Personal & Professional Development

"Beyond unlocking my full potential, Mariam helped me to better understand my needs and make clear priorities in my daily life (like simply the need to rest, or to schedule my vacation…). During more than 6 months, Mariam worked with me to help understand my blockers. She offered me a lot of compassion and breadth to cope with my difficulties and tiredness (our sessions helped me refill my energy every week and simply helped me to hold on) and at the same time called for action and drove me to change and be honest with myself with regards to my resistance to change. Thanks to Mariam’s experience, genuine coaching style and background, the coaching work we did together was deep and it has changed my life. I would definitely recommend Mariam as a coach to my friends."

"Mariam is truly genuine, honest and straightforward which greatly helped the fast progress I made. She would show emotions when appropriate and also connect through our similarities. From the first moment I had a feeling of being connected to her which gave me the safe space to share and discover. Clearly her ability to listen at all levels and also her skill in reading me. Working with Mariam made all the difference to my career growth: First of all, I gave up late night working - a small but impactful change of habit. It also gave me the confidence to look forward and be curious about challenges out there rather than sticking with what I liked and had just started to feel comfortable with (I changed my job in a support function moving two levels up to support c-level as a result). I would totally recommend Mariam for all the reasons above plus her gentle nudges, having me take ownership and encouraging me to trust myself in many ways."

"Working with Mariam provided me with a perfect mirror that helped me understand the issues, find solutions, and observe the improvements I made. I feel that she brought a lot of patience, caring challenge and a lot of methodological insight, but most of all she managed to get very quickly the perfect understanding of my personality to provide a tailor made experience. She brought a significant personal impact (better self knowledge, ability to provide some kind of coaching to some of my relatives) but also professional (as I can better align my personal values with my management style to create a better environment for my team)."

"After 19 years with the same company in many different roles, I decided I wanted a career change, however I didn’t know what I was looking for or how to update my CV. So I embarked on a 7 week program with Mariam which resulted in me finding a new job which is perfect for me! I can safely say that I would not be where I am now if it were not for Mariam. Her coaching skills helped me articulate what is important for me in a job, find my strengths and successfully prepare for interviews. She has a very pragmatic approach that I thoroughly enjoyed. She also has the relevant background to ask the right questions and guide you when necessary. I can highly recommend her and her program to anyone in this situation (in fact, I have recommended her to a few friends and colleagues recently)."

"Mariam’s ability to be warm and supportive while also challenging is her triple threat. I’ve never felt pressured, but am held accountable to follow through on my goals. I know that Mariam provides me the encouragement and confidence to succeed, but she also makes sure I follow through. I’ve never had someone motivate me to a level where I was ready to take new risks, that also had my back if things would go wrong.  She is a master at crafting questions that are both targeted and efficient. She is able to get quickly to the heart of the matter and make me see both the pitfalls and opportunities in my line of thinking. It’s a gentle but at the same time rapid way to identify opportunity areas and limitations in my current approaches. Her ability to help you manage your energy, improve interpersonal communication, solve problems indepdently with a high degree of succes - all culminate in a personal transformation that I didn’t think was even possible and I believe others would have the same experience if they’re open to it."

"Mariam is a real, authentic person, who can relate and who also participates in your life. This created trust and formed a relationship where I was able to open up and tackle some of the more difficult questions. I personally very much appreciated that Mariam was very flexible in her approach and that we did not have to stick to a script for our coaching sessions. She asked those questions or presented individual topics, which really got me thinking and hence helping me getting closer to where I needed to go. I would definitely recommend Mariam to others. As stated above Mariam is a real person, relatable and with real life experience. I never felt judged or lectured, but always welcomed and supported."