Ana M. Marin

Welcome to my virtual journal

This is my virtual home - a space created for my community. Since 2007, when I started my first blog - I kept a digital journal sharing resources and info with my readers as part of my developmental story.

When coaching become part of my permanent journey - my virtual home took a new form that included coaching, together with facilitation, training, communication and marketing stories. Reading my website it will allow you to learn that I am a coach that uses creativity, empathy and will always be dedicated to professional development so that I can bring the latest methods and tools to serve your goals! Also, if you are researching what a coach does - you are in the perfect spot! Looking to start your facilitation career - also in the right spot :)

Some of the reasons why clients choose me as a coach is because they are looking for personal development. Some are looking to improve communications skills, work/life balance, have healthy relationships, learn to go after their goals or increase self esteem. The clients interested in professional development decide to work with me in order to increase their resilience, improve their management skills, or to optimise their productivity. The teams that work with me have as goals improved communication, efficiency, boost their productivity, create a journey for the common purpose and so on.

All my clients have the power to change their life - so they are finding in me a partner that will hold the space to start new thinking processes and also transactional and transformational change.


80% of coaching clients indicated that their work performance, communication skills, well-being and/or business management strategies were much better as a result of a coaching engagement according to the ICF (International Coaching Federation) and HCI (Human Capital Institute) research: ”Building a Coaching Culture”.

So see below who I am, how I work, my topics and let’s have a virtual coffee to have a conversation :)

About me

I am a coffee addict :) and a person that believes that YOU can do whatever you can dream of IF you work for it.

With more than 15 years experience in communication and marketing in banking, retail, public relations consultancy, IT&C and NGO continue development was part of my yearly goals. Following my professional and personal growth coaching entered my life a decade ago with a simple question: what would you be without this belief? And that changed everything for me!

While still continuing my journey as a communication specialist and senior trainer, Coaching made me aware that I was not living my dream life and that I was letting others be in charge. Something had to change. After that conversation I switch gears, took actions, change things and made decisions (some hard and painful) that lead me to a path that brought me happiness, fulfillment and every day joy!

In present I work in an international company as a communication consultant, trainer on leadership topics like EI, productivity, mindfulness, team management, individual and team coach. I am also a faculty member, assessor and mentor for 2 individual coaching schools and one for team coaching preparing future coaches to develop skills and competencies.

I am an executive and team coach for leaders that take their own development and their teams’ goals serious. In this role I work with people from Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, Serbia, Spain, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia, Norway, Holland, Poland, France, Azerbaijan, Canada, India and so on.

I am passionate about journaling, reflexive and reflective practice and use them as tools for my clients to self acknowledge their own progress.

Who AM I, in one picture

Coffee - my guilty pleasure, you can most of the times find me nurturing a mug with some java that offers me a mindfulness moment.

Journal Lover - the tool that allowed me to become aware of my thinking patterns, my limiting beliefs and supported me to access my inner mentor.

Bookworm - lots of my inspiration comes from the books that Universe is sending my way

Mindfulness Practitioner - discovered it in my chase to become productive and efficient while having a neurodivergent brain.

Life Partner to an amazing man and a surrogate emotional sclave to 4 cats.

Passionate public speaker and trainer.

Education

To use a marine metaphor my coaching style is like a lighthouse - you can use it as a guide to follow the path you choose.

With an international coaching education and mentors that supported my development as a professional coach, I bring my clients and their agenda as the main focus so I can adapt to what you need from me.

I use visual tools, kinaesthetic and auditory methods that will allow you to explore, check and verify that the choice that lies ahead will serve your life mission and purpose.


Accreditations and education:

  • Senior Practitioner Mentor Coach - European Mentoring Coaching Council (EMCC),

  • Professional Certified Coach International Coaching Federation (PCC ICF),

  • Genos Practitioner,

  • Team Coach,

  • Journal Therapy Coach

  • DISC D3 Consultant

  • PQ Enthusiast

Board member EMCC Romania
Former area, division and district board member in Toastmasters International
Former Communications Director Junior Chamber International Romania, former VP Members JCI Buzău

Volunteer mentor, coach, team coach and trainer: AIESEC Global, SSFB, V.I.P, ASCIG, ASPSE, Toastmasters.

Available to download

With a focus on mental health I designed a Self Care Journal that you download for free