The Next Chapter: Coaching, Credentials, and Where I Am Headed

There is something interesting that happens when you start doing work you genuinely care about. You stop watching the clock. You stop counting the effort. And somewhere along the way, you realise that what started as a step in one direction has quietly become a path with a lot more road ahead than you first imagined.

That is exactly where I find myself today.

Where It All Began

A few months ago, I started formally coaching clients on personal finance. It wasn't a sudden decision. It was the result of years of living it, learning it, and sharing it informally with anyone who would listen. From my podcast in 2020 to conversations with friends, colleagues, and strangers who had money questions they didn't know who to ask, I had been doing a version of this for a long time.

But doing it formally, as a coach, with structure and intention, has been a completely different experience.

In a short span of time, I have worked with over 20 clients. People from all walks of life, those in jobs, running their own businesses, and homemakers managing households and finances with very little support or guidance. The age range has surprised me the most, from as young as 24 to well over 55. And somewhere along the way, I noticed that nearly 75% of my clients have been women, which has been both humbling and deeply meaningful.

What Coaching Has Taught Me

I came into this thinking I would be talking about budgets, savings, and investment strategies. And yes, those conversations happen. But what I didn't expect was how quickly those conversations would go deeper.

Money is rarely just about money. Behind every financial habit or struggle, there is a belief system at work. There is a story someone has been telling themselves for years, sometimes decades, about what they deserve, what is possible, and what is safe. My job as a coach is not just to hand someone a spreadsheet and send them on their way. It is to sit with them in that story and help them figure out where it is serving them and where it is holding them back.

That work has changed me. It has made me a better listener, a more patient thinker, and honestly, a more aware person. I would not have predicted this version of my life two years ago. But here I am, and I am not complaining.

Why a Qualification Mattered to Me

Even as the coaching work was going well, something inside me wasn't fully settled. I was getting results with clients. The feedback was encouraging. But I wasn't comfortable calling myself a coach without the credential to back it up.

This wasn't about insecurity. It was about integrity.

If I am going to show up for someone in one of the most personal areas of their life, I want to make sure I have done the work to earn that seat. So I went looking for the right place to get trained properly.

After a lot of research, I found Innerlife Skills, based in South Africa. What drew me to them wasn't just their curriculum. It was the way their approach aligned with my values, the belief that real coaching goes beyond techniques and into genuine human connection. I have started working towards my ACC certification through the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and I am doing it through Innerlife Skills with a specialization in Executive Leadership Coaching.

Why Executive Leadership Coaching

This is the part I am most excited to talk about.

After 12 years in the corporate world, I have sat in boardrooms, managed teams, navigated politics, and watched talented people plateau not because they lacked skill but because something internal was getting in the way. Ambition without direction. Capability without clarity. Performance without purpose.

When I stepped out of corporate, I gained a perspective I simply could not have had while I was inside it. And now, the idea of going back in, not as an employee but as a coach, feels like exactly the right move.

My focus will be on high performers who want to take their careers to the next level. Not people who are struggling, but people who are already doing well and know there is more in them. Through structured, focused coaching, I want to help them get clear on what they truly want, understand what is holding them back, and build a path forward that is grounded in real self-awareness and not just ambition.

No abstract conversations. No vague philosophies. Just deep, honest, purposeful work.

This will sit alongside my personal finance coaching as an extension of my overall offering as a coach, and truthfully, as an extension of the journey I have been on myself.

What Comes Next

The work doesn't stop. The learning doesn't stop. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

I am grateful for every client who has trusted me with their story. I am excited about the road ahead with executive leadership coaching. And I am genuinely looking forward to seeing what this next chapter brings.

If any of this resonates with you, whether you are someone exploring your relationship with money or a high performer looking to break through to the next level, I would love to have a conversation.

Possibilities are endless. And I mean that.