21:40 · On the sofa
You said you’d check one email. That was forty minutes ago.
Behaviour Change · Sustainable Performance
The work gets done. What keeps getting pushed aside?
A demanding career doesn’t always leave much room for everything else.
The boundaries that gradually disappear. The priorities that keep getting postponed. The routines that matter until another busy week begins.
I’m interested in why these patterns persist — and what influences our ability to change them.
Because sustainable performance isn’t only about what we accomplish at work. It’s also about what happens to the rest of our lives.
Recognise any of these?
Small moments. Familiar patterns.
Work follows you home
Saturday · Lunch with friends
You’re at the table. Half your mind is in Monday’s meeting.
Everything competes
Friday · Your calendar
The afternoon you kept for yourself has filled up with calls.
Monday · 08:15
You said yes before checking if you had the time.
Boundaries are hard to hold
23:05 · Team chat
Your team knows you reply late, so they keep writing late.
Holiday · Day three
Your out-of-office is on. You’re still checking messages, just in case.
Routines disappear first
Thursday · After work
Your gym bag has been in the car since Monday.
13:00 · At your desk
Lunch, squeezed between two calls. Again.
Who am I?
I’m Uha. And I know from experience that changing direction isn’t always as simple as deciding to do it.
I’ve had to rebuild more than once after significant changes in my own life. Those experiences shaped how I understand change — the patterns we return to, the decisions we postpone, and how difficult it can be to move forward even when we know what matters.
Why coaching?
Coaching interests me because it puts curiosity ahead of ready-made answers. It’s about listening carefully, asking meaningful questions and respecting people’s ability to reach their own conclusions.
Curiosity and energy are important parts of how I approach conversations. I’m direct, but always respectful. And I believe serious subjects deserve attention without every conversation having to feel heavy.
I’ve completed training through an ICF-accredited Level 1 coaching programme and am working toward the ICF ACC credential. My professional interests include evidence-informed behaviour change, sustainable performance and the relationship between work expectations and personal priorities.
I’m based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and offer private online coaching in English internationally.
Because a successful career is one thing. Building a life that works alongside it is another.
If I already know what to do, why haven’t I done it?
Knowing what matters isn’t always enough.
Work can be going well on paper while the rest of life keeps being negotiated around it.
It isn’t always a question of motivation or discipline. Our habits, the expectations around us and how much control we actually have all influence what happens.
I’m particularly interested in the gap between what people intend to do and what their everyday circumstances allow.
Private coaching
Sustainable Work & Life
Personalised coaching for professionals who want a more workable relationship between their responsibilities, priorities and personal lives.
Patterns I’m exploring
- Why work continues mentally or digitally long after the working day ends.
- How competing responsibilities can push personal priorities aside.
- Why boundaries become difficult when expectations around availability are unclear.
- Why meaningful routines can be the first things to disappear during demanding weeks.
You don’t need to be struggling with all of these. We start with what matters most to you.
Questions worth asking
Depending on your goals and circumstances, our coaching could explore:
- Which expectations are genuinely external, and which have become automatic?
- What is within someone’s influence, and what depends on their environment?
- What makes a change realistic enough to survive an ordinary, imperfect week?
I don’t believe every difficulty can be solved through better discipline. Workload, organisational expectations and personal circumstances all matter.
Your private coaching engagement
6 × 60-minute online sessions over about 12 weeks.
Investment:
Session scheduling, fees, confidentiality and other terms are agreed before coaching begins.
Request an introductory conversationYour engagement includes:
- An initial coaching agreement and collaboratively defined goals.
- Six confidential coaching conversations, usually scheduled fortnightly.
- Space to explore your circumstances, priorities, assumptions and choices.
- Optional reflections or practical experiments between sessions.
- A midpoint conversation to review progress and adjust the focus.
- A closing reflection on your learning and what you want to take forward.
Each session is shaped by what you bring. This is personalised coaching, not a fixed six-module programme.
Not sure where to begin?
Start with a short reflection.
If you’d like, you can answer a few questions about your professional role, your current work and life circumstances, and the challenge you’d most like to explore.
It’s an optional way to clarify your starting point before a conversation.
It isn’t a diagnostic test, a validated psychological assessment or a substitute for personalised coaching.
Will I tell you what you should do?
No. We work toward what makes sense for you.
Coaching is a collaborative process. I bring attentive listening, reflective questions, observations and evidence-informed behaviour-change principles. You bring your experience, priorities and understanding of your circumstances.
The work can be described through four connected ideas:
Understand
Explore what’s happening in your actual life and what keeps the pattern in place.
Choose
Clarify what matters and where you have room to make different choices.
Experiment
Consider changes you want to try, at a pace and scale that makes sense for you.
Adapt
Reflect on what happened and decide what to keep, change or approach differently.
This is a flexible way of working, not a fixed set of steps. Your goals and circumstances guide our conversations.
You remain responsible for your decisions, including whether to experiment between our conversations.
Questions you might have
Essential questions.
Is coaching the same as giving advice?
No. Coaching is a collaborative process that supports people’s own reflection, awareness and decision-making.
The coach doesn’t prescribe the right answer. The client’s insights, choices and decisions remain their own.
What is outside the scope of coaching?
Coaching is a non-clinical, forward-focused process. It isn’t psychotherapy, medical or health treatment, fitness or nutrition advice, productivity consulting, or negotiating with an employer on someone’s behalf.
When someone needs that kind of support, a qualified professional in the relevant field is the right person to turn to.
Can personal behaviour change solve every workplace problem?
No. Workload, organisational culture, role expectations and limited autonomy can place real constraints on individual choices.
Understanding the difference between personal patterns and external conditions is an important part of how I think about sustainable performance.
What is UHA | Coaching?
UHA is my professional space for exploring behaviour change, sustainable performance and the everyday challenges of balancing professional responsibilities with personal priorities.
Here, I share my perspective, professional background and the ideas shaping my approach to coaching.
My coaching training
I’ve completed training through an ICF-accredited Level 1 coaching programme and am currently working toward the ICF ACC credential.
Who is this coaching for?
For established professionals, managers and leaders who want to explore how they manage their responsibilities, priorities and life outside work.
You might be navigating difficult boundaries, competing demands or personal routines that keep slipping under pressure.
It can also suit founders and executives when the focus is personal self-management rather than business consultancy.
Will you give me a plan to follow?
No. I don’t prescribe plans, give advice or tell you what to do.
My role as your coach is to listen, ask thought-provoking questions and support you in discovering your own insights, solutions and next steps.
If you decide to create a plan, it comes from you — shaped around your priorities, circumstances and choices.
Do I need to complete the reflection first?
No. The reflection is entirely optional. You can request an introductory conversation without completing it.
What if my workplace is part of the problem?
Workload, organisational expectations and limited control over your schedule can be real constraints. Coaching doesn’t assume that greater personal discipline will solve them.
We can explore what’s within your influence, where the limits are, and what conversations or decisions you may want to consider.
Is coaching confidential?
Coaching takes place within an agreed confidential relationship, subject to the exceptions explained in your coaching agreement and applicable requirements.
How does payment work?
The full coaching engagement is €1,020. You can pay in full before your first session, or in two instalments of €510: the first before your first session and the second before your fourth session.
Payment terms are confirmed in your coaching agreement before coaching begins.
What is outside the scope of coaching?
This is non-clinical coaching, not psychotherapy, healthcare, fitness or nutrition treatment, productivity consulting or a service that negotiates with your employer on your behalf.
It does not include unlimited messaging or guaranteed results.
Where can you meet me in person?
Questions or reflections?
If something you’ve read here resonates with you, I’d love to hear your perspective.
Whether you recognise these patterns in your own working life, have a question or simply want to connect around these topics, you’re welcome to get in touch.
I value thoughtful conversations and exchanging ideas with people from different professional backgrounds.
We’ll talk about what you’re looking for, how I coach and whether working together feels like a good fit.
There’s no obligation to continue.
Prefer to write directly? uha@uha.coach
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