Giving advice is not coaching

Me: What do you do?
X: I am a Life Coach.
Me: That's fantastic, so whom do you coach on how to live?
X: People who need to be empowered.
Me: Um OK, and how do you empower them?
X: By telling them what they should be doing.
Me: Uh, and how does that empower them?
X: They know what to do.
Me: What happens then?
X: They do it.
Me: And what was holding them back from doing what they 'should' have been doing in the first place?
X: Thats what I tell them. I use my experience and share it. It solves their problems.

It doesn't. Giving advice is not Coaching. It does not empower the client. Empowering implies having the client take responsibility and solve the problem themselves, knowing that the resources that are required exist with him/her.

Unless the core issue which is causing the problem is ascertained and addressed, the client will not move forward.