Dr. Maria Christodoulou is a leading health and high performance coach with a wide range of knowledge and experience derived from 19 years in integrative healthcare and ongoing coaching in the private and public sector. She has spent most of her career supporting people to transform their health and their lives by developing their capacity for physical and emotional intelligence, and assisting them to access inner resources, leadership ability and creative thinking.

Her diverse range of skills and personal life experience give her tremendous insight into the pressures faced by executives and leaders in today’s stressful climate.
She supports individuals and groups to achieve personal and professional goals. She is passionate about the development of people and dedicated to discovering creative ways of living and healing.
Maria is a registered member of the Health Professions Council of South Africa, Coaches and Mentors of South Africa (COMENSA) and The International Coaching Federation (ICF).

She has a particular interest in working with: People in Leadership to define the importance of self-knowledge, self-awareness, relational resilience and physical and emotional intelligence in the corporate environment Individuals dealing with chronic or lifestyle diseases Individuals needing to make lifestyle or behavioural changes Groups and organizations seeking to collaborate in creating environments conducive to the health of the individual as well as the collective Health professionals to redefine the scope of medical practice and the role of the health professional in a diverse society Coaching Students in the capacity of Supervisor/ Mentor Her ideal client is: Serious about ongoing self-development and personal growth Seeking to be more present, more aware, more conscious and more awake in all spheres of their life Curious, honest, open and willing to learn Committed to engaging with the process that sustainable change requires

Coaching Qualifications
Qualification	Time Frame	Where Obtained
Diploma in Practitioner Coaching	2005	The Coaching Centre

General Qualifications
Qualification	Time Frame	Where Obtained
MBChB	1990	University of Stellenbosch
Diploma in Homeopathy	2001	Cape Town (CEDH – France)
Elementary Level Hypnotherapy	2003	South African Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Diploma in Astrological Studies	2006	Rod Suskin School of Astrology, Cape Town
Emotional Competence Inventory Accreditation	2006	Haygroup® South Africa (Pty) Ltd.
Spiraldynamics Training	2007	Cape Town, National Values Centre and NVC Consulting (USA)
Resonant Leadership for Results, Leadership Development Programme	2007	Baobab Consulting and Training in assoc. with Teleos Leadership Institute (USA), Cape Town
Various diplomas/ courses and certificates pertaining to the practice of alternative and complementary medicine, including: Body Alignment Technique Modules 1-5 Applied Kinesiology and Dowsing Nutritional and PsychoBiokinetics Advanced Practitioner Training in Electromagnetic Field balancing Technique Capacitar Multicultural Wellness Education Modules 1-5	1995 - 2005	Various

Resourcefulness
Company	Time Frame	Duties
Tygerberg Hospital	1991 - 1993	Medical Officer
GP Practice	1994 - 1998	General Practitioner
Integrative Medical Practice	1999 - 2003	Integrative Medical Practitioner
UCT Faculty of Health Sciences	2004 - 2006	Ad hoc lecturer/ Facilitator
Women for Afrika (NPO)	2007	President
The Coaching Centre	2007- ongoing	Member of Faculty and Student Supervisor/ Mentor
Baobab Consulting	2006 – ongoing	Independent Health and High Performance Coach
EkinAstengo Coaching	2008 – ongoing	Independent Health and High Performance Coach