Resiliency offers us the strength and power to get through life’s challenges. Indeed, it is key to being able to create a purpose in life.
The beautiful thing about learning to be resilient is that there isn’t just one way to get there. Instead, any number of life experiences can lead us toward resiliency. This concept carries over to life coaching. No matter what leads you to find a life coach, they can help you work within that area of your life to build resiliency that carries over to other areas.
What Is Resiliency?
The importance of resiliency has become more well-known in recent years. Resiliency is the ability to bounce back, learn from, and even be transformed through hard experiences. Resiliency helps us get back up again rather than remain knocked down and conquered by tough times. It means we find a way to cope with stress, whether that be personal, financial, or otherwise.
So, while losses and challenges aren’t always fun, they clearly can serve a vital purpose. You can almost think of them as basic training. It’s hard, but you can get stronger and grow your coping muscles when you go through difficulties.
How Life Coaching Can Help
Life coaches often work with their clients in several areas. They’re a bit like a personal trainer, helping you build up strength for improved performance.
Clarify Goals
Perhaps you’ve found a life coach to help you build your new business. Or maybe it’s to help you lose weight. It could be that you need help navigating a significant transition in your life.
When we’re struggling with an issue, it can be hard to see where we want to go. Life coaches can help us identify what exactly we want. Understanding this paves the way to build resiliency.
Identify Roadblocks
Life coaches are skilled at asking deep questions. They do this to help you create a laser focus on what matters to you. Part of setting goals is to understand what has kept you from reaching that goal in the first place.
When you can identify behaviors and beliefs that have held you back, you’ve taken a big step toward increasing your resiliency. Indeed, you may only know that you’ve struggled in the past, but not known why. The concept of resiliency might not have even been on your radar.
Create a Plan
Reaching any goal requires a plan. Creating this plan alongside you is the job of a life coach. Together, you can dig into the roadblocks you identified. You can brainstorm and strategize with your coach as you figure out how to address those roadblocks.
As you figure out how to shift your understanding of yourself, you’re building resiliency.
Draw Upon Your Skills
Life coaches know how to draw your strengths out of you. Often, self-doubt plays a role in keeping you stuck in the face of challenges. But, believe it or not, you do have skills and strengths. You can do more than you think you can do. A life coach helps you see this and keeps you accountable toward taking steps toward your goal. As you grow your trust in yourself, your resiliency will increase.
The Ripple Effect
Even if you have been overwhelmed in the past by stressors, it is possible to build resiliency. The human brain is amazingly adaptable and able to grow and change. You don’t have to let setbacks and hardship control your life.
As you work on one or two main goals with your life coach, the self-knowledge you gain will ripple outward into other parts of your life. You’ll learn better ways to cope with and conquer challenges. Plus, you’ll build your confidence in your abilities. Also, you’ll move forward with increased insight, skills, and, yes—resiliency.
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If you’d like to learn more about life counseling and growing your resiliency, I encourage you to reach out to my office today. Resiliency is a fundamental skill for navigating all of life.
