Who I am and how I work

If you’ve found your way here, it’s likely because you care deeply about living and working in a way that aligns with your values. You might be feeling the pressure of today’s fast-paced world, where the demands of life can pull you in different directions - leaving you seeking clarity, resilience, and a sense of purpose that feels authentic. Whether you identify as a leader or not, you’re probably someone who wants to create an impact, without losing sight of who you are or what truly matters.

My path to coaching

My journey to becoming a coach was born out of my own drive to live a values-aligned life. Early in my career, I worked in sustainability research and consulting - a field that, from the outside, seemed to align perfectly with my vision of making a difference. But the daily reality taught me something deeper: living according to your values is not always straightforward or comfortable. It’s not about finding a quick fix or a solution that looks good on paper. Instead, it requires constant, courageous recalibration. Through my own experience, I learned that creating a life aligned with your values means working within the limitations of the systems we exist in, while staying true to what matters most. This insight profoundly shaped how I approach coaching - it’s not about easy answers, but about helping you navigate complexity, make peace with your unique path, and show up authentically in your life and work.

What we can focus on together

In our coaching partnership, my role is to help you navigate both your inner and outer landscapes. Together, we can focus on:

Finding clarity and aligning your life with your values
Managing stress with self-compassion
Strengthening relationships and networks authentically
Making intentional, sustainable choices that honor your capacity
Building resilience and creating lasting impact in ways that feel true to you

My experience and approach

I've had the privilege of working with hundreds of clients - entrepreneurs, individual contributors, emerging leaders, and senior executives in non-profit and corporate roles. Some of those engagements lasted a few months. Others have continued, on and off, for years.

While I bring over a decade of experience in personal transformation, cross-cultural communication, and leadership development, no two journeys are the same. Each coaching partnership is unique, and I meet you wherever you are on your path. There's no ready-made program here - our work together is shaped around your specific needs, challenges, and vision, creating meaningful outcomes that are as unique as you are.

My professional training and certifications - such as the ICF PCC credential, Emergent Constellations, BetterUp Conscious Business Coaching, and the Cultural Orientations Framework (COF) - are tools to guide us, but the focus is always on creating a space where you feel heard, supported, and empowered to make meaningful change.

Beyond coaching

My personal life reflects the same values I bring to my work. I’ve co-founded a small-scale farm in South India, where I apply whole-system design principles to grow food sustainably. For me, creating thriving, resilient environments - whether in the soil, in teams, or in individuals - has always been at the heart of what I do.

If you’re ready to explore how we can work together, I invite you to schedule a free intro call. I look forward to meeting you soon!

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The values guiding my work

You are met with unconditional positive regard. There is nothing here you need to hide, fix, or perform your way around, and you have full choice how much of yourself you’re bringing to this process.
Dignity also means sovereignty: over your own pace, your own decisions, and your own information. Your digital sovereignty matters to me as much as the conversation itself. I consistently invest time, effort and learning into having systems in place for my practice that honor my values and ensure your personal information is kept safe. Session notes are kept under a code on my own encrypted computer and aren’t synced to a cloud. Nothing is recorded unless you ask for it. You choose the cadence of our work together, and our agreement has clear start and end dates, giving you predictability and certainty.
You don't exist in isolation, and neither do the patterns you're working with. You are shaped by your relationships, your culture, your family, and the systems you work inside. What feels like a personal failing is very often systemic.
I hold that awareness alongside you and point to it when it's useful. Sometimes the most freeing thing in a session is recognizing that what you've been carrying alone was never only yours.
In organizational work this takes a practical form: conversations happen with you in the room rather than about you. Sponsors hear themes and progress, never what you actually said.
Change happens through understanding, not instruction. We work from the complexities and truths of your actual life rather than from what sounds true or ought to work in principle because it has worked for other. I come into session, trusting that you know what is possible in your life once your nervous system is at ease. I’m here to accompany you, not to tell you what to do.
Your rhythm is yours. There's no predefined schedule you need to fit into. You decide how often we meet and how long each session runs, and you can change both as your life changes.
Some months you may want a steady rhythm, other times you may need to step away entirely. The agreement is built so that you can pause and come back, as needed.
This work isn't only about solving what's in front of you. There's room for the larger questions - what you're reaching toward, what you can't quite name yet, what you sense but haven't said out loud.
That kind of space needs a coach who is still growing too. I keep training for exactly this reason: emergent constellations, resonance work, trauma studies, ongoing supervision. Not to collect methods, but because this work asks for more than technique.
I organize my own life around the things we talk about: presence, purpose, impact. I co-founded a small farm in South India and work with whole-system design to contribute to a thriving, diverse ecosystem here. My work as a coach is a calling for me, and it’s a constant invitation for growth. I’m not done, and I don’t see myself as an authority. I'm working on the same questions you are, and it’s a great honor for me to accompany you as you grapple with your own answers to these questions.

And here’s the “official stuff” …

You can find all the dates, facts and figures about me and my work below.

Training & Experience

C E R T I F I C A T I O N S & T R A I N I N G S
Ongoing: Regular peer intervision, as well as mentoring and supervision by experienced mentor coaches
2026-2027 (in progress): Certification training in Resonant Healing with Sarah Peyton
2025-2026: Certification training in Emergent Constellations with Sarah Peyton

2025: PCC (ICF) credential renewal until 2028
2024-25: Traumatic Stress Studies Certificate with Trauma Research Foundation
2022: Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential by International Coach Federation (ICF)
2020: Certified Cultural Orientations Framework (COF) practitioner
2020: Certified BetterUp Conscious Business Coach
2018: Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential by International Coach Federation (ICF)
2016: Nonviolent Communication International Intensive Training, Bengaluru
2015-2016: Primary coach training to become a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) in “Coaching for Transformation”, Leadership That Works
Since 2015: Practitioner of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and NVC mediation
2014: Accredited mediator with the Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation, IIAM
E X P E R I E N C E
Since 2018: Self-study and practice of permaculture, living and working on a small-scale farm in South India
Since 2017: Co-founder of Parinama Inspired Living Pvt. Ltd. (India) offering trainings and courses on personal, cultural and environmental regeneration
2012-2025: Self-employed commercial and technical translator (German, English, Spanish) for energy applications
2012-2013: Deputy Director, Indo-German Energy Forum Support Office, New Delhi
2011: Intern at Energy Asia department, KfW Development Bank
2010: Final thesis on sustainable energy in cooperation with Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy
2008-2010: Student assistant at regional tourism development research center, Germany
2007-2008: Intern at incoming sustainable tourism agency, Guatemala
2006: Intern at outbound sustainable tourism agency for Costa Rica & Central America, Germany
2020: Certified Cultural Orientations Framework (COF) practitioner
2018: Indo-German Young Leader, Indo-German Young Leader Forum

2017-2021: Co-founder of Yoga Vana India. Co-organizer and co-facilitator of the yoga teacher training courses’ emotional intelligence module.
Since 2016: Self-employed cross-cultural coach
Since 2012: Self-employed cross-cultural consultant, trainer and translator (German, Spanish, English)
2012: Certified Yoga teacher, South India
Since 2011: Living and working in India
2007: Introduced to the practice of Yoga & meditation in South India, ongoing practice since then
2005-11: International Cultural Business Studies (focus: sustainable regional development, Latin American studies, cross-cultural communication and management, Spanish, English)
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• M.A. equivalent in International Cultural Business Studies (‘Diplom-Kulturwirtin’), University of Passau, Germany (focus: sustainable regional development, cross-cultural communication and management, Latin American studies, Spanish, English)
• Postgraduate scholarship “Understanding India” by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 2011-2012
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Final thesis in cooperation with Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy:
“Enhancing Energy Efficiency for a Sustainable Energy System in India – Success Factors and Challenges of Energy Performance Contracting in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises”

Professional Certifications

Professional Certified Coach (PCC) by ICF

What this means for you:
As your coach, I commit to the highest professional standards in this industry. My PCC credential by ICF demonstrates ongoing professional training, a minimum of 500 completed hours of paid coaching sessions (currently 1500+), continuous mentoring and supervision, and compliance with the profession’s ethical standards.
Emergent Constellations Facilitator certified by Sarah Peyton

What this means for you:

Some of what shapes us lives beneath words - in family patterns, inherited loyalties, and dynamics that quietly run in the background of our choices and relationships. As a certified Emergent Constellations practitioner trained by Sarah Peyton, I can bring this powerful systemic approach into our coaching work when it's useful. Rather than only talking about what's happening, we can make it visible - and from there, create real movement. This is particularly helpful when you sense something is stuck, repeating, or larger than you alone.
BetterUp Conscious Business Coach

What this means for you:
This comprehensive training covered the values-first Conscious Business philosophy designed for the BetterUp coach community in collaboration with renowned executive coach Fred Kofman. It supports me in coaching you on values-based leadership, a proactive mindset, and the ability to turn difficult conversations into mutually beneficial ones.
Cultural Orientations Framework (COF) Assessor certified by Prof. Philippe Rosinski

What this means for you:
As a certified Cultural Orientations Framework (COF) facilitator, I support you in understanding your own or your team’s cultural profile. The COF assessment, developed by Philippe Rosinski, goes hand in hand with an inclusive and dynamic vision of culture. This way, it enhances awareness of personal cultural preferences, and also opens opportunities for growth to become more comfortable and skilled with other expressions of cultural preferences.