About COS

Get to know more about myself and my life journey

At seven years old, I asked my mum if I could sing on stage.

She warned me it might be too much, but I insisted. Despite feeling confident, I became paralyzed by nerves mid-song. I asked my mum for help from the microphone, and she gave me a stern look. At that moment, I learned a valuable lesson: ‘always listen to your mum!’

Years later, I played volleyball professionally, aiming to play for my country. Unfortunately, this never quite happened, so decided to it was then time to go university. I was torn between Law and Psychology: I decided to heed my mum's advice (see above!) and chose Law. I disliked it with a passion, but I persevered to make my family proud and happy and avoid that familiar look. Five years later, I graduated from Law School in Sao Paulo, gave my them the certificate, and moved to the UK.

My vision is to care for people COS life is for the ones who care.

My Mission? Empower people that I care through:

LOVE

SMILE

HAPPINESS

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Read what clients have to say about COS

I always thought a friend, a good friend, would be enough to help me when l need a bit of guidance, direction and motivation. I never understood why people would pay money for a stranger and trust them with personal issues. For me, a coach, a doctor, a therapist, they are a stranger who wouldn’t know you, and because there was no relationship involved, they would be invested as much as your beloved friend. How wrong was I!! I see now that, as much as your friends or family knows us better, they also think they know how to direct us. They give us advice. The coaching session with Criscia showed me “I don’t need anyone advise, because all I need is within. And that is were a profissional helps, because they know how to retrieve those answers, guide and motivate you to design a plan and achieve our goal! It’s all you at the end… but without them, it’s hard to retrieve those deep thoughts and feelings.

What I loved about Criscia coaching too. She uses your information, your decisions, and break down in a way that makes simpler and doable.

It was a profound experience. On our first sessions I was surprised who she made me feel at easy and how quick the started to extract what I needed to hear.. from me!

Fernanda Cummer

Business Owner

Brazil

Life coaching with you has been rewarding. I value your clarity, strategy and good humour. You have enabled me to bring about many positive changes and get great results! Thank you

Paula Costa

Talent Acquisition Specialist

The highlight of my Law degree was winning the opportunity to volunteer in Maceio

where I taught in disadvantaged communities. I was to learn much more than I taught. Despite having a privileged life in Brazil, I now began to feel unfulfilled, understanding I hadn’t earned in myself. My friends criticized my idealistic dream of leaving Brazil for a country where I didn't speak the language, and starting over without my advantages, but I embraced the challenge.

I arrived in the UK in March 2001. My first job was as a cleaner in a sports club, and I worked my way up to Service Manager of Fitness. In 2005, I started an MBA foundation course at West London College to learn more about business operations, but I had to return to Brazil for a period when my dad had a heart attack. I then got married in 2006 and had two beautiful kids. I was still keen to return to work, however, and in 2008, I became the Reception and Reservation Manager at The Harbour Club. In 2009, I joined the Metropolitan Police as a Special Constable, and for 11 years, I balanced this alongside a full-time job, raising children, and playing volleyball in the competitive London league.

When the pandemic began, I was working as the Operations Manager at the prestigious Roehampton Club

responsible for twenty-five members of staff. During the lockdown, I pursued an initial Life Coaching course and discovered my real passion. I was determined to make this my career and left my existing role. Unfortunately, that same year, I divorced and faced the most challenging time in my life. This made it very difficult to concentrate my full efforts on my new career, but I persisted the best I possibly could until financial pressures meant I had to return to full-time employment, taking on a role in property management with HDG, which I very much enjoy.

2024 is a year of picking up old dreams and pressing forward. I remain passionate about Life Coaching, keen to help people fulfil their potentials, while also realising my own – two things which often go hand in glove, as I learnt first all those years ago in Maceio. So I am now doing my master's Degree in Psychology at PUC to gain my a stronger theoretical underpinning to the skills I have acquired in wide-ranging life experience.