Location

Nairobi, Kenya

Languages

English, Greek

Coaching SpecialtieS INCLUDE:

About This coach

Originally half English and half Greek I was raised in Athens, Greece where I attended an international school as part of my education towards becoming a global citizen. Being from two diverse countries has afforded me a diverse perspective on childhood in complex multicultural contexts.  Following completion of my first degree I worked in international development in over 20 countries with a focus on education and in particular, HIV&AIDS education, policy and teacher training. I then qualified and worked as a teacher and teacher leader in resource poor and resource rich settings around the world before having my son and moving with him and my teaching husband to Nairobi when our son was 7 weeks old.

Since moving here I have continued my 20+ years of work with children and their families around education and child development as a doula, parent educator and coach. As an experienced and internationally certified parent coach I support parents by helping them to bridge the gap between knowing better, doing better and knowing HOW to do better. Reading parenting books and following popular Instagram accounts is incredibly helpful. But in the field of coaching we not only talk about what better parenting looks like. We also talk about how to achieve it through varied coaching approaches and useful methods and techniques that will be forever useful on people’s parenting journeys - no matter the age of their children.

I myself experienced the benefit of being coached as a parent and went on to create my own 3 Step, 12 week long parent coaching programme Fun Loving Parenting. I also now have a short course for parents seeking help with a specific issue. I also host parent workshops for parents in Nairobi (at schools and independently) and I have appeared on national radio and frequently host online meetings for parents around the world. Working with parents on this magical yet challenging journey is my professional life’s greatest joy.

What Makes THEM Special?

My own journey into parenthood was beautiful and bumpy. I enjoyed a beautiful pregnancy and birth. And then things got a bit emotionally hairy for me. I realised I had more rage than I knew what to do with. I had more sadness. Loneliness.

We live overseas and moved to a new country with a tiny baby. We’re a multicultural family living in a third culture. It can be really hard. And so I found Jai. Got coached and got certified. And here I am.

I thoroughly love coaching multicultural households and multigenerational households. The latter often being very much about multiple parenting cultures. I have huge empathy for parents trying to balance multiple cultures whilst raising children. It is beautiful and tricky. I’ve worked in over 20 countries now so my multicultural understanding is fully developed and those families are definitely my jam.

I also have years of experience working in schools including with neurodiverse children. And as the child of an undiagnosed neurodiverse father and an adult woman now going through my own diagnosis I have huge capacity for working with neurodiverse families.

I’ve spent over 20 years working with children and their parents. I see the issues as a parent, a daughter an educator and a parent coach. I know the challenges are real and ever changing. I love what I do and coach from the heart with instinct and love and sometimes humour.

Ready to start parenting with peace and connection?