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So how did my journey begin?

My journey into personal development began quietly, right after I graduated from university.

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On paper, everything made sense. I had a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and followed a logical, “safe” path. But beneath that, I was deeply curious about people, human behaviour, emotions, patterns, and why we do what we do.

 

I found myself drawn to psychology and self-development, spending my free time reading books that helped me understand myself and others more deeply.

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I became a Maths teacher, but quickly realized that what lit me up wasn’t the equations, it was the conversations. I loved supporting my students through life challenges far more than teaching the curriculum itself.

At the same time, I was struggling emotionally. Despite all the effort I had put into my education, I felt unfulfilled and disconnected from myself.

 

That inner pull led me to move to Canada, initially to improve my English and experience something new. What started as a short stay turned into several years, studying business, working in banking, and building a seemingly stable corporate life.

​Yet deep down, I knew this wasn’t my forever path.

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Life eventually forced me to listen. I lost my work permit, my job, and the sense of security I was clinging to. That period became a turning point. I immersed myself in personal development, completed course after course, and finally committed to a two-year transformational coaching program.

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That journey was intense and confronting, but profoundly life-changing. It wasn’t just about gaining a qualification, it was a deep inner transformation. I emerged as a certified transformational life coach, with a clearer sense of who I was and how I wanted to serve.

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Not long after, I moved to Australia and returned briefly to corporate work while starting my coaching practice, The Journie. Around the same time, yoga entered my life in a deeper way. Through yoga, I reconnected with my body, my intuition, and parts of myself I hadn’t accessed before. I completed my yoga teacher training in Bali, which further anchored my work in embodiment and nervous system awareness.

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Returning to corporate life after that was painful.

My heart was no longer aligned with the environment I was in.

In 2024, I made one of the biggest decisions of my life, I left the safety of my corporate job and committed fully to entrepreneurship.

Since then, I’ve continued to deepen my work through advanced coaching training, somatic practices, and speaking.

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Today, through The Journie, I support individuals, founders, and teams to reconnect with their worth, claim personal power, and create lives and businesses that feel aligned, sustainable, and true to who they are.

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I don’t believe in having it all figured out.

I believe in staying curious, embodied, and honest, and walking alongside others as they do the same.

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Looking forward to connecting with you,

Nafiye Erdogan

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