Being allowed inside the minds of brilliant people who become my clients is truly a privilege.

Many times when I realise I get to have transformational conversations as my career, I really do want to pinch myself. 

And then I remember that none of this happened by accident. 

It didn’t happen by luck either. 

Sometimes I need to remind myself that I grew up in dysfunction and that as a result I inherited a whole set of unhelpful habitual beliefs and behaviours. From crippling self-doubt that had me give up on myself endlessly, through being the person with such low self-esteem that she kept making terrible choices for herself all the way to being the person who had no confidence. 

When I was 21 I left Poland and moved to the UK. I had no skills, no real education, no contacts and couldn't speak English. I moved not because I had a vision for a bigger life but because I had nothing to go back to. There was no hope for positive change where I came from. 

Sometimes you have no idea what it is that you want. You simply have clarity of what you definitely do not want. And so I tried to run from what I knew I didn’t want as far as I could. 

I had a tough start in the UK. 

I once lived in a dodgy hostel and shared a room with up to 5 men because it was the only accommodation I could afford. I later found out it was one of these hostels that ex-offenders would be told to stay at after their release from prison. 

I slowly built my life from scratch, washed up glasses for minimum wage for 16 hours a day just so I didn’t have to be in that hostel. It took me 9 months and a cockroach in my coffee cup to finally muster up the courage (also had to save up for it) to move to a regular flat share. 

Back then, my non-existent self-esteem actually helped me climb the ladder at work and I would get promoted in every job I had since I was so scared of being fired and finding myself in a foreign country with no support that I would become the perfect employee who was always available. 

Fear drove me, served me and in a way, helped me progress from that poor immigrant girl all the way to building an amazing career at one of the top British banks where I’d be put up for all the leadership programs as a rising star in management. 

Since I had no guidance from a sensible adult but I also needed to know how to behave in a professional environment, I turned to self-development books. 

If Jim Rohn said “come to work early and stay behind” - I did it. 

If Jim Rohn said “always show up with a positive attitude” - I did it, even when I was battling my own negativity. 

If Jim Rohn said “do more than what you’re paid for” - I did it. 

Came in early, stayed late and went the extra mile. 

And to my surprise something started to happen. 

I was getting promoted. Fast.

It turned out that I was pretty good at managing people. I never understood why I kept getting promoted over the super sharp, aggressive graduates… I was just a girl with no background and yet, it was me who kept getting promoted to leading bigger teams. 

Looking back, I can see so clearly that a great attitude can’t be taught. Neither can lack of entitlement. They had ruthless ambition and wanted status. I truly cared about people and turns out, when people are appreciated they’ll let you challenge them into better performance so much more readily than when you look down on them. 

Books mentored me well and I absorbed it like a sponge. 

So I did pretty well. 

On the surface I was becoming successful but only I knew what was happening inside me. 

Fear worked. Low self-esteem worked. Being unable to say “no” worked. 

Until it didn’t. 

At some point it started breaking me down. 

I was no longer the poor immigrant girl… I had a great career and “a good life” but… a deeper truth was stirring in my soul that further climbing the ladder in the bank was not my path. 

It started with doing appraisals for my team. 

Then it showed up in my conversations with my superiors. 

I craved, yes that’s the word, I craved to see what was really going on with them. 

Not the polished professional version of them… but the deeper truth underneath. The side of them they couldn’t show at work.

I knew better than anyone else that there are two realities: the external one, how people see you, and the inner one, how YOU see yourself.

And I was hungry for the truth. 

Were they really happy? 

Were they really fulfilled by their lives? 

Many of them would lie to themselves and I could see right through that. I’d ask more questions and they’d tell me what was really going on. 

And these conversations brought up feelings in me I haven’t experienced before. 

Flow. 

Joy.

Fulfilment. 

Through a simple conversation, they were waking up to bigger lives. 

I LOVED talking to people and digging right into their souls. 

And as they were getting newly found clarity on what was truly important to them, my own soul was blossoming. 

I didn’t even know there was a word for it, let alone a whole career, but I knew I had a real gift for making people feel safe enough to open up. Through our conversations, I could help them see themselves clearly, and exactly how they were limiting themselves.

I could see patterns, contradictions, and blind spots others missed… and I knew how to ask questions that brought them into the light

That’s when I realised: I have found my calling. 

After I had my daughter I also knew that the only way to become the parent who teaches their child how to follow their dreams, was to follow mine. 

And since fear and low-self esteem were no longer part of my decision making, I quit my career in the banking industry. 

Took a big pay cut and went to work with my first “clients”. I worked with people from various backgrounds, from the non-functional long-term unemployed and people struggling with severe anxiety and depression, all the way to working in two male UK prisons where I helped inmates prepare psychologically for life after release.

Over time, I slowly transitioned into my own coaching practice and have since worked with a varied range of clients. 

Ambitious professionals, passionate business owners, beginners with big dreams, 6 & 7 figure business owners. 

The self-made people with challenging pasts and the ones who were raised in highly privileged environments.

They all benefit from coaching because all minds will try to play tricks on you, no matter your background, if you let it. 

Nowadays, I tend to work with ambitious people who are ready to create their version of an extraordinary life, whatever that looks like for them. 

In my spare time, I give pro bono coaching to people who otherwise wouldn’t have access to such services for financial reasons.

I do this because I know what it feels like to need guidance and not have access to it. I guess in a way, I like being the person I needed when I was younger.

I have the best career in the world. 

I love the variety, I love my clients' challenges and love seeing their breakthroughs. 

I have developed my own style of coaching which surely isn’t for everyone. 

Radical honesty, radical forgiveness, radical self-acceptance, love and courage truly can turn your impossible into “meh… it’s just my new normal now”. 

You deserve nothing less than to turn your life into a masterpiece. 

If you know you don’t belong to the “most people live lives of quiet desperation” statistic, we might just be the right match. 

I don’t care about your past failures. I don’t care how many times you’ve messed up or even if you believe that what you want is possible for you. 

All I care about is that you’re willing to allow me inside your mind, week after week, and gradually see for yourself just how powerful you truly are when you wake up and become more conscious. 

This is what we do here. 

If you feel I might be the right person to guide you on your journey of growth, reach out to me here.