{"id":20275,"date":"2020-10-06T07:05:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T05:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/?p=20275"},"modified":"2024-10-16T08:25:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T06:25:02","slug":"how-to-overcome-depression-with-life-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/life-coaching-blog\/how-to-overcome-depression-with-life-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Overcome Depression With Life Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of us will feel down from time to time. This is a normal part of life. In addition, it\u2019s a part of what is it that makes us human. However, for some, feeling down can turn into something bigger. It can lead to a continuous feeling of despair or inadequacy. This, in turn, may result in depression.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Is Depression?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The term \u2018depression\u2019 refers to a condition which requires professional assistance (from a psychiatrist or <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/blog\/what-does-a-life-coach-teach-find-out-more-in-this-article\/\">life coach<\/a>) and\/or medication in order to treat. If you are living with depression, you will already know how devastating the symptoms can be. If left untouched, it could become very serious.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s essential to seek help from a medical professional or life coach if you think that you&#8217;re suffering from depression. If your doctor diagnoses you as suffering from depression, there are a number of treatment options you can try, including psychotherapy, life coaching and antidepressant medication.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What Is Life Coaching?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The term \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/life-coaching\/\">life coaching<\/a>\u2019 refers to a practice in which a life coach assists their clients to attain their <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/fitness-sport-management-blog\/how-to-set-up-goals-and-objectives-for-administrative-system\/\">goals<\/a> in life by making use of the following methods:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regular discussion, and<\/li>\n<li>Empowering them to make progress towards their goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is done using a holistic approach which takes all aspects of the client\u2019s lives into account.<\/p>\n<p>During life coaching sessions, coaches will look for ways to empower their clients in order to overcome any obstacle which is standing in the path of their goals. Obstacles can be entrenched in the psychology of the client, for example their self-confidence or these may be related to lifestyle, such as diet.<\/p>\n<p>Personal coaching (which is not to be confused with mentoring) is a continuing, one-on-one training programme in which the life coach works closely together with their client in order to work on implementing strategies which will finally assist the client with transforming their lives and enjoying fulfilment as their reach their personal goals, whether it be in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seeking out a work-life balance, or<\/li>\n<li>Fulfilling their personal strengths, as well as<\/li>\n<li>Discovering the possibilities of their life as a whole.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20276 size-shop_single\" src=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC08098-copy.jpeg\" alt=\"Trifocus Fitness Academy - life coaching\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC08098-copy.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC08098-copy-scaled-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC08098-copy.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC08098-copy.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/DSC08098-copy-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Turn Negative Thinking To Positive Thinking With Life Coaching<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Overgeneralisation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Frequently someone who is depressed will adopt negative thinking patterns which keep them trapped in a bad mood. These negative thinking patterns may be the result of over-generalisation.\u00a0 For instance, the person thinks that since they have had a single negative experience, they will experience the same thing in the future.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mental Filter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Another very common pattern of negative thinking is using a mental filter. This is when someone only notices what went wrong but ignores what went right.<\/p>\n<h3>Emotional Reasoning<\/h3>\n<p>Another negative thinking pattern is emotional reasoning, which is to believe that what you feel is actually the reality without evidence.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/contact-us\/\"><strong>Contact Trifocus Fitness Academy<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Are you keen to learn more about how to help people turn negative thinking into positive thinking \u2013 and help them to overcome the symptoms of depression? If you are then a career as a life coach could be just what the doctor ordered! For more information about how to make yourself into a life coach with us, please follow this <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/life-coaching\/\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/life-coaching\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19976 size-shop_single\" src=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/footer4.jpg\" alt=\"Trifocus Fitness Academy - Life Coach -\" width=\"600\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/footer4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/footer4.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/footer4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/footer4.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/footer4.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of us will feel down from time to time. This is a normal part of life. In addition, it\u2019s a part of what is it that makes us human. However, for some, feeling down can turn into something bigger. It can lead to a continuous feeling of despair or inadequacy. This, in turn,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":20278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2334],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20275"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20275"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37786,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20275\/revisions\/37786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}