Rene Herbst - Registered Therapeutic Practitioner
My career timeline from 2016 too today: I transitioned from the "safe" option / position of a monthly-earning staff member working for a global corporate company as a Key Account Executive in Financial and Trade Marketing and reinvented myself into a new vocation within the medical field achieving my medical practice number to work with medical aids.
Engaging in exploration and completing a 360 degree, going back to study as a mature student took energy, courage and resilience, I had no idea I possessed :-) I evolved from a marketing corporate employee into an entrepreneur / therapist / practitioner / trainer / coach, and developed over a period of years by continued study and constant interest in wanting to know more.
TIMELINE since leaving my "safe corporate" position :-)
2016 - Closed that corporate door and started my studies creating a new version of myself, and qualified as a Therapeutic Reflexologist 3 years later
2016 - Completed a Mindful Meditation Accreditation at UCT Law Faculty
2017 - Dublin, Ireland - further studies in Functional Reflex Therapy Practitioner
2017 - UK - Further studies in Baby Reflex Therapy Trainer
2018 - Created, designed and built my Sensory Reflex Therapy Web Site, focused approach of marketing
2019 - Internship at Oncology Medi Clinic / Qualified as a Lymphatic Drainage Therapist
2019 - Corporate Wellness Days, guest speaker at Wellness Days, collaborating with the medical aids
2020 - Commenced further studies in a BSc (Hons) in Health Psychology - at Arden University in the UK
2021 - Durbanville Natural Health Center in private practice joining a multi-disciplinary team
2022 - Focused on building my practice, wrote articles, and shared to grow the "feet through the door"
2023 - Developed Google searches to build new business and implemented requesting Google reviews
2024 - November in Dubai, visiting my children who live and work there, sitting at the Ernie Els Golf Social Club in Sports City, I noticed all these youngsters working beside the pool whilst growing their businesses and I developed an additional online business called Transformational Wellness Coaching.
2024 - December back in Cape Town, SA - created a business plan, designed and built my own website, designed material and workbooks, listened to over 1000 hours of life coaches theories, podcasts, etc, continued working at my medical practice doing reflexology and lymph drainage, and got busy after hours over the festive season, getting my Accreditation in Transformational Life Coaching and Health & Nutrition Life Coaching certification
2025 - January, launch my new online business - continue to build, learn, share and teach :-)
For us to define our purpose and values, we not only need to be self-aware but, also need to be completely honest about how things are going in our lives and allow ourselves to think and dream differently
It requires us to block out the mental chatter, cast aside our doubts, and trust and believe in ourselves no matter what
Many of us are not living the life we dreamt of !!
We sometimes get to a point where we stop dreaming and pursuing our dreams.
Perhaps we are afraid of failing or have had negative past experiences, or we do not believe we are entitled to the life we desire, or for whatever other reason, we have stopped dreaming
When we give up on our dreams, we give up on Living!
YOU HAVE ONE LIFE, IF YOU LIVE IT WELL, ONCE IS ENOUGH
(quote by Mae West in 1930)
The essence of transformational wellness coaching and it's goal,
is to facilitate and guide individuals to create meaningful change to Live a Great Life
