What drew you to study the Diploma of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing?
“In 2014, my leadership calling took me to coaching; a profession and a mental-state that I fell in love with!”
I’ve worked in different corporate positions between 1993 and 2018, with the last 8 years of those in an executive position. Being a leader to a big number of people and realizing the impact of leadership on lives, I started to be increasingly attracted to leadership topics.
I started practicing life and leadership coaching out of my usual corporate circle, I got accredited from ICF then I started reading about positive psychology with an aim to complement my coaching skills and enrich my toolbox. Since I started reading, I loved everything about this science and I discovered that even reading or discussing researches, books or interventions from positive psychology, increase my wellbeing and allow me to noticeably be better in whatever I pass through. I started searching for a reputable/trustworthy institute to learn positive psychology in a practical way that suits my busy life, but also in a proper way that matches my increasing appetite. I found re:cognition and it was a life-changing experience for me.
How was your experience studying this course?
“What I found challenging was my wild tendency to surf and find new positive psychology researches, articles and books!”
If I’d put my experience during the course in 3 words, it would be “Pleasant, stretching and Nourishing”! I savored every moment of the face-to-face modules, then I was intrinsically motivated to continue studying and reading, not only to complete my assignments, but because I’ve found an immediate clear impact on my work, family and clients.
The course time for me has been always fun and tempting to follow through. I believe this has to do with the delivery approach and the team standards. It’s a well-balanced diploma with proper doses of mindfulness, reading, assignments, discussions and personal work, in other words, I’d say; “involving Head, Heart and Hand”.
I discovered a kind of “FLOW”, that wasn’t always working well for my deadlines.
I resonated with almost every part of the curriculum, specially the studied work of mindfulness, positive emotions, meaning and engagement.
How are you spreading positive ripples in your world?
“As I speak publicly and write books and articles, I now use those vehicles to carry the message of wellbeing.”
Since I decided to move forward from my corporate career in 2018, I’ve been primarily focusing on private coaching and leadership development services I provide to organizations! The diploma helped me visualize and construct my new career-path. It helped me build positive relationships with new clients and broaden and build my resources, where it was highly needed. It taught me a lot about how I can make a meaning of my career, utilize my strengths and make my work congruent with my values.
I work on developing the skill of simplifying positive psychology research findings, applications and interventions in a simple format that can reach simple lives. I hope such actions can result in a valuable change for the community in Egypt! I feel responsible to help people around me through what I learned and tried myself and I hold a bigger cause of making positive psychology applications and interventions known and usable in a Muslim/Arabic community with a lot of hardships and challenges, as well as natural interest in meaning and positivity. I try to use all opportunities I have for that cause, like social media, TV programs, talks and lectures, coaching certification programs I teach and articles I write.
Spreading the positive ripples makes me feel alive and enjoying a meaningful life! It has also impacted my judgement and emotional regulation strategies positively; I believe I’m now more resilient, better with people around me and more satisfied with my life!