life coach

American  

noun

1. a person who advises clients on how to solve their problems and reach their goals in life.

   A life coach can help you make the right decisions in your career.

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life coach British  

noun

1. a person whose job is to improve the quality of his or her client's life, by offering advice on professional and personal matters, such as career, health, personal relationships, etc

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Other Word Forms

• life coaching noun

Etymology

Origin of life coach

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Newsweek and Time moved their portfolios of newsletters to younger competitor Beehiiv, joining the likes of life coach Jay Shetty and celebrity Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose Arnold’s Pump Club health and fitness newsletter has more than 1 million subscribers.

From The Wall Street Journal

This fall, she started talking with a life coach from the Palisades, processing her grief — but, she emphasized, talking about happier things, too.

From Los Angeles Times

As the sandwich-generation adult responsible for your multigenerational holiday, you need to be part tour director, part therapist and part life coach to everyone counting on you for a vacation of a lifetime.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Coton, a certified life coach, currently runs the workshops with pupils at Chipping Campden School in the Cotswolds, as they prepare for their GCSEs.

From BBC

Williams presided as a surrogate mother and life coach for Black gays and lesbians, transgender Angelenos of color, people living with HIV who felt stigmatized because of their status, and those who didn’t necessarily feel at home in mostly white venues.

From Los Angeles Times