Life Coaching

“The goal is to balance a life that works with a life that counts” – Peter Block

What is life coaching?

People who work with life coaches are usually aspirational and want more out of life. They are people who desire growth in their personal or professional lives (possibly both), and want that growth to come faster or easier. Working with a coach can benefit your life in a variety of ways but perhaps one of the most valuable benefits is avoiding the long route towards what it is that you want to achieve in life, saving you time, frustrations and anxieties that may have previously stopped you.

Why would I need coaching?

There could be many reasons why you may want to work with us. For instance, if you:

  • like to learn how to take advantage of your own strengths and talents
  • struggle to make up your mind about a major life decision, such as a move
  • want changes but don’t know how to make them
  • want to work smarter – not harder
  • are not feeling as healthy or happy as you’d like to feel

What specific issues do you help with?

Life-coaching can help you with personal issues or ‘road blocks’ that are affecting you at home and at work. These include:

  • lacking confidence, self-worth and self-esteem or being overly self-critical
  • low assertiveness
  • relationship difficulties
  • juggling the work-life balance
  • difficulties managing anger, frustration and stress
  • burn-out

What is your approach?

We are friendly, empathic, non-judgemental and supportive in our approach, and sensitive to what moves and motivates people. We listen carefully to what you are telling us and use a wide variety of coaching strategies that can help you re-assess your values and commitments; consider your situation from different perspectives; raise awareness of your strengths and how to build on them; learn and develop; generate ideas, find solutions, problem-solve and make decisions. Life coaching is goal-oriented, solution-focused and action-oriented.

We will ask you specific questions about what you want to accomplish and what your values are, and help you re-evaluate and re-focus your thinking to make sure you’re going about achieving your goals in an effective and meaningful way.

As a life coach, Coaching4all aims to:

  • offer you different view points
  • challenge your self-limiting beliefs
  • give you confidence and inspiration
  • help you develop new strategies and skills
  • help you get ‘unstuck’ and move forward through the road blocks
  • support you to realise your goals and make the life and work changes you seek
  • help you find success and satisfaction

Is life coaching similar to counselling?

Dr Esmoreit Sleyster’s training and work as a Chartered Clinical Psychologist informs and guides her work as a life coach, but life coaching is not like therapy or counselling. Life coaching focuses on the present and future; on making positive changes and achieving ambitions; and on working with your strengths. It is not about seeking to resolve unfinished historical issues and heal past and present emotional wounds, as would happen in therapy.

What does the life coaching service include?

A complementary, free-of-charge 15 minutes telephone conversation to discuss the reasons for your enquiry and how we can help you.

A 90 minutes face-to-face consultation meeting charged at the reduced fee of £100, to be paid up front. The aim of this exploratory meeting is for us to get to know you better and understand your personal circumstances, visions and goals. We will discuss how we can help you, the focus of our work, and formulate your goals. We will also agree the frequency and type of meetings.

The coaching package costs £595, which is paid for in advance and consists of:

  • EITHER 6 x 1 hour face-to-face coaching sessions the Coaching4all office in Lewes OR 12 x 30 minutes confidential coaching telephone
    calls / Skype conversations
  • home-work / self-help material if required
  • complementary brief email or text correspondence between sessions
  • 24 hour response for a one-off 15 minutes emergency session (not including weekends, Bank Holidays, or during holidays)
  • Sessions can be taken on a (bi-) weekly basis or spread out over a 4 month period if you prefer, depending on how much time you need to work towards your goals and how quickly you want to attain your goals. Additional travel costs will be charged at £40 per hour/pro rata if the meeting takes place outside the Lewes’ office.Upon completion of the coaching package, additional single sessions can be arranged to continue building on the progress we have achieved. These will be charged £100 per hour pro-rata and are paid up-front at each session. Alternatively you may want to arrange for another coaching package.

Please get in touch for further information about life coaching, or to arrange an appointment, by contacting us via this link: Contact