You’ve finally done it. You’ve finally decided that it’s time for a change. Scary though it sounds, you’re pretty sure you’re ready. So the question is, “what now?”

One of my clients wrote this:

“We all have glimpses of what we want our future to look like…..every age and stage of life yields something different. When I had my 61^st birthday the thought of early retirement from my job of 16 years to pursue some sort of ministry started to float around in my mind. I didn’t have a plan and had no idea how to even begin. Very unsettling for a professional project manager! I had no idea how to manage a project in my own life! And after almost eight months of letting the thought run undisciplined through my mind I finally did something…..I got a Life Coach!”

My own testimony is similar. Huge life changes forced me to seriously consider the “what now?” question. I was very fortunate that a friend had become a coach. Without his ability to ask the difficult questions, I would still be sitting on the sofa staring blankly at the TV. Without his willingness to put the pressure on – ever so gently – I would have given up.

Making the decision to change is only the first step toward your new life. What happens next takes a lot of work and diligence. My client was a “project manager,” but she couldn’t conceive of the next steps in her own life. What about you? Do you need help with the next steps, with goal setting, with traveling through the stormy seas of change?

A life coach is someone who helps you navigate until you reach your destination. Change is hard. Trying to change by yourself is harder. Why not consider the support of a life coach to get the passion back in your life.