I’ll keep it simple and random with these snippets. For lovers of facts and figures, scroll all the way down.
I’m originally from Switzerland, the small country of chocolate and cheese … mmh, chocolate … I only moved to Scotland in 2022, so bear with me and my imperfect English (do you hear the perfectionist speaking? ;) ). If you feel like contacting me in German, French or Italian, freue ich mich! à bientôt! Non vedo l'ora!
... speaking of imperfect, yes, I'm guilty of being a perfectionist. If you can relate to that, I'm happy to share these 5 incredible tools that help me deal with it and celebrate the joy of good enough.
I LOVE superheroes (it's hard to miss, right?) and believe that we can learn a lot from their mindset (“fear and self-doubt won’t hold me back”). When I was a kid, we used to play The Bionic Woman. Yes, back in the 80ies, we were out and about and came up with our own ideas – happy days. The Bionic Woman is a 70ies TV show about Jamie, a professional tennis player, who gets cybernetic implants which make her super fast and strong. TV productions were not as fancy yet and when she used her superpowers, an iconic sci-fi sound was played. We tried to imitate it while pretending to be her and to run with high speed over the playground, hilarious … you now wish this was a video, right?
My first book was called The green sapphire and I wrote it on my granddad’s Hermes Baby. It was some adventure story about an archaeologist chasing an ancient treasure … ingenious, right? Ok, I admit it, I didn’t get past chapter 4 and it definitively lacked uniqueness. But I kept writing, published 5 books in German so far, and I’m currently working on number 6 – stay tuned, it’s gonna be in English!
Unfortunately, I don't have any siblings. As a wee girl, every Christmas, when I wrote my wish list for Santa, I asked for a little brother and a big sister. What shall I say, I remained an only child. Santa, you lost a believer …
The 3 C’s: Things that make me feel comforted, cosy and comfortable in my body:
As an introvert who knows self-doubt since my teenage years and who tried to fit in all my life, I know how hard it can be to navigate life and success while staying true to yourself. A square peg doesn't fit into a round hole without having to cut off its edges. Therefore, I also know that there is another way without changing who you are!
Lovely, I FEEL YOU and your pain of being torn between craving solitude and wanting to be seen. It can be a constant battle but it doesn't have to be.
Through my coaching, I help ambitious introverts break barriers, build confidence, and show up authentically.