{"id":13461,"date":"2018-02-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/5-life-tips-saudis-first-female-life-coach\/"},"modified":"2018-02-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T00:00:00","slug":"5-life-tips-saudis-first-female-life-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/5-life-tips-saudis-first-female-life-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Life Tips from Saudi\u2019s First Female Life Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s easy to get distracted by our everyday lives and put focus on our day-to-day errands rather than ourselves. But since we\u2019re human, we all require a little TLC now and then, and we don\u2019t mean putting on a face mask and taking a relaxing bath, but actual self-reflection and ultimately taking real steps towards self-improvement. <\/span><\/p>\n

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With mental health still not openly discussed in our society, taking a step back to analyse our state of wellbeing is not always a priority, which is highly problematic since our complexities build up overtime and become more and more difficult to work through. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr. Sumaya Alnasser, a renowned life coach (and Saudi\u2019s first female coach) has experienced this first hand, and has since gained 15 years of experience in helping others through their journeys of self-development. Her mission is to teach others to cultivate a better self-relationship- which is essentially the continuous process of learning about your personal strengths, weaknesses, interests, value and purpose, and being accepting of them. <\/span><\/p>\n

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We sat down with Dr. Alnasser to learn more about mental health in the Arab world, how she became a life coach, and her top tips for self-improvement. <\/span><\/p>\n

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How did you get into Life Coaching?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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I was born with congenital hip dislocation, and during my teenage years I was scared of the future. I had a glooming feeling of distrust and a feeling of being lost. I eventually started reading a lot of self-help books. They played the role of parents, because they contained me and gave me sense of calmness. I was on a self-healing journey. <\/span><\/p>\n

Then, when I was a student at university, I took up lots of courses related to self-development. The majority of Saudi women weren\u2019t interested in the field at the time, so it was a great opportunity for me. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Mental health isn’t a topic often discussed in the Arab world, which begs the question, are people in the region receptive to life-coaching practices? <\/b><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s true that Arabs don\u2019t talk much about emotions and feelings. Also, most tend to live in a state of denial, so mental health is still taboo. This is mostly because the development of societies requires a lot of time\u2014 and it\u2019s important we don\u2019t compare ourselves with other societies that have preceded us in terms education and development. <\/span><\/p>\n

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But lately, we can see that self-development and awareness is increasingly talked about in the Arab world. It became trendy, and I hope this habit continues.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How can we stay receptive to self-development?<\/b><\/p>\n

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It\u2019s the role of life coaches to make ideas more flexible and tailor them to the culture of their targeted society. The community also needs to see a great example of a person who succeeds in all areas of life through practicing self-development. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Can you give us some tips to improve our day-to-day lives?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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– Practice meditation daily<\/span><\/p>\n

– Think of the people and things you\u2019re grateful for before sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n

– Play as much as you work.<\/span><\/p>\n

– Always surround yourself with successful people.<\/span><\/p>\n

– Maintain a healthy and balanced diet.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s easy to get distracted by our everyday lives and put focus on our day-to-day errands rather than ourselves. But since we\u2019re human, we all require a little TLC now and then, and we don\u2019t mean putting on a face mask and taking a relaxing bath, but actual self-reflection and ultimately taking real steps towards […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":13462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4227],"tags":[5442,5675,4400,5676,4951,5677,5678,5679],"primary_tag":[5284,5638],"ppma_author":[4720],"acf":[],"authors":[{"term_id":4720,"user_id":19,"is_guest":0,"slug":"olfaf","display_name":"Olfa Farhat","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28edbc5427e847ff89d596a6517caa9f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","description":"","first_name":"","last_name":"","user_url":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13461"},{"taxonomy":"primary_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/primary_tag?post=13461"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milleworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=13461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}