From corporate to creating Life
on my own terms
Everything in my Life pointed towards a successful career in an international organization - First Class Degree in International Relations & English Literature from the University of Aberdeen (Scotland) and Trinity College Dublin, hosting 3 TEDx-talks, being involved in start-ups in Berlin and Munich, interviewing female founders as well as women in leadership positions in the big four, and co-authoring a book on Women & Leadership for a German consulting firm. Awards as singer-songwriter, performing in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, or hosting my own radio show in co-operation with the official SDG-Campaign - I excelled academically and in all extracurricular activities, securing my own ladder for my corporate career.
All changed at only 22. Burnout, affecting my health so severely that surgery was the consequence. I remember waking up after, staring outside the hospital window seeing the sunlight reflect in the high glass buildings. "I won't ever allow a day to pass without a glimpse of joy. I won't ever forget to watch a sunset."
I was angry. If I had played by the rules and followed the pre-determined path of success, why was I not happy? Why had I even become sick from it in the first place? I decided, from that day on I would create my own version of success. I just had to find out what it meant.
I packed my life into two suitcases, left Germany, and moved to Mexico. Today, I am 7x author and business owner with 11 online-courses that I built around each challenge I had to face, work through, and overcome. These courses are my toolbox made available for everyone to create their own definition of success. I also opened a mastermind to support (aspiring) entrepreneurs on their journey to create their best careers.
My home, born as German-Argentinian, is now in Mexico and more and more in the US. I dream of sharing tools that remind people of their dreams, of who they really are, and I'd love to encourage them to prioritize and follow their joy. Success isn't that one predefined way, but a journey we go on to find out who we truly are, what we truly want, and how we meet ourselves to live a purposeful, meaningful and intentional Life.
Share your Inner Colors -
the story of how these came to Life
It happened while preparing the live transmission of a concert - the world was on hold, it was late 2020, and everyone was wondering when this chaos would make some sense. Suddenly, I could hear the idea so clearly:
Every human being steps onto this planet with a unique set of Inner Colors. Your homework is to share them on the canvas called Life. Painting your own definition of success.
I loved it! But it wasn't until more than a year later, when I was asked if I had some journal prompts on finding out who you truly are, that something bigger started to grow. I set up an email with prompts and noticed ... there is so much to say. So, I kept writing and writing, until my second book The Healing Journals - A path to creating a soulful Life was born. Upon publishing, I received requests to offer workshops and coaching on the book.
I set up the first live program which sold immediately and that encouraged me to officially launch what we now know as the Journaling World of The Journal of a Healer.
Keep creating! ✨
