Svetlana
Chaville
For me, the experience of co-active coaching was an amazing discovery! The ability to travel to the back of my mind, while having a reliable partner next to me, is so precious. The whole process was built efficiently, delicately, respectful of my feelings, well-being, fears and beliefs. From the very first session, Yanina created an atmosphere of trust in what was happening, tactfully and carefully moving us towards the initially set goal. Although for me my inner goal has evolved several times, our work process has always adapted to my "here and now". I learned to listen to and to hear myself, to say "no" to what I don't need and to stop and understand what is happening to me at the moment and why. It gave me the feeling that my life has slowed down and sped up at the same time. The "spontaneous" reactions slowed down, but the chain of events accelerated, thanks to a better understanding of my reactions and their consequences. With gratitude, Svetlana.
Yulia
Brussels
In everyday life, I combine several roles: mother, wife, housewife, daughter, etc. Very rarely is it possible to be alone with myself and think: who am I, what do I need? Coaching with Yanina allowed me to forget about the social obligations for a while, and to focus on my inner world and to find answers to these questions. It was so different and pleasant! I learned a lot about myself, my values, discovered the existence of internal saboteurs and the fact that I have a “scanner” personality. All I need to do now is to jump on this wave of positive emotions and bring these new opportunities to life!
Marie
Saint-Brévin-Les-Pins
Yanina is capable of great listening and great empathy. She knows how to pick up and question what is said (or not said) through words, gestures, and emotional signs. She was very creative in using my resources in advancing the coaching work. A big thank you Yanina.
Claudia
Hamburg
Even though it was a great challenge for me to do the coaching not in my mother tongue, I always had the feeling Yanina got everything right that I wanted to express, thanks to her openness and sensitivity.
Although my initial great goal wasn’t reached, in other aspects the coaching exceeded my expectations.
The coaching journey also showed me that I don’t have to run for a new job, because I realised that being at the right place as a dance teacher and having my honorary association activities fulfills all the dreams I had about the job as a “social butterfly”.
Coaching provided a great conciliation, because now in this Corona time it is hard for me to find something new, since all my values are strongly connected to the interaction with people. Nevertheless, I changed and ordered some things in my life. So, if something new comes along I am ready to take on this opportunity.
A great help is the coaching tool named the “wheel of life”; it helped me to be thankful for the things in my life which are positive and are going well. The wheel of life leads to a change for the better; in my case the first step was in the physical environment. I loved Yanina’s question in the first session: “What will make it better? What can you do today?” I use these questions for all the other things in life which I want to change. Yanina did a great job in opening my mind and guiding me through all our sessions in her gentle way and I thank her for this.
Sebastien
Lille
If I had to sum up this coaching with Yanina in one word, I would use the word farsightedness. Through this coaching, we took a journey to discover or rediscover who I am, what are the values that drive me. The different questions that Yanina asked me about myself, my values, my strengths, my goals and the different exercises allowed me to open a new page, to have new keys. Thanks to her qualities of listening, empathy and farsightedness, Yanina was able to detect both my strengths and my obstacles and thus offer me areas of reading and analysis to enable me to achieve my objectives based on better time management and a better balance between personal and professional life.
Marzia
Brussels
Yanina has a powerful coaching posture and a great ability to see through her client. She is daring with challenges and inquiries, the only way – in my case – to pull me out of the box, to invite me to tilt my head and look slightly in a different direction, for a different perspective. Yanina is authentic in her acknowledgements; she has the ability to name lights and shadows thus enabling the client to truly move ahead. She has accompanied me in exploring my depths and breadths in a very tangible way that I have integrated into my daily life. It has been a 6-month journey, time has flown and at the same time has brought the richness of an entire life with it.
Kristina
Minsk
At first, I didn't really understand why I needed coaching and how a coach could help me in general, but I decided to give it a try. All I knew before was about psychologists and therefore I tried to somehow build a relationship with Yanina, as with a psychologist. Later it became clear to me that Yanina, as a coach, could guide me and open up some aspects of my problems that I hadn’t even thought about. I take criticism and advice badly, and here I didn’t hear anything like that from Yanina, on the contrary, she has very gently pointed out the challenge facing me and we’ve explored its solution.
I would like to continue our sessions, but with a more conscious approach from me and what I would like to work on. As it turned out, many unresolved problems opened before me. I realized how good it is that there are people who can understand, accept and teach you to accept yourself.
It was not very comfortable for me to discuss my feelings in the first sessions, since it seemed to me that I was not important and, accordingly, my feelings were a whim. Through our coaching sessions, I realized that I am important and my life is important too, even if I did not live up to someone's expectations!
The conclusion that came to me in the course of our coaching is that I do not owe anything to anyone and should not meet anyone's expectations. I liked the practical part of the coaching session that Yanina and I implemented. They helped me during the week not to forget why I am doing all this and what I want in the end. I want to thank Yanina and wish her every success, and I hope next time she will be able to help me even more and our tandem will be even more in sync.
