life coach

noun

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

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Real World alum and life coach Kelley Wolf plans to attend a treatment center amid her contentious divorce from her estranged husband, Party of Five actor Scott Wolf. Ryan Coleman September 2, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025 The actor has been married to Ryan Haddon, an author and life coach, since 2009, and the pair share two daughters. Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025 This time, Carey (Marvin), a gym teacher, is driving along a highway with his life coach wife, Ashley (Adria Arjona). Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 28 Aug. 2025 Her Ashley is the movie’s fourth and fifth wheel, dismissed as both a perfidious troublemaker and a New Age airhead—a life coach in need of a wife coach. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for life coach

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 10 Sep. 2025.

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