It was 2017, and I was in a period of transition and or transformation.

The Amani-SIM program was throwing so many new tools, things, processes, people. A little overwhelmed I was wondering how to get this right, how do I mix the right recipe and not mess thing up.

Then we had the session with Yvonne and I was like Bam.

The methodology was simple and easy to adapt. The Life Design Concept was just that: Life Design, I just wonder why it doesn’t cross our minds straight away.

I had the opportunity to create the things I wanted to fit me and work for me, not the other way around.

Yvonne is so cheerful, she makes the process rather chilled. I got to tone down the dial, and tone them up as I felt necessary to achieve my own state of equilibrium. It was like music and I was the DJ.

Yvonne gradually brought us to the realization that the power to reshape or reshuffle lay with us and we did not need permission to change. With that I also came to a place of acceptance. Accepting that what today is, is just enough, just right and just for me. Accepting that tomorrow it could be completely different and still be right.

Through it all, Yvonne was reassuring and supportive.

Truly a remarkable experience.

(Postgraduate training in Social Innovation Management, Amani Institute)