ABOUT ME
----- FROM WHERE IT BEGAN
An economist and marketer turned into an internationally certified coach and mentor.
I am a marketer by heart, a coach by life mission in the other half, and an artistic painter by passion.
That journey should have been entirely different because marketing, numbers, and a creative environment were my world in dynamic, beloved Prague. But...
It all began with a mid-life crisis that everyone talks about quietly or not at all. It started slowly in 2018 when work, life, and fun stopped having a deeper meaning, and I had to ask myself:
“And what about you, girl, what do you want to do next with your life?”
Silence. Usually full of ideas, now I was speechless. The answers didn’t come for years.
I went grey….instead.
Instead of looking inside myself, I was changing agencies in the vain hope that they would give me an answer.
Silly, wasn’t it?
What do I really want, how do I want to live, what am I good at over the years?
I had to realize it, admit it, start building my own life, and stay true to my own values. I believe a midlife crisis is one of the best things to happen to us. The bad news is that no one can avoid it; it is a natural part of development, like puberty. It’s just less funny…
The good thing is that we can do great things when we understand it. We become ourselves. To understand this, I had to leave everything comfortable in Prague and leave with one suitcase for rural Ireland at 44. Looking for peace and myself. To step out of the comfort zone, to become invisible, an immigrant for domestics with a precisely defined social group to which immigrants belong.
No, being an ex-pat is not a bed of roses. For the society you’re in, you’re still an Outlander. Immigrant. With a lot of biases, judgements, and discriminations, you have to deal with them at some stage daily.
Not to lose yourself. Be still aware of who you are and where you are going. Speak up for yourself even more loudly and boldly. Be extremely feisty; otherwise, you will stay in the corner, unseen and unheard.
And there, in the middle of nowhere, after months of walking along the Atlantic and wild nature, it all started to fit together, and the answers started coming.
It seemed simple, but it wasn’t easy.
Just use Silvia, the strongest skills you’ve always had, what you’ve been paid for over the years, what marketing is all about, and what you’ve mastered over a decade of corporate employment.
Communication. People. Tales. Business. - - - - - BOOM.
These four words became my mantra and building bricks; they showed me the path to follow to become who I am today, an internationally qualified coach and business mentor.
And this is only the beginning…
You can read my full career story over on my Linkedin.
Silvia.
Being a coach is having your trust in my hands while being your guide. It is a deep commitment for me. I’m working under the wings of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and I follow the Code of Ethics. More about the ICF Code of Ethics HERE.
I speak with my clients in English, Czech, and Slovak.
I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.
~ Dolly Parton
Some education & DIPLOMAS - IF YOU WANNA GET FANCY
KINGSTOWN COLLEGE, DUBLIN
Professional Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring ICF/EMCC
UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT, PRAGUE (MSC.)
Corporate Management & Human Resources
UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT, PRAGUE (BA)
Marketing & Advertising
LANGUAGES I'M SPEAKING
English, Czech, Slovak