Vision Finder
Workshop and Support Group for English Speaking Moms
What is Vision Finder
Life and Career Orientation and Planning in the hilly outskirts of Budapest
Vision Finder is an experience based workshop and directed peer-coaching group that helps you find your internal inspiration and life purpose coming back from the “Mommy Track”.
It is an emotional trampoline for moms returning to work or any kind of business or career. A time for yourself to find your balance, your value, your resources, so you can build the next part of your future on what inspires you and what you are best at. A chance to rediscover strengths you have long forgotten you had.
Vision Finder is a training in that it uses “games” or situations constructed to provide you with experiences to learn from. It is also a peer-coaching and conversation group in that it builds on learnings from your past life experience, and the sharing of insights within the group. And above all, it is a workshop in that we use all the outputs of the training activities and discussions to build future plans that inspire you and fit your present life.
I am strong believer in the power of Nature to bring us closer to where we are meant to be. I therefore use the outdoor setting as well as outdoor and adventure training methods to reach some of the goals.
I am also a strong believer of returning to the comfort of a shelter to process what happened outside. I therefore also use the coziness of an indoor room (warm in winter, cool in summer) to reach some of the other goals of the workshop.
Since we are all with families to care for, the workshop is broken into 6 consecutive parts which take place on Thursday mornings (9:00 – 12:00), when day-cares / kindergartens / schools are on, and we can make ourselves free.
Groups consist of 10-12 participants to allow for intimate discussions as well as the insight of different points of view.
Next Vision Finder group starts: 14th October, 2021.
The Program
Since we are all with families to care for, the Vision Finder life and career orientation workshop and peer-coaching is broken into 6 consecutive parts which take place at the Budakeszi Wildlife Park (right at the border of Budapest) on Thursday mornings (9:00 – 12:00), when day-cares / kindergartens / schools are on, and we can make ourselves free.
Planned topics of each day (may change, if that is what the group dynamics asks for):
October 14: Setting out; Getting to know each other; Team roles; Roles I take on;
October 21: Helping others and leaning on others; Setting goals and taking risks;
November 4: My resources; Inspiration and values
November 11: Map of my Life
November 18: (Obstacles) Focusing on solutions
November 25: Where from here? – A support group is created
About me
My name is Etelka Kovács (Eti) and I have always been a Wanderer, a roamer of this diverse Planet that I love.
Having grown up in 4 countries of two continents (Europe and North-America), gone to 7 different schools, and since adulthood having spent more or less time in 11 more countries, including 2 years on a new continent (Asia), I still consider myself a Wanderer, even though I presently live in the country where I ethnically belong.
I have paused wandering in the past years to start my children off in this world in a safe and cosy environment. My heart is theirs and their Father’s and I will stay put as long as they need me to do so. They are 8 (Anna) and 4 (Adam), and we now live in the picturesque town of Budakeszi.
On a more practical note, I have an Msc in Management and Consulting, a background in English Language Teaching (10 years), HR Consulting (3 years), NGO management (3 years) and Experiential Outdoor Training (5 years). With starting the Vision Finder I wish to return to the magical world of Training and Group Coaching, helping other mothers find their way (back) to the work and career they like.
So, fellow Mommie Wanderers, those who are more or less at home in this country of Hungary, and presently strive to start/return to work or business with small children beside you, I invite you to join me in a quest of the journey our hearts wish for.
I invite you to a Life and Career Orientation Workshop and Support Group of fellow international moms in a process of finding the Vision of Your Future that sprouts from the person you are right now, the person you have become in your wanderings and your motherhood.
Welcome!
Venue
Vision Finder takes place at the edge of the forest of Budakeszi, at the Elf Playground, a pleasant and peaceful destination a short, 35 minute drive from Budapest. With its romantic setting, the warm and cosy training space, the adventurous garden and the surrounding forest provide a perfect retreat for our journey.
Budakeszi is easily accessible from Budapest on the Budakeszi street. Drive right through the town on the main road, and turn left at Kert utca, continue straight 2 more km-s, take a left on Sugár street, and a few hundred meters later a right on Victoria street (dirt road). Drive all the way to the other end of the street to the forest 🙂 .
If you are not by car, blue buses are also available part of the way: take number 22 or 22A from Széll Kálmán tér, and get off at “Dózsa György tér”. Here we can make arrangements to pick each other up, or if you wish, it is a pleasant 35 minute walk.
Fee
I work on a donation basis. Suggested donation for the program is:
- 5000 Ft / day + 2500 Ft for the venue
The 6 days are to be paid on the first day in one amount.
The reason: we are all Moms, and our ancient instincts call us to put our Children ahead of our own interests. The goal of this program, however, is to give you a chance to fill your own tanks with life and career inspiration and motivation, and this can only work, if you take part in the whole process. I also wish to create the emotional cozyness of a group, where you will not be confronted with newcomers dropping in half way through the process (covering for those who left), and you can feel safe to share your feelings about personal topics with people you have grown to trust.
I know from personal experience that the effort I make to scratch that time out for myself is very different if I have made a decided commitment to be there – even if my children fall ill.
I therefore invite you to think through what you can do for babysitting if your child does fall ill, come and enjoy the first meeting, and if at the end of it you feel this journey is for you, then commit yourself to the whole process.
Registration
To register or if you have any questions, please write me a message to:
or call: +36 20 9999 505
Facebook Event: Mom’s Vision Finder – discover your life and career path
The next group will start with 10-12 participants on October 14th, 2021.
If more of you are interested, I will start a second group soon after 😉 !