What is coaching?
People often come to coaching when life looks fine from the outside but doesn’t feel right inside. Maybe you’ve achieved what you set out to do, yet something feels flat. Maybe you’ve moved abroad and everything is new and interesting, but also strangely disorienting. Coaching begins in that space between “I’m fine” and “I want things to make more sense”. It can be difficult to know when to book a coaching session and to understand what a coaching session entails, if you haven’t tried it before. Let’s unpack what coaching is by what it is not.
Coaching is not…
Advice: A good coach won’t tell you what to do. You already have people for that: friends, colleagues, family. In coaching you will, through questions, reflection, and practical frameworks, start to see patterns and choices that were blurred before.
Therapy: Therapy helps you heal what’s behind you. Coaching helps you build what’s ahead. It’s future-oriented, action-focused, and based on the belief that you’re capable of designing change once you understand yourself more deeply.
Mentoring: Mentoring draws on someone else’s experience to guide your path. The mentor has walked a similar road and offers advice based on what worked for them. A coach doesn’t lead from ahead but walks beside you while asking questions that help you think more clearly and act more intentionally.
Coaching is a practical process that:
1) helps you clarify what you want
2) understand what’s in the way
3) take concrete steps to move forward
How Coaching Works
Each session last typically between 1-1,5 hours and begins with a simple question: what’s most important right now? From there, the conversation unfolds. We explore what’s working, what’s not, and what you want to change. Sometimes the shift happens through insight; sometimes through a concrete plan. The process combines reflection with action so clarity translates into movement.
Why Expats Often Seek Coaching
Living abroad has a way of shaking your sense of self. You adapt quickly, build a new life, and learn to navigate new norms. But adaptation can blur your own voice. Coaching helps you find it again. For many expats and globally minded professionals, it’s a space to reconnect with values, direction, and identity in the midst of constant change.
The Impact of Coaching
The change coaching brings is rarely dramatic, but it’s real. Things begin to feel lighter and more intentional. You make decisions with less hesitation. You stop circling the same questions. You start recognising yourself again.