Alina and I are former colleagues and when setting up our coaching businesses we decided to spar and reflect with each other on our developments on a biweekly basis. At some point during this journey my dad passed away very suddenly and my world was shattered. I had a close and loving relationship with him and to now not have him physically in my life anymore, was more than I could bare. Alina has been there with me throughout the whole grief process. She taught me the different stages of grief and that everyone goes through them differently. She also showed me a way to transform the physical relationship that I had with my dad to a spiritual one. I’m forever grateful to her for this because this has helped me a great deal with accepting his death and to continue my relationship with him, just in a different form.
The loss of my dad also took me on my heart’s journey, a journey which I had found challenging up until then. This became even harder afterwards. But Alina gently guided and accompanied me throughout this and never gave up on me. For me it is her empathy, compassion for other human beings and humour what makes Alina such a great coach and mentor.