One of the keys to making important changes is recognising that what you want and need is not necessarily the same as what other people think is best for you or what they would want and need for themselves - ‘Quality of Life’ is subjective. 

For one person a good quality of life might involve earning £500,000 per annum and driving a fast car. For another person it might involve being in a fulfilling relationship or simply being able to manage stresses better or get through a crisis, or building a future you can be enthused about.

The personal nature of quality of life is succinctly captured by The Quality of Life Research Unit in the University of Toronto , which advises that to assess your own quality of life you should ask how good your life is for you. 

The life coaching service that I offer includes a clear focus on improving your quality of life. The service begins with a a quality of life assessment in which you are asked to give scores to different areas in your life in terms of their importance and your satisfaction with each different life area. I then ask you to describe the areas you would like to focus on in your own words and we can use that as the starting point for moving forward in the coaching sessions..

If you have a series of coaching sessions then after an initial period I may ask you to redo your quality of life assessment (without looking at your initial scores) and see what has changed.

When recompleting the quality of life assessment after an initial series of sessions coaching (usually 6-8 weeks), clients have reported the following increases in satisfaction levels:

• 500% increase in feeling relaxed and in good mental health
• 200% increase in satisfaction with nature of work/daily occupation
• 200% increase in satisfaction with relationships in work/daily occupation
  
• 150% increase in satisfaction with quality of relationship with partner
  
• 150% increase in satisfaction with level of income
• 200% increase in satisfaction with level of savings
• 250% increase in satisfaction with use of leisure time

The increase in satisfaction scores gives clear evidence of the value of coaching in improving satisfaction and quality of life.