Suzana Varga

Professioneel profiel

I grew up in Serbia and initially gained my master's in organizational psychology at the University of Novi Sad and worked as an HR officer at an international information technology scale up. In 2018, I moved to the Netherlands and started my PhD journey in entrepreneurship and strategic management at Erasmus University Rotterdam, while recently, I finalized my coaching and counseling education with a specialization in career and wellbeing at the Academy for Coaching and Counselling.

My personal experiences largely informed my decision to become a coach and counselor, particularly being at crossroads in my own career... Being good at something didn't necessarily mean I wanted that very same thing. It took me a while and I quite literally burned myself (out) in the process, until I finally decided to step away from what “makes the most sense” and lean into my own values that I hold so dearly yet I have neglected so badly.

I strongly believe that everyone deserves to live a fulfilling life. It is my passion to contribute to this cause through encouraging individuals to craft their own authentic value-driven paths in life. Having had the experience of not listening to my own values and desires and often even going against them driven predominantly by external expectations, I am closely familiar with the consequences that not following such personally crafted paths can have on our well-being and zest. As such, you can see the founding of my coaching and counseling practice as my genuine attempt to express my authentic self and the role and identity of a coach/counseller as the embodiment of my personal values – the very thing I would like for my clients – inner alignment and embodied authenticity.

Work can soak up so much of our awake time in a day and careers of our overall time of being alive. All that time spent in work and devoted to our careers has major impact on our well-being. Whether it is about the daily challenges we face, the time pressure, and ever-increasing work load, or the choices we make and career plans we develop for the longer run - we can get stuck in our ways at times, not seeing a path forward, desiring some clarity and insight about our possibilities and steps ahead.

I help individuals cultivate well-being at work - both in the immediate sense of managing stress and preventing burnout, and in the long-term through intentional career choices and entrepreneurial exploration with the aim to build more constructive work experiences and sustainable and meaningful careers.