The origin of the word "coach" dates back to the 16th century, from the French "coche", from the German "kotsche" and from the Hungarian "kocsi", which could be translated as "transport of Kocs", name of a small town in Hungary located between Vienna and Budapest, and in which these carriages were built. Etymologically, we could define the word "coach" as a vehicle that takes one or several people from a starting point to a desired destination.
Changing is difficult but not impossible. You can learn, as in everything, but you have to have the need and the desire to change. You could be facing an unplanned moment in life when you need to rethink or restructure your professional or personal path. Or you might want to explore a creative process through methodologies such as Design Thinking and Lateral Thinking.
On my eclectic trajectory, I’ve had to continually reinvent myself, a journey that clearly embodies the three fundamental aspects of life: Transformation, Change and Adaptation. To reach this conclusion, I had to live it. And by doing so, I came to discover what I love most: empowering others and helping them find their way by unlocking their potential and exploring all the avenues that lead to transformation.
I look to neuroscience to give rigor to my work and place emphasis on processes of change from the perspective of the functioning and biology of our brain. First, we investigate where we are, we explore where we want to go, and then we develop an action plan divided into phases to reach the desired destination. Although all the developments are different and unique, the processes usually require between 6 and 10 sessions, depending on the issues to be addressed and the coachee’s level of engagement.
I was Olga's coachee for 3-4 months. We had weekly personal meetings, but she was also always available via Whatsapp and/or e-mail if I needed something between sessions. I was working on my career transition, and the coaching sessions were not only key for my process, but they also made me re-evaluate several aspects of my life. It was a great push to start walking the path I decided I wanted to go.
As a Coach, Olga was supportive, trustable and made me feel that she was there for me all the time. She was also assertive and professional, so nothing to do with a friend or somebody that will listen to you in a passive way. She was active and effective, in the same time that she was respecting my limits and my own decisions. I had lots of homework to do from session to session, and that helped me to achieve my goals, optimize the time between sessions and also process all the information and emotions we were working with.
I would hugely recommend Olga as a Coach not only for people who wants to work on a career transition, but also for different personal and life changes that might be helpful and more pleasant to have the professional support of a woman who is funny, friendly, ethical, travels a lot and speaks perfect English.
The sessions with Olga have been an intense and wonderful experience! She exceeded my expectations, and I've learned a lot of tools that I continue to use.
I started the sessions with the idea of solving a specific problem and ended up solving many universal issues that help me in all areas of my life.
Her high professionalism, dedication and methodology have a very effective and efficient approach.
The whole process is wonderful in the way Olga guides and works it.
I think Olga's strong point is that when she sees that there are huge opportunities she doesn't give up and follows the person, even if it's hard for them, because she knows they can do it.
Olga can provide a lot of help; to be constant, to persist.... I emphasize the strength and dedication she has to help a person to keep going.
My work with Olga was exactly what I needed in a time of my life that has been filled with change.
Ultimately, I ended up finding peace with where I'm at as opposed to making huge, sweeping changes in my career and that change in perspective was worth it all.
Olga is an incredible listener and expert strategist. She turned me on to a number of resources that expanded my understanding of the process. All the while, she wasn't controlling my truth, but rather she led me to discover my truth by asking important questions and providing encouragement along the way.
I'm confident that Olga can help others in the same way she helped me. She's exactly what you want in a coach.
Starting with a blank canvas, but accompanied by a planned route and a firm voice, which repeats and demonstrates, step by step, that I can, yes I can. Until arriving at a place - the desired place - with a bag of tools that I even didn't know I had picked up along the way.
Olga's strength is that she brings out the best in oneself.
Thanks to these months of work, I have seen more of myself, more of who I am, I have forgiven myself, I have seen parts of me that I like very much and I have understood the word self-compassion in all its extension. Now I love myself more, because I understand myself better.
Olga's strong point as a coach is that empathy that makes her so close and that has made it so easy for me to share ideas/beliefs that I had not been able to share even with myself. And all this, without feeling judged at any time. Her understanding of human nature, her ability to make me reflect and to let me see which path TRULY makes me happy.
At some point life puts you at crossroads that you don't know how to get out of because your compass has stopped working. Olga makes you question if your values, unchangeable until that moment, are still useful to live a full and happy life or if on the contrary you should find another compass in your backpack to get you out of that point.I highlight Olga's way of taking me through a meticulous, well-thought-out, and strategic process of analyzing my future.
There are many things I liked about my coaching process with her: the tools she uses, the discipline she works with, the involvement, the preparation of cases, the tasks, and the knowledge of the person with whom she works.
Olga listens, supports, and when needed, she has the concept in her mouth and one understands. There is nothing better in life than feeling understood.
Summarizing: The preparation, her involvement, her strategic vision, the methodology and the results.
Having Olga as your life coach is one of the best things you could do.
I was at a crossroads in my life; I didn't know what to do with it. I had many ideas in my mind, but I was confused. After interviewing four coaches, I went with my gut instincts and hired Olga to help me identify my next professional move.
Within nine sessions, we explored, chose, and defined exactly what I wanted to do professionally. We created a concrete and structured transformation plan for it based on well-defined action items. We explored what motivates me, what gets me into flow, and what I'm NOT willing to compromise about. We identified my WHY, my focus niche, my target audience, and the services I want to offer.
Olga walked me through that journey hand in hand (virtually) in a methodological, structured, and organized manner. We didn't skip any details; we attacked this challenge from all directions until we found the answer.
Olga is super friendly, calm, non-judgmental, authentic, professional, and wise (and funny). She has a non-BS, straight-to-the-point, non-PC attitude, which was exactly what I needed.
I highly recommend Olga to anyone who needs a great life coach.
I was going through a phase in my life where I was confused and lacked clarity on what I really wanted and needed out of life. The constant state of not knowing was extremely frustrating and so I decided to start the process of coaching, my assumption was it could do no harm and might help, who knows?! I never thought it could help so much and so fast.
Olga has been amazing, she is the best thing that happened to me in a long time!!!! She made me feel heard, understood and accepted. She listened to me cry, she celebrated my wins with me, she guided me in a way that worked for me, she never judged and she always supported and encouraged me to be the best version of myself. No matter what happens next, today I feel strong enough to deal with it and what I’ve learnt from Olga during this process is something that will help me in every decision I make going forward.
The way Olga helps others is incredible, a gift really! I will forever be grateful to you for your help, guidance, understanding, support.
I think Olga is a very incisive and rigorous coach, who is able to detect the unsaid and guide the person through the right questions to a fertile ground that encourages the flowering of seeds and empowers the person to take control of his/her life.
I started out super lost and Olga helped me to get to know myself better, discovering my strengths and preferences. She is exigent, making me work on my homework so that I could advance at a fast pace.
Olga is a great morale booster, showing you that you are the master of your own life and that others are not going to decide better than you what is good for you.
Working with Olga is one of the best investments I have made in my life. She has broken all my schemes, for good, and has knocked down all my limiting beliefs. The readings and homework videos she gives are lessons that you will remember at every stage of your life, serving as guides.
Olga is a person with a clear mind and with an immense desire to help others to be better or to overcome those obstacles that prevent them from moving forward.
She knows how to communicate well and she is very effective, the sessions are very productive and I have always learned something new.
A fundamental part of the person I am today is thanks to my learning at her side. My gratitude to her and her work is eternal.Even though my coaching process had finished and I was able to manage many situations, if I have needed one more session with Olga, she has always found time to to work with me.
Olga's strongest point would be the adaptability she shows to the person she is coaching. This is very important because, for the coaching process to work, you have to trust the coach, and that needs to go through what is called a "click". An adaptable person can understand other people more easily.
She can provide an external and very compassionate point of view, which many times we are not aware of because we are very sunk in our situation.
What I liked most about our coaching sessions was the closeness, the accompaniment, the accurate response to the needs of each moment. Building the house brick by brick.
The genuine interest, the work on the problem that Olga faces as if it was her own. Not great theories but practical solutions, with a scientific basis completely adapted to the problem.
It strikes me that I almost always got tangled up in my own words. What I worked on at home, Olga placed it, labeled it, validated it. In other words, nothing was alien to me. That's why I always felt so good throughout our sessions and looked forward to them.
As a strong point I highlight the method, all the knowledge, but above all the closeness.
My coach, Olga, is one of the people with whom I have opened up the most and who knows me best. I think it should be a compulsory subject in schools. Thank you very much.
I would like to share how Olga helped me to realize my value as a person and to recognize that my life is MINE and I have to live it as I choose. Olga has provided me a safe space to express my fears and insecurities and has given me the tools to apply them in my day to day life, even after finishing the process.
For me, her strength as a coach is that she knows how to recognize when someone is "telling stories" and she always works being sincere and real -she tells the truths you need to hear in order to make progress.Olga can give you the tools to work on WHATEVER you feel is her goal. As a coachee we never stop being the protagonist and she is our guide throughout the process.As a coach, Olga's assertiveness, transparency and complicity in our conversations stand out above all. Olga manages to get to the point that hurts without hurting ;)
She emphasizes the importance of sitting down to analyze oneself in depth, helping you to separate the wheat from the chaff (a.k.a. what depends on you and what doesn't), to be able to establish your priorities and to accept your reality without resignation.
I am satisfied. I also think that we have connected very well. In spite of not having done many sessions, we have advanced quickly and achieved many things.
My experience with Olga completely exceeded my expectations. I went in looking for a new direction in my career but was immediately intrigued by her scientific approach to why and how we make changes.
I’ve been left with an amazing set of tools that I feel confident in applying to my life and any upcoming challenges I face. She’s also one of the loveliest people you’ll ever meet.Am I satisfied with the process? 100% - couldn't be happier.About Olga, I would highlight her accuracy in detecting the coachee’s strengths that can be improved. Her great creativite approach in providing the process with very specific and innovative action steps, depending on the particular need addressed
An outstanding order on the Action Plan and the agreement’s summary, the resolutions; allowing me to see how the goals were reached and the obstacles overcome.
I emphasize her warmth in the accompaniment, for me it has been my first coaching process and I feel very grateful for the transmission of self-management tools, and I would highlight how she allows you to discover the abilities that, at one point, were unknown to yourself.