Welcome to Elsker Lab – where complexity becomes clarity and new insights overcome inertia
If you’re at a personal and/or professional crossroads, this is a space to pause, gain clarity and move forward with purpose.
Drawing on over 30 years as a (now retired) doctor, I have seen what works for those moving forward after major life, health, and work transitions. The stakes can be high at those times, and the ripple effects large, yet it can be an energising and transformative time once you are feeling back in control of the next steps. This is a time to invest in you.
I bring thoughtful challenge, creative and structured tools to help you untangle what matters, define clear outcomes and take decisive, practical steps toward meaningful change.
As part of this soft launch, I’m offering a limited number of complimentary coaching sessions.
Eva D'Souza
Founder
You:
- are UK-based
- face a major change in life, work or health
- may feel like the "rug has been pulled from under you"
- are wanting to make the best decisions even when things are unclear
- juggle several roles
- have decision fatigue, or scatttered focus
- aren't making the expected progress using your problem-solving approaches or sources of advice
- and wish to find a safe space to think aloud, balance options, and move forward with a renewed sense of purpose and meaning.
Whilst specialising in the above client, if you are in the UK and 18 or over, and any part of what I offer here resonates with you, then do contact me.
If you aren't sure what coaching is, or how it differs from therapy, have a look here.
As equals in our shared coaching space, I won't be acting as your mentor, adviser, guru, nor will I seek to build your dependency on me. Success is when you fly independently.
We:
This is where the magic happens! We start by agreeing the what, when, where, how of the session(s), to meet your needs and to respect mutual boundaries.
Coaching for Meaning
Most people undergoing coaching have in mind a desired outcome from the session, and we will explore what it would mean to you to get that. This connects you to your why, and is what will provide you with the energy and focus needed to make desired changes.
To explore how you derive meaning, we can evaluate your underplayed/overplayed
- Strengths
- Values/virtues
- Drivers
Those three areas, when balanced, can serve as your compass through frequent volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) situations in life/health and work. A virtuous cycle/ sense of ease can return with that balance. When out of balance, things often feel more effortful and part of a vicious cycle.
We can also keep things playful and creative to explore meaning and your options.
Elsker Lab and me:
- "Elsker" is Danish for "love" and is also a vocabulary remnant from my birth-country and early childhood
- "Love" is my top strength, measured by VIA Character Strengths . For me this is about living a connected life that is grateful and appreciative
- "Lab" reflects the "science-y" part of my brain
- I am retired doctor who has greatly enjoyed a succesful and varied 30+ career as a occupational physician, see my LinkedIn profile below.
- I also have relevant lived experience, having "walked the talk" when navigating various health, life and work challenges.
- Coaching conversations are the best way I know of to help you to
- generate new ideas and new connections between your ideas
- notice and respect those "in between" spaces or gaps; to explore what - if anything - needs to be done there or how to access more of those for a better work/life balance
- set your direction and next steps with confidence and energy
- acknowledge your progress as you grow in self-compassion and self-efficacy along the way
