My story

I spent years being the good girl, following the rules. I studied engineering, moved countries, built a career that looked great on paper, became a mother. I was ticking all the boxes.

And yet something felt completely off. I no longer knew who I was underneath all the roles I was playing. Mother, partner, expat, engineer. I had lost touch with myself so gradually that I barely noticed it happening.

For years it was only a nagging feeling that something wasn’t right for me. I pushed it aside and kept going. Then I became a mother, and it got so loud I couldn’t ignore it anymore. Is this it? Isn’t there more to life than this? I finally stopped and asked myself, who am I really, underneath all of this?

So I started my own journey. I worked with a coach, and I learnt how to listen to myself and to what’s truly important to me. I realized I didn’t want to be an engineer any more, and so I quit my engineering job. This was big and scary, but it’s been the best decision I’ve ever made. It felt so liberating. Along the way, my true calling was revealed to me: coaching.

And it didn’t stop at work. It changed how I showed up as a mother, as a partner, as a friend. I started speaking up for my needs. How I felt in my body. How I made decisions. The lightness I felt when I stopped living for everyone else and started living for myself.

Living authentically isn’t something you figure out once and that’s it. It’s an ongoing process, and I still check in with myself from time to time to make sure my life decisions align with what’s important to me.

Living authentically becomes a way of living, where your needs and your desires come first and guide you like a compass.