FAQs
Why should I work with you?
Alongside being a high performer in many areas of my life, I have always been deeply interested in methods that harmonize body, mind, and ultimately the soul. I am not someone who learns solely through theory, conceptual frameworks, or memorization. I believe in applying knowledge, experiencing it firsthand, and integrating it into everyday life. My strong conviction is that the most meaningful growth happens when we learn from individuals who embody and practice what they teach. In addition, my scientific background, combined with more than a decade of experience in the corporate world, enables me to understand and relate to clients working in demanding professional environments in general. This blend of scientific thinking, practical application, and holistic methodologies allows me to address modern challenges from multiple angles and offer valuable, sustainable impulses that support a long-term improvement in overall quality of life.
What is a Life Business Health Coach?
A Life Business Health Coach has been educated at an official and profess institute for more than 200h. In my case it was the Inhesa Institute (https://www.inhesa.de/) is certified Person who is using official and internationally renown tools to help clients reflect and build strategies for their individual topic. A Coach can help addressing private or business related topics.
What is Coaching and what happens there?
Coaching is a professional advisory service provided by accredited coaches. The fundamental idea of coaching is to reflect, self-develop and co-create approaches and strategies to foster personal growth, self-efficacy and mental health or to reach a specific personal or professional target. Thus, coaching constitutes a process which is guided and supported respectfully on eye level by the coach. The coach herein is caring detached and thus asking the right questions to increase the understanding of the topic. The main objective of each coaching session is to create a space where key insights and impulses for personal progress can emerge and the best possible process as well as result for the client can be achieved. My coaching sessions follow the principle of ensuring and maintaining the client´s self-determination, self-efficacy, independence and freedom of choice at any time within the process. The process is timely defined, individually adapted to the respective topic and situation as well as solution, resource, target and future oriented.
Discretion as a Coach? Will my data be shared with 3rd parties?
As a Life & Business Health Coach the professional secrecy does not apply as it is the case for physicians or priests! However, confidentiality of the personal data and content of the coaching and consulting sessions is guaranteed by fulfilling the data protection regulations (DSGVO). Furthermore, a transfer of data (personal or content of the sessions) will not take place without permission of the client.
What is NOT part of `Life & Business Health Coaching´? What has to be considered?
Coaching differs from consulting and therapy. Thus, in the process the coach will neither formulate directives which the client has to follow nor will an anamnesis & diagnosis be obtained or a therapy started. For the treatment of relevant medical topics (physiological and psychological) such as childhood trauma, ADHD, depression, severe cases of burnout (severe state of exhaustion or suicidal), anxiety disorders, eating disorders, obessive-compulsive disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PSD) and other forms of medical condition the consultation of a medical doctor specialized for the respective field is necessary! Thus, medical treatment or therapy are NO part of coaching. However, coaching alongside a running therapy might constitute a good option if the desire of change is located in a different area than the medical condition. One exception to this principle is burnout. Here, coaching and a (psycho-) therapy can together be very beneficial for the client because future strategies and approaches are co-created during the coaching session which complement the therapy and thus support the healing process. x no nutrition counseling x not a leadership consulting service (consulting can be booked separately) x no personnel training x not applied for senseless selfoptimization x no replacement for a psychotherapy x not medical studies x no qualification of the coach to medically diagnose and treat illnesses x no training to become a missionary, healer, guru, oracle or sharman x not part of public health x not covered by the health insurance benefits x not to create a lifelong dependency of client and coach x not a new ideology to solve all problems at once and cure all illnesses x no promises of wonders or never achievable goals x …
What does the job title Life & Business Health Coach mean?
A coach with health expertise supports people not only to have adequate exercises and time in nature, good food and enough sleep. A Life & Business Health Coach guides people to a coherent and more satisfying private and professional life, to healthy and fulfilled professional and private relationships and a friendly relationship towards oneself.
What does “Business Coaching” mean in the job title `Life & Business Health Coach´?
The classical business coaching focuses on business and career related topics (success, performance, career etc.) of e.g. business clients, managers and leaders and companies.
What does “Life Coaching” mean in the job title `Life & Business Health Coach´?
The classical life coaching focusses on increasing the quality of life, developing and realization of lifelong dreams of e.g. individuals or holistically oriented companies.
What does “Health Coaching” mean in the job title `Life & Business Health Coach´?
Health coaching focusses on a holistic and sustainable work structure and way of living as well as to overcoming selfmade stress and selfexploitation. It combines the topics of health and selfcare with a coherent style of life and work.
Which private or business related topics do you coach?
-Inner and outer conflicts (e.g. inner conflict: i cannot decide to leave my partner or not, outer conflict: my colleague and myself always ending up in arguments) -Reorientation or orientation (e.g. reorientation: I am not happy with my job and need a change; orientation: I finished my studies and I have a lot of talents but need help to find out what I want to do in the near future) -Work-life-balance related topics (e.g. I am feeling that I only work and do not have any time for myself and my needs and want to change it) -`Something is off´ topics (e.g. I feel that something is off balance in my private or professional life. I want to identify, work on it and adapt it to my needs) -Burnout prevention (e.g. I am sensing that I cannot recharge my mental batteries anymore. I would like to better understand what is happening and what I actively can do to improve my situation) -Sharpening the perception of needs and wishes -A sudden change in the life situation triggers the need of a reorientation and/or strategy development
What does the job title Life & Business Health Coach mean?
A coach with health expertise supports people not only to have adequate exercises and time in nature, good food and enough sleep. A Life & Business Health Coach guides people to a coherent and more satisfying private and professional life, to healthy and fulfilled professional and private relationships and a friendly relationship towards oneself.
What are the benefits of Coaching?
Often we sense that a certain topic cannot be ignored any longer, a (life or business) situation is not meeting our needs anymore or somehow have the feeling that something is off. Usually we are lagging time to completely fathom out the topic and to formulate and initiate next specific steps and actions. By intense and in-depth elucidation of the particular topic, the formulation of specific further questions and application of internationally renowned and established coaching methods by the coach, a space is created in which the client (coachee) can develop optimal and best fitting strategies and approaches. The joint development of strategies, considering the individual situation (environment, resources, living conditions) of the client, lead to optimal and best fitting, realistic and realizable results that are sustainable.
What is the content of the briefing call for coachings/ consultings?
Within the 30 minutes briefing call (free of charge) the client and coach/ consultant are getting to know each other better, the topic which needs to be addressed will be identified and the objective of the coaching/ consulting will be fixed. The coach will assess and give feedback if the topic is coachable/ consultable. Then, the subsequent procedure and casualties are clarified and specific needs and wishes can be expressed. Afterwards, an appointment for the coaching/ consulting will be scheduled.
How many coaching sessions do I need?
It's important to me to ensure the best possible process alongside the client, creating a space where key insights and impulses for personal progress can emerge. My personal focus is to have a straight path forward, thus the least amount of coaching hours but the best possible process as well as result for the client!
Is online coaching just as effective, and can I expect the same quality of results?
Based on my professional experience, the coaching process can be guided just as effectively online as in person. The quality of outcomes does not depend on physical presence but rather on the strength of the coach to client relationship, which is built on mutual trust, respect, understanding (rapport), and the client’s genuine commitment to change. Online coaching additionally offers the benefits of complete location independence and flexibility. Sessions can take place from anywhere, whether during work, travel, or vacation, requiring only a private space and a laptop or mobile phone.
What is resilience and why is it important?
The term resilience has its origin from the material sciences and describes the property of a certain material to return into the initial position after deformation (application of a force). The first research about psychological resilience was published in the 1970s by N. Garmezy (1). A psychologically resilient person can resist adverse mental conditions that are often associated with unfavorable life circumstances. Thus, resilience (a process that involves a specified mindset (2)) allows a person to rebound from adversity as a strengthened and more resourceful person (3). Resilient people are better equipped to navigate life's challenges, maintain positive emotions, and recover from setbacks. They demonstrate higher levels of self-efficacy, optimism, and problem-solving skills, which contribute to their ability to adapt and thrive in adverse situations (4). Research on psychological resilience has shown that it plays a crucial role in promoting mental health and well-being.
References: (1) Garmezy N (1973). "Competence and adaptation in adult schizophrenic patients and children at risk". In Dean SR (ed.). Schizophrenia: The first ten Dean Award Lectures. N.Y.: MSS Information Corp. pp. 163–204. (2) Brooks R, Goldstein S (13 January 2022). "Resilience: A Process and a Mindset–ADD Resource Center". (3) Richardson GE (March 2002). "The metatheory of resilience and resiliency". Journal of Clinical Psychology. 58 (3): 307–321. doi:10.1002/jclp.10020. PMID 11836712. (4) Bonanno GA (2004). "Loss, Trauma, and Human Resilience: Have We Underestimated the Human Capacity to Thrive After Extremely Aversive Events?". American Psychologist. 59 (1): 20–28. doi:10.1037/0003-066x.59.1.20. ISSN 1935-990X. PMID 14736317. S2CID 6296189.
I am undergoing psychotherapy, can I also be coached at the same time?
Coaching can constitute a complementary addition to a running therapy because a lot of therapies focus on past events and happenings. Coaching concentrates on future possibilities of change and thus can be an additional option during a running therapy provided that the desire of change is not directly linked to the medical condition.
What happens during a consulting session?
Consulting means exchange of experience and proactively receiving advice from the consultant. Thus, consulting sessions stand in contrast to the coaching sessions in which the coach demonstrates restraints and works with established coaching tools and follows a renowned procedure while asking the right questions. Within the consulting sessions the right questions will be asked to increase the mutual understanding and get an optimal overview of the situation. Additionally, experiences for topics such as mutual understanding in the team, employee development and motivation, optimizing team performance while considering and involving the individual employee skills are shared and discussed with the client. The strategies and approaches will be proactively developed as a team (client and coach), discussed and collaboratively rated.
What is Hatha Yoga?
Hatha Yoga originated around the 11th–13th century in India, with texts like the “Hatha Yoga Pradipika” systematizing its practices. Unlike Vinyasa Yoga, which links movement fluidly with breath, Hatha Yoga focuses on slower, static postures and controlled breathing techniques. It is generally less dynamically demanding than Vinyasa but can still be physically challenging depending on the sequence and duration of the poses.
What is Vinyasa Yoga?
Vinyasa Yoga emerged in the 20th century, drawing from traditional Hatha foundations but focuses on continuous, breath-synchronized movement. In contrast to Hatha Yoga’s slower, static approach, Vinyasa links postures in flowing sequences that create a more dynamic and cardiovascular practice. It is typically more physically demanding than Hatha Yoga due to its pace, transitions, and sustained movement.
What is Yin Yoga?
Yin Yoga was developed in the 20th century by Paul Grilley and constitutes a slow-paced form of Yoga practice. The soothing Yin Yoga classes are centered around stillness and inner exploration during long holds (2-7 minutes) of the body postures (asanas). It furthermore facilitates the re-connection with the own body, increasing body awareness & sensation, while practicing mindfulness. Through the deep stretchings of the muscles and connective tissues, tensions and emotions can be released.
What is Sound Bathing?
Tibetan sound healing, also known in the Western world as “Sound Bathing”, uses singing bowls whose vibrational frequencies resonate through the body, promoting deep physical relaxation and releasing muscular and energetic tension. The rhythmic, harmonic tones help calm the nervous system and support a shift into alpha brain waves, a state associated with reduced stress, improved mental clarity, and deepened inner awareness. This practice offers a gentle yet effective method for balancing body and mind, enhancing overall well-being through sound-induced meditation.
Why do you offer Coaching in combination with Yoga practices?
Personally I have experienced the benefits of Yoga practices which supported me during profound personal happenings and events. With the help of different Yoga practices the body awareness & sensation is increased, mindfulness is practiced, the muscles are lengthened and strengthened and at the same time the joint mobility is increased. To increase the awareness and body sensation significantly increases the self-perception and can support the client optimally during the change process and beyond. Furthermore, it constitutes a valuable option to develop a healthy and sustainable routine which helps to relax the body and mind and can easily be applied and relied on at any time. The calmness of the mind and thought processes after Yoga practice helps to make conscious, sustainable and thoughtful decisions.
Why do you offer online instead of in person Yoga classes?
Based on my experience over the past years teaching both online and in person yoga classes, I can confidently say that the emotional connection, effectiveness, and overall intensity of personalized sessions remain fully intact in an online setting. Clients consistently report that their individual needs are well addressed, while also highlighting the added benefits of flexibility in time and location, allowing them to maintain their yoga practice even while traveling for vacation or business. Depending on proximity and preference, it is of course always possible to book an in person yoga session as well.
What is self-efficacy?
Self-efficacy is described as an individual's belief in one´s capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments (Bandura (1)-(3)). Self-efficacy reflects confidence in the ability to perform control over one's own behavior, motivation, and social environment.
References: (1) Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84(2), 191-215. (2) Bandura, A. (1986). Social foundations of thought and action: A social cognitive theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. (3) Bandura, A. (1997). Self-Efficacy: The exercise of control. New York, NY: W. H. Freeman.