Becoming a youth life coach is more than a career—it’s a calling. It’s a chance to empower kids with the mindset skills they need to thrive in life. If you’re someone who dreams of helping children build confidence, bounce back from setbacks, and create a life they love, you’re in the right place!
Whether you’re a parent, educator, therapist, or simply someone with a heart for kids, here’s what you can expect when stepping into the world of child life coaching.
Why Become a Youth Life Coach?
Children today are facing challenges like never before—rising anxiety, low self-esteem, peer pressure, and more. As a youth life coach, you’ll be part of the solution. You’ll teach kids how to:
- Believe in themselves and develop strong self-esteem
- Build resilience and coping skills
- Make good decisions aligned with their values
- Set and achieve meaningful goals
- Lead themselves with confidence and integrity
And you’ll do this through mindset development—something that traditional education and even parenting often don’t address deeply enough.
What Makes Life Coaching for Kids Different?
Coaching children is different from coaching adults. A child’s brain is still developing the critical thinking skills that adult coaching methods rely on. That’s why a traditional coaching model—centered on deep questioning—isn’t as effective with kids.
Instead, children need engaging, relatable tools to help them understand and internalize the lessons.
That’s where the Adventures in Wisdom® approach shines. Using fun, story-based coaching tools like Power Goggles® or Canville and Cantville, WISDOM Coaches help children see themselves in the characters and apply the lessons to their own lives. Through child-friendly discussions and multisensory activities, kids don’t just hear the message—they live it.
It’s Not Counseling. It’s Not Parenting. It’s Coaching.
It’s important to understand that life coaching for kids is not therapy. You’re not treating mental illness. Instead, you’re working on the wellness side of the mental health continuum—empowering children with tools to thrive, not just survive.
Parents often seek youth life coaching when:
- Their child lacks confidence or motivation
- They’re navigating a big life change (like a move or divorce)
- Their child struggles with anxiety, shyness, or peer pressure
- They want their child to develop leadership and life skills early on
Who Becomes a Youth Life Coach?
Youth life coaches tend to have three things in common:
- A love for personal development and mindset work
- A deep desire to make a difference in children’s lives
- A willingness to learn and grow
Our WISDOM Coaches come from all walks of life—teachers, life coaches, parents, grandparents, therapists, extracurricular instructors, spiritual leaders, healthcare workers, volunteers, and more. If you believe in helping kids become their best selves, you already have what it takes.
What’s It Like Day-to-Day to Coach Kids?
Expect to:
- Create an emotionally safe space for children to learn and grow
- Read and discuss empowering stories and mindset skills
- Help children discover their inner strength and wisdom
- Celebrate their breakthroughs (there will be many!)
- Partner with families to create lasting change
You can coach children one-on-one, in small groups, or lead workshops—online or in person.
The flexibility is incredible, and the impact is lifelong.
Ready to Get Started?
Adventures in Wisdom® offers a complete system—the WISDOM Coach® Certification—that gives you everything you need to launch your own coaching business or integrate coaching into your current role.
- Use a proven curriculum (used for over a decade) to help kids develop 27 powerful mindset skills.
- Learn to coach using a story-based process that gets results.
- Access marketing tools, business training, coaching resources, and ongoing support.
- Join a global community of like-minded coaches transforming lives around the world.
Becoming a youth life coach means giving children the tools we all wish we had when we were younger. And the best part? You’ll grow just as much as the children you coach.
🌟 Are you ready to inspire the next generation? Learn more and get a free coaching story to experience it for yourself at AdventuresInWisdom.com.
Learn more about becoming a youth life coach with our Essential Guide to Building a Kids’ Life Coaching Business!
Want a WISDOM Coach to Work With Your Child?
Contact Limor if you are in Poland or would like your child to be coached online.
Or click below to:
- Use the “Connect with a Coach” form or
- Search the WISDOM Coach® Directory
Get Certified as a WISDOM Coach Yourself
If you’re passionate about helping kids this way, then get certified to use this story-based curriculum and use it in the way that works best for you.
Lisa uses the curriculum to teach mindset skills in school, where she has remained a School Counselor. And she helps kids beyond school in her own private practice.
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Adventure well, my friend!
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