Welcome to @VandiCoaching.

Your journey towards a more authentic life

Do you suffer from stress, self-doubts or insecurity in your professional or private life?

Do you want to learn
how emotions affect your productivity and performance & how to navigate through international emotional waters?

Do you aim
to implement change and wonder why it is so hard despite great efforts and dedication?

Vandi Coaching supports your indivual path to break free from old patterns, thoughts and habits - private and professional. With a personalized and holistic approach, Vandi Coaching equips you with skills to better navigate the troubled and challenging waters of today's fast-paced and competitive international environment. Why are emotions important in a cross-cultural context? How do my emotions affect my actions decision-making? How can I use my emotions a practical tool?

Let’s invest in your growth & evolution for more authenticity, confidence & emotional awareness & resilience.

Vandi Coaching offers two overarching concepts:

Emotional Transformation & Leadership (designed for leaders, managers & (young) professionals in the political & business sector)

Emotional Resilience & Communication (designed for men to learn about the power of their emotion - but open to anyone interested)

Approach & Concepts

Why the focus on emotions?

Emotions have a lasting impact on our behavior, decision making, choices we make in life and of course the way we feel. Disregarding our social, cultural or generational backgrounds, we all feel and experience emotions - consciously or subconsciously. Based on our interpretations and perceptions of our experiences, we develop behavioral patterns and ultimately habits and limiting beliefs that can either support and foster our own potential or restrain and obstruct it. Unfortunately, we are not always aware of our own patterns and underestimate their impact.

In this context, my coachings are designed to:

  • help you see and understand your own patterns and beliefs and how they affect your thoughts, feelings and actions

  • acknowledge and reconnect with your emotions

  • address the root causes of harmful patterns that hold you back

  • reset your compass, unlearn old habits and take a new decision and orientation in life

  • provide you with practical skills on the way to a more authentic live

And in the long run to:

  • help you reframe and set up new behavioral and thought patterns

  • translate your decision and vision into action and results for a lasting impact

  • increase your emotional resilience and antifragility

Approach

The “Figure-Eight” or “Infinity”-Method

This method that combines three key elements of your personal development and our lives - past, present and the future - is at the core of my work, included. First, we will together look at the topic or issues that burdens or pressure you in the now (present), then we will address the underlying emotions, how they impact you and how they developed in your childhood (past) and eventually we will look ahead and lay the foundations for a new way of thinking and acting (future). The visualization of this method (below) reminds of the infinity sign/figure eight form.

Concepts

Emotional Transformation & Leadership

(designed for leaders, managers & (young) professionals in the political & business sector)

  • Leading and managing international projects drains you emotionally as you sometimes struggle to understand your team's way of working and reasoning?

  • Giving away responsibility and trusting others in their work stresses you as their work will not meet your standards anyway?

  • Despite excellent education and a wide range of experience and skills you sometimes feel lost and emotionally overwhelmed in this high demanding political business world?

Based on personal experience in the fast-paced and demanding international & European Business bubble in combination with a tailor-made coaching training, Vandi Coaching offers a methodical yet out-of-the-box approach. The objective is to provide you with skills to be better prepared for challenging situations, meetings and negotiations in an international, fast paced environment - to bring you forward with your projects and to increase your emotional resilience!

Emotional Resilience &
Communication

(designed for men to learn about the power of their emotion - but open to everyone interested)

  • Do you ever feel lost, lonely and emotionally overwhelmed? Especially in a society where men are supposed to be the strong ones? Where ‘negative’ emotions are labeled as a sign of weakness?

  • Did you ever refrain from communicating your feelings because that's not what men do?

  • Do you want to find out how it’s possible for you, as a man, to find your inner emotional strength?

After all emotions are not what makes you attractive or successful…right? Vandi Coaching will show you the opposite! Based on personal experience with similar thoughts, perceptions and beliefs and following a focused training and the application of emotional resilience skills I set up an out-of-the-box approach combining tailor-made coaching exercises. The objective is to strengthen your confidence and emotional awareness, to unleash your full emotional potential, to get out of the depressed state of mind and to learn tools that will help you to better communicate your needs.

The inner-walk: Classic 1-on-1 Coaching
  • 60-90 min. coaching session

  • Preparatory calls & written feedback/summary

Coachings (individuals)

All coachings, meditations and packages are offered in German, English and/or French.

Offers: Coachings & more...

Packages

The inner-run: 1 Month Coaching Pack
  • 2x 1-on-1 Coachings

  • Tailor-made online meditation session

  • Individual feedback calls before/after coaching sessions + ‘visions & goal setting’

  • Weekly targeted exercises & challenges

  • & more...

The inner marathon: 3 Months Coaching Pack
  • 6x 1-on-1 Coachings

  • Tailor-made online meditation sessions

  • Individual feedback calls before/after coaching sessions + ‘visions & goal setting’

  • Weekly targeted exercises & challenges

  • & more...

Coaching (for groups/teams)

  • Social-Running: Targeted Group Coachings

  • Ice Breaker Activities Short & topical meditations

  • Tailor-made activities with a special focus on your group/team needs

  • & more…

Meditations (for individuals & groups)

  • Standardized & tailor-made meditations

Speaking & Consulting Performance

Expertise & focus on the role and impact of:

  • The underestimated power of emotions

  • Emotional empowerment

  • Emotions in politics

  • Emotions in an international environment

Tailor-made approach & presentation on agreement

IMPORTANT NOTE: Coaching is no replacement for any kind of medical/psychological therapies or treatment - however, they can be supportive to those. In case of an ongoing medical/psychological treatment, it is required to consult your practitioner first. You should not consult coaching in case of suicidal thoughts or prior suicide attempt.

Background:

  • Certified Coach focusing on emotional transformation & anti-fragility

  • 10+ years of experience studying and working within the international, political & intercultural sector

  • Proven & certified international & cross-cultural skills Fluent in German, English & French

About me & my values

My Name is Patrick (called Vandi) and I am 31 years old. Born and raised in Germany, I have now lived for over 4 years in Brussels. With my optimistic and extroverted attitude, I love experiencing different cultures and working with people from diverse backgrounds. Over the years I gained intercultural experience through various international projects whilst living, studying and working in France, the Netherlands and Germany. As I personally suffered from stress and anxiety while working in the fast paced and demanding environment of European & International Politics, I decided to take up the responsibility for my own emotional health and started the adventure to create my professional dream life, supporting people with their very own emotional challenges. I am convinced that the most precious and impactful experience awaits us beyond our comfort zones.

As a Coach…

...I will be your travel guide and companion for this journey. My responsibility is to create a safe space for you on your own journey within, to help you reconnect with your emotions and to encourage you to go the step out of your comfort zone. I am also there to guide and support when facing the challenging and uncomfortable elements of this journey.

My values…

… that I want to share and promote with and through my work as a Coach:

  • Love & Compassion, for yourself and others

  • Respect & Understanding, for diversity and other people’s decisions

  • Independence & Confidence, in your own qualities and skills

  • Gratitude & Awareness, of and for the big things in life, moments & people. Authenticity & Joy, in your life

Patrick Vandewalle (Vandi)
Certified Coach; M.A. European Studies