“Knowing we would finish our second stay abroad in 2022 I slowly started thinking about what to do back in Berlin. But I felt kind of lost – where should I start? What do I really want? Find a job or continue freelancing? Do something completely new? Who am I at this stage of my life!?
I considered finding a coach to work with but, again – who? Where to find it? Where to start?! In that situation, the announcement about the “Mastermind Program” popped up in one of my expat Facebook groups. I loved the idea of a small group of women being in the same situation, joining forces to exchange their views and experience under professional guidance for four weeks. I signed up the night before the program started and I LOVED it. Met two lovely ladies and Kate who did a fabulous job helping us sort out our feelings, strengths, and preferences. Lots of hands-on exercises made it easier to find our career anchors. and core values. All this confirmed some of my intuitive guesses as to what choice might be the right one. Checking in with each other for over a month at the same time every week became a really nice routine to have some scheduled “me” time.
Now I have a lot more insight into what I’m good at and what kind of career I might be heading for back home. It all needs a bit more work and research now, but I have more than a year to do all that – and I can always do some more 1:1 sessions with Kate to “connect the dots.”
For me, the Mastermind Program was the perfect kick-off to start my mental repatriation and job orientation. I would recommend it to everybody who feels like there is change hanging in the air but you can’t quite grasp it. Thank you Kate for getting me going!”