Recently named among the many Top 100 Speakers to Watch, best-selling writer, and creator of The One Minute Coach™, Masha Malka has turned a lifetime of upheaval right into a mission of empowerment. From her early years as a refugee to her present work as a co-founder and CEO of ShiftHub, she now calls Marbella house and helps ladies worldwide redefine midlife and step into management with readability and confidence.
EWN: Masha, your story spans Soviet Russia, the US, and Europe. How has this formed the lady you’re at the moment?
Masha: Growing up within the Soviet Union and later changing into a refugee taught me resilience early on. When we moved to the US in 1987, I didn’t communicate English and carried a dictionary all over the place. My cousin stopped translating for me, which compelled me to dive in and embrace imperfection. Those struggles gave me braveness and empathy—qualities that now form how I coach and join with ladies throughout cultures.
EWN: You’re a best-selling writer, and your books, beneath the umbrella of The One Minute Coach™ have been praised by leaders like Brian Tracy as “highly effective, sensible books, loaded with nice concepts you should utilize to get higher leads to each space.” What impressed you to jot down them?
Masha: Like all my work, they had been born from my very own experiences, comparable to rebuilding myself as a refugee, a divorced mom of three, or somebody embarking on an entire new profession at 50. I needed to point out that regardless of the place you’ve been or what you’ve been by, your future is at all times formed by your decisions, actions, and beliefs. Over the years, I’ve seen how these books have develop into a trusted information, together with CEOs, mother and father, or youngsters.
EWN: You’ve had a powerful profession journey. How did you uncover teaching as your true calling?
Masha: It occurred throughout my MBA after I took a training course. I realised I’d been teaching all my life, simply with out the title. Returning to Marbella in 2004, I turned the primary skilled coach on the coast. Later, co-founding a company coaching firm and dealing with Fortune 500 corporations deepened my expertise. But what lights me up most is guiding ladies by reinvention – particularly at midlife, when so many really feel unseen or unsure about their subsequent chapter.
EWN: Tell us about ShiftHub. Why did you create it?
Masha: Too many ladies hit their forties and fifties feeling caught – youngsters rising up, careers plateauing, or life simply not becoming anymore. ShiftHub, which I based with two different companions – Audrey Spearing and Ken Course, was born to vary that. It’s a worldwide group for girls over 40, modelled on elite peer-group boards like YPO and WPO however accessible to everybody.
In our Shift Circles, ladies meet in protected, facilitated teams to share experiences, slightly than giving or receiving recommendation, as a result of that’s how actual transformation occurs. It’s about connection, perspective, and development. Not solely that, ShiftHub additionally presents facilitator coaching, enterprise alternatives, and even a market for girls to showcase their abilities. ShiftHub was created for each girl able to step into her subsequent chapter – whether or not meaning rediscovering goal at house, in search of new which means in management, or navigating bodily and emotional adjustments with readability. It’s about turning midlife into strongest new starting.
EWN: What recommendation would you give ladies right here on the Costa del Sol who’re trying to find goal?
Masha: From my expertise, life obligations, careers, household roles… they’ll blur our sense of who we actually are. And when that occurs, it’s straightforward to really feel misplaced. That lack of goal, that disconnection from your self—it’s such a painful place to be. The first step is simply giving your self some house to replicate, to experiment, to discover—with out judgment. The actual magic occurs if you’re surrounded by ladies who’re strolling the identical path – it makes reconnecting along with your values, passions, and strengths a lot simpler. As we like to say: Shift Happens—do it your method, however don’t do it alone.
EWN: What’s subsequent for you?
Masha: Right now, I’m placing my power into increasing ShiftHub and reaching extra ladies who’re prepared for change. At the identical time, I’ll proceed working intently with purchasers in my teaching follow, as a result of these deep, private transformations are what encourage me day by day. For me, midlife isn’t a time to step again—it’s a time to step totally into who I’m changing into and to create a life that conjures up others.
Women able to discover their subsequent chapter can join with Masha instantly for teaching go to mashamalka.com/contact/ or be part of a Shift Circle at www.ShiftHub.me
