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My Journey

Good day to you! I am Andrea Kalaydjian.  I had a passion for self – development since I was a teenager, and have spent my life looking for my life purpose.

After graduating with a BSc in Computer Science and System Analysis, I started my working career in Argentina, in the family business doing computer programming.  At that time, I was an extremely shy person, and the last thing my family and friends expected of me was that I would leave my familiar surroundings to move to another country. I was twenty-six years old and I felt the urge to prove myself.  Knowing nothing about the country, except that I’d like to go there, I moved to South Africa.

I worked in the IT Industry in South Africa for seven years, and in my spare time, I studied psychology and continued my own spiritual journey through meditation, and reading.
I went to the UK to work for 6 months and then moved to the USA where I spent two and a half years doing…..
I may have changed countries, but I was still unhappy at work and searching for my life purpose. I then returned to South Africa in 2001 after I got married. Along the way I developed a love for self – motivational material and courses. The first book I read was Leo Buscaglia’s “Living, loving and learning” which inspired my dream of becoming a motivational speaker or writer. But my own limitations did not allow for that.  The more I searched for my inner happiness, the more I was told I had a problem accepting happiness, and my frustration was diagnosed as depression.

With the birth of my first child at the age of 40, a late mother, I decided I needed a career change. I tried different things, from translation, to being a virtual assistant. But it was only when I was pregnant with my daughter three years later, that I was finally ready for life coaching. I had heard of it before this time, but my personal beliefs had stopped me from exploring it further.

I certified as a New Insights life coach at the end of 2008, and this allowed me to find the courage to give up my IT career of 23 years to follow my passion.  This would not have been possible without the support of my personal coach, and the personal changes I’ve made.  It was a life-changing leap of confidence that allowed me to discover yet another passion, Internet Marketing, in which I will grow my business through the internet.

I have been told many times that I cannot be a life coach or a motivational speaker because I am too shy, and I have struggled with my life. But the lesson is that we grow through our own struggles.  I remember reading, in Norman Vincent Peale’s book, that the only people who have no problems and struggles, are those in the cemetery. When you welcome your problems, and allow yourself to work with them, this interaction is what helps you to grow and enrich your life.

Please look through my site and feel free to contact me at andrea [at] coachtoexcellence [dot]com if I assist you in any way.

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