This is a bit sensationalized.
> "In the first year alone, I spent $14,000 working with my life coach, and in the years that followed I probably spent $100,000," she says. She also spent thousands of dollars on additional courses and mentorships with other life coaches that her primary coach recommended. "I got sucked into it."
If they weren't getting value out of it, why continue the sessions?
I have an executive coach I meet with every other week. No psychology background, etc, but a lot of experience coaching people similar to me. She is insanely expensive, but I'm ok with that.
In my experience, the majority of these type of uncertified coaches don't go out of their way to mislead people into thinking they have more training than they do. For that reason I don't really consider it a scam. (I'm sure there are money hungry sketchy coaches that mislead people, but that exists in every industry)
> "In the first year alone, I spent $14,000 working with my life coach, and in the years that followed I probably spent $100,000," she says. She also spent thousands of dollars on additional courses and mentorships with other life coaches that her primary coach recommended. "I got sucked into it."
If they weren't getting value out of it, why continue the sessions?
I have an executive coach I meet with every other week. No psychology background, etc, but a lot of experience coaching people similar to me. She is insanely expensive, but I'm ok with that.
In my experience, the majority of these type of uncertified coaches don't go out of their way to mislead people into thinking they have more training than they do. For that reason I don't really consider it a scam. (I'm sure there are money hungry sketchy coaches that mislead people, but that exists in every industry)