Alane Becker Marder

Alane has been an expat for over 28 years and has worked with charities for the past 20 years in many Asia Pacific countries like Indonesia, China, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Vietnam & Bangladesh. Working in charity organizations gave her many skills as a leader, mentor, relationship builder, teamwork, adaptability, and the possibility to understand and respect the differences in mindset and culture of all these countries.

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During these years she was able also to meet and live in different communities in these countries and meet expats from all over the world. And realize that like her, all of these people, no matter where they came from, face the two sides of expat life: the good & bad. The good side gives you new opportunities, personal growth, experiences, different values, mindset, to the way you used to live and how you look at the world. But once you settle and the excitement runs out, many times the bad side hits hard and you realize that there are many difficulties, and challenges, that you face while building this new life far away from home is a completely different culture.  

                  

As her mantra is helping people, she decides to unite her difficulties, experience, and understanding of these cultures to ways to learn skills and tools to help herself and the expat people from her community and work to be able to face these expat life challenges in a much more easy and happier way.

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She is a mother of two young adult’ boys, and she started her life coaching business in 2019, as she realized during her learning process, that becoming a life coach would teach her the skills she was looking for, to be more capable of supporting herself and who was having an identity crisis or are facing difficulty to adjust and leave as an expat. Today she also has a heavy focus on wellness, where she coaches people to slow down from their busy routines, rewire their brains, build different mindsets and behaviors in relation to life & work, find balance in work and personal life, improve their physical and mental strength, reduce stress & burnout, and have a clear sense of their self-awareness so they can move towards a happier, more successful and purposeful life journey.

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Alane has a diploma in Life Coaching from Blackford Centre UK, a certification as a Wellness and Relationship Coach from Holistico school and a certification in Executive Management Coaching from the University of Cape Town. She also has a diploma in Herbal Medicine from Blackford Centre UK, and certification in Nutrition Science, Employee wellness, stress management, Child development behavior, and mental health, Exercise physiology, Positive psychology and well-being from Stanford/Medicine, Neuroscience for business from MIT Sloan School, Mediation training from the International Mediation Campus and Woman’s leadership development from Oxford University. Today Alane offers many services – from individuals to companies and consulting in various areas. She is also a member of APAC the Asia Pacific Alliance of Coaches.

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When Alane is not doing coaching, she is developing her teas and giving herbalist consultations, working as an addiction & recovery counselor, and as the head of marketing, sustainability, and well-being of Simona Tanning where also part of her job description is to act as a coach and teamwork developer. She loves doing Pilates, listening to music, and playing the piano. She is also working currently with non-profit organizations in China, Cambodia, Bangladesh, and Vietnam helping young/adult girls to have a voice, a better life, and develop a vocation and the people suffering from leprosy.

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