Freaked Out, Relieved, or Cautiously Open.
There is a group of people who are mildly horrified at the idea of doing something so personal, so intimate, as life coaching online through Skype or FaceTime. Something about being physically present with their coach feels like an essential part of the experience. For them, the ritual of stepping out of life, driving to the office, and being in the “sacred space” of the coaching room feels important and helpful. For these people doing life coaching online is not a plan. If this is you, fear not
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It is also true that there are people, or couples, for whom online life coaching or relationship coaching is not appropriate. Therefore, we can set up face-to-face meetings.
Relieved To Meet with An Online Life Coach
The second group of people, when offered the prospect of meeting for life coaching online, have an “Oh thank goodness!” kind of reaction, due to the convenience of it. I personally fall into this camp. I am a huge fan of coaching. I’ve worked with several great coaches over the years and have benefitted from it enormously.
But I had to break up with my last coach because she couldn’t / wouldn’t meet with me online or by phone for our sessions. As much as I loved her and enjoyed our meetings, between running my business, seeing my own clients, and being a mom, auntie, and friend I am just so ridiculously busy that every time I had to stop what I was doing, find my keys, go flying out of the house and drive 30 minutes to her office (thinking, “I-do-not-have-time-for-this” the whole way), sit around and flip through a magazine, have my session, and then drive home… it felt like a huge chunk out of my day. If I planned the meeting during work hours, it messed me up because I felt like I didn’t get important things done. If I scheduled it after working hours, it required me to take precious time away from my family. I don't know about you, but time feels like my most precious resource. The time investment was the biggest reason I stopped going to coaching.
Online Life Coaching is Just So… Easy.
On the other hand, I worked with a different coach a few years ago who would have sessions with me by phone. That was so easy in comparison. It just fit into my day seamlessly. I'd be at my desk, doing my stuff, and at the appointed time she'd call, we'd talk, I'd take notes, and then immediately get back to business as soon as we hung up. (Often feeling inspired and ready to take action on the ideas we'd discussed). It was great.
I do wish that he’d been open to meeting with me by video conferencing, just because I do get more out of face-to-face conversations than simple phone calls. I meet with my professional consultation group by Teams every other month, and it’s another situation where as much as I adore my group, I simply would not show up for meetings regularly if I had to add drive time to the process. Many of my online life coaching clients are like me: They just have a lot going on to juggle, and the convenience and time savings of meeting online the big selling point for them.