Welcome!
Hi! I’m Tahmid, a coach and writer. I work with individuals and groups with the aim of making people the best version of themselves. I do this through facilitated self-inquiry, guiding people to see their greatest potential.
My professional background has been in public policy. I worked in the UK Government as a civil servant for around five years. I then moved to Brussels, which I now call home. Here I worked on influencing EU sustainability policy, particularly on circular economy. Through my time, I worked at the heart of decision-making, seeing the good, the bad and the ugly.
I’m an avid learner. Aside from investing on intangible personal development, I do have numerous bits of paper that I’ve collected. I hold an MA in European Studies, I’m a qualified transformational coach, an agile project management practitioner, and some other certificates, such as a Level 6 Diploma in Leadership and Management. I speak English, French and Spanish, passive understanding of Sylheti/Bengali, and some light level of Dutch and Italian.
My Books
Become Your Best Self: Insights for Finding Meaning in a Modern World
Make Diversity Matter to You: Increase Your Confidence In Tackling The Diversity Issues You Face In Your Organisation
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Latest Blogs
- Dealing with the unplaceable anxietyOne of the biggest challenges I deal with right now is with anxiety. I hesitate to say this out loud. Not because of any great shame, but because it makes it sound like I’m a ticking time ball of anxiety. People associate anxiety with the idea that basic tasks create crazy anxiety, and that therefore I must spend all my time ruminating over the minutae. In reality, I move through life fairly calm. Anxiety isn’t something I fear or avoid, if anything, I think I deal with anxiety better than most. But then how do I explain the fact that I regularly awake within a state of tension? Even this morning I awoke with a sense that someone had their foot on my throat.
- Driving Forward in Second GearI’ve found myself desiring an increase in activity in my life. Admittedly, this is quite relative. The last few months have been hermit-like to the extreme. I’m partly riding the wave from travelling to see my parents in London without any major repercussions. Again, the base is low when it is essentially travelling from A to B, where I then spend my time sleeping and eating. My tendency in the past has been to yo-yo from little activity to a lot, sometimes quite dramatically. Last year, I could go to several day festivals based off the adrenaline, but then find myself wiped out a few weeks later.
- It Ain’t Like The MoviesAm I a phoenix born again from the ashes, or am I shooting star, slowly fizzling away? Whenever I think about life, this question is where I repeatedly return. Everyone loves a hero’s story. Writers throughout history have realised that a story is only interesting if there is failure. Nobody wants to listen to a story about someone who was always perfect throughout their life. No, instead, we are engrossed by stories where the protagonist fails. But when they fail, they do not give up. Through perseverance, they overcome the grand challenge before them. Unfortunately, life is not like the movies. If the current moment is to be the moment preceding my rise, it unfortunately feels far less poetic, and certainly far more boring. Whereas Rocky seems to be able to massively improve in the space of a 5-minute montage, the experience in real life seems to take a whole lot longer.
