“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
Albert Einstein
Welcome! I’m Dominika Miernik. Multipassionate Expat, Career and Business Strategist, Psychologist and Blogger.
My story
My international experience started when I moved from a small Polish town to study psychology at the University of Rome, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, specializing in communication and organization psychology. After my graduation I relocated to Milan, where my partner was working, and I entered the job world first in customer service role then in recruitment.
In 2009 my partner and I moved to Manchester, UK for a job opportunity. I fully intended to continue in Human Resources. But I wound up spending the next three years in sales and customer services instead. I was always drawn to helping people in career transition. So while in the UK I also worked as a career counsellor and mentor for the long-term unemployed.
I liked my job, but also knew something was missing. I wanted more than only paying the bills. I wanted to find a way to combine my personal experience as an expat, my background in recruitment, psychology and career counselling.
I wanted to reorganise my life to make work fit into my life instead of the other way around. So when the company I worked for was sold to a large corporation I resigned to start my own coaching business that combined my personal experience as an expat, with my background in recruitment, psychology and career counselling.
What I do
Life abroad can be very exciting and demanding, however may also cause an anxiety, stress and homesickness. It may make you feel helpless, alone, lost and uncomfortable, especially if you are looking to build your career and life in new country. There are many expatriates, especially women, who are suffering in silence, either not asking for help or they do not know how, where or who to ask for support to design the career they want. For me it was and is a beautiful journey, constant personal growth and I want to help others to have the best of it. I am working with clients almost all over the world and it is so enriching for me and them. It helps to see everything from a different perspective.
I help multi passionate expat women like you, who live and work abroad, who are planning to move abroad or are coming back to the native country (repatriates) to:
- create a career they want around their desired lifestyle;
- build their own coaching business which is congruent with their life, values and purpose;
- find their new and fulfilling career path, take their professional and personal life to the next level.
My clients do what they love and live the life they want
To find out more about my coaching programmes, please contact me or schedule Free Expat Edge Session.
I am a certified Personal Performance Coach by The Coaching Academy in the UK, which is one of the largest coaching schools in Europe, and member of the Ordine degli Psicologi del Lazio, Italy. I am a licensed Firework Career Coach and licensed Profit From Your Passions(R) coach, the business idea generation coaching programme developed by Dr Valerie Young at ChangingCourse.com.
Please do not hesitate to contact me via Contact page or send me and e-mail.
Professional Bio
After living, studying and working internationally, in the cities like Rome, Milan, Manchester and London Dominika decided to reorganise her life to make work fit into her life instead of the other way around. So Dominka decided to build on her many years of hands-on experience in positions related to recruitment, counselling, and customer service, gained on the international labour market, mainly in Italy and the UK.
Today she is a Career Coach and Business Idea Generator for women. Dominika specializes in helping expat women seeking to make an international career change to navigate the challenges and opportunities associated with discovering their dream career and then adapting to a new country.
For self-employment-minded women, she expertly guides them to connect the dots between what they love to do and how they can design a business that matches their desired lifestyle.
Dominika was awarded as the best International Coach by The Coaching Academy in 2015. She has been featured in InterNations Magazine, Expatwoman.com, International Coaching News, ExpatFocus.com and Nasz Świat.
When she’s not serving clients Dominika enjoys travelling, socializing, and expanding her own personal and professional development.
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