I am a physician, a coach, and a medical esthetician. After graduating from medical school, I practiced medicine for many years in Iran, primarily in the fields of dermatology, aesthetics, nutrition, and weight management. After immigrating to Canada, I continued this same work under a different title: medical aesthetician. I also spent some time teaching aesthetics at a college.

Years of medical experience—particularly in skin care and aesthetics—combined with my strong emphasis on the value of naturalness, have shaped my perspective in this field. That’s why I don’t introduce myself as just an “Aesthetician” in Canada. Instead, I consider myself someone who focuses on Enhancement, a term that means improving and refining quality or function.

So, when I provide beauty consultations, my default assumption is that people are already beautiful, and their current appearance is functioning well—sometimes even excellently. It’s just that occasionally, some people want to improve specific small details to enhance their function or mood. Others may simply enjoy the experience of change and variety, and they come to me with questions about the consequences and outcomes of these (often minor) changes.

Now, let me tell you about coaching. Honestly, whenever I talk about coaching, I feel the same excitement as a child who finally receives their long-awaited toy; my inner world fills with joy and delight.

The most recent title I’ve earned is Certified Health & Life Coach, yet my journey on this path didn’t start recently. It began in my teenage years, when I explored the worlds of meditation, yoga, alternative medicine, and even hypnosis. Long before I became a doctor, I had already delved deeply into these domains. I even worked for years in areas that are often met with skepticism, like homeopathy and energy healing. Later on, during my medical career, one of my most in-demand services, alongside aesthetic work, was nutritional counselling and weight management. So, I’ve long been quite familiar with these fields.

I consider myself fortunate. Over the years, various life circumstances have nudged me increasingly toward mindfulness and spirituality. At the same time, my professional identity as a healer, my passion for healthy living, my love for parenting, and above all, my love for humanity- combined to guide me toward a career in coaching.

I must confess that at first, I resisted starting a new academic journey. I felt I already knew a great deal and didn’t want to dive into a whole new world of learning. But the joy of learning, along with the persistent encouragement of my husband, Dr. Reza Mohaghegh—a true master of the human mind and psyche- finally won me over. And I can say with complete honesty: I’m so glad I said yes.

The world of coaching and its literature became a bridge that connected all the scattered pieces of knowledge I had collected over the years—sometimes seemingly contradictory—into one cohesive whole. My understanding of the mind, gained through yoga, meditation, and hypnosis, was beautifully integrated with my knowledge of the body, gained through medicine and nutrition. It all came together in such harmony that it shaped a new, improved version of myself—for life, for friendship, for motherhood, for partnership, for healing, and for simply being human.

Today, this upgraded version of Nazila is ready to make the world around her just as beautiful as her inner world has become.

I invite you to join me on this exciting and unique journey—one that, I’m sure, many of you have never experienced before.