Get out of functioning mode – into your courageous, authentic self.
Learn to trust your own voice for a life that feels like your own—full of clarity, self-confidence, and genuine connection to yourself.
Hi, I’m Melanie, Empowerment Coach and your personal cheerleader 🤟🏼
Find out more about me on LinkedIn – and in compact form in this article:
“Making everyone happy” is your key theme? Then you’re not alone – I tried the same…
For a long time, I was an expert on what other people want. If there had been a title for it, I would have successfully completed the “Master of being Everybody’s Darling” back then. The main module: constantly paying attention to the opinions and needs of everyone and everything – except me. And the result? I led a life that was more suited to Grandma Hildegard next door than to me ❌
Then came yoga, meditation, my yoga teacher training and a degree in psychology. And finally the courage and inner strength to do MY thing, to stand up for myself and to say “no” sometimes. And I would now like to pass this superpower on to you 🤟🏼
As a psychologist by training, I will accompany you on your path to your authentic self. My approach integrates psychological methods with yoga philosophy to facilitate holistic change – away from self-doubt and self-determination towards self-confidence and your courageous, authentic life.
We work intensively on 4 core areas that form the foundation for your courageous self. Using a combination of psychological techniques and yoga philosophy, we work on teasing out your inner rebel, strengthening you and boosting your self-confidence – so that you can boldly go out with what YOU feel from your heart 💛
Would you like some inspiration on a specific topic? Individual coaching sessions are available for this purpose👇
Bring your topic, your blocking belief, or your current challenge—in a 50-minute session, we’ll start working on it together! To make sure we’re a good fit and to determine which type of session is the right for you, we’ll start with a 20-minute 0€ introductory call. During this call, you can ask any questions you have, and together we’ll figure out the next step. Click here for the calendar tool (if it is not displayed directly below).
I can offer support in the following areas: giftedness, neurodiversity (such as ADHD and high-functioning autism), personal development for self-employed people, attachment and relationship issues, building self-confidence and self-acceptance, and stress.
Would you like to book coaching as a business owner or self-employed individual? If so, please send an email to me************@********il.com. The session price applies to private clients. (For business owners, this price is plus VAT.)
I look forward to seeing you! 😊
Rent your Cheerleader!
Your personal motivator and partner in navigating the day-to-day realities of self-employment and life – 3 months starting at €2,500
(For business owners: plus VAT)
Being self-employed can be tough on your own. Especially when old beliefs creep back in and that inner voice of doubt is constantly chiming in… Let’s work together to find your path to greater self-confidence and inner peace, and restore that sense of inner lightness to your busy mind!
What to expect from my one-on-one session
With me, you’ll get the full power of psychology, giftedness, and nervous system work—plus a healthy dose of “cheering you on and giving you all the encouragement possible!”. With this support, you’re not just getting me as a psychologist—and all my knowledge and tools—but also your very own personal cheerleader, who’ll guide you through the sometimes very slow-moving and challenging daily life of a self-employed person. Daily encouragement and support included… All of this is designed to help you experience noticeable changes quickly. We can discuss more specific details—such as the number of sessions, what else is included, how the process works, and any other questions you may have—during a free call.
1:1 coaching programme
As empoerment coach, M.Sc. Psychology and trained yoga teacher, I will accompany you in 1:1 coaching on your path to your authentic self – so that you can finally do your thing again. Stop all pleasing: Be courageously yourself 😎
It’s all there for you:
Up to 6 months 1:1 support
8 personal 1:1 sessions of 60 minutes each included. This gives us the opportunity to cater to your individual needs and goals.
Practical exercises from psychology
With meditation sessions, visualisations and impulses from yoga philosophy that are individually tailored to the topics in the programme, as well as everyday impulses that help you to courageously walk your path every day.
Permanent access to your individually developed results
Your individual topics, quiz results and your self-care plan at the end of the programme.
Support during the 6 months
You are not alone! I’m there for you and your questions from Monday to Friday from 9am to 4pm. You will also receive regular feedback from me.
Your personalised path to your true self
It can look like this:
Session 1: Your personalised introduction
Get to know your inner superhero for the first time. What awaits us on our journey together?
Session 2-3: You are worth it
Develop self-compassion: You learn to take yourself more seriously.
Foundation for change: You realise that self-care is not selfishness.
Stability: You feel more confident to take the first steps towards change.
Session 4: Get to know yourself (new)
Clarity gained: You can see which old patterns keep holding you back.
Insight: You understand how your beliefs influence your behaviour.
Awareness: You know where you need to start in order to really change something.
Session 5-6: Letting go of old patterns and standing by yourself
Relief: You recognise connections
Inner peace: You feel less pressure to always please everyone.
Growth: You develop new, positive ways of thinking that strengthen you.
Act more consciously: You step out of old patterns and look at reactions from a new perspective.
Sessions 7 and 8: Saying no and setting boundaries
Self-confidence: You can set authentic boundaries and communicate your needs clearly and are given a plan on how to implement your newly acquired skills in everyday life
Session 9: Do your thing
You are prepared to continue on your path without fear of conflict and remain true to yourself.
Your personalised path to your true self
It can look like this:
Session 1: Your personalised introduction
Session 2-3: You are worth it
Foundation for change: You realise that self-care is not selfishness.
Stability: You feel more confident to take the first steps towards change.
Session 4: Get to know yourself (new)
Insight: You understand how your beliefs influence your behaviour.
Awareness: You know where you need to start in order to really change something.
Session 5-6: Letting go of old patterns and standing by yourself
Inner peace: You feel less pressure to always please everyone.
Growth: You develop new, positive ways of thinking that strengthen you.
Act more consciously: You step out of old patterns and look at reactions from a new perspective.
Sessions 7 and 8: Saying no and setting boundaries
Session 9: Go your own way
What people say about working with me…
Working with Melanie has really helped me bring more clarity and structure back into my challenging daily work routine. With Melanie’s support, I’ve learned strategies for setting better priorities and not getting constantly bogged down in a thousand to-dos. With her guidance, I’ve started planning my days more realistically and focusing on the two essential things that really matter each day. This has greatly improved my time management and helped me work with greater focus while feeling more relaxed at the same time. Her approach to coaching was also particularly valuable to me: she wasn’t just strategic and clear, but also an incredibly motivating cheerleader. Melanie noticed and celebrated even the smallest steps of progress. That helped me take action, stay the course, and regain confidence in my own work rhythm. With her, I felt truly understood and supported, while at the same time receiving honest advice. I can wholeheartedly recommend Melanie’s services!
Together with Melanie, I was able to change my perspective during the last five coaching sessions. She helped me to see myself from a positive perspective again and to become aware of my strengths and abilities. At the beginning of the coaching sessions, my thought patterns were characterized by insecurity and thoughts such as “Am I good enough?” and “Can I really do this?”.
I was not only insecure on the outside, but above all on the inside. With her empathetic and cheerful manner, Melanie made me feel immediately comfortable in the coaching sessions with her. Together, we questioned, uncovered, and dissolved old beliefs. I was able to conclude my last coaching session with the sentence, “I am at home within myself.”
She helped me to regain inner stability, to trust myself, and to reflect that self-confidence outwardly. I wholeheartedly recommend working with her.
In autumn 2024 I came across some of Melanie’s posts & was immediately impressed by her warm manner. Sometimes all it takes is an honest laugh. After taking part in a webinar, I decided to embark on a journey with Melanie and take the plunge. She accompanied me with a lot of compassion & dedication. I learnt to better understand my needs, my emotions and ultimately myself. It’s not so bad if you don’t know how to do that. You can learn it. And it’s even really fun. Because there comes a point when the first successes become visible and you could burst with joy. Melanie authentically lives what she teaches. The communication outside of our sessions has also strengthened me & helped me to build trust. Her radiance & courage inspire me. I am grateful that Melanie shares her experiences and talents with us & gives us the opportunity to discover our superpower.
Melanie has helped me to be more aware of my boundaries and to consciously say ‘no’ when I need to. Thanks to her, I now listen more clearly to my thoughts and move forward courageously instead of slowing myself down.
As a perfectionist, it was liberating to talk to Melanie about the constant pressure to judge myself. Now I say more often: I am proud of what I am and what I have achieved. Melanie has shown me that the answers are already within me and that I can trust my inner voice more.
Her inspiration has also made me really want to do my morning journaling again. It helps me to organise my thoughts. I now also have little notes on my computer that remind me how valuable I am – as a mum, a person and a writer. Thank you, Melanie, for encouraging me to go my own way with confidence! 🙂
Although I have already dealt extensively with the topic of setting boundaries as a coach, Melanie’s course “Authentically You” gave me new and valuable insights.
Especially for highly sensitive and empathetic people—like many of my clients—it is so important to say no lovingly and take your own needs seriously.
With her warm, clear manner, Melanie created a space where genuine trust could develop. The combination of three live group coaching sessions, a personal one-on-one session, and the supporting materials and videos was perfectly balanced and inspiring.
I am very happy that I was able to gain so much, not only for myself but also for my work as a coach. Thank you so much, Melanie!
Your way of working and speaking picked me up immediately. There was this immediate feeling: this is the right place for me.
Before we started working together, I kept having thoughts and feelings that conflicted with each other. My mind said one thing, my intuition another. Now both are sitting at the same table.
Wishes and goals that had been hidden for a long time also came up and I realised one of them straight away. I’m already looking forward to the month of sun, wind and sea!
What helped me in particular? Your way of asking questions, your instinct for what to ask and how to ask it, really hit the spot for me.
I was very fortunate to have Melanie as a colleague for 18 months—and she enriched our team in a truly wonderful way. […]
Melanie has a keen sense for people and processes. Especially when preparing and leading a workshop, she demonstrated how she combines strategic thinking, clear communication, and genuine enthusiasm. This was not only inspiring but also noticeably helped us grow as a team. Working as a coach is simply the perfect fit for her. She brings passion, clarity, and a genuine interest in people—along with the ability to inspire them to take action. I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to work with her and look forward to seeing where her journey takes her.I am very grateful to have met Melanie! She does such important work in helping women to move away from ‘people pleasing’ and stand up for their needs and boundaries. The personal conversation with her reflected exactly what I was immediately inspired by in her contributions here: an incredible amount of empathy, paired with a twinkle in her eye and a huge portion of joy and positive energy that is immediately infectious. I can also highly recommend her People Pleasing Quiz!
I’ve already had several calls with Melanie and can recommend her to anyone who simply wants to get more clarity about themselves and their own needs. The vibe was just right, so everything was very familiar, humorous and super pleasant! Absolute recommendation, but see for yourself and just book a call with her 😊
Thank you for the “upcycling your narrative” workshop. I could learn something (about myself) and as a serial activity organiser myself I felt secure at all times through the professional way you lead through it. So I hope you organise even more amazing activities in the future. And do you know what is even more incredible? You delivered all the content while still giving off a warm, caring vibe! Thank you and all the best to you!
Your Workshops were amazing, I really really appreciated them. Thank you for being vulnerable there. I briefly said thanks earlier, but I really really want to thank you again for the activity. I feel like I’ve just taken a giant step towards being nicer to my teenage self and to my present self.
Thank you very much, I feel your workshop has helped me a lot. I’m not just saying words, last camp days were much better since I’ve had more “I am enough vibes”
What people say about working with me…
[…] With Melanie’s support, I’ve learned strategies for setting better priorities and not getting constantly bogged down in a thousand to-dos. With her guidance, I’ve started planning my days more realistically and focusing on the two essential things that really matter each day. This has greatly improved my time management and helped me work with greater focus while feeling more relaxed at the same time. […] She wasn’t just strategic and clear, but also an incredibly motivating cheerleader. Melanie noticed and celebrated even the smallest steps of progress. That helped me take action, stay the course, and regain confidence in my own work rhythm. With her, I felt truly understood and supported, while at the same time receiving honest advice. I can wholeheartedly recommend Melanie’s services!
[…] She accompanied me with a lot of compassion & dedication. I have learnt to understand my needs, my emotions and ultimately myself better. It’s not so bad if you don’t know how to do that. You can learn it. And it’s even really fun. Because at some point there comes a point where the first successes become visible & you could burst with joy. […] The communication outside of our sessions has also strengthened me & helped me build confidence. Her radiance & courage inspire me. I am grateful that Melanie shares her experiences and talents with us & gives us the opportunity to discover our superpower.
[…] She helped me to see myself from a positive perspective again and to become aware of my strengths and abilities. At the beginning of the coaching sessions, my thought patterns were dominated by uncertainty and thoughts such as “Am I good enough?” and “Can I really do this?”.
[…] Together, we questioned, uncovered, and dissolved old beliefs. I was able to conclude my last coaching session with the sentence, “I am at home within myself.”
She helped me regain inner stability, trust myself, and reflect that self-confidence outwardly. I wholeheartedly recommend working with her.Your way of working and speaking picked me up immediately. There was this immediate feeling: this is the right place for me.
Before we started working together, I kept having thoughts and feelings that conflicted with each other. My mind said one thing, my intuition another. Now both are sitting at the same table.
Wishes and goals that had been hidden for a long time also came up and I realised one of them straight away. I’m already looking forward to the month of sun, wind and sea!
What helped me in particular? Your way of asking questions, your instinct for what to ask and how to ask it, really hit the spot for me.Melanie has helped me to be more aware of my boundaries and to consciously say ‘no’ when I need to. […] Now I say more often: I am proud of who I am and what I have achieved. Melanie has shown me that the answers are already inside me and that I can trust my inner voice more.
[…] Thank you, Melanie, for encouraging me to walk my path with self-confidence! 🙂Although I have already dealt extensively with the topic of setting boundaries as a coach, Melanie’s course “Authentically You” gave me new and valuable insights.
[…] With her warm and clear manner, Melanie created a space where genuine trust could develop. […]
I am very happy that I was able to gain so much, not only for myself but also for my work as a coach. Thank you very much, Melanie!I am very grateful to have met Melanie! She does such important work in helping women move away from ‘people pleasing’ and stand up for their needs and boundaries. […] An incredible amount of empathy, coupled with a twinkle in her eye and a huge dose of joy and positive energy that is immediately infectious. […]
I’ve already had several calls with Melanie and can recommend her to anyone who simply wants to get more clarity about themselves and their own needs. […] An absolute recommendation, but see for yourself and simply book a call with her 😊
Thank you for the “upcycling your narrative” workshop. I could learn something (about myself) […] You delivered all the content while still giving off a warm, caring vibe! Thank you and all the best to you!
Your Workshops were amazing, I really really appreciated them. Thank you for being vulnerable there. […] I feel like I’ve just taken a giant step towards being nicer to my teenage self and to my present self.
Thank you very much, I feel your workshop has helped me a lot. I’m not just saying words, last camp days were much better since I’ve had more “I am enough vibes”
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