About me
Hello fellow human,
I am so glad you found your way here.
I am Kathleen - Entrepreneur, Communication Expert, Professional Recruiter and Life & Business Coach by heart.
Together with my six year old daughter and my husband, I live in Munich, Germany.
I work with clients from all over the world, and offer my services in German and English.
I am on a mission to create compassion and community in the world, and strongly believe that communication is key for individual, community and organisational happiness and success.
Interested what I could do for you? Let’s have a compassionate conversation and start from there.
Warmly,
Kathleen
My professional background
I have +15 years leadership experience in internal and external communication – mainly with start-ups and enterprises in the profit and non-profit sector. I always loved the very special atmosphere when a small group of enthusiastic people comes together to work towards a common goal. Though keeping up the team spirit while working effectively towards your ambitious goals is a huge challenge. I have learned that implementing open and compassionate communication at an early stage, can be a game changer for ongoing success.
Today I am a trained Co-Active Coach and Community Mediator, and Professional Recruiter. I have over 250 hours of professional training and more than 200 hours of coaching experience under my belt. I partner with individuals as well as teams and groups to compassionately create their lives, teams, businesses, communities and organisations. Beside my own business I work as Professional Recruiter at a local non-profit organisation that supports people with disabilities and aims to create an inclusive world.
In the early months of 2020, I co-founded the coaching collective Expand Your Mindset as a way to bring coaching services to communities suffering from the negative social and economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Today “Expand Your Mindset” aims to empower and uplift individuals and groups through unique experiential workshops and coaching experiences.
I do work with clients in German and English, mainly virtually but I love working in person too.
My private life
I have been through many transitions in my life. As a child I transitioned from living in socialism to living in capitalism. As an adult I transitioned from working in the profit sector - to the non-profit sector - to having my own business. I lived in three different countries. I struggled a lot with becoming a mum in 2017, and moving back to Germany after 6 years in the US in 2021. I learned to cherish these passages of life as opportunity to re-inventing myself and creating a fulfilling life.
In my free time I enjoy RV-traveling, yoga, dancing, hiking, snow sports as well as crafting and painting with my daughter.
For what I stand
As Co-Active Coach and human being I stand for compassion versus ego, perspectives versus ideology, agreements versus expectations, embodiment versus overthinking, as well as joy and adventure in every day life.
My credentials
Co-Active Coach, Co-Active® Training Institute (in certification to become a CPCC, Certified Professional Co-Active Coach
Neemo Coach, Neemo™ Method Coach Training, Palo Alto, CA / USA
Designing Training Programs, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA / USA
Intercultural Communication, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA / USA
Community Mediator, Project Sentinel, Santa Clara, CA / USA
Life & Business Coach, Input e.V. München, Germany
Diplom-Kauffrau (4 year graduation in Business Development), University of Applied Science Zittau/Görlitz, Germany