Live the best second chapter of your life
You are a successful and driven individual genuinely keen to re-examine the narrative that has accompanied the first part of your adult life, how your set of values, beliefs, thinking and behavioral patterns have affected your personal and professional choices.
Even adults with successful personal and professional life, who should have reached a peak of abundance, feel much more vulnerable and adrift than previous generations did.
The fact is that most adults know very little about the landscape that awaits them between their late thirties and their sixties. They often lack realistic expectations and get tangled in disappointments.
They run out of dreams conceived at a younger age and may lack the ability to envision new ones. Some feel trapped by decisions made one or two decades ago regarding education, careers, friends, companions. This is not unusual; it is actually the norm, no matter how we portray ourselves in public.
Viktor E. Frankl "Man’s Search for Meaning"
Abraham Maslow, quoted in "Life in the open sea" by William M Stephens
In coaching, there’s no authority figure - no teacher/student relationship - the coach does not hold any absolute truth.
The Coach creates a process that allows clients to articulate their current vision, identify their needs and core values and bring their inner and outer worlds into alignment.
Through the productive, positive confrontation of different perspectives, coaching allows clients to create goals they feel passionate about in all aspects of their lives, as well as multiple strategies to support achieving those goals.
The reassuring CV you are probably looking for, with all the proper degrees and certificates, is at the end of the About page. But that is only part of my story and possibly, not the most important one. So let me start with another story.
It's the Fall of 2014, I'm in Northern Europe after almost 5 years living and working in Moscow, Russia.
”That's what I want to do!”. My wife Heli heard me utter those words not fully realizing what I had just said. On the large TV screen the credits started running and our lives changed (yet again).
"What I most like about him is his capacity to listen in a non-judgmental way, with a deep empathy and sense of understanding. He has always given me different, fresh perspectives on how to look at things, allowing me the space to identify both my personal priorities and the tradeoffs of every decision. He is a pillar of my professional and personal life."
Banker
"His human intelligence is remarkable, but what is even more impressive is his ability to give honest and upfront feedback, which makes one truly reflect. I don't think Federico has ever told me what I 'should be doing', but his wise counsel has always created the space to make personal and professional decisions that, ultimately, proved right for me."
Founder & Managing PartnerEendigo
"Federico brings in not only his remarkable tenure in the corporate world and the technical toolbox of an experienced executive coach, but most notably his unparalleled capability to listen, support and inspire.... We like to think that a good coach can change the game, but Federico can touch people hearts and transform lives!."
The very fact that you have reached this point means that you have already mastered the first, critical step of any couching journey: you have recognized both that there is something that you want to address and that you control over your life narrative.
But in the beginning no one is comfortable proceeding alone in a new territory, especially around midlife.
Every journey is unique and every new path explored together will present its own new, specific challenges.
I will hold no agenda other than yours. I will be your traveling companion, a guide that knows the terrain - and maybe a few shortcuts.
Whether you're interested in personal or professional development - most likely both - it's now time to start the next chapter of your adult life.
And it all starts with a simple step....