About Rudy
A little about me
I love time with my books, listening to music and dancing. I enjoy my own company. My preferences have changed over the years, and I like getting to know what brings me peace and what I enjoy now.
For a long time, I put everyone else first. My work in self-love and personal coaching is connected to what I've lived and what I'm still learning about giving my own feelings and wishes a place in my life.
Every Saturday and Sunday
I'll never forget how frightened I felt when I decided to take a course that meant being away all weekend, every weekend. My husband worked abroad. I kept thinking about what would happen when he came home and I wasn't there.
I had made myself believe that I had to be available whenever he returned. I was already imagining what he would say.
When I went ahead, he didn't stop me. He was proud of me. He came to my graduation.
That experience helped me see how much a scene in my own mind could shape a decision. It also stays with me when I listen to someone else's fear. Sometimes we're imagining a response, and sometimes something has happened that gives us reason to be afraid. I want to understand the person's actual situation.
I still have those moments.
I still catch myself judging myself. Then I try to notice it: this is how I know how to do things right now. If there is something I want to change, I can work on it without making myself guilty for being where I am.
There are easier days and harder days. What has changed is how I understand those moments and move through them. I'm still learning about myself, too.
The sea used to frighten me.
Now I love it. I remember being in Angola with my husband, with the desert behind us and the sea in front of us. I hadn't realized how much I would enjoy the sound of the waves at night, or how relaxed I would feel listening to them.
With all my love for my husband, my children and my family, I dream of experiencing that place alone, too. I can love being with them and enjoy time with myself.
When I look at the sea and sky, I can become so absorbed in the scene that it moves me to tears. I feel the greatness of the Creator. That feeling of connection, of oneness, is part of what spirituality means to me.
Training & qualifications
My training gives me different tools to draw on. I bring what I've learned alongside my own experience, and keep the person I'm speaking with at the center of the work.
My coaching background includes:
- NLP Practitioner certification
- NLP Master certification
- Wellness Coaching certification
- CBT training
- Mastering Health, Resilience, and Self-Discipline: A Neuroscience-Based Journey
Professional membership
I'm an active member of the Syndicate of self-development coaches and consultants.
- Membership name
- Rouaida Merhi
- Membership number
- 115
- Specialty
- NLP Coach
- Member since
- Card valid until
Getting to know you
I bring my training, what I've lived and my willingness to listen. Your life has its own experiences and relationships. I want to understand what matters to you and help you hear your own answers more clearly.
I feel fortunate when something I've received or learned can become useful to another person. I'm here to take part in that conversation with you.
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