life coach

noun

: an advisor who helps people make decisions, set and reach goals, or deal with problems

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Gerry Tucker is an Austin writer and a professional career and life coach. Gerry J. Tucker, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Amanda Holden, who hosts Britain's Got Talent, hosts the show, while life coach Paul C. Brunson helps the couples work through their issues. Caroline Blair, People.com, 8 May 2025 Their pretensions are witheringly lampooned in this comic thriller about Ronnie, a Pakistani American who tags along to the desert enclave with her friend turned life coach, Marley. Calum Marsh, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 Balthazar, played in a hipster fade and with a puppy-dog scowl by Jaeden Martell, is a New York rich kid with a life coach and a divorced mother (Jennifer Ehle) who’s too busy throwing political cocktail parties to pay him much attention. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for life coach

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of life coach was in 1969

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“Life coach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life%20coach. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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