What would you do to get what you want?  In this picture you can get a sense of what my five-year-old son, Jack, went through to find

By Stephen Krcmar

It’s a hot, sunny day in Los Angeles, but I’m sitting in air conditioning-crazy Starbucks, freezing my frijoles off and looking for answers. Since my life coach hasn’t shown up yet, I look elsewhere — to the LA Times astrology pages.

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Mel laments the latest Paris Hilton news--she was released from jail just 3 days into serving a 45-day sentence--and uses it to illustrate how we all live in the land of excuses. If your excuses are keeping you from leading your best life, there's NO excuse not to listen to this podcast!

Scott Cluthe interviews Dr. Leonard Richards of LM Richards and Associates & The Enhancement Institute a life coach who left Wall Street to coach executives of Fortune 500 companies. Although Dr. Richards became a successful executive, he still felt unfulfilled. Dr. Richards talks about finding your true calling in life and having a successful career without losing your identity.

The over 50,000 life coaches in practice worldwide will tell you that money can, in fact, buy happiness—or at least balance in your life—if you're willing to do the work. Critics see them as unqualified, amateur psychotherapists, who might do more harm than good. While there are training programs for coaches, it is an unregulated industry and most coaches are not certified. Can life coaches really deliver what they promise?