back to work…

It’s been a long time since my last post and quite a few things still had to happen in 2020. I was in Zanzibar at the end of November where I was told that the education minister had turned down my application to work there – disappointing! Then it was back to Denmark, where I became auntie for the fifth time – joyous! I had a lovely Christmas with family – wonderful! And finally celebrated my eldest nephew’s 18th birthday – how old?!

I stayed in Denmark until early February and it was so great to have some family time, especially grateful that I was able to support my parents during a tough and dark January.

And in spite of January being quite a drag, even at the best of times, I decided to start 2021 with a bang! I launched my new coaching business. My life coaching qualification was meant to ‘just’ add to my skillset and be a plan B if the Africa hospitality work didn’t work out because of the dire state of hospitality at the moment. And although I haven’t given up on Tanzania and the work I do here, I do believe that I have to re-think a few things and I will take this year to do that. So I decided to just jump in and launch a new brand for my coaching.

Berkano Bold Coaching for Leadership and Change was born! I have had a solid start to the business with some one to one coaching clients and a nice group of people in a leadership coaching programme which I ran from Zanzibar in February.

Website is not quite ready – give me another week – but you can search for Berkano Bold Coaching on Instagram and LinkedIn to find out more about my new ‘baby’.

Now I am back in the bush, however. This is my third year at Singita, I cannot quite believe it actually. It’s been two and half years since I started living in a suitcase and even though the longing for a home is growing every day, I am so incredibly excited about the next three months. It is a significant year for my students here… it’s the year we will try to realise what we have been working on; promotions that they are truly ready for… into roles that they will succeed at and be respected for.

Bring it on!