What a Life Coach Can Do For Your Career
A life coach has the experience and educational resources that provide the mental clarity, structure and support that many professionals don’t realize they’re missing to advance in their professional career. As Amy Pierre-Russo explains, people often get stuck “going through the motions of work and everything that you’ve worked to build,” without ever pausing to define what they actually want their life and career to look like. A coach helps you narrow your focus and “center in on one core goal per season” so your energy isn’t scattered across competing demands.
For those who are early in their career, a coach can help them navigate corporate workflows, interview prep, and resume check. As a former HR manager, work/life coaches like Amy also provide a resource to learning about your benefits and advise your career growth. These life coaches save you time in the learning process and set you up for success and a clear mindset.
Career coaching is also beneficial for seasoned professionals. This includes C-Suite executives and entrepreneurs who may feel overwhelmed with stressors that can inhibit an efficient day-to-day schedule in other areas that they may be neglecting in their life.
Coaches also help you identify blind spots and navigate challenges with more confidence by offering a space to “bounce ideas off one another” and see possibilities you might miss on your own. For women especially, Pierre-Russo notes that coaching fills gaps that workplaces often overlook, particularly as many experience pay inequities, being “passed over for promotions,” or stepping back due to caregiving responsibilities. With the right guidance, professionals learn to advocate for themselves, build sustainable habits and take intentional steps toward their longer-term goals. As Pierre-Russo puts it, coaching helps you begin making “small, meaningful, actionable steps in the right direction now,” so you’re not “sitting in the same seat with the same goals a year from today.”
Mothers Need Coaching Now More Than Ever
The pressures facing working mothers underscore why coaching is becoming an essential tool for independence. Recent discussions within the community have highlighted a rising trend of women turning toward freelance or solo work after childbirth due to systemic challenges that limit their advancement in traditional workplaces. As explored in The Motherhood Gap: Why One in Three Women Turn to Solopreneurship Postpartum, many mothers pivot to contract or entrepreneurial roles in search of autonomy, flexibility, and emotional sustainability. This landscape makes the role of a life coach even more valuable, helping women design careers that honor their evolving identities while still pursuing long-term professional growth.
A Workforce Still Not Built for Parents (or Women)
Pierre-Russo draws from her former career in HR to highlight a reality rarely discussed outside of research papers: the system is not designed with parents, especially mothers, in mind. “I saw women leaving on maternity leave and coming back facing pay gaps or watching their peers get promoted over them,” she said. “In 2025, almost 500,000 women have left or been pushed out of the workforce. We can’t say this isn’t disproportionate.”
Beyond maternity, Pierre-Russo notes that women are often expected to lead mentorship groups, manage emotional labor in the office and absorb tasks that go unrewarded or unnoticed. Resources like coaching, she argues, help counter those disparities by filling in the guidance gaps workplaces often ignore.
Self-Care Doesn’t Have to Be Performative
Pierre-Russo isn’t shy about discarding terms she believes have lost their usefulness and “self-care” is one of them.
“It’s become performative,” she said. “People think it has to be a routine or something expensive, but it’s really about small, sustainable rhythms, even five minutes you protect and prioritize.”
For many parents, those five minutes come in unexpected forms: a quiet shower, the first sip of morning coffee without a phone in hand, or brushing their teeth with mindful intention. Pierre-Russo encourages her clients to “habit stack” by attaching the smallest grounding rituals to activities they already do without thinking. Even regular daily practices like showering can become intentional rituals.
Life Coaches Help Your Mental Blocks
Coaches are supposed to work at your pace of life. Mental blocks that can prevent long-term career success can be self-image issues, insecurity, imposter syndrome and lack of attention regulation.
To connect with a life coach today, simply download MissPoppins to get started with a free initial session.
Last Edited: December 12, 2025
