About me
From Radiography and IT to Business and Money Coach
My journey starts in South Africa where I trained as a radiographer at a large teaching hospital.
When I was ready for change, I made the leap to information technology in banking and the corporate world.
Some years later, we moved to the UK. It was tough. It kickstarted my professional coaching journey. I completed my training, Personal Development as well as Corporate and Executive Coaching, alongside my full-time IT career.
By the time I started out on my own, I was done with large institutions and business. I had had enough. I wanted to be a life coach.
But it was when I talked to people about their business that their eyes lit up, they got excited, made the changes we discussed, and got more of the results they wanted.
For a long time, I resisted calling myself a business coach, even though that was exactly what I was bringing to the table.
Eventually the penny dropped
- My many years in IT helped me understand the business quickly.
- My business analysis and problem-solving skills helped me home in on what worked, what did not, and what could be done better.
- My time in the corporate environment had given me a set of skills, tools and experiences that was of enormous benefit to small businesses, precisely because it was what these businesses did not have.
Connecting more dots...
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.
Hospital Rounds
Working as radiographer alongside doctors, surgeons, nurses and more, gave me a unique insight into the hearts of those who care deeply for others. It gave me the ability to speak ‘therapeze,’ as one client puts it. Taking X-Rays of hurt and sick people taught me how to be with them in a way that makes them feel safe, supported, and cared for. Something that clients appreciate about me.
The IT chapter
Information Technology taught me about systems. How things fit and work together. It taught me patience. Taking calculated risks. Thinking outside the box. Besides plenty of technical training and experience, I had fantastic soft skills training and experience, thanks to the corporates I worked for. Resource management. Teamwork. Project-management. And more. I even trained as a trainer.
Out of Africa
I know in my bones what it is like being uprooted from the world you know and love, and what it takes to rebuild a life in a foreign country. I had to double down on open-mindedness, flexibility, resilience, trust and acceptance. I have more empathy, compassion, and understanding because of where I have been. When I say, ‘I get it’, ‘I understand’, I truly do. My clients sense it. Feel it. It makes them feel safe with me.
Full Circle
All the things I learned in IT, the disciplines of the corporate world, systems, managing projects, leading teams, and getting things done. This is now the bread and butter of what I do in my coaching and consulting. I mostly work with therapists. Psychotherapists, occupational therapists, therapists across all aspects of the well-being spectrum. And my years in radiography? It is very much there at the heart of ‘being’ with people, speaking ‘therapeze’ and understanding the business of private clinics.
The geek in me still comes out to play as evidenced by rebuilding my own websites. The other one is a blog. I am also a student of A Course in Miracles, a lover of books and a fair weather gardener.
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