Alumni Spotlight: Babacar

Tell us a bit about yourself! What’s your story?

I have always believed in our individual greatness. I have always been trying to find the ways we could shine because we are, all of us, stars. I became a teacher to help learn, a mentor to help grow, an educator to help explore, then a coach to do what I meant to do

What drew you to become a coach?

For years I was telling people that my job as an educator was to teach life skills and I liked it. Then I realized that what I wanted to do all these years was to hold a sacred space, a womb-like space where rebirth could happen. That’s what coaching is about.

What do you say at dinner parties when people ask “what do you do?”

I am a people’s gardener, a caretaker of their unique beauty.

How did you know it was the right moment for you to pursue a coaching certification?

At some point I felt like I had to move forward so I started searching. I have never wanted to tell people I wanted them to have a say and invent their own ways to grow and glow. Then I heard about coaching, learned more about it from the founders of Global Focus Coaching. What I heard struck a chord.

What made you decide to go with Global Focus Coaching? How do your values align with GFC’s programs?

Because I work in the cross-cultural world, believe in justice, diversity and equity; most of my life is about dissenter and decenter. I have care for values, wholeness and the human. I just love that their focus is global and inclusive in action

What have been your biggest challenges on your coaching journey?

Maybe… getting started!

What has been the most rewarding parts of your coaching journey?

Realizing how effective and empowering the training and tools provided are. Being able to effectively coach across cultures.

What is the most important thing you learned from the program?

I learned that is possible to be inclusive in our conception and practice in industries like coaching while respecting all the standards. I learned that it is still possible to change our practices accordingly.

How has coaching helped you so far? Where do you see coaching fitting into your life in the long term?
Coaching has helped me make my dream come true. I have always wanted to have professional skills in alignment with my values so that it is meaningful and useful. Coaching has brought more optimism, compassion in the way I lead my life. Coaching will be the brightest part of my life

What did you wish you had known before starting your coaching journey?

That the most difficult thing is making the first few steps; that coaching can be universal

Anything else you want people to know about you?

I am deeply spiritual and I love meditation, music and traveling. I am curious at heart a lover of nature.