About me
In the following paragraphs, I will share the story of my journey through the lens of my professional development.
I was born in the mid-1980s into a family in Szentendre, as the child of parents who were considered older at the time. On both sides, we carried the weight of difficult fates and many traumas, which sparked my early interest in psychology—I wanted to understand what was happening around me. Of course, I didn’t see these connections clearly back then. However, I do vividly remember that at the age of 10, I started borrowing self-development books from the library and experimenting with the power of active listening on my classmates.
I pursued higher education in English studies at ELTE, where I earned my degree in applied linguistics and teaching. My choice was strongly influenced by the fact that Hungarian native speakers have a great need for acquiring foreign languages.
Meanwhile, my curiosity about people never faded. During my university years, I was particularly interested in the linguistic analysis of communication and the psychological knowledge essential for teaching. While working, I was always observing what motivated my students and how their mindset influenced their performance. However, within the official teacher training framework, we received very little information on this topic and even fewer methods on how to positively impact these factors.
I worked in language schools, prepared students for language exams, and everywhere I encountered the same issue—students who genuinely struggled with learning received little to no support. Because of this, I gradually shifted my focus to private teaching, and now I have 18 years of experience in leading these types of conversations.
However, these challenges followed me into my own business. Even though I now had the opportunity to give my full attention to one student at a time, I still lacked the tools to help them overcome their emotional and mental blocks — and as a result, I found myself drifting toward burnout. I had already been seeing a psychologist for years to process my past, improve my present, and develop myself, but it was a coaching course that finally brought the long-awaited breakthrough.
In the spring of 2020, during the first wave of COVID, I enrolled in my first life coaching course in a state of frustration. There, I learned about communication, conflict resolution, goal setting, motivation, questioning techniques, time management, and personality types. Gradually, I became able to apply this knowledge to change my own behavior and mindset—and later, to support my students as well.
Since then, I have further expanded my expertise with lifestyle change support techniques and mindfulness tools.
Today, I am fortunate to work with increasingly successful and satisfied students, and I can apply coaching not only in teaching but also in independent processes. I am continuously educating myself, always exploring new approaches to help us all become happier and more fulfilled individuals.