Lisa S.
Age: 40-49
Location: Netherlands
Nationality: Dutch
Language(s): English, Dutch, Portuguese
Coach-Mentoring Focus:
Life coaching
Transition
Church planting
Life coaching
Transition
Church planting
About Me:
I grew up in Portugal as my parents were workers (missionaries) there. (MK) We transitioned to the Netherlands when I was 14. I have been married 19+ years and we have a very cool sociable son and a beautiful creative daughter. We transitioned as a family between countries and cities. I have been working in the organization for over 16 years. I have been involved over 10 years in training, coaching and motivating (young) people to reach out in their communities based on who God made them to be. Currently church planting and community-building in an economically and socially more deprived area in the Netherlands. Having felt the urge to further develop and deepen my coaching skills, in 2020 I graduated and started working part-time as a Christian Integral Coach.
Main coach-mentoring focus:
God has been so creative in creating people so differently and with so much potential and tools to work from. When life throws at us: disappointment; hurt; frustration; (big) changes; transition and deep questions, we can sometimes get lost in those or feel stuck & get stuck. As a Christian Integral Coach, I truly enjoy walking along side people to see them detangle inner beliefs, patterns and practice using those fantastic tools and qualities God has put in them. “Integral” means “necessary and important as a part of a whole”. Integrating all aspects of our personal history in our lives (even the traumatic & hard ones) will help us live fuller lives as children of God. As a coach my role is to walk along side at the pace of the coachee. Important aspects for me as a coach are confidentiality, mutual trust and the willingness of the coachee to work through tough questions. So, for challenges in transition (single or as family), pioneering, cross cultural communication or just life, it is a great start to get a coach involved to ‘walk with you for a bit’.
My dreams/goal/vision...
Seeing people getting free from limitations/ boundaries, functioning and feeling freer and uninhibited and able to handle their own inner questions, is fantastic! Seeing them put in practice tools to get where they want to go, applying those in other aspects of their lives and being able to walk along side during that process is very rewarding indeed.
Things I love to do:
I love chatting with people, getting lost in a good book or movie and anything to do with Drama, Mime, (face) painting, puppeteering, script writing etc.
One fun fact about me:
I love (with my family) to play practical jokes on people. Laughter is such an important part of my life.
I believe Coach-Mentoring is important, because…
we all have our ‘moments’ we just need someone to help us detangle our thoughts before we can move onward in clarity and with joy.
