How is life coaching different than consulting?

A consultant is hired to solve a specific problem and is usually expected to have advice, opinions and solutions that are proposed. A consultant is an expert who dispenses advice and has answers. Then the client is left to implement them. The consultant holds the agenda, imparts knowledge and offers suggestions to improve effectiveness and increase success. This is very different than life coaching as the life coach or legacy coach holds the client to be naturally creative, whole, resourceful and committed to implementing their own solutions. A life coach sees the client as generative, capable, intelligent, and having answers within themselves or the resources to find them. A life coach acts on the premise that the definitive expert regarding your life and work is you. Coaching empowers the client!