Kristina Petkova, DipNMC's Linkedin Analytics

I help career-focused professionals, high performers, entrepreneurs, freelancers, managers to reconnect to their authentic self and reach their highest potential by living according to their true values, desires, and talents. I am a Co-founder, Transformational and Confidence Life Coach, Limiting Beliefs Destroyer and Visualisations Facilitator at First Step - Personal Transformation center. In my work, I combine methods of coaching, reconnection to our true values, passions, and desires, self-love, turning people's dreams into achievable goals, emotional management. I use guided visualizations, hypnosis and relaxations for self-reflection and reconnection to our true selves. With my colleagues at our holistic center, we help people to find their own purpose and their personal most exciting life path. How did I get here? I have been an achiever whole my life - since high school throughout the university and during my career path. I was used to setting goals and accomplishing them. I was working a well-respected job in the financial sphere. However, I was not feeling true fulfillment in my life. I have been focused on achievements so much that I lost the connection to my true self, to my true desires and dreams. I wasn't living according to my values, but the ones that society and my family thought are the best for me. This feeling of lack of purpose led me to self-exploration methods and practices including self-reflection, journaling, meditations, visualizations, coaching. Yoga and visualizations practices showed me acceptance and a non-judgmental approach towards myself and others. With NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming) and coaching practices, I was coping with many of my limiting beliefs, turning them into supportive ones. I learned to distinguish my true desires and passions from the ones that don't belong to me. I also learned that self-love and self-worth are the foundations that can support my physical, psychological and spiritual growth. The importance of keeping the mind-body-soul connection is one of the keys to feeling complete. I started exploring them deeper by taking part in various training courses and workshops, including at an international level. I am constantly expanding my knowledge in order to be more helpful to myself and my clients. I am a NLP Master practitioner. I am currently enrolled in a Practitioner Coach Diploma and NLP Personal Coach Certification Programs. I am also a PhD student.