Are you secretly feeling disappointed with the way your life has turned out, although objectively, you have achieved almost everything you have spent years striving for? You have built your career, step by step, thanks to your hard work and dedication. You used to enjoy your job and felt truly driven, but now you feel […]
Fear is a part of the deal
When I was kicking off my career in my early twenties, I believed that one day, once I had enough experience and “success” under my belt, I would stop being afraid of taking risks and experimenting. And that would be the time I would be able to truly explore my potential and all the opportunities […]
Maybe you know what your passion is
Most clients come to me for coaching because they want to make a change in their careers, but they don’t know what they would enjoy doing nor what they would find fulfilling. They talk about their friends, who always knew that they wanted to be doctors, goat farmers or conceptual artists and they seem to […]
Is your real self in prison?
I bet you know the feeling: You want to say something, but you are not sure what the reaction will be, especially when your recipients are people you (for whatever reason) want to impress. What if I say something stupid and this person will never take me seriously again? What if they think I’m weird? […]
My coaching journey
Yes, before I became a coach, I worked in finance. Before that, I studied the Dutch language and literature and I had several jobs, none of which were even close to coaching – so why on Earth did I become a life coach, you might ask – and how? These are valid questions. It all […]
The moment of freezing
This is a picture of me 3 years ago. I was supposed to give a 2-slide presentation about my then-team and talk about our vision and the work we do. Easy-peasy! After the first couple of sentences, I completely froze and could not get myself talking again. I was paralyzed and just stood there, silently […]
What are your strengths?
I remember that I was asked this question for the first time in my life during a job interview, when I was 20 years old. Honestly, I had no idea what to reply – growing up in Eastern Europe, I was told and reminded countless times of what my weaknesses were, but strengths? Was it […]
No, you can’t have it all!
And you probably don’t want to Perhaps you can relate to this train of thought: I don’t feel happy, but I don’t understand why! I have a well-paid, stable job with a decent work-life balance, and my life is, on overall, easy. Should I instead be travelling, saving lives or doing something creative? Sure. But no […]
Not everything is going to be okay but that’s part of life
Why staying cheerful is not always the solution. “It’s going to be okay” as a reaction to someone talking about their struggles, was one of the first expressions I ditched from my vocabulary when I first started my coaching training. Why? Because I realized that the reason I used to say that was not that […]
Nikola Abudová: From Marketing Professional to Tourist Guide in Cuba
Fulfillment Seekers Interview Series I have known Nikola for many years and I have to say that she is certainly one of the most inspiring people I know. A couple of years ago, after many years of “playing by the rules” and ticking “the right” societal checkboxes, she challenged her status quo and decided to […]