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Transformational Life Coach Fatima Talia will be hosting individual and group sessions this weekend, whereby she intends to address the stigmatisation of counselling and life coaching amongst South Africans. Additionally, she plans to use the opportunity to motivate and inspire the participants to reach their full potential, achieve their goals and be better versions of themselves.
Last year, Talia hosted individual and group sessions, particularly for women, where they spoke about their lives and general issues which affect them. According to her, the workshops significantly impacted the women who attended, as they gave them the confidence and self-belief to achieve various life pursuits.
“I started those workshops, and they made a difference to people’s lives.”
The Call to Help Others Find Inner Peace
Throughout her life, Talia has always had the drive and passion for helping people. She was a Chairperson of the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of South Africa. However, after her son’s passing, the well-known activist, scholar and Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans, Yusuf Talia, who grappled with muscular dystrophy, decided to step away from her role, as it was too difficult for her to continue.
“His death was a huge loss for me because I took care of him for 25 years, 24/7. It took me the longest while to sit down and reflect on where to go from here. But really, Allah is so good to us, and he is so merciful to us. He taught me to love and lose and then pick up the pieces and live again.”
Talia described Yusuf as exceptional, the epitome of what one can achieve when they have the correct support structure and sets their mind towards a goal despite being differently able.
However, she found a way, through her family and faith, to make it easier to cope with the loss of her son. She then used the lessons learned on her journey to help others. After interacting and talking with various people, Talia said she felt she could make a positive impact by engaging in this manner.
“When people were talking to me just about general [things], about life, what it entails and so on, somehow they found solace in what I was saying and how I was putting things across. Then I felt it was making a difference in their lives … They would say, you said this to me, and it resonated with me. It changed the way I thought and did things. Something clicked in my mind … I want to pursue this, where I can make a difference in people’s lives with experiential knowledge.”
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A Model-Based Around Love
A singular word can underpin Talia’s entire coaching model, and that is love. To love oneself and to share that love with others is the first step to finding inner peace.
Talia said love is something which is currently lacking in the world today. She hopes that by hosting these sessions, people will go back to the basics to relearn how to love and connect with others and themselves.
“What I want to do is, have these group and individual sessions whereby I want us to learn, for myself, I’m becoming a better version of myself. I want to teach others how to become the best version of themselves. You can’t attain that without inner peace … Because inner peace feeds into the physiology of excellence, whereby your heart, mind, soul and body are in alignment. You clear away all your inner conflict. Once you’ve cleared away your inner conflict, you can connect with yourself, the people around you and most importantly, you connect with Allah.”
The group sessions are not limited to any age group. All are welcome. Anyone looking for inspiration and motivation to break through specific barriers within their lives or develop and raise their emotional intelligence is encouraged to attend the event.
