Life can be a puzzle sometimes. We all face challenges, big dreams, and moments when we're not sure which way to turn. That's where life coaches come in. They're like personal trainers for your life goals, helping you get from where you are to where you want to be.
In this list, we're shining a spotlight on the top 10 life coaches of 2024. These aren't just any coaches – they're the best of the best, known for helping people make real, lasting changes in their lives. From career breakthroughs to personal growth, these coaches have a special talent for bringing out the best in people.
Whether you're looking to switch careers, improve your relationships, or just feel more fulfilled, these coaches have the tools and know-how to help. They've worked with all sorts of people, from busy professionals to stay-at-home parents, helping them unlock their true potential.
Ready to meet the coaches who are changing lives and making waves in 2024? Let's jump in and see what makes these 10 stand out from the crowd.
Goldie Uttamchandani
Goldie Uttamchandani is a bilingual Life and Leadership Coach with a diverse cultural background. Born and raised in Madrid with Indian heritage, she completed her secondary and higher education in the United Kingdom. Since 2013, Goldie has been collaborating with the Department of Education in Cataluña, initially delivering motivational talks to teenagers in public schools. Her passion for youth leadership development has earned her a significant teenage clientele, and her coaching focuses on empowering young people during their formative years.
Goldie's early work in public speaking laid the foundation for her professional coaching career, and she continues to lead conferences and workshops in schools. She has since established herself as a Youth and Family Coach, dedicated to supporting both teenagers and their parents in navigating the complexities of adolescence. Goldie believes that everyone has the capacity to evolve into a better version of themselves, particularly during the teenage years when biological and emotional changes play a crucial role in personal growth.
In addition to her coaching practice, Goldie is a thought leader in multigenerational leadership. She co-founded the podcast *Mind The Gen Gap*, advocating for greater awareness of the generational dynamics within organizations, which often consist of teams spanning up to four generations. Goldie is deeply committed to helping bridge these gaps to foster collaboration and understanding in the workplace.
Beyond her professional achievements, Goldie values her role as a mother to her son and daughter, who have been a constant source of inspiration in her coaching journey. In her personal time, she enjoys running and fitness. She is also a passionate advocate for the Sindhi language, promoting its preservation by creating educational videos with her children on social media.
Carla Villanueva-Manas
Carla Villanueva-Manas, PCC, is an award-winning Executive Coach, Master Coach Trainer, and visionary leader renowned for elevating trailblazers and organizations to exceptional success. Her innovative coaching methods help clients go beyond limits, achieve transformative results, and drive exponential growth.
Guided by her mission to ignite exponential positive change by empowering leaders and coaches who uplift others, Carla employs a holistic approach that addresses behavioral, mindset and systemic shifts for sustainable change.
With accolades including three Best APAC Coach and Best Executive Coach awards, Carla leverages her extensive C-suite experience and training to support CEOs, senior executives, and business owners in elevating their leadership and achieving lasting success.. Her clients attest to her ability to spark innovative thinking and deep insights, leading to significant breakthroughs.
Carla’s impact is two-fold. As a Coach to Leaders, she partners with senior leaders to enhance performance and propel growth. As a Coach to Coaches, she transforms both emerging and seasoned coaches into catalysts for change, equipping them with advanced techniques and a pioneering outlook to create meaningful impact across industries.
Her work generates a ripple effect, highlighting the transformative role of coaching in fostering significant change. In a world increasingly in need of visionary leadership, Carla stands as a beacon, charting a path to a brighter future.
Tazim Elkington
Tazim Elkington is an Evolutionary Disrupter, Hypnotherapist, Regression and Talk Therapist, Speaker and a 21 st Century Authentic Leadership Trainer who has established herself firmly as one of the top names in the field of personal development. She has also become a recognizable name in broadcasting and publishing and frequently speaks on TV and writes in the local dailies. Hailing from humble beginnings and growing through sheer resilience, curiosity and faith, Tazim’s passion for sharing her knowledge and insights stemmed from her innate curiosity to understand herself first in order to do that with others.
Thanks to her early experiences, she thrives on her natural ability to communicate with others, strong almost psychic intuition about the human spirit and the knack to have “off-the-cuff” conversations makes Tazim an unforgettable encounter. This has made Tazim a person who is controversial and different in her approach. Her advocation for progressive societal change has extended her compassion to individuals, groups and businesses in Africa and beyond. From boardrooms to the slums, her powerful message speaks of freedom, balance, integrity, action and endless fulfilled potential and continues to reach out to individuals and groups from all walks of life.
Cornelia Kiananua
Cornelia is a sophisticated professional who has worked with a range of people from different sectors, backgrounds and walks of life. As a Personal Development Coach, Qualified Social Worker and a Mental Health Specialist. She employs people to “channel their excellence and kick start their ability”. Cornelia champions individuals to maximize their skills, resources and time to enhance their abundance. She acknowledges that fear, adversity and procrastination often prevent people from achieving their desired outcomes and goals.
Cornelia advocates for people to “turn their misfortunate into an incredible WOW” and applies personalized principles to achieve these outcomes. Cornelia is additionally a devoted mother, and an author to a five-star book of poems “Bespoke Minds” which capture adventures of strength, courage and liberation from oppression. Cornelia is also the founder of a motivational platform called “Reswitch Your Mind” which promotes the significance and awareness of mental health, self-care and well-being.
Susan Carabello
Susan is an inspiring coach who helps women achieve abundance in every area of their lives. After discovering the power of manifestation in her life, Susan set out to help others achieve the same growth and success. She teaches practices and principles that she applies to her life and business. As a coach and motivational speaker, Susan teaches women how to master self-love, create their lives with intent and seek happiness from within.
Susan is also the author of Beauty Behind the Veil, an inside look at her transformation from self-sabotage to powerhouse manifester, hoping to inspire others to take charge and shape their dream life. Her second book, The Gift, A Practical Guide to Loving Yourself, Leading Yourself, and Learning The Lessons Of Your Soul, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
J.R. Rackley, LMFT, CLC
J.R. Rackley has worked in a Dual-Diagnosis setting, specializing in addiction recovery, trauma therapy, wellness therapy, and coaching for 12 years, but has been involved in the world of Mental Health for decades. Having the opportunity to listen to many individuals, who struggle with having a low Sense-of-Self, encouraged him to develop the Sense-of-Self Program.
J.R. holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from California Southern University, where he also received his Master of Arts degree in Psychology. J.R. is the Clinical Director of an outpatient program specializing in trauma, addiction, and other mental health aspects. J.R. is a Certified Cyber Therapist, which gives him an in-depth look at the world of Telehealth and what comes next in the world of virtual therapy. As a Life Coach, J.R. is passionate about helping others and hopes to reach as many people as possible, encouraging and guiding them to a better self.
Sanaz Kalantari
Sanaz is a Life and Leadership Coach and Educator with a passion and purpose to help people live the best versions of themselves consciously, authentically and energetically. She combines her 20+ years of experience in corporate, working for fortune 500 organizations and her decade of coaching expertise to create a diverse approach to personal leadership and high performance.
A Certified Professional Coach (CPC) and member of the International Coach Federation (ICF), she also holds certifications in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Integrative and Blueprint Coaching as well as Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP) and COR.E Dynamics Leadership from the Institute for Professional Excellence In Coaching (iPEC). She is the founder of Mastering Mindset, which offers 1:1 Coaching and group workshops as well as virtual events in collaboration with coaches and leaders in the positive psychology and human behavioral sciences. Sanaz is also a passionate advocate of diversity in the workplace and communities. This is anchored in her own multicultural upbringing, transitioning careers as a working mother, and continuously navigating a culture of change in the global technology industry.
Dr. Donna Marie Cozine
Dr. Donna Marie Cozine for the past 20 years has honed her leadership skills. As a Teacher, Assistant Principal, Director of Curriculum, Principal, the founder and CEO of the Renaissance Academy Charter School for the Arts in Rochester NY, and now an Executive Leadership Coach. Dr. Donna Marie Cozine helps overworked and exhausted educational leaders establish work-life balance so they can lead their organizations and live the lives they DESERVE. She knows the importance of having a strong, highly effective team that will help organizations reach their goals. She has personally grown and matured the leadership pipeline in her organization and has helped many other leaders and organizations do this as well. She loves taking that knowledge, and experience, to help schools, districts and individuals.
She is the founder and CEO of Consult DMC, a company dedicated to serving educators who want to level up their leadership to enrich the lives of thousands of children and their families. She works with individual leaders and leadership teams and boards to ensure organizations have a sustainable pipeline of highly effective, mission-driven leaders. Dr. Cozine has been featured on/in The List TV, Authority Magazine, Principal Magazine, The Rochester Beacon, Medium, Connections with Evan Dawson, WHAM 13 Rochester NY, WXXI News Rochester, NY, and various national and international podcasts.
Véronique Broomfield
Veronique is an expert in human transformations and a Mindset artist. She works on business performance using a method that studies the biology of consciousness, specifically the Subcellular Psychobiology from the Institute for the Study of Peak States. She supports wellness coaches and entrepreneurs so they can build leadership and professional strength. She helps them to generate revenue in the 6 figures up to 1 million a year.
Veronique often uses the term Mindset Fitness to describe how Mindset trains at the same level as the human body. She can help you overcome emotional and physical pain caused by biographical and generational trauma that can be responsible for lack of motivation, blockages and Unconscious auto-sabotage of the human being.
During the pandemic, Véronique lost her restaurant business and found herself with no income. This led her to focus on her successful coaching and therapy business that she owns today.
Amy Sinton
Amy Sinton is a personal life and business coach. She has a great passion for helping people reach their goals, improve themselves & find solutions to various challenges that they are trying to deal with. Amy wants for people to have a better career & quality of life. She aims to support people as a coach in the process of becoming more empowered. She helps them reach their maximum potential, and become even more successful in their daily lives, career, personal & professional relationships.
She studied and earned her coaching certifications more than two years ago in Poland. She works as a personal life & business coach mostly online. She has coaching sessions with people in various different countries & is multilingual. She speaks 3 languages fluently: English, Polish & Russian. She has lived in many countries & has a large experience in multicultural environments.
Conclusion
And there you have it – ten amazing life coaches who are making a real difference in 2024. Each one brings something unique to the table, whether it's a fresh approach to problem-solving or a knack for motivating people to reach for the stars.
Choosing a life coach is a personal decision. It's about finding someone who not only has the skills but also connects with you on a personal level. As you think about these coaches, ask yourself: Who speaks to your heart? Whose approach makes you feel excited about your future?
Remember, working with a life coach isn't about fixing what's broken – it's about building on your strengths and discovering new possibilities. The right coach can help you see opportunities you might have missed and give you the confidence to pursue your dreams.
So take your time, explore your options, and don't be afraid to reach out. The perfect coach for you is on this list, ready to help you write the next exciting chapter of your life. Who knows? This could be the year you look back on and say, "That's when everything changed for the better."