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. In my work I express this by saying that ‘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. 

A good life coach will work with you to explore what it is that you want, i.e. what is a good quality of life for you, and how you can achieve that. In the coaching that I offer you can sign up either for just one session or for a programme of sessions. If you decide to choose a full programme of  sessions, it will begin with a Quality of Life Assessment in which you are asked to give scores to different areas in your life in terms of their importance, the satisfaction rating you give them and last (but not least) the degree of difficulty you think you will have in achieving what you want in relation to them.

At the end of your initial programme of life coaching I will ask you to redo the Quality of Life Assessment (without looking at your initial scores!) and see what has changed.

When re-completing 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