Pavla Belostikova, MSc, Founder, Coach & Trainer

I have been interested in decision making and happiness since I was a childI graduated in Economics and got my Master degree in Human Decision Science (behavioral economics with emphasis on psychology of decision making), my final research focused on positive psychology (mainly life satisfaction and self-control). My study about self-controlthought control ability and life satisfaction has been published in Current Psychology journal. I have found that people who have higher self-control, are able to control their thoughts better (don’t give in rumination or other unproductive thoughts) and therefore they are significantly happier. So, yes happiness is a state of mind and by increasing our self-control we can become more satisfied in our lives. I have always believed that Economics and Psychology should be connected and that these two sciences can help people and companies to thrive. 

Besides my academical knowledge, I have a lot of real life experience. I have livedstudied and worked in many different countries and faced many cultural differencesI lived in the Czech Republic, Germany, UK, SpainAustria, and I am currently living in Brazil. I have traveled a lot which opened her mind and taught me to see things from many different perspectives. 

My strongest characteristics according to VIA (value in action character strengths survey) are perspectivejudgment (critical thinking) and authenticity (honesty). I consciously use these strengths to bring new perspectives and way of thinking to her clients. 

My job is to keep myself updated and use the new research findings to improve people’s and companies’ lives. I combine science with coaching and my own experience giving people new perspectives and helping them to grow. 

Publication:

Current Psychology Journal: It’s the thought that countsTrait self-control is positively associated with well-being and coping via thought control ability 

 University Education: 

  • Bachelor of Economics at Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic 
  • Erasmus program at Universidade de Vigo in VigoSpain 
  • Master of Human Decision Science at Maastricht University,  the Netherlands

Further Education

  • Professional and Self Coach, IBC Coaching accredited by International Association of Coaching, ICC, Global Coaching Community, ICC, Global Coaching Institute
  • Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills – Dr. Karen Reivich – The University of Pennsylvania (online) 
  • The Science of Happiness – The University of CaliforniaBerkeley (online) 
  • Positive Psychology – Dr. Barbara L. Fredrickson – The University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill (online) 
  • Intercultural Psychology, Tandem, Pilsner, The Czech Republic 
  • Introduction into international youth work, AGSA, Schierke, Germany 
  • Conflict Management, Europa-Direkt e.V., Dresden, Germany
  • Psychoanalysis and Czech and Central European Culture and Society – Professor Joseph Dodds – course by CIEE 
  • Coach Training individual at Libuše Rychterová – coach and therapist with more than 15 years of practice 

Life time member of International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma – “Best in Business” – Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student in the world can receive