My Story of Becoming a Coach...

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Have you ever felt like you cannot achieve your desired goal because of lack of resources? Have you felt like you need approval from people to choose your dreams? If you felt like this you are not alone. I also felt the same way.

I am Mariyam Mohamed. I am a coach. If you are wondering if I am a wrestling coach you can sort of call me that, I wrestle to change people’s minds. I am a transformational coach.

Let me tell you about myself. I am a very organized person and I like to do things in certain way but this all changed 10 years back. I don’t come from a financially stable background so I had to struggle to achieve my dreams of getting a bachelor’s degree. To be honest I am not the brightest student in the class so I was rejected from all the scholarships I applied. So, I worked and saved up money to go for higher studies to Sri Lanka. 

After all the dreaming and hoping to achieve my academic goal I ended up getting pregnant in my last year. I had few complications in my pregnancy and nobody ever advised me not to run down the stairs during your first trimester. Well, it is to happen I am carrying a life inside my body and I am like Mrs. Flash without realizing the consequences of my actions. This was the time I had to make the most difficult decision in my life. My fetus was at breach, I was 3 months pregnant and on top of it I had my exam in 3 weeks’ time. I went to the doctor praying a miracle would happen. When the doctor asked me to slow down things in life. I was thinking “Man how can I slow down when I was an inch away from achieving my dream.” I guess that was my pregnancy hormones speaking then, but when they scanned the fetus and when I heard the heart beat “bump, bump, and bump”, I realized I have to make a choice, to choose life or choose my dreams. So as any mother would do I chose life. I decided to continue my study after one year. One year passed but I couldn’t go since I didn’t have anyone to go with me. After all I come with a full package now.

This really killed me inside. Days passed my dream slowly faded away. I almost forgot what I learned, as I was teaching A, B, C and phonic sounds mostly.

Then one day after almost 9 years in January 2020 I was scrubbing the plates as if I am shining my armor to get ready for a battle. My daughter came to me and asked a question, “Why do you get angry so much? Is it because of something I am doing?” This question shattered me. I was doing all in my power not to become an angry bird but unknowingly ended up becoming one. For the first time I felt life gave me a huge slap on my face. I hugged my daughter and I promised myself I am going to change.

All the anger that I had was all related to an unaccomplished goal. In 2020, yes during COVID-19, I completed my degree. After completion I applied to many jobs and I got rejected from all.

And Guess what, all those rejections gave me a boost to move forward in life. I joined Bob Proctors 5 day paradigm shift program. He said “You can have anything you want in your life. What do you really want?” Then and there I decided I want what he has. I want to be a successful international coach who impact people to live a peaceful and happy life. I really don’t know HOW I am going to do it. I am only focusing on the WHAT and WHY I want to do it.

I applied to Bob’s inner circle program and as before I had financial limitation. This didn’t stop me. I then went to Lisa Nicoles 5 day Next Level Summit and I applied to her coaching program and I faced same limitation.

I decided even if I had to walk to the moon I am going to become a coach. I made a committed decision. So I went to Jack Canfield’s one day webinar. I clearly remember it was 2 am at Maldives time. Yes, I turned into an owl to achieve my dream. To my surprise that night, they offered coaching program at an affordable price. It has only been 10 months since then but I have achieved so much which I haven’t achieved in past 10 years.

While my friends were going out to socialize. I was talking to the mirror building the relationship with myself. I was often frustrated, felt fearful and had sleepless nights. 

As they say IF THERE IS A WILL THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY. The key is to never give up, take action even when you feel like the ground is about to swallow you. Just keep at it and keep your momentum.


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