About
My pleasure to meet you! I am Lena (short from Elena), a cat-loving hiker, Belarusian living in Munich, Germany, a tech. girl who turned coach. .. I am a human being, like you :) And there is nothing more rewarding for me than seeing fellow humans like you growing and being content with who they are.
I help people to shift beliefs to propel them forward into success they always wanted. I help people to grow from the place of healthy self-acceptance and kindness.
Why?
I've been in the place of stagnation: wanting to change, but lacking courage and clarity. No matter my worldly achievements (fast-track from engineer to CTO, moving countries, switching careers), I was still feeling that I there is something is missing. And I still doubted my own ability.
Life was good, but not fulfilling. I wanted to grow, but I was afraid to lose what I had etc.). I wanted to grow, but was in doubt.
What do I want? What if what I want will not be fulfilling? What if I fail? What if I lose things I worked so hard to achieve (respect, being good at what I do, finances)? These questions were constantly on my mind.
There were two discoveries which changed who I am dramatically: I discovered spirituality through work of Dr. David R. Hawkins. And I discovered coaching.
I realized, that it's not what I do or what I have defines my happiness. It's what I am. So I went into inner work. And that changed my life. It's really liberating to discover what drives you and knowing that - step-by-step shape your being.
I left the corporate world to serve what I see as my life mission: to spread the ripple of kindness through helping people to help themselves, so they can help others and grow from the place of kindness and fullness, not guilt and lack.
I am honored that I can follow this mission as an ICF ACC accredited mind-shift and transformational coach and as a certified team / agile coach.
Being on my professional journey for more than 15 years, I met many people who were there to believe in me and trust in my potential, even when I didn't. Somewhere on the way, I picked-up this torch of spreading this unconditional positive regard and supporting people in living their best life at home, at work, and within their innermost self.
My aim is to provide an excellent service and to date I've gathered hundreds of hours of coaching, coached more than 50 people. I love learning, so I have invested hundreds of hours and tens of thousands of euros in training and getting certified in variety of fields (professional one-on-one coaching, team coaching, leadership, running a business). And I don't intent to stop :)
I am a creative generalist. My experience is broad and lets me see things from various angles, levels, and perspectives. My goal is to find the right set of approaches to support the person in front of me to the best of my ability. My coaching utilizes a diverse toolkit of techniques for discovering purpose, shaping life balance, building habits, and (most-importantly) - healthy self-acceptance. My work is based on and heavily influenced by work of Dr. David R. Hawkins, Katie Byron, Carl Jung and others.
These days I am a coach, and I have also been a software developer, a solution architect, CTO, a manager, a consultant, and a leader. I have experience in areas spanning from masterful software engineering to leading self and others, from self-improvement to coaching and leading teams and organizations.
I like to work with people who feel/believe that we have the power to choose and feel solely responsible for their lives, who strive to evolve while also aiming to enjoy "here" and "now."
Interested? Arrange non-binding free conversation
During this call, I promise to bring my very best to help you to get more clarity on any challenge you bring.
My goal is to have you leave this conversation with your head up high and your shoulders back, feeling encouraged, supported, and more confident than when we first started.
Client Reviews
See for Yourself
Coaching sessions for me are like small gifts to myself. With Elena by my side, there is an atmosphere of complete support and dedication towards my ambitions, concerns and wishes. Usually after a coaching session I feel relieved and energized at the same time.
Being a neuroscience enthusiast, I truly value the possibility of nurturing my own insights, unlike getting an advice from someone else. I appreciate having space, time and a guide who brings attention to the area of my life that I would like to improve and then allowing my own neural circuits to do the magic while being supported with questions coming from the coach. I appreciate the non-invasiveness of the whole process, respect towards each other and initial bias, that the coachee has all of the answers already.
Albina P.
I had reached out to Elena since I felt I was going through a bad patch in my career. I was finding it difficult to manage my stakeholders, couldn't get the best out of my team, and lacked self-confidence.
Over our coaching sessions in 3 months and I saw a transformation in my overall approach :
I feel lot more confident, I am no longer overthinking
I am able to deal with my stakeholders better, able to convey my thoughts and ideas clearly
Have been able to brand my team well, motive them and get best out of them
Lena is extremely patient, kind and understanding. She could completely relate to my challenges, ask the most relevant questions that make you reflect, re-connect with yourself. Thanks to the coaching sessions by Elena, I see a stark difference in my personality - I am a lot more confident, patient, relaxed and focused on what I wish to achieve.
Elena has this knack of unearthing your purpose and whats stopping you from achieving it. I am glad that I could connect with Lena during my challenging time, crucial juncture in my career and look forward to continue working with her, in order to become a better version of myself.
Vipin K.
Being coached by Elena has been a very rewarding experience, the ideas brain-stormed during these sessions led to the direct result of receiving an offer for my dream job.
When I was introduced to Elena I was going through a busy and difficult time at work and at home. At work I was one of the top performers however I was not enjoying the daily tasks and at home we have a young toddler; important tasks for myself became forever delayed.
I can really recommend Elena’s active listening skills, after just 1 hour of coaching I was able to prioritise, focus and complete important tasks that benefited myself and my family. Suddenly I was focused and able to delay unimportant tasks and spend time on advancing my career. This “all-of-a-sudden” moment came from the facilitation of Elena and her capability to help guide me through complex obstacles that I knew I could overcome but had not had the time and space to evaluate and build a sustainable progress plan. Coaching really helps to reach that “I know what to do now!” realisation and to take the first step forward.
Finding this time for myself and feeling in control of my own development was very important for me during this time. Coaching with Elena provided me with the space to feel good and to attend a meeting that remarkably resulted in being provided an offer for a new and exciting job opportunity.