I accompany and empower expatriate women –both expat partners and globally mobile professionals– to feel well equipped towards their personal and professional challenges so that they can manage their life changes in an easier, more effective and satisfactory way.
Any change in your life can turn into a great opportunity, with the relevant tools and support.
How did I become a Coach for expatriate women?
I was born in Málaga and I have always felt connected to the sea. I love its salty breeze, diving into its waters or sitting on the beach contemplating the waves and enjoying a beautiful sunset.
Curious, joyful and approachable, I have always loved travelling and discovering new cultures. My fridge, size XL, has no room left for one more souvenir magnet.
During my university years, I took the opportunity to go study in Holland and this experience, on top of being enriching, has transformed my way of viewing the world.
Back in Spain and following over 15 years of career in the financial sector, specializing in international clients, the moment arrived for me to take a new turn in my life. Together with my family, I packed our luggage and moved to a different continent, to a city both atypical and surprising … Dubai… and it was far from easy.
I had to face challenges that I had not anticipated and in front of which I was not sufficiently equipped, neither psychologically nor emotionally.
I experienced not only a cultural shock, but also something much deeper. Despite living in an environment that I had chosen, having made many new friends and enjoying a good quality of life, I started feeling I had lost the direction of my life.
Living outside your country, starting from scratch, gives the opportunity to switch off the automatic pilot, change the focus of attention towards yourself and ask yourself
Who am I? What do I want for my life?
With courage, efforts and consistency, I embarked on a process of self discovery and started reinventing myself. I trained as a professional Coach, specializing in expatriate women, with the aim to accompany them through the distinct processes of transition and adaptation to their new expat lives, helping them discover what truly makes them tick, empowering them to achieve their goals and create the life they truly want to have abroad.
I am certified by the International Coach Federation (ICF) in Co-Active Coaching, Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC). I am a Master Coach in NLP (SNLP) and an active member of the ICF.
I am additionally co-founder of COC-Circle of Coaches, an online global platform for reciprocal peer coaching.
I am extremely fortunate to have rewritten my story and turned my passion into my way of living. I work with expatriate clients from around the world and I facilitate trainings to empower women as well as trainings on life coaching.
On a more personal note…
I am the mother of two beautiful girls whom I adore and from whom I learn every day.
I love dancing, it makes me feel very free and I enjoy singing. Music inspires me, I always find a song for every moment. It is as if my life has its own soundtrack!
I love science fiction movies, especially those set in the future and the ones where the heroes have super powers. I enjoy movies that showcase emotions and relationships – without being corny – and thrillers with smart plots.
I embrace the idea that I am “perfectly imperfect”.
I am loyal, family oriented, optimistic and caring.
You will see me often smiling. It is my natural state.
My clients tell you more
Patricia Rivas was my Coach in a very difficult process in my life, she remarkably accompanied and supported me along the way. The world of Coaching needs more people like her and, without a doubt, Patricia will go as far as she wants in her career. She is an amazing person and Coach. I would rate our coaching process as ´outstanding´. It helped me achieve all my goals! I recommend Patricia 100x100 without a doubt. If I need coaching again, it will be with her. Thank you, Patricia, for your involvement and professionalism!
Thanks to my work with Patricia, my life has changed in an exceptional way. She asked me powerful questions that shook me inside, and as a result of our coaching sessions I learned to "wake up", got to know myself much better, pushed my deepest fear away and those limiting prejudices that didn´t allow me to move forward. Now I am clear about my strengths and my deepest values and how to live my life through them. Patricia is undoubtedly a great professional who has helped me bring out the potential that I carry within. I highly recommend her and her coaching programs to bring out the best in you in those areas of your life where you want to progress and become "your best self." Thank you, thank you, thank you Patricia!!!
I became an expat 15 years ago and have lived in several countries since then. Patricia has been my Coach over the last couple of years, and the outcomes or insights from our coaching sessions are still alive in me and have a positive impact in my life today. She could always bring me back into my power, no matter how off center I would have been, sometimes through a very brief interaction. She always knew when to challenge and push me and when to give me space and time to process what I needed to. Being genuine and nurturing person, full of life and enthusiasm, with a great deal of personal and professional life experience, Patricia is my kind of coach. Thanks Patricia!
Patricia is a very skillful coach that not only draws from a widespread variety of tools and experiences which she brings to her coaching, she also is a genuinely sympathetic person. Our coaching relationship was built on openness and trust. She has the ability to cut to the case and find the red thread in even my most complex story and guided me thoroughly through the topics I brought to explore with resulted in reach learning and deep insights. The inquiries I came away with at the end of our sessions were spot on and definitely accelerated my progression. Now I feel more equipped in my life after the coaching with Patricia. I highly recommend her!
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