Headline: New York Times, 6/2/2024
She is part of a growing cohort speaking out about the opaque underbelly of life coaching, an unregulated industry with an often-hefty price-tag, and a significant cost reaching far beyond funds spent. With early roots in the late-20th-century pull toward self-improvement, life coaching broadly encompasses a program of goal-setting and talk-therapy-style sessions aimed at improving an individual’s circumstances and well-being. Business is booming.
"Scammer" is not listed as a synonym.
- anti-consumerism
- flesh-pressing
- get one's life together
- hands-on
- overbill
- rip-off
- tip of the iceberg
More vocabulary lessons:
March-June 2024
Face-plant. (6/8)
Veggie. (4/26)
Dox/doxxing (4/11)
Edgelord. (3/23)
Dad joke. 3/4)
February 2024
Edutainment. (2/16)
Cut, as an adjective. (2/13). .
Flunky. (2/5)
Janky. (2/2)
Kiddo. (2/2)
January 2024
Bonkers. (1/31)
Heebie-jeebies. (1/31)
Nudification. (1/31)
Right-size. (1/14)
2022
Dumpster fire. (10/20/2022)
2018
Swinge. (12/18/2018)
2017
Michael Flynn vocabulary lesson. (2/14/2017)
2013
Yaw. (2/28/2013)
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