Hi! I am very excited you are here. The world is a big place and we managed to meet! What roles are we going to play in each other's life? Let's find out. What is it that you really want? Allow me to guide you there with ease and flow.
My childhood dream was to be a diplomat and the dream finally came true when I became a co-active coach, helping individuals and organizations to find peace and alignment within themselves and their teams. Peace starts with our ability to be with our own difficult emotions, witness them in others and extends to our ability to have difficult conversations with our teams to resolve drama and conflict.
The road I took to get here is very twisted and full of great joys as well pain and suffering. I grew up in Soviet Union and my upbringing was both highly privileged and highly dysfunctional. I came to Canada by myself in my early 20s and spent many years living in survival mode, riding high and lows of owning a business with my now ex-husband, rebuilding my life post-divorce, becoming marathon runner, completing IRONMAN triathlon and finding sobriety through a 12-step program.
My passion now is teaching people how to be attuned to their emotional pain (instead of numbing it) and use it as valuable guidance to live purpose-driven life with joy, humility, love and service to others. “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
We will start with a "dream" session to see where you are (point A) and where you want to be (point B). I typically coach based on 1-year contract unless somebody is in transition and then it could be a short 3-month commitment.
Your personal goals might include but not limited to: reducing stress and anxiety, building confidence, eliminating emotional triggers and drama, improving performance, uncovering life purpose, making life / career transitions, improving self-empathy and self-care, clearing emotional blockages to improve physical health and wellbeing, overcoming addictions (harmful substances, behaviors and people) and mental obsessions.
Leadership teams are typically looking for coaching guidance to create alignment, reduce workplace drama and increase retention. I also teach "Manager as a Coach" approach to develop co-active coaching skills and use them as effective leadership tools.
"Master Your Mind, Master Your Life" workshop and group coaching teaches Mental Fitness framework based on a synthesis of breakthroughs in neuroscience, cognitive and positive psychology, and performance science. This research was summarized in Shirzad Chamine's book Positive Intelligence, a New York Times bestseller.
The Positive Intelligence (PQ) model improves team performance, increases sales, improves creativity, happiness, and longevity.
The training is customizable for variety of teams: engineering, business executives, product management, marketing and sales.
A full (mobile app-supported) Positive Intelligence program can also be purchased on a yearly subscription basis by organization for all employees and their families.