Mariaan Van Zyl – Life & Career Coach (DiPC) | Personal Development (BA Hons Psychology) mariaanzyl@gmail.com | 079 611 0411 | www.switchontolife.com

M a r i a an V an Z y l (D i P C ) L i f e & C a r e e r C o a c h ( C O M E N S A & C a r e e r M a n a g e m e n t A c a d e m y ) | P e r s o n a l & G r o u p D e v e l o p m e n t ( B A H o n s P s y c h ol og y ) The transformation & equipping of people is of utmost importance for leading a fulfilling and satisfying life, and is the drive of Mariaan’s way of working. She celebrates to see people equipped and established in their potential and fulfilment (congruent in their body, soul & spirit). "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response, In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor E. Frankl Life & Career Coach Coaching is defined as a confidential and highly personal learning process: “The art of facilitating the performance, development and learning of another person. It is about equipping people with the tools, knowledge and opportunities they need to develop themselves and become more effective.” Specialties:

Establishing potential & fulfilment

Gain control & ownership of your life

Establishing skills for Coaches as facilitator of Coach Training courses

Self-Awareness & Self-Management (of emotions, negativity, habits)

Understanding strengths / preferences / gifts

Boundaries & Relationship management

Changing beliefs & thinking patterns that cause problems

Subject / Study / Career / Life choices & change

Work & Life readiness The Vision: She facilitates people to switch on to life to reach their full potential and fulfilment, through a robust journey. “I believe in the potential of each person, and want to enable them to free themselves of internal constraint and external control.” The Chandelier represents the space she creates to allow the client to switch on the light, in order to see where they can go and what they may have tripped over or caused them to get stuck. In order for each client to experience a life of thriving and not just surviving! Come switch on to life! How it works: By means of a dynamic coaching process, including various tools to be skillfully used, the clients’ understanding of their preferences, interests, skills and values are brought about, by which they receive the opportunity to grow, to discover who they are, and to clarify their best suited career or purpose in life. Based on a co-active one-on-one personalised approach, Mariaan acts as coach, sounding board, and personal skills developer. The model that will be used will look after the whole person and will work within the client’s core values to drive to what their main objectives for the coaching would be. This facilitates how to move from point A to point B optimally, utilising their strengths. Based on proven techniques and grounded in psychologically based theoretical models, specialised skills are utilised to facilitate the client’s progress: Schools of Influence:

Socratic questioning: to help uncover the assumptions and evidence that underpin people's thoughts in respect of problems.

Cognitive restructuring (part of CBT): learning to identify and dispute irrational or maladaptive thoughts.

Mariaan Van Zyl – Life & Career Coach (DiPC) | Personal Development (BA Hons Psychology) mariaanzyl@gmail.com | 079 611 0411 | www.switchontolife.com

Person-centered therapy (PCT): to provide clients with an opportunity to develop a sense of self where they can realise how their attitudes, feelings and behaviour are being negatively affected.

Logotherapy: founded upon the belief that it is the striving to find a meaning in one's life that is the primary, most powerful motivating and driving force in humans.

Personal & Group Development (Training) What value does this add? Investing in people development will lead to:

Increased fulfilment & sense of control due to ownership & responsibility

Increased positive attitude toward self, life and others

Increased effectiveness & sense of purpose (as strengths are utilised optimally)

Improved emotional awareness & stability

Improved conflict management, communication & listening

Improved healthy relationship & boundary management

Improved team-work & -spirit Typical themes:

Relational & Emotional Intelligence

Team Effectiveness through Brain preference profiling

Communication and Conflict handling

Coaching skills for living and leading

Coach Training: Certificate & Diploma course Receive ample resources in order to be equipped with raised awareness and options to effectively address your own / team’s areas of development, sharpen strengths and practice solutions. What you can expect to gain:

capacity to relate more accurately,

increased communication effectivity

better conflict handling

understanding the other’s perspective,

emotional and cognitive accuracy,

self-awareness,

empathy,

and managing emotions. Increase your Relational Intelligence, increase your influence! Academic qualifications:

• NLP Practitioner Certificate Course (in progress) | Achology Ltd, The Academy of Modern Applied Psychology (2019)

• Diploma in Practitioner Coaching | Strong Foundation Academy of Coaching (2013)

• Career Coaching Master Programme | Career Management Academy (2012)

• Certificate in Practitioner Coaching | Strong Foundation Academy of Coaching (2008)

• BA Honours Psychology | University of Stellenbosch (2006)

• BA Social Dynamics (Psychology, Sociology & Economics) | University of Stellenbosch (2005) Accreditations & Membership:

Registered Coach: COMENSA (Coaches and Mentors of SA)

Coach Training Facilitator & Mentor at Strong Foundation Academy of Coaching

Faculty member at Strong Foundation Academy of Coaching

Career Coach (Career Management Academy)

Neethling Brain Instrument (NBI®) Practitioner (Solutions Finding)

Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI) Practitioner (TotalSDI)