Why Sustainable Change Is Rarely a Solo Process (and Why We Don’t Question It)
- Dilek Süzal
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 2 days ago
There is a kind of stuckness I meet again and again in my coaching work.
It doesn’t look like failure.
Capable people. Intelligent people. People who have already changed their lives before, moved countries, shifted careers, rebuilt themselves more than once.
And yet, at some point, something goes missing because they are tired of doing every meaningful life and career upgrade alone.
I know this territory well.
When I rebuilt my life step by step as an expat, it worked. But it was costly.
And over the years, both personally and professionally, one pattern became impossible to ignore: Solo change works, until it doesn’t.
As a new year begins, many capable people don’t lack goals, discipline, or insight. What they lack is a space where change doesn’t depend solely on their own energy.
Problem: High-functioning stagnation
Your life and career works, but it no longer feels like you. You sense another version of yourself wants to emerge; more aligned, more alive, more honest, yet the reinvention keeps getting postponed.
Not from fear. From not knowing where to start.
Solution: Change needs a container
Change fails not because we lack willpower. It fails because we underestimate the power of process, reflection, and shared accountability.
That is why I am so passionate about coaching. At its core, it’s a thought-provoking partnership that helps you hear yourself clearly and stay with the changes long enough for them to become real.
3 Signs You’re Not Meant to Do This Alone Anymore
💎 You’ve changed before but sustaining it feels harder now
You know transformation is possible. You’ve lived it. But repeating it solo feels exhausting instead of empowering.
💎 Your life and career works, but it doesn’t feel alive
On paper, things are fine. Inside, something is waiting to be activated.
💎 You don’t want therapy or motivation, you want momentum
You’re looking for continuity, reflection, and shared movement forward.
If you recognize yourself here, nothing is wrong with you. You’re simply outgrowing solo growth.
This is why I created MOVE FORWARD 26, a group coaching container for people ready to redesign their life and career with structure, reflection, and accountability partnerships.
This is my last invitation for this cycle that begins on the 16th of January.
If you’re tired of carrying your next version alone, remember this:
You don’t need more strength. You need a space to let it grow.
Warmly, Dilek
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★ Lead Coach at the global coaching platform BetterUp based in USA.
★ Executive Coach and Trainer at SparkUs based in Turkey and Netherlands.
★ Impact Partner for coaching, training & facilitation projects at leadership experts Think Beyond Group based in Austria.
★ Leadership Coach at Percoms AG, based in Switzerland.
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