Can you make money life coaching?

Is it really possible to make money as a life coach? Yes, absolutely.

We've watched incredible TeamCLCC graduates go on to create thriving coaching practices, write books, speak on stages, and so much more.

The Courageous Living Coach Certification offers, in addition to our core training, additional training opportunities in different niches: executive coaching, somatic coaching, career coaching, health and wellness coaching. One way that many coaches make money is through establishing themselves as respected experts in a particular niche.

What if you don't want to make money as a coach by growing a business--what if you want a salaried job? You can develop your skill-set and make connections in the corporate world, potentially securing an in-house coaching position as a Leadership Development specialist.

People often ask, "Can you make money life coaching?" when they're afraid that the money won't come--and that's a really reasonable fear. It's scary to change careers! That's just one reason why so much of our work with trainees emphasizes self-coaching approaches that help you to face those fears and start learning and then practicing the skill-set of courage.

Build Yourself a Runway

In the Courageous Living Coach certification, we use the metaphor of "building a runway" when we talk about building a coaching business and starting to make money as a coach.

Imagine: for a plane to take flight, it needs a combination of velocity and enough of a runway in order for wings to catch air. A lot of velocity, without a long enough runway, won't do it. A long runway, but not enough velocity, won't work, either. To make money life coaching if you want to grow a business, you've got to have the velocity (the investment of your time into marketing) with a long enough runway (the consistency of your marketing approach, over time, allowing it to build). If you decide you'd like to go the salaried route and work corporate/organizational in house, you'll also need to give yourself time to make connections and work your way through the interview process.

In our training program, we want you to learn the coaching skill-set so that you can navigate these emotional ups and downs and emerge feeling courageous. To develop your business, take advantage of our basic marketing resources.

Many of our trainees start from scratch with building a website and creating their marketing messaging, and some go on to start taking on coaching clients even before they've finalized their certification! There are plenty of ways to determine how to make money as a life coach and everyone's path is different.

The question is: are you ready to start? Begin training with us and get ready to start your career as a certified life coach. Start by checking out our Course Catalogue and get our free “Become a Coach” video series.