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Originally from Sweden, I moved to the UK in 2000 to work in the telecoms industry. At beginning of 2020 I was ready to take on a new challenge; I was disillusioned with my career and felt that I didn’t have much purpose. Even though I was 46 I felt that I had to change something so I chose voluntary redundancy without much of a backup plan. I threw every conceivable career option on the wall, just to see what would stick. Coaching was what I kept circling back to. I had enjoyed coaching people in my career, but I had also had several bad experiences of it, mainly from managers whose only “coaching” consisted of: “What did you do? How could you do it differently?” That isn’t coaching. So I looked around and found Animas Centre for Coaching. Their ethos resonated with me and I decided to attend a welcome seminar, after which I was sold on coaching. It felt “right” for me. The day after I fell ill with Covid-19.
More or less crawling out of bed two weeks later I found a much different world than the one I had last been out in. It was so quiet for a start. Even though it might seem odd, I felt I finally had some space to think. So to help me decide, I decided to get coaching.
This really opened my eyes to the power of coaching. I felt I could finally get around all those blockers in my head I had put up over the years. I could finally question things instead of accepting them. And I realised I could change. My future wasn’t set, nor was it the by-product of aimlessly drifting along and hoping that something would happen. I realised I had to make change happen. The first thing I did was to build an image of what my future could look like. Then I started to believe in it, and then I finally took the first steps to making it happen. I enrolled with Animas and finished my qualification in early 2021.
Going through my training I kept thinking about what sort of coach I would be, and how I would present myself. In the end, my values guided me: honest, authentic, professional. There are plenty of horror stories out there of coaches charging thousands of pounds with lofty promises and extensive programs in however many steps. That wasn’t me. Once I had the values, I made the logo; something simple, a bit retro, which could express my identity as a coach. I want my clients to feel that they know what to expect from me even before we meet. Clients who choose to work with me can expect me to be honest and upfront with who I am, what we can achieve, and what coaching can do for them.
It’s been a journey so far, but it’s only beginning.
