"Glorious is the word that comes to mind." That's how Diane Robling describes the five days she spent on a remote Canadian island.. with no phone.. no computers... no T-V... It was just the thing she needed to reconnect with her two teenage sons.

"I was so preoccupied that I lost the ability to enjoy what was in front of me," says Robling.

Barbara Schwarck hears that same complaint every day. Schwarck is a licensed life coach. It's her life's work to make her client' lives work.

"To find out where their fulfillment, joy, where their desires are," says Schwarck.

She uses an exercise called the "Wheel of Life" to help determine her clients' needs. They rate their satisfaction in each of eight categories... including money and career, health, family and work.

"If I asked them what's important to you? Little kids will be able to answer the question. Adults have gotten away from it. We've sort of forgotten who we are," Schwarck says.

For marketing executive Annie Fleming, having a life coach has helped her find balance. Fleming said when she tried to reach outside her comfort zone she needed more than the support of family and friends.

"What can happen is those people love us, so they'll let us off the hook. 'Well, you said you were going to do this but you don't want to do it anymore... Oh, that's okay,' " she explains.

Annie says her life coach kept her focused on small incremental changes until she reached some goals... a new job and more time with her parents.

"I have actually found more joy - yes," she says.

For self-proclaimed "control freak" Diana Robling, finding joy was about letting go and taking risks. "It opens up possibilities we haven't even considered," says Robling.

Like time to recharge in the Canadian wilderness.