Steph Social Seasonal Editorial Summer 2019

us about your background as a
Tell
What drew you to
psychologist?
fascinating facts about how the
Any
works that you would like to share?
mind
that promotes selfcompassion
sense
and kindness towards
offer wellness coaching,
You
is that? What makes your
what
the moment I’m offering online
At
sessions to anyone who
coaching
to live a more fulfilling and
wants
life. In these sessions
meaningful
can cover and work on different
we
of wellbeing - from helping
aspects
have a better daily routine to
you
your career strategy,
redesigning
goes as long as it is
anything
that can effectively bring
something
more quality of life and
you
to making your dreams
contribute
true. I believe that what
come
my program and sessions
makes
is that, besides my coaching
unique
I carry this big baggage of
training,
and eastern philosophy
Psychology
me wherever I go, but also my
with
experiences and struggles with
own
disorders, chronic pain, and
eating
which I share when
burnout,
others.
mentoring
understand you are working on a
I
How exciting! What topics can
book!
what you love, and selfempowerment
doing
too.
led you to pursue
What
blogging?
I’m originally from
disconnected.
and I moved to England to
Portugal
my Psychology PhD in 2015. I
do
through at least three burnout
went
since then. Stress became
episodes
anxiety, constant
generalised
became depression, and
anxiety
became something
depression
darker.I lost my joy and
even
so I turned to the number
passion,
struggled with obesity in the
You
Can you tell us about how
past.
I was clinically diagnosed with
Yes,
obesity when I was 15. At
morbid
time, I became highly
that
about having a healthy
disciplined
plan and a daily dose of
meal
Being an obese child and
exercise.
was hard – you can’t find a
teen
of cute trousers to fit you, you
pair
the last one being picked for
are
football team, and you can be
the
target of many mean comments
the
looks. At 15, I got tired of all
and
and the idea I could have
that,
by age 30 scared me a lot
diabetes
So, I faced my problem
too.
by eating well and
everyday
until I reached a healthy
exercising,
I could have used the help
weight.
a professional with a
of
background to
psychological
aspects such as body
manage
self-love, self-
confidence,
but unfortunately, I
empowerment…
have any of that and thus I
didn’t
really solved my true
never
with food. I lost weight,
problem
my relationship with food never
but
Years later I’m facing
improved.
the same issue, but I have
today
hard to improve my
worked
self-love, and
confidence,
else, so I’m embracing a
everything
weight loss process and
new
I might design a different
hopefully
sure to check out my friend Vanessa and
Be
blog here
her
STEPH SOCIAL | SUMMER 2019
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Coach Vanessa Can Train Your Mind To Live Your Best Life!
Dias is a Wellbeing
Vanessa
and the writer behind The
Activist
Blogger. She is also a
Wellbeing
coach, trainer, and the
certified
coaching program unique?
of a creative social
founder
dedicated to the
enterprise
and promotion of
awareness
in all spheres of life. We
wellbeing
down with Vanessa to chat
sat
her background as a
about
her role as a well
psychologist,
coach and her new book!
being
that impacted you growing up?
that field?
childhood dream was to
My
a primary school teacher
become
during my teen years that
and
By then I wanted to
changed.
a journalist, so I could
become
most of my days writing.
spend
I let myself be led by
Unfortunately,
social idea that you need to
the
a degree in something that will
have
you a job afterwards, and that
give
the door to studying
closed
and humanities in high
literature
I became a forced scientist…
school.
my grades were awful in
eventually
we look forward to reading?
scientific subject but excellent
any
foreign languages, philosophy
in
I’m compiling a series of small
Yes,
into a book as I write them. The
texts
psychology. During high
and
I went through a weight loss
school,
came around when I turned 30
idea
I thought ‘Ok, what lessons
and
that then made me want to
process
Nutrition, so I could help
study
I have liked to know earlier in
would
20s?’. I generated a couple of
my
with the same problem. After
others
unsuccessful years trying to
three
of advice’ in topics such as
‘pieces
romantic relationships,
friendship,
a place, I decided, however,
secure
pursue a degree in Psychology as
to
an alternative.
mind is like a little monkey,
The
from branch to branch,
jumping
started my blog in early 2017
I
I was feeling
because
after anything that catches
going
attention. So, our job is to look
its
our little monkey (mind) and
after
it on how to balance
teach
feelings, and actions. I
thoughts,
this thinking helpful, in the
find
weight loss program in the future.
and others, but also a
ourselves
level of self-awareness and
greater
curiosity.
thing I knew I loved the most -
one
writing.
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