I'm not the kind of Life Coach who believes that my life has to be perfect for me to be able to offer Life Coaching to other people. To my way of thinking that makes about as much sense as saying you wouldn't ever go to a doctor who got sick, or visit a bald hairdresser.

My only criteria when it comes to Life Coaching is can I help get my clients from where they are to where they want to be. At the end of the day, if my clients are happy, then so am I because they pay me to help them become happier.

Having said that, I do think there is a line to be drawn in the sand. I don't think somebody with anger management issues should be a Life Coach.

I also don't think somebody that loves to gossip and cannot respect confidentiality should take up Life Coaching or any therapeutic role for that matter.

Drug addicts would probably not make great Life Coaches and a Life Coach that weights 400lbs, smokes two packs of cigarettes per day and downs a bottle of scotch is going to struggle to gain credibility.

However, everybody including Life Coaches have problems in their own life. In fact problems are part of the very fabric of life and there is no way around that. It's not the problems we have that define us, but how we manage and deal with them.

I have had a lot of health issues over the last few years and at one stage about a year ago that started to get me down to the point where I wasn't sleeping very well. I went to see my doctor who was keen to put me on anti-depressants even though I wasn't keen to be on them. Even I thought a Life Coach on anti-depressants was taking things too far.

It was time to take my own advice. As my work load increased and my time got scarcer, my meditation practice had taken a beating to the point where I was lucky if I sat more than once per week.

I know that meditation helps in any amount of ways and I often recommend it to clients. It helps sleep, reduces stress, improves cognitive function, increases happiness levels, improves he;lath and even lengthens life.

And all of those are scientifically proven, we are not talking about woo-woo stuff here but hard scientific data replicated many times.

As I left the doctors without the medication I decided that I could carry on as I was, or take my own advice and commit to meditation on a daily basis. I'm glad to say that I did the latter and now never miss a days meditation and feel 100% better.

I still have some lingering health issues, but they are no longer dragging me down and it feels great not to be relying on medication for a reason to get out of bed in the morning.

if you have any of the issues I mention above, commit to meditating for 30 days and I'm confident you will see an upturn in how you feel.