One of the most common misconceptions we hear from people about life coaching is that you must have your life entirely ‘together’, (aka borderline or actually perfect) to be a good coach. Whether you’re thinking about stepping into life coaching as a career, a trainee life coach, newly graduated or even well established, this is a pervasive narrative we regularly hear whereby life coaches should be perfect or near to it, including having perfect lives, never struggling with things like mental health difficulties or relationships and that their lives and businesses should be on a straightforward trajectory upwards, never experiencing anything challenging or difficult. And so when we were asked this question for an episode of Inspired Coach Podcast by Beautiful You Coach Tanya Jones...
