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confidence | self-care

I would always compare myself to other people and felt like they were ahead of me, and that I was behind.

Originally from London, UK and now living in Dubai, I am a qualified life coach, and certified NLP and Thetahealing practitioner, an entrepreneur, speaker, trainer and podcast host. I studied Biomedical Science as my undergraduate degree and then completed my Master’s in Public Health at King’s College London. I quickly worked my way up the career ladder, being promoted after 6 months of starting my public health career, and then another 6 months after that, landing a role as a senior member of my team in a national organisation aged 24.

Although on paper I had my dream job, one that I had studied and worked so hard for, I couldn’t help but feel like something was missing.

Although I knew that somewhere along the line I was making a difference, I wanted to feel like I was having more of an impact on a daily basis. I also asked myself the question of ‘can I really see myself doing this for the next 10, 20 years?’ and when the answer was no, I knew something had to change. I didn’t know exactly what I wanted to do and so I did a lot of self-reflecting into my values, what I enjoy, and what it is that I am interested in.

I completed my life coaching and NLP training and started my business on the side whilst working full time. What I truly felt passionate about was helping other women to develop confidence within themselves. Why?

Because my whole life changed when I started to believe in myself. When I lacked confidence in myself I would shy away from opportunities, I never saw myself as someone who could be successful, someone who could speak in front of large audiences or someone who could ever run their own business.

I learnt that you have two choices. You can either be your own best friend or your own worst enemy. You can either choose to be kind, compassionate towards yourself, and your own cheerleader or you can be self-critical, disempower and hold yourself back. The one you choose will have a huge impact on the outcomes in your life.

Working with a coach absolutely changed my life. Coaching enabled me to create a vision for myself, one that I had never envisioned for myself before, and break down my big goals into smaller, more achievable steps to prevent me from becoming overwhelmed and enable me to feel more motivated. I realized that I had blind spots and my coach helped to hold a mirror up to me and show me what I hadn’t been able to see.

My own journey of coaching and healing has enabled me to shed so many of the layers that I had built up around myself, which involved putting everyone else above myself, feeling like I always had to prove myself, and that I couldn’t truly communicate my thoughts and feelings because I was too worried about judgment and how it would be received. This only led to me having poor boundaries which people would continuously take advantage of, being overly critical towards myself, and not having faith that I could achieve great things in my life.

I had to unlearn so many stories that I had created for myself and reprogram my thoughts in order to create a new reality for myself. No, it hasn’t been easy, but has it been worth it? Absolutely. YOU get to decide who you want to be in this world, you just have to give yourself permission to do so.

Working with a coach absolutely changed my life.

I was lucky enough to have a manager who saw in me what I was unable to see in myself at the time. She encouraged me to get out of my comfort zone and chair meetings, present in front of large audiences (200+

people!) and show up as a leader. After learning how to value and start showing up for myself, I was able to see what I couldn’t see before. I started to say yes to opportunities and no to what was no longer serving me. The profound impact her coaching had on me inspired me to have the same impact on others. To also be someone who is able to hold a mirror up to women who are right now unaware that deep down they are capable of SO much more. And once they make that realization and feel safe enough to take that first step, the possibilities are endless!

Fast forward a few months, once my business started to pick up I made the decision to go fully in and dedicate myself to expanding and making a success of it. “If it doesn’t work out it’s fine, I can always go back to my career” is what I told myself at the time. I knew I could do it alone but I also knew that by hiring a coach I would be able to achieve my goals so much quicker and with a lot more clarity than if I tried to figure everything out by myself and make more mistakes along the way than I needed to.

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get to know me

So back to my story, I started my business in London, working with professional women in the city, helping them in becoming more bold and having more of a presence at work, to start valuing themselves enough to go for what they deserve. I started running workshops in London and then created my first online group coaching programme for a small group of ambitious women, with a new topic each week to enhance their self-confidence. As I was able to work remotely, I decided to visit my family in Abu Dhabi for 3 months and work from the UAE. I had no previous intention of doing so, but while I was out here and without knowing anyone, decided to run a confidence workshop for women. I advertised it on Instagram and hoped for the best.

When I first moved to the UAE I had a lot of conversations with people, who when I told them about my business, told me that there weren’t any opportunities for what I do here because women in this region wouldn’t be interested in what I do, and that personal development isn’t something that is seen as worth investing in. Instead of taking this advice and making it my own reality, I decided to challenge it instead.

I ran my first workshop and to my surprise a whole room of women showed up and absolutely LOVED the event, asking when the next one will be!

After that event, I began working with clients 1:1 from all around the globe and running workshops every month on topics including confidence, self-love, self-awareness, relationships. One year later I moved to Dubai and created another community in this city of women supporting one another on their goals and journey of self-love. I am now one of the leading life coaches in the UAE, working 1:1 with CEOs, public figures, celebrities, professors, lawyers, medical professionals, and have run training sessions for employees of ADNOC, Ministry of Education, Emirates Foundation and First Abu Dhabi Bank. I have gone from being someone who used to absolutely hate public speaking and even shake whenever I had to give presentations, to now running my own events and being hired to speak by companies and schools. AND loving it!

And that’s the beauty of this journey. There are so many incredible opportunities that are waiting for you. All you have to do is decide that it’s time for you to open the door and begin this journey.

What are you waiting for?

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Success Stories

I can’t describe my journey with Aliya. I went from feeling in the dark to finding my passion. I realised that I am enough and now that it is the time to start. The sessions with Aliya completely changed my life and who I was back then compared to who I am now is completely different. I now know who I am, I’m comfortable in my skin and what it is that I want to do with my life.

Bayan, Life Coach

I discovered Coach Aliya’s account 2 years ago when I was in a self-development journey, I attended a workshop and I really enjoyed it. Since then I saw myself growing with every workshop or challenge I took with Aliya. My self-love and self-confidence improved.

I became aware of setting boundaries and felt more confident in making decisions, which improved my relationships. I learned how to watch my thoughts and my self-talk, which at the time was mostly negative. I learned how to set goals monthly and work to achieve them. I became more gentle with myself and not give myself a hard time if things didn’t go as planned. 

I learned how to put myself first and prioritize myself and my desires.

I am really grateful that I met you and learned so much from you.

Ahlam, Founder of Healthy and Vegan

Helloo from London 🇬🇧I’ll be working remot Helloo from London 🇬🇧I’ll be working remotely for the next few weeks (with a little break in between of course 💃🏻).

A little update on what’s been going on on my end. I’m feeling soooper excited about the new coaching clients that have joined my 1:1 coaching programme in the past couple of weeks, all amazing women in leadership positions in finance, medical and health & wellness.

Together we are working on them stepping into the next version of themselves, both as someone who is building the self-confidence to be more visible and assertive at work AND alongside that ensuring that they are practicing self-love by taking care of their physical, emotional and mental well-being too (because you know what it’s like when you’re a high achiever - it can often be all work and no play/rest and all that does it lead to burn out😫).

It’s wonderful to see the progress they’ve all made after just the first session after delving deeper, having greater awareness, and taking action on the homework that is set.

In other news, I’ll be re-running my full day public speaking training in Dubai on September 17th (save the date!), and am currently working on some other exciting collaborations, which I will keep ssh about for now and will update you soon! 🙃

What are you up to this summer? ☀️
Yes you really are. And never let anyone make you Yes you really are. And never let anyone make you feel otherwise.

A little Friday reminder in case you had forgotten ❤️ ☁️ 

P.S. I was interviewed on the @goodintentionsuae podcast by @kellyharvarde where we had such a fab conversation, talking about how to create positive lifestyle habits, how organizations need to change and evolve post pandemic, and the confidence gap between men and women.

The title of the episode is called ‘Silencing the Inner Critic’ where I talk about how to do exactly that (and I PROMISE you it’s something you can work on), and once your inner critic is no longer in charge, your life really does start to change in the most amazing ways.

If you’d like to listen to the episode you can find the link in my bio. Happy listening! 💫
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*excited dance* feeling sooooper happy that my art *excited dance* feeling sooooper happy that my article has been featured in @entmagazineme 😃 

If we don’t listen to the signs, we will eventually crash and burn but the good news is there are lifestyle changes that you can make so that you can continuously fill your cup and create more of a work-life balance.

Click on the link in my bio for the full article and if it resonates, drop me a DM 💫
A self-love through art workshop❤️ last Wednes A self-love through art workshop❤️ last Wednesday in collaboration with Zimzy Gallery.

The theme was letting go of the old & getting ready for the new. 

I will be pausing on in-person workshops for the summer and will resume again in September so watch this space! Let me know which topics you’d like to learn about and the skills you’re looking to develop 💫
6 years ago today! 😆I just finished speaking at 6 years ago today! 😆I just finished speaking at the Houses of Parliament, giving a presentation on antibiotic resistance back in my career days in London.

Gaaaah I remember I was SO nervous before and during this presentation, I was shaking, felt nauseous and wanted to run away. I was so relieved when it was over😫

But speaking wasn’t something I could avoid in my career as I was continuously put forward to give presentations. I absolutely hated it but it became a little bit easier each time I did it.

I then thought ‘hey I don’t want to just speak but I want to learn how to be a GREAT speaker, one that can capture my audience and keep them engaged.’ And that’s exactly what I dedicated myself to doing. Not only is speaking something I now LOVE to do, but it’s a skill I now teach.

Why? Because if you’re a professional or you have your own business, if you don’t make yourself visible by being seen or heard, you’re going to miss out on a LOT of opportunities, and unfortunately, fall behind those who were just a tiny bit more bold than you decided to be.
Develop Your Public Speaking Confidence. With so Develop Your Public Speaking Confidence. 

With so much competition these days, in order to get ahead you need to be seen and you need to be heard. If you don’t feel confident in yourself, you will shrink yourself and hide away from opportunities that come your way.

And have you noticed how the world is a mirror? If you don’t believe in yourself, others won’t feel confident in your abilities either and you will easily be overlooked.

If building your confidence to become an effective leader is something you need to work on right now, drop me a message to book a session 💫
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Never. Life is way too short to take yourself so s Never. Life is way too short to take yourself so seriously.

Unfortunately society has paralyzed us in fear of judgement from other people that we have become so stiff and rigid and want to be seen as ‘perfect.’

What even is perfect? ‘Perfect’ is controlled and a front we put on because we think it’s going to make us accepted by others who are too busy spending their time judging others instead of looking at themselves.

Embrace your goofy weird self. Dance, smile, make mistakes. And if people judge you, hey they’re not your people.

This is the exact same energy that I bring to my 1:1 coaching sessions (where there is always laughter) as well as my group sessions.

The feedback I always get from my trainings is ‘wow this workshop was really fun and not boring at all despite it being such a serious topic.’

Yep. And I wouldn’t have it any other way 💃🏻 ❤️

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