With Christian Life Coaching CO Christians Cope Better With Modern Life

By Sharon Carter


The fast pace and many pressures of modern life can be debilitating and exhausting. Numerous people find it extremely difficult to cope from one day to the next. Even Christians, who have their religion to turn to for help find it difficult to survive in an ever increasingly secular world. They often feel as if the demands of a society wholly focused on worldly matters make it almost impossible to grow spiritually. However, with Christian life coaching CO citizens can try to regain balance in their spiritual lives.

Christians have more than one choice when they seek professional help. They may simply seek counselling from their pastor or priest, they may join Christian groups or they may even seek psychological therapy. An increasing number of them opt for the services of a coach, however. They like the idea that coaches are objective and not judgemental in any way and they then choose a coach that uses Christianity as an approach.

These coaches firmly believe that the Bible is the prime source of teaching, advice and help in dealing with every possible problem life can present to an individual. They therefore focus on helping their clients to identify their own problems, worries and shortcomings and to then study the Bible in order to find answers and solutions. They believe that this approach is the only way in which to grow spiritually.

Reputable and experienced coaches nevertheless use modern counselling techniques to help their clients. They focus on the Bible to find answers, but many clients still need to learn how to set goals, how to find answers for themselves and how to make plans to convert their goals into achievable action plans. This is achieved through modern, proven methods that help clients to focus on their end goals.

Choosing a coach should be undertaken with circumspect. Christianity consists of many different orders, churches and groups that all differ in one or more ways about the way that the interpret the Bible, to road to salvation and the rituals that all Christians have to honour. The chosen coach should profess a belief system very similar to that of the client.

It would be very unreasonable to expect a coach to perform miracles and to produce answers and solutions. That is not what their role is. Their role is to act as guides, to help their clients to explore possible solutions to their questions and problems and to find ways in which to change their own lives in a meaningful and fulfilling manner. The role of the coach is to act as guide and advisor, not as a pastor.

Coaches that base their approach on the principles of Christianity and the Bible have many critics. They say that these coaches are not qualified for leading their clients towards spiritual growth and that they certainly do not have either the training or the experience to interpret the Bible correctly. Their clients would be much better off with pastoral counselling, these critics say.

There is no doubt that many Christians find it very difficult to adhere to the principles prescribed by their religion as well as the rules of the world within which they work and live. Coaches can help them to cope and to reconcile the two. If this cannot be done then the conflict is surely going to prove too much to handle.




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