{"id":33832,"date":"2025-02-28T00:49:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eliasaikaly.com\/?page_id=33832"},"modified":"2025-03-09T05:57:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T23:27:42","slug":"coaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eliasaikaly.com\/coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Why work with me as a coach?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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At the heart of this work is relationship<\/em>\u2014real, authentic, and built on trust.<\/p>

I approach coaching through the lens of the I-Thou relationship<\/em>, a concept developed by philosopher Martin Buber. This describes a direct, mutual, and sacred connection\u2014one where we meet each other fully, without judgment or objectification. It\u2019s in this space, where you are truly seen and witnessed, that transformation becomes possible.<\/p>

Trust is built over time. This is why I don\u2019t offer single sessions. What\u2019s in the way today is often resting on something deeper\u2014something shaped long before this moment. Together, we\u2019ll uncover what\u2019s beneath the surface\u2014not just the patterns you see now, but the beliefs, experiences, and relational dynamics that have shaped how you move through life.<\/p>

Many of us were raised to believe we\u2019re not enough.<\/em> We learned to please<\/em> instead of express, to shrink<\/em> instead of take up space, to lose our voice<\/em> rather than risk being too much. We absorbed messages about who we should be\u2014through family, relationships, and culture\u2014and those messages still shape our choices today.<\/p>

But they don\u2019t have to.<\/p>

I understand relational and family dynamics, attachment patterns,<\/em> and how our upbringing creates the lens through which we experience the world. What we don\u2019t resolve, we repeat. The same patterns show up in business, in relationships, in the way we navigate success, conflict, intimacy, and self-worth.<\/p>

And yet\u2014these patterns are not fixed. They can be reworked, re-experienced, and integrated<\/em> into something truer. In some models of the world, the Higher Self.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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From Surviving to Thriving<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I\u2019ve walked through fire\u2014through loss, shame, grief, and self-destruction\u2014and emerged on the other side with a deeper understanding of what it truly means to heal and reclaim oneself.<\/p>

I know what it\u2019s like to feel disconnected\u2014to perform for the world while silently struggling behind closed doors. I\u2019ve endured heartbreak, lost my sense of self, questioned my identity and belonging, and watched the foundations of my beliefs crumble. At my lowest, I reached a breaking point\u2014a moment where I had to choose: continue living as a fragmented version of myself or step fully into my truth.<\/p>

As a filmmaker and storyteller, I traveled the world, working with diverse communities and amplifying the voices of women across the Arab world\u2014from Saudi Arabia and Oman to Senegal and Tanzania. Immersed in different cultures, I navigated the complexities of identity, faith, gender, and power. These experiences exposed me to the unique ways people make sense of their world and, in turn, forced me to reexamine my own.<\/p>

Through this journey, I discovered a powerful truth: we are shaped by our stories, but we are not bound by them. Healing begins when we stop running from our pain and instead learn to integrate it\u2014transforming wounds into wisdom and survival into self-actualization.<\/p>

Rebuilding wasn\u2019t about pretending to be whole. It was about confronting the parts of myself I had long avoided, holding space for my own pain, and learning, step by step, to trust myself again.<\/p>

I don\u2019t just teach this work\u2014I live it. And now, I help others do the same.<\/p>

This is about more than healing. It\u2019s about reclaiming your voice, your power, and your life. It\u2019s about finding your way back home\u2014to yourself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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I can guide your mind all day\u2014help you reframe, analyze, and intellectualize your experiences. But true transformation doesn\u2019t happen in the mind alone.<\/p>

It happens through direct experience. Through feeling, not just understanding. Through being witnessed in a space of safety and compassion, where what was once fragmented can finally reintegrate.<\/p>

This work is about wholeness. It\u2019s not about forcing change but reclaiming what was lost\u2014liberating the silenced parts of you and bringing them back into the light.<\/p>

I combine Gestalt therapy, Conscious Connected Breathwork, shadow work, and deep unconscious exploration to guide you toward profound transformation. As a Polyvagal-informed practitioner, I bridge neuroscience and depth psychology to help you shift from survival and reactivity into presence and thriving. Inspired by Jung, I help you make the unconscious conscious, so you can step fully into the driver\u2019s seat of your life.<\/p>

Every person is unique. There is no rigid formula\u2014because you are not a problem to be solved. I don\u2019t follow a script; I follow you<\/em>. I trust intuition, the present moment, and what arises naturally. This allows us to unlock, integrate, and empower the parts of you that have been waiting to be fully seen.<\/p>

Transformation is not about becoming someone new. It is about remembering who you were before fear, conditioning, and fragmentation took hold. It is about coming home\u2014to yourself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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My training combines proven methodologies with lived experience to support deep, sustainable transformation. Key certifications and areas of expertise include:<\/p>