DRIVE – Life, Executive and Creativity Coaching with Irina Papancheva
09.08.2023 2025-12-03 22:36DRIVE – Life, Executive and Creativity Coaching with Irina Papancheva
DRIVE with Irina Papancheva
Balanced and Creative Living Coach
DRIVE!
I chose DRIVE as the name for my company because Developing Resilience, Independence, Vitality and Empowerment encapsulates what we need to engage with the gift of life as it is, in all its richness and diversity, and also to realise our dreams. I am committed to helping you achieve both.
over 20 years of
Professional Experience
Each of these qualities has been crucial for my own life.
Resilience
I first practised resilience as a child when I was bullied for stuttering. But I only really understood its true potential when I suffered a deep personal tragedy in adult life. Resilience was my guide as I slowly began the journey back to hope. Each step strengthened me and helped face life's adversities and enjoy its possibilities.
Becoming a coach has been in itself a continuous journey of learning and growing.
So much is possible if you only give it focus, time and commitment.
I am here to support you with that.
I would confidently recommend Irina as a professional coach.
I had some idea of what coaching was and had always been interested – and never brave enough – to make the first step and work with a coach. When I saw Irina was a trained coach I responded straight away, as I already knew her name from a couple of her books that I had read and liked. As interesting as it was to have a successful modern writer as a coach, I must say Irina’s coach persona is really separate from her writer’s persona. As a fully-fledged professional coach she guided me with grace and confidence through my life situations, some rather uneasy ones, that I wanted to make more sense of. She worked with me on defined personal issues and skillfully managed within the time of the session to get me to a much clearer idea of where I was and what I needed to do to achieve my goal.
Nadka Gounova
/ European Commission, BrusselsIrina is an incredible coach, very intuitive, creative and patient with clients.
Irina is an incredible coach, very intuitive, creative and patient with clients. She gives enough space for thinking, developing thoughts, goals and strategies. She also sees the values behind a thought or a goal and asks the right questions to get them to the surface. I always feel safe when being coached by Irina.
Maja Skalar
/ Central European University, ViennaIrina Papancheva's professional, and empathetic approach
immediately established a safe space where I could freely open about my life issues. Irina was truly present throughout the sessions, and I felt in very safe hands. With her professional coaching approach and unravelling questions, I unpacked the myriad of thoughts and blocking stones jammed in my head, organizing them into manageable and tangible units that soon revealed a pattern. Our work prompted me to pause, take stock of my life, and reminded me of the value and necessity of seeking professional guidance when life or work appears overwhelming.