life coach

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.

life coach

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

Other Word Forms

• life coaching noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of life coach¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

To vent, she took to the Life Coach Snark subreddit — one of several forums where people share their experiences with life coaches they suspect are taking advantage of people — and a deluge of similar tales came in.

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The title of “life coach” could potentially cause confusion, says Aboujaoude.

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His advice for anyone considering following a life coach with a manifestation focus?

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An intimidatingly fit and happy life coach, Scalley promotes the power of male primal energy, although the film is savvy enough to point out that he was also born rich and curates an Instagram.

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“It was really one of those ‘aha’ moments,” Beck, who is also Oprah Winfrey’s go-to life coach, said in an interview.

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