Born as the daughter of a World War II survivor and raised in rural Poland in the 1980s, I come of age during a turbulent period for the country, as it emerges from over half a century of communist rule. Growing up amidst political, social and economic change, it’s no surprise that transformation has become an integral part of my life.

My childhood profoundly influences my future choices, wiring me both with creativity and resourcefulness as well as the fears and apprehension of an aspiring, emerging Eastern European nation.

As a self-driven overachiever, I complete two degrees and pursue a marketing career that opens many exciting doors, allowing me to work in several countries and in diverse industries.

Within both corporate and start-up environments, I manage marketing projects and departments in a variety of sectors, including tourism, education, publishing, consulting, advertising and retail, in Poland, Ireland and Germany.

At 32, I quit my marketing managment job at IKEA after almost a decade in corporate, sell my belongings, pack my life into a 20-kilogram backpack and embark on a world travel adventure that starts in NYC.

Over the next year, I find myself savouring my newfound freedom while also confronting my demons and shedding societal programming as I journey through North and Central America.

In South America, I launch a travel blog, which quickly turns into a self-development space. Little do I know that it’s also my catalyst to entrepreneurship.

After months of full-time travel, my savings start to run out. It’s in this uncertain financial moment that I find myself sitting across from an interviewer who presents me with a tempting job offer, only to realise that there’s no turning back for me. The corporate life has irretrievably lost its charm. I want to live a life of freedom and adventure. With my remaining savings, I buy a ticket to Vietnam.

When travelling around South-East Asia, I take any job I can to stay afloat — from teaching English and doing translations to building websites and developing marketing strategies for businesses. I am as determined to live my dream lifestyle as I am fearful of the financial and job uncertainties.

My own healing journey leads me to Siem Reap, Cambodia, where for several months I train in energy healing, chakra work and meditation.

I then host my first transformational retreat for 7 women on the island of Koh Chang, Thailand, which becomes my first ‘real’ business undertaking on my new path. To keep the momentum going, I launch my very first online mastermind focussed on building a dream lifestyle.

As I travel through South East Europe, somewhere in northern Serbia, my new brand which I call Miannah is born.

I step into life coaching and get my first coaching clients while house-sitting in Hawaii. This is followed by the launch of my first online course, ‘The Miannah Chakra Course,’ which I still offer to this day on an evergreen basis.

I fulfill a long-standing dream of mine by walking 1,000 kilometers over 40 days in Northern Spain along the Camino trail.

In my quest to better understand the mind-body connection, I complete a 200-hour yoga teacher certification in Goa, India. I then move to Sri Lanka, where I spend 5 months teaching yoga and deepening my own yoga and meditation practice.

After several years of studying various teachings and modalities, I finally embrace my true purpose. Combining my Western studies and Eastern wisdom, I start supporting women in building businesses that are the expressions of who they really are.

I build my first business coaching program called the SoulBiz Lab, which remains my signature product offered to this day. I move to Medellin, Colombia, fulfilling a dream I had since my first visit in 2016. Here, I immersed myself in dancing salsa and bachata while building the business coaching side of business.

Confined to my small apartment in Colombia during the first months of the pandemic, I launch my first business mastermind and move to the business coaching space full time.

After months of feeling drained and chronically fatigued,  I realise that Covid is not my biggest health problem. I get diagnosed with Lyme disease and embark on a long healing journey, which calls for managing my energy in entirely new ways while running a full-time business.

Upon recovery, I expand my product portfolio and build and launch three new business coaching programs for female entrepreneurs at different stages of business. Through this ascension model, I’m able to serve clients on a whole new level and take time off to travel to Ecuador.

Following my mum’s passing, I return to Poland to start healing another layer of old wounds. This journey leads me to explore generational, collective and developmental trauma. Intrigued by how these traumas impact not only our daily lives but also the way we work and conduct business, I decide to pursue studies in trauma work, neuroscience and psychology.

I continue to travel, but now I do so with a greater sense of purpose. Thanks to the systems I have in place and my experience working across different continents and time zones, I can  venture to places as remote as the Dominican Republic and Japan, while still effectively serving my clients. It’s where freedom truly meets purpose…