Self-Discovery Paths – personalized paths of self-discovery and psychoeducation

My Journey

I support leaders, entrepreneurs, and their organizations in development and transformation. I focus on the human and relational aspects of change and business development.

I am a certified Gestalt psychotherapist and an executive coach accredited by EMCC at Senior Practitioner level.

For over 20 years, I have also conducted workshops and training in leadership, relational, and strategic skills for leaders, their teams, and companies.

In my work, I regularly observe that some people want and are able to work independently between sessions with even very complex personal challenges. They only need a little inspiration, guidance, a clear process, and specific techniques to try in their daily lives.

At the same time, for many years, I have privately embarked on long-distance journeys in nature. What fascinates me most here is the transformative power of the journey. This power lies in the natural combination of a defined framework for the journey with a process that allows for experiencing the New and the Unknown. As a result of such a process, one returns from each journey a slightly different person…

From the combination of my passions for journeying and personal development, the idea for an innovative support service was born – Self-Discovery Paths.

Self-Discovery Paths

Individual paths for exploring selected psychological topics and practicing new skills, attitudes, and behaviors needed to get where you want to be. A unique combination of a journey towards your goals and a training ground.

Who is it for?

Self-Discovery Paths is an innovative form of support in achieving your goals, needs, and dreams. It’s for you if:

You have personal goals, dreams, or desires, but you don’t know how to achieve them.
You want to develop your awareness, but you don’t know where to start.
You want to develop your sensitivity, relational skills, and other life Power Skills.
You want to work deeper than coaching, but you don’t have time for weekly therapy.
You want and are able to work independently with new techniques between sessions.
You are ready to confront your inner limitations.
You want to start taking concrete steps in your chosen direction in a short time.

What is it?

Self-Discovery Paths are personalized paths of self-discovery and psychoeducation. They also involve practicing new skills, attitudes, and behaviors on the way to achieving your personal goals, needs, and dreams.

The goal of this form of support is to equip you with new inspirations, knowledge, specific development techniques and change, as well as new attitudes during your journey towards what you desire.

Self-Discovery Paths is an innovative method of personal support and development inspired
by the transformative power of my long-distance journeys in nature. This method also draws from selected development techniques such as life coaching, psychotherapy, mentoring, supervision, and psychoeducation.

How does it work?

The Self-Discovery Paths development process works when you know what you want and have the motivation to achieve it.

However, you need to be guided through precisely selected psychological topics and development techniques, which will help you independently reach where you desire.

It is therefore psychological enablement and upskilling on the path to your personal and relational goals.

Self-Discovery Mapping
a multidimensional analysis of your situation, goals, needs, and limitations. At the end of this stage, I present you with my feedback, observations, diagnosis, and a proposal of psychological topics you need to address to get where you want to be. Furthermore, I also propose a work process and the order for addressing the identified topics. This stage is completely non-binding – after it, you can decide whether or not to continue working with me.

Journey Planning
Based on my diagnosis and your own observations, we jointly agree on the scope, number of topics, and stages of your Self-Discovery journey towards your goals. We also jointly determine the frequency of our sessions so that you have time to independently try out the learned development techniques between our sessions and
self-reflection.

Self-Discovery Path
a shared journey in the form of a cycle of 90-minute sessions conducted every few weeks. During the sessions, we work on agreed psychological topics within a clearly defined process, timeframe, and budget. The Self-Discovery Path method assumes that you actively try out new attitudes, skills, and behaviors between sessions.

Journey Completion
At the end of our shared journey, we sit by the campfire and summarize everything you have learned, your discoveries, changes, successes, and failures on the path to what you desire. We look at the path you’ve already traveled and what lies ahead. We discuss what else you need for your continued, independent journey until you achieve your personal goals.

Key Information about Self-Discovery Paths

My Role in the Process

In the Self-Discovery Mapping process, I first conduct a diagnosis, and then share my observations with you and propose a list of important psychological topics.

I arrange these topics in a well-thought-out process order for development and change. Working with these topics will enable you to achieve your personal goals and expand your self-awareness where you need it.

Then, on your Self-Discovery Path journey, I will be your guide and teacher, and at the same time, a fellow traveler. In this process, I will sometimes ask you difficult questions or kindly confront you like a coach, and sometimes, as an inspiring mentor, I will share my experiences from similar paths or show you other aspects and scenarios of life than those you already know.

Sometimes I will also listen to you and support you as a therapist or, with care and kindness, point out more complex topics, which may be worth addressing at another time in deeper developmental processes (if needed).

Results

As a result of several months on your Self-Discovery Path journey, you will:

Gain a concrete map of your development areas on the path to your chosen goals;
Receive new inspirations and an impetus for growth and change;
Acquire specific tools, techniques, and procedures for your further development;
Safely practice new relational attitudes and behaviors;
Improve the quality of your relationships – with yourself and with others;
Get to know yourself and your authentic needs better, expanding your awareness;
Take concrete, successive steps on the path to your goals and dreams;
Better understand who you are, what you need, and what brings you fulfillment in life.

My clients' opinions

Self-Discovery Mapping is a unique experience that can be compared to a psychological "midlife review" — something worth doing at this stage of life to live the second half with greater peace and happiness, thanks to the harmonious organization of various areas of one's world.

The journey process with Maciek itself is of immense value, as it significantly shortens the path to deeper self-discovery. Thanks to a unique combination of experience and qualifications, Maciek effortlessly offers tools and knowledge perfectly tailored to my challenge. This helps to move forward efficiently and provides a strong impetus to independently delve deeper into topics of interest to me. And it all takes place in an atmosphere of trust, mindfulness, and kindness — truly invaluable.