The Munyay Marketplace is an online coach marketplace that connects customers with professional coaches at a price they can afford. As the demand for coaching increases, Munyay provides an easy way for professional coaching to be accessible and affordable to anyone who wants it.

According to the International Coach Federation, coaching is “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.”

The outcomes of coaching vary from person to person, but generally coaching can improve your life by helping you: understand yourself better, get you unstuck, give new perspectives, reach important goals, and grow in meaningful ways. As the client, you’ll set the agenda according to what’s important to you.

Regardless of the topic, coaching centers on four activities: assessing the current situation, having a vision for the future, identifying obstacles, and creating action steps forward. To do this, the coach will understand what you want to get from the session, ask powerful questions, and bring out action steps and accountability.

Although many people confuse mentoring with coaching, they’re not the same.

• In mentoring, the mentor is the expert of certain subjects, whereas in coaching, the coach is the expert of the coaching process.
• In mentoring, the mentor decides how the student ought to grow, however, in coaching, the client sets the agenda.
• In mentoring, the student asks questions of the mentor, but the role of the coach is to ask questions to stir insight and understanding so the client learns from himself.
• In mentoring, the goal is for the student to become more like the mentor, but in coaching, the goal is for the client to become more of himself.
• In mentoring, the mentor invites the student into the mentor’s life, but in coaching, the coach invites the client into the client’s life.

We also have a blog post about this.

Munyay is a coach marketplace instead of a coach directory, which means it allows you to choose from a wide variety of professional coaches; compare coaches across different criteria; manage payments, gift cards, and coupons; post multiple coach services; use calendar and messaging tools; and streamline business operations. For more information about the differences between a directory and marketplace, please read our blog post.

Here are five ways counseling and coaching are different from each other:

• In counseling, the emphasis is often on the past. Coaching puts the emphasis on the future.
• The goal of counseling is often healing and recovery. Coaching is more about progress and development.
• In counseling, you work on your wounds. Coaching focuses on your strengths.
• In counseling, there's a licensing process. In coaching, there are certifications.
• The counseling profession is largely holding steady. The coaching profession is a rising tide.

We also have a blog post about this.

Since we're a professional coach marketplace, we uphold professional coaching standards. All of the coaches who appear on our marketplace are Munyay Approved Coaches, who:

• are certified through a professional coaching organization; or
• are on the certification track of a professional coaching organization having completed at least two ICF-approved coaching courses; or
• have completed the program in the upcoming Munyay Coaching Academy.

In addition, all of our coaches agree to adhere to the Code of Ethics of the International Coach Federation.