From Dream Job to Identity Shift: My Journey into Positive Coaching
In 2022, I was standing at what looked like a professional high point.
Three months after giving birth to my son, I landed a 90% leadership role at a purpose-driven health scale-up.
I was proud. Energized. Ready to bring my pre-motherhood ideas and ideals to life.
My partner had taken three months of full-time care leave. We had made equality part of the plan — at home and at work.
I remember the night before I started that job: Cocktail in one hand, baby in the other; feeling like BAM here I am rocking it.
But six months later, I crashed.
Not because I wasn’t capable
but because something deeper in me was shifting and wanting to surface.
I was diagnosed with mild depression, and looking back, I believe what I was experiencing was an identity shift.
It felt like I was living someone else’s life.
During my maternity leave, my entire team had changed.
The values I once aligned with were no longer reflected in my environment.
Still, I had moved forward with determination:
✅ A leadership role
✅ Equality in work, income, and responsibility
✅ A new start in a meaningful organization
And I had gotten it all.
But slowly, things began to unravel:
- I couldn’t pour all my energy into work the way I once had
- I longed for more space: For myself, my child, my partner, my friendships and to be part of a community
- Motherhood gave me access to long-buried dreams and patterns, that became accessible
- And yet, I had little time to explore any of it: I was changing diapers, showing up emotionally, and performing in a demanding job
- My old energy system didn’t work anymore
So I started over.
Not dramatically.
But step by step: Quietly, inwardly, honestly.
I turned to coaching. To therapy. To nature.
I clarified my values.
I met the inner saboteurs that had been shaping my decisions.
I let go of the version of success I had clung to for years.
And I began to create something new:
A professional life that reflects who I am — not just what I can achieve.
That’s how Positive Coaching was born.
What I know now:
It’s not about going back.
It’s about growing into who you are becoming.
Transitions, especially those around motherhood, leadership, or identity are messy, emotional, and powerful.
They break us open.
And they invite us to rebuild, not as we were… but as we truly are.
If my story resonates with you:
I offer a free 30-minute clarity session, a space for you to check in, hear yourself, and reconnect with what matters.
You’ll also receive a follow-up session if we both agree, either as a walk’n’coach in Zurich or an audio coaching experience to help you integrate what arises.
There’s no pressure. No pitch. Just presence.
If it feels like a good fit, we can explore working together over 6–12 months.
📅 Book your clarity session here: https://calendar.app.google/bq3jE5zmE69hZcVz8
📩 Or email me: pia@positive-coaching.ch
With you.
For you.
At your own pace.
—
Pia Eggimann
Leadership Coach & Founder of Positive Coaching
Rooted. Alive. Free.