Top 20 Life Coaches To Look Out For In 2023

Are you looking to make a positive change in your life in 2023? A life coach is the perfect person to help you reach your goals. Life coaches are professionals who help people overcome challenges, manage stress, and create balance in their lives. They provide guidance and support to help individuals achieve their personal and professional goals. With so many life coaches out there, it can be hard to know who to choose. To help you find the best life coach for you, we've put together a list of the top 20 life coaches who will help you change your life in 2023.

Amy Sinton

Amy Sinton is an international executive certified coach, that supports individuals and teams in unlocking their highest potential, clarifying their goals & planning out how to achieve them. She is great at empowering leaders & their teams so they can become even higher achievers. She supports her clients in gaining a higher level of self-awareness & coming up with new strategies & how to implement them. Amy supports her clients during tough, impactful & very important decisions. She coaches them & makes it easier to deal with this in the decision process. Whenever there is a conflict situation between coworkers & a need to resolve it or a sudden change of dynamic, she is eager to support.

Amy has her a YouTube channel in which she speaks about self-development an coaching. She explains how coaching is a powerful tool for overcoming challenges, personal & career development.

Manuel Gonzalez

Manuel Gonzalez is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in building and selling companies. He has amassed monetary wealth, but also a wealth of knowledge in business, sales and investing. He now shares his insights and experiences on his YouTube channel. If you’re interested in creating a business and building wealth, you will love his straightforward, fun and entertaining nature, as well as his on-point expertise. Gonzalez has managed to create an impressive track record, with a variety of interesting stops along the way: He’s been the most successful dating coach in Germany and went on to become the most successful Dropshipping coach in Germany right after. He co-owns a rapidly growing marketing agency with international clients and owns a fully digitalized business consultancy. On top of that, Gonzalez also owns businesses in Latvia, United Arab Emirates, and Germany. His content on social media is in English.

Cassady Cayne

Cassady Cayne is a leading energy healer, author and soul coach based in Los Angeles. After a dark night of the soul, Cassady experienced a sudden spiritual awakening and subsequently founded Twin Flames 11:11 based on her experiences. Gaining a large and passionate online following, she has worked with thousands in healing their relationship, attracting love and manifesting their ideal life. Raised in Northern Europe in a low income, atheist family, Cassady completely transformed her own life and describes her specialty as “making the impossible, possible”.

She is now a self-made 7 figure soulpreneur enjoying making a positive impact in people’s lives. Developing the Soul Alchemy method — deep quantum energy and laser coaching — Cassady has been able to accelerate her own and clients’ progress dramatically in comparison to traditional healing. Over 100,000 have benefitted from her free healing resources, and she has been featured in media including Psychology Today, Entrepreneur, Marie Claire and Mindvalley.

Yasmine Gould

Yasmine established Queen of Earth Tarot in late 2019 unexpectedly, which flourished quickly gaining a large following. Yasmine is clairvoyant, clairaudient, and clairsentient, but also practical, grounded and down to earth. This ability to read people, combined with life and relationship coaching skills, astrology, NLP, psychology, quantum physics, and a wide variety of interesting life experiences makes for enjoyable, profound, and transformational metamorphosis of an experience working with her.

Yasmine is passionate about human potential, living in the totality of the human experience, and loves to help facilitate an environment where people can do the same, and reach the depths of themselves. Yasmine believes embracing the emotional range we are blessed with, is the compass to true alignment and self fulfilment. Yasmine will this year, be expanding her work to retreats which focus on reconnection with self, and working more in-depth one to one with a handful of select individuals, as well as providing some digital products to help reach more people, to enable them with the understanding and tools to improve the quality of their relationships and their lives.

Julie King

International best selling co-author of Women Living in Alignment and author of Your Inner Journey, Facilitator’s Handbook, Julie King is the creator of Trans Breath™ , a multidisciplinary systematic approach for trauma recovery that heals, inspires, and transcends the soul.

After achieving MFA and BFA degrees in Opera Performance from the California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts), Julie enjoyed a successful music career, which she retired from in 2019 and transitioned into a Licensed Transcendental Vedic Psychologist. When Julie looks back at her life—losing her grandfather, bullied at school, sexually assaulted, and almost being killed on her wedding night—had she not had these traumatic experiences, she would not be able to fully hold space today for both the abused and the abuser. Her personal metamorphosis from a wounded warrior into an empowered woman inspired her to better understand the human mind and its relation to the cosmos.

Garrett Durant

Garrett Durrant is a health, wellness, spiritual, and anxiety coach. He is Certified in CBT and NLP. Garrett is making waves in the personal development industry! Leading up the highest cutting-edge, action-driven approach, to supporting others. Garrett is motivated and downright relentless to turn what was once his mess, into a message! He too has suffered from anxiety and knows how debilitating this disorder can be.

After diving deep into the healing of the mind, body, and spirit Garrett feels empowered! He says: “I feel so powerful to know the truth about anxiety, its triggers, and how to keep it at bay.” Garrett created an impressive state-of-the-art course that is set to change lives forever! “The Playbook” a step-by-step guide to healing and living a life beyond anxiety. Garrett’s driving force is to serve and make a positive, dynamic, and lasting impact in people's lives.

Vivien Roggero

Vivien Roggero, is an executive empowerment coach, who developed the transformative One Freedom framework. With a strong background as a tech leader and international entrepreneur, Vivien excels at leading high-performing teams, advising entrepreneurs, and coaching clients globally. Facing personal challenges in 2020, including his father's passing due to COVID-19 and his own divorce, Vivien redesigned his life goals and created the One Freedom framework to guide others towards daily freedom, success, and joy. He further enriched his coaching abilities by completing the Jay Shetty coaching school and the BetterUp training.

His One Freedom framework helps individuals discover their core freedoms and design a purposeful, joyful, and successful life. Vivien's ultimate objective is to elevate life wealth and encourage conscious living, creating a better world for future generations. Committed to empowering others, Vivien co-founded Rotaract Paris Hausmann reconized by Bill Gates for its polio-fighting efforts. He also launched the International Coaches Collective, a group of coaches for coaches. Recognized in various publications and as a speaker at international events, Vivien ranks among the top 10 life coaches in 2023. For those pursuing work-life balance, resilience, or well-being, Vivien's One Freedom Framework offers a proven path to success.

Nuria Burgell

Nuria Burgell is an accredited Dietless Life Coach, specialising in helping women improve their relationship with food to achieve a dietless life. With her guidance, clients are empowered to make free choices, as Nuria believes that diets do not work. As a coach, Nuria focuses on helping middle-aged women love, respect, and recover their bodies. Her approach is grounded in her own personal experiences of physical and emotional changes during her mid-forties, despite being a daily Pilates instructor. These challenges inspired Nuria to embark on a journey to a deeper understanding of the issues middle-aged women face.

Now at 57, Nuria has made it her mission to guide and support women through this transitional stage and draw up a roadmap to navigate through it smoothly, fearlessly, and full of confidence. Through her coaching, she strives to help women achieve a healthier, fuller, and more successful life in every aspect. With Nuria's expertise and compassionate guidance, women can embark on their own journey towards complete self-acceptance and self-love.

Oliver Villwock

Oliver Villwock is a distinguished life coach, author, and strategic partner to elite entrepreneurs, empowering them to conquer new heights in business and personal growth. Holding Master's degrees in Finance and Business, Oliver used to be sales director for one of the fastest-growing European FinTech companies. He radically transformed his life by becoming a full-time meditator, exchanging his sea-side office for hermitages and caves, and spending up to 49 days at a time in silent, solitary meditation.

Oliver's coaching style uniquely combines his business acumen with spiritual and intuitive capabilities, cultivated through his inner practice. He works based on his “Pure Power” coaching method: his clients take their ventures to the next level through strength-based leadership, designing deeply fulfilling lifestyles and integrating subconscious blocks, which are highlighted through challenges in their business. Results include successful new project launches and company restructurings, seven- and eight-figure fundraises, as well as notably decreased anxiety levels, increased confidence and intuitive capacities. In collaboration with Oliver, entrepreneurs achieve tangible success, shaping the future with power, purpose, and inner peace.

Fariha Salahuddin

Fariha is a highly compassionate transformation coach and personal branding expert with over two decades of global HR career in executive roles with fortune 100 companies such as GSK, Molnlycke, Citi, Unilever, ABN AMRO, and Pepsico, spanning three continents. She has lived in Turkey, Sweden, Singapore, Pakistan, the UK, UAE, and the USA; and travelled to more than 37 countries.

Throughout her career, Fariha has helped many talented individuals navigate their professional journey, including their highs and lows. With her journey starting as a customer service representative in a bank and rising to the role of Senior VP with one of the largest global food and beverage companies, Fariha has gained invaluable experience in leadership, personal brand, and courage. Her 120-day transformation coaching program is designed to shift clients' energy and build a credible personal brand inspiring them to make meaningful changes and live the life of their dreams.

Based in Dubai, Fariha brings a unique, multicultural perspective to clients across the globe. She is a certified Professional Coach from iPEC (globally ranked #1 in life coaching), a Master Practitioner of Reiki, and a Certified Image Consultant. She has a Master's in Family Relations and Child Development from Pakistan and a Master's in Human Resource Development from the US. Her area of expertise includes, developing senior leaders and emerging talent, women development, inclusion and diversity, personal effectiveness, organization culture transformation, among others.

Shane Savoie

Before becoming a Business Growth & Purpose Coach, Shane served as Chief Operating Officer at Men’s Health Foundation, where he led COVID vaccine efforts and built the first of its kind LGBTQ+ Health Club in LA intended to reduce the HIV epidemic. During tenure as COO, he was blessed to experience the power of coaching, and realized it was his calling.

Shane founded Elevated Soul, Inc. to empower small businesses, entrepreneurs, and start-ups to rise & thrive in any economic climate. What sets Shane apart from other business coaches is ability to prove a ROI upfront. Through a hybrid coaching/consulting model, and a proprietary software, Shane finds revenue breakthroughs for his clients, maps their implementation plan, then coaches’ clients to achieve the profit acceleration strategies. Clients receive access to an online learning academy to support their efforts between coaching sessions and maximize success. Shane believes that fulfillment is found at the intersection of purpose, meaning and connection. Thus, he is crafting course offerings to help young adults discover their calling and utilize innate talents to benefit the world. His vision is to raise consciousness by connecting people to their authentic self while putting an end to the mental health epidemic.

Emilymai Esther Dunbar

Emilymai is the founder of Mending Hearts Life Coaching LLC. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Work and a Master's in Leadership with emphasis on Church Leadership. She received her coaching certification from Health Coach Institute. Once she became a Certified Christian Life and Relationship Coach. Emilymai decided to launch her coaching business in 2021 with the mission of equipping, empowering and challenging individuals and couples to thrive in every area of their lives, most especially the area of Relationship.

Emilymai does one-on-one coaching with individuals as well as couples coaching. Since the creation of Mending Hearts Life Coaching, she has seen and heard countless stories of transformation in the live of her clients. Her love for God , family and seeing people live an abundant life on earth are the forces behind her business. Emilymai ultimate goal is to establish her own coaching school to teach others what God has taught her as a coach. She holds three things close to her heart: GOD, FAMILY and IMPACT, with the three in mind, she believes Mending Hearts Life Coaching is going to transform the lives of others and she is unapologetically waiting to see it happen.

Shandy Arguelles

Shandy Arguelles graduated from Loyola, New Orleans, School of Law, in 2003 and built a successful family law practice with high ethical standards. In 2020, she certified as a life coach which gave her the edge to provide her clients with unparalleled support to help them move on from divorce. She founded Direction After Divorce™ a program to help women Recover from Divorce, Rediscover their Self-Worth, and Repurpose their Life.

“I’m the divorce attorney that believes in relationships. And the most important relationship is the one you have with yourself.” With a full online coaching practice and a membership program on the horizon, Shandy is dedicated to helping people go from divorce to dream life. We have this one life. What are you doing with yours?

Adedamola Flourish Balami

Adedamola Flourish Balami is the founder and CEO of SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS STARTUPS a personal development and business coaching institute, founded in 2019 and has successfully coached hundreds of entrepreneurs. She also founded Flourish Africa Farmstead which produces vegetables and livestock in providing solutions to food shortages in Africa.

Being an entrepreneur for over ten years, she believes that entrepreneurship need not be a stressful journey possibly affecting every aspect of their lives. She inspires founders to identify what success is to them and find happiness without losing the best moments of their lives in pursuit of it. She has supported over 200 founders by providing resources to teach and support peer-to-peer learning through her courses, community group and the metamorphosis conference which takes founders from ideation to execution and running of their business.

Aliya Jivraj

Aliya Jivraj is the creator and founder of Sublime Self, a transformational life coaching programme specifically designed for women, particularly those that suffer from female health conditions such as painful periods, PMS, endometriosis, perimenopause and menopause as well as women who have undergone hysterectomies. Aliya suffered from all of these and her passion is now to help other women overcome the challenges when faced with these symptoms in daily life, personal life, relationships with partners and families or professional & social life. These conditions can not only have an impact on a woman's physical health but also on her mental wellbeing. Aliya therefore concentrates on both aspects during her coaching sessions and clients benefit from her own vast experiences.

Her insights draw from a myriad of global challenges and she incorporates empathy & a compassionate perspective towards women who are balancing multiple responsibilities. Sublime self is all about creating a safe and warm environment for women to express themselves. Aliya's own healing journey incorporated holistical and embodiment techniques to nourish her mind, body & soul. She incorporates all these into her unique coaching programme. Her own path led her to realise that dealing with the physical symptoms was only one aspect of the healing journey. Once she opened up and shared her story, many other women then came forward. Aliya has made it her mission to break down the stigmas surrounding female health and help women not to suffer in silence & to become the best version of themselves, a sublime self.

Kavita Kansagra

Kavita Kansagra is a board certified family physician, health coach, and mom, who is dedicated to helping high-achieving professionals achieve optimal health and wellness. As the founder of SoBoMi Life, she combines her medical expertise with her passion for coaching to provide a comprehensive approach to health that includes mindset, nutrition, exercise, and weight loss.

After years of working as a physician and observing the impact of lifestyle choices on health outcomes, she decided to start her own company in 2019, with the goal of helping others achieve their health goals. As a Certified Life Coach, she uses a holistic approach to help her clients achieve balance and reach their full potential.

Kavita's unique approach to health coaching has helped countless clients achieve their goals and live their best lives. She is committed to providing personalized attention and support to each of her clients and helping them achieve sustainable, long-term results. With her passion for health and wellness, Kavita is a true inspiration to anyone looking to live a healthier, more fulfilling life.

Kate Clark

As founder of Thunder Life Coaching, Kate is successfully working with individuals as well as corporates. With a background in psychology and numerous courses in counselling and life coaching, she has a strong education behind her name. More importantly though, she comes with personal experience, which helps her to understand and support her clients even better. In her one-on-one sessions, issues such as divorce, career change, decision making, or goal setting are common. All those difficult topics can be found in Kate’s past, which made her the knowledgeable and understanding life coach she is today.

A big part of her corporate life coaching is to reduce high turnover rates. Her work as team leader in an international company for over 5 years has given her great insight into what makes people resign. Kate has noticed a gap in this field and is supporting companies with a new way of onboarding.

Anna Barnhill

Anna is an ICF Certified Executive Coach, Business Psychologist, Contributing Member to Forbes Council, and a leading expert in the field of emotional intelligence and authentic leadership. Her passion lies in helping leaders integrate EI, authenticity, effective communication, and mindfulness into their leadership style. Her clients have included Google, Facebook, Tesla, Morgan Stanley, Federal Reserve, and more. Anna is an elected Member of the Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology and an Affiliate Member of the Institute of Coaching, McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She has also been recognized as Top 15 Coaches in Phoenix in 2023. Anna brings over 12 years of leadership experience including being an executive of publicly traded company. Having experienced the climb of the corporate ladder herself, now she helps other aspiring and seasoned leaders to live a more fulfilling life and lead with greater impact.

Dr. Pedro Luis Gonzalez-Sanz

Pedro L. González-Sanz is a certified physician specializing in Preventive Medicine who practices precision lifestyle medicine coaching. He deploys a unique revitalization and recovery program that relies on changing the physiology and mindset of the individual using precision medicine and behavioral science strategies. He detects alterations in metabolic pathways years before occurring. Through his program, he restores stuck or broken physiological balance and trains you personally in the necessary lifestyle and mindset changes to maintain and optimize your health and well-being.

He had to follow this path when he became a father of twins at 53, just at the peak of his career. Dr. Gonzalez-Sanz is an expert in mindfulness for health and a HeartMath Certified Practitioner in heart rate variability control and breathing work trainer. He is also a certified coach of the Tiny Habits® method and holds a diploma in Behavioral Medicine, among others. He represents the European LifeStyle Medicine Organization and is a founder of the Spanish Institute of Lifestyle Medicine. He also designs digital interventions for the self-care of chronic diseases and collaborates with various digital health platforms in the US. As scientific journalists, he has collaborated in media for the lay public and written some books.

Manisha Timothy

Manisha Timothy is an ICF Accredited Life Coach and owner/founder of DreamCatalyst Life Coaching (Dubai). Besides having a degree in psychology and an MBA, Manisha uses a blend of Neuro-Linguistic, Cognitive & Behavioral sciences. Manisha has vast experience in coaching people from diverse backgrounds, cultures, nationalities and coaches on a diverse array of topics ranging from career, relationship (including LGBT), wellness coaching & parenting.

Described by her clients as a warm, easy to approach patient and analytical, she has often surprised her clients exploring areas previously unexplored, leading to new insights, renewed perspectives helping manage thoughts and emotions.

Manisha is invited as a speaker to present her thoughts at the 4th Annual Summit on WOMEN (HER) Health and Empowerment EXPO in April 2023 in New York Coaching in her own words is, “The way to happiness and fulfilment is often right in front of us, all we need is a coach to clear the foliage.” Coaching for me is not just a profession but also a way of giving back to the society. Nothing is more painful than to find people living in the darkest part of a tunnel of their lives and nothing is more satisfying than to walk with them towards the light at the end of the tunnel.

Final Thoughts

Life coaches are professionals who provide guidance and motivation to help individuals reach their goals and dreams. From goal-setting to identifying strengths and weaknesses, life coaches can give you the tools and strategies you need to succeed. These life coaches have proven track records and will help you create meaningful lasting change in your life.