It may be customary to send your troubled teenager to a counselor to help him deal with his issues but it can be a good idea to utilize a Parenting and Life coach yourself to help you with your parenting and self-improvement. Parenting and Life coach Barbara Desmarais offers teleclasses in order to help parents out there with their own parenting issues. She is the resident parental expert of The West Coast Moms, a group whose aim is to empower today’s youth through positive growth.
Starting off, you may be wondering how exactly a parenting and life coach may differ from other kinds of counseling. The major difference lies in the focus. A life coach focuses on the future and the present, rather than the past. The energy is not concentrated on the problem but on the solution. Communication and coping skills in relationships are some of the major points of emphasis as their clients are trained through healthy, functional living. A life or parenting coach is not the one who diagnoses mental disorders or challenges, but helps a parent become the parent they want to be.
 Barbara usually incorporates Power Coaching™ tools into her coaching which aids in accessing the right side of the brain- the creative or intuitive side which connects us to our spirit. “Power Coaching™ is an expedient way of getting to the root cause of many of our issues; those things that are blocking us from moving forward. Sessions are usually one hour long,” said Barbara.
“Becoming a parenting and life coach has been the perfect way for me to integrate my experience, expertise, knowledge and passion. It also allows me to work from home and be available to my 2 teenage children, Marc and Claire. I have received coach training from Coach-Parenting™, Coaching and Leadership Int., and Coachville. I provide coaching in person or over the phone, primarily to parents,” remarked Barbara.
"We were having some challenges with our daughter's behavior and were looking for some advice on how to deal with it. Barb's suggestions were very helpful, she provided insight on why our daughter might be acting the way she was and offered ideas on how to set boundaries and allow are daughter to express herself," commented a parent, Catharine Vancouver.
For more information contact Barbara Desmarais at 604-524-1783, or toll free at 1-888-233-7920, and check out www.theparentingcoach.com.
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