September vibes
Welcome back everyone!
I am writing this post in one of my favourite coffee shops in Doha, overlooking the sea, and the heat outside is slightly lowering. My 4 children started school and this opened up some time for reflection over the last 6 months. September for me is a new beginning. A new start with new intentions and planning new projects but also a time of reflection over the previous summer months.
When the pandemic started and schools started to shut down, I first felt overwhelmed. How am I going to manage with the 4 children at home who love to go to their school? How will I be able to support my clients? Where will I go to work out? What about my yoga classes I offer? Will we be able to travel to Europe over the summer? Too many questions were racing through my head all the time…
Soon I realised this overload of thoughts didn’t support me at all, neither did it support my children and my husband. This is not how I wanted to be as a mother, as a wife, as a friend, as a coach. I decided to check in and see what I could learn from this challenging time. I took time to reflect, tune in and journal.
And clarity came… I realised this whole situation was for sure teaching me patience, presence and ‘letting go’. Letting go of planning, letting go of controlling situations and going with whatever comes in each new day. I also felt a huge need to develop myself more. So I started thinking about what I REALLY wanted. Was it continuing on the path towards my 500 RYT yoga teaching training? Or did I want to do another course on nutrition? Or did I just wanted to read more books about coaching and positive psychology? None of those really resonated with me. I decided to connect with myself every day, meditate and trusted that I would find the right answer. Until shortly after I received a newsletter from a coaching school that offered their coaching program online for July and August. YES! That felt awesome and suited so well in my schedule as we decided not to travel over the summer. I just felt right. I followed my intuition and I enrolled. Looking back now it is the best thing I could have done! It has supported me in providing me with even more tools when I work with clients and in the training I connected with beautiful human souls.
As I have been working with individuals, as a psychologist, for more than 18 years, I got clear that coaching people is what I am most passionate about and this is the way I want to continue to support people. Throughout the years I worked more and more holistic, seeing the person as a whole. I moved away from psychotherapy as I discovered how much potential each person has, how body and mind are connected, and tapping into this is what I found so so fascinating and powerful. We all have so many resources already inside of us so if we can unleash those, we can create miraculous results! By focusing on what you want to achieve and raising your awareness about certain topics , rather than fixing a person who has a mental health condition, I now guide clients towards growth and transformation. Of course I still believe in the value of psychotherapy, but personally I enjoy coaching people much more. This is my passion!
This way of supporting people is so much more ‘me’ and I am so grateful for this lockdown as it gave me the opportunity to tap even more into my purpose in life: supporting people to find their best selves.
Have a lovely month ahead!
With love and gratitude,
V