How should I ever decide?

I wanted to become an architect and make ALL cities in the world more beautiful, more social and closer to nature for people. Being a naturopath was a dream. I wanted to help others to heal themselves. Or maybe I should become a psychologist and find the core of the human being?
 
As a geologist, the adventurer in me drew me to the most remote places – I wanted to understand the world. Teaching and supervising students were my lifeblood in my academic career from the very beginning. At the same time, I longed for the tranquillity of nature, for peace and quiet. And I wanted to work with people. Isn’t that a contradiction? I thought, until I recognized it as my special strength.

Had I arrived? Had I found my calling? Something inside me said ‘almost’. 

From geologist to coach as a sensitive researcher

What are we actually looking for? Really? And how do we measure success?
 
As a coach, I feel what success really means to me. It wasn’t the permanent position that finally gave me security after many years of fixed-term contracts. Nor was it a promotion because the collective wage agreement said so.
 
It was the expression of all facets of my personality. Being an entrepreneur. To be even closer to people. To work one-to-one on self-healing and on my own path.
 
I recognize early on when change is imminent and know from experience that sometimes all it takes is a little enCOURAGEment to prepare and walk the new path step by step. The body also sends signals at some point – quietly at first, then louder and louder.

Dreams and doubts

So I had decided to realize a long-cherished dream.

I invested in training and set up my own business. It sounds so simple – one sentence, that’s how it was. Between the letters of this sentence, my path to self-employment was accompanied by doubts and fears. 

As the sole breadwinner at the time, should I really give up some of my security? 
Hadn’t I worked hard to get to exactly where I was in my academic career?

The answer is a heartfelt YES! 
Yes, I was willing to pay the price for my dream.
Yes, I have worked hard as a geologist and I know what I can do.
What do you dream of? And what are you prepared to give for it?

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Roadmap

As a geologist, I quickly find the essentials in complex systems. I discover details that others miss and uncover blind spots. I see the world from many perspectives. I have a strong sense of direction and even when thick fog rolls in in the mountains, I stay calm and focused and find my way again. 
And you get all of this in my coaching sessions.

I listen.
I listen deeply.
I search for solutions with you in a sensitive way.
And I know from experience that the solution is hidden along the way and I am confident that we will find it.

More about me:

My travels and qualifications
  • Three years work, volunteer and travel after school to the other end of the world (nursing assistant, shepherdess, waitress, factory worker, cleaner, gardener, saleswoman, harvest helper, backpacker). 
  • Then study of geology in Göttingen, Massachusetts and Neuseeland.
  • I was always drawn back to nature (hiking, exploring, being) and to silence (Meditation, Qigong and Tai Chi).
  • Various contracts at universities as geologist in teaching and research.
  • n between, there were always periods of unemployment and orientation, private crises and questioning my path.
  • Systemic coaching training at the Institut für Angewandte Psychologie in Cologne.
  • Training as resilience trainer and resilience coach at the Resilienz Akademie in Göttingen.
  • Further training in spiritual resilience with Christina Comnick, Resilienz Akademie.
  • Member of the High Sensitivity Network (in German only).
Bookmarks in a hundred books

Do you know scanner personalities? These multi-talented, multi-interested people with their thousands of wishes and ideas, the bookmarks in a hundred books they have started, all the projects they have begun, who constantly doubt their own ability to make decisions … and who feel that there is so much more to them than they can currently fit into their lives.

That’s me.

And of course there is not just one type of scanner personality. Incidentally, the term was coined by Barbara Sher and in her book ‘Refuse to choose – What do I do when I want to do everything?’ she describes the versatility of scanners.

“There is no such thing as a person who is fixed to a single profession.“

Thomas Bergner in Burnout-Prävention.