Life Coaching/Therapy Myth #4
Have you gone through a phase in life when you thought you need
the guidance and expertise of a life coach? You felt you needed a therapist to unload the past and overcome thar which is weighing you down at present? And then you just shook your head and said, ‘Yes,
but life coaching or any kind of therapy work is so expensive.’ For me, it was a personal investment. I spent five years learning and trying every new theory and therapy during a time in my life when I couldn’t afford it. There was pain from my past that I knew I needed to address, and for me it warranted using my credit card and working two jobs. Now, I’m not surely encouraging you to do the same—that’s a decision only you can make. But my view is that good coaching/therapy is worth the time and money. There is greater cost for not doing the inner work to improve the quality of your life. When you consider how your well-being - or lack of it - will impact your relationships, health, career success, and overall life satisfaction, personal life coaching and/or therapy is an investment clearly worth making.
MYTH: Life Coaching
and Therapy is expensive, I can’t afford it.
FACT: Yes, seeing a life coach or therapist
often can get expensive. Yet when you think about price, what's the cost of not
going for it? Your relationship/marriage? Your job performance? Think about how
your distress may conflict with your work, relationships or your life and then
make a decision about pricing.
It is also true
that you don’t have to always pay top dollar for expert help. Yet people
are hesitant about entering a client-coach relationship in order to prioritize
their own well-being and let the cost be an excuse for not getting help.
Health insurance
companies often provide some mental health coverage, but whether a coach or therapist
takes insurance or not varies. If they don’t, many offer sliding fee scales
based on income for people who need help but can’t afford it. Most of us aspire
to make a positive difference in people lives. We are do-gooders and want to
help people, so if someone needs care but can’t afford it, you can usually work
towards an installment payment structure which is best suited to your financial
position. Thereafter it is just a question of budgeting and
prioritizing. Sometimes professionals also provide mental health services for
free or at a reduced fee on certain days or hours of business as a gesture of
gratitude and giving back to the community at-large.
In conclusion; the
long term cost of not getting the help one needs can be high. You may think why
should I pay someone to be nice to me and care for me? I can get that for free
from a loved one. However, there is
a huge difference between a life coach or therapist and your family or loved ones.
What you pay for is their time, expertise and
commitment to your success - the caring infact is for free.
Note: Tasneem Kagalwalla
offers free of cost online/1:2:1 life coaching every Saturday between 0900
-1300 hours CST. Prior appointments are required. She reserves the right to
accept or decline a client based on individual requirements and/or space availability.
Contact Tasneem Kagalwalla for more information on how Life Coaching works best for you.
www.tasneemkagalwalla.comClick here for Therapy Myth #3 http://tasneemkagalwalla.blogspot.com/2015/01/therapy-myth-3.html
Click here for Therapy Myth #2 http://tasneemkagalwalla.blogspot.com/2014/10/therapy-myth-2.html
Click here for Therapy Myth #1 http://tasneemkagalwalla.blogspot.com/2014_09_01_archive.html
You may not feel like eating that salad, you may not feel like going on that date, or you may not feel like calling up that company and asking for a job. But, if these steps are going to take to closer to your desired outcome, then it is imperative that you take them.
ReplyDeletebusiness coach