THE BEFORE: the store manager lifestyle

As I finished university and started a “real life”, life’s demands started taking over. And as I grew older, I became a perfectionist and people pleaser, constantly striving to fit in and get validation from others, a pattern rooted in being bullied during my school years. As life got busier, I slowly drifted away from music (except from Christmas with family!) and dance, losing touch with the deep fulfillment they brought me. Without realizing it, I also lost a part of myself.

After going through a 2-year leadership program at Apple, I was a Store Manager by 2013, which was exciting, and I loved it, but it left me feeling stuck in a hamster wheel of stress, exhaustion, and self-doubt. All I did was work, eat, sleep, and repeat. When I wasn't at work, my brain still was. I regularly cancelled on my most important people, because I was exhausted. I prioritized work, success, and emails over my wellbeing and my peace. I always felt that I was never good enough. I didn't know how to manage stress, and had no energy to be creative, go to a dance class, or focus on self-care. I knew I didn’t just want success in my career while watching the years fly by, feeling like I wasn’t making a difference. I wanted a life that felt peaceful, meaningful, and connected.

THE TURNING POINT: choosing to live a slower, more aligned life

It wasn’t easy to leave my corporate job, but I followed my heart's desire for a slower, more conscious life and quit my manager job in 2015. Through emotional healing and self-discovery, I released the perfectionism and people-pleasing tendencies that had held me back for decades and dove deeply into a holistic approach to health and wellbeing. I studied at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition to become a certified Health Coach (2017). Through my coaching programs, I now lead high achievers to a life they love, where they’re no longer at war with themselves, and can be their own best friend.

THE MOVEMENT: USING ECSTATIC DANCE TO RELEASE OVERWHELM

Growing up with professional musicians as parents, music has shaped my identity and ignited my passion for creativity and self-expression. At 10, I began playing the flute, and by 14, I had formed a dance crew with three friends, organizing performances, which we were so proud of. After putting music and dance on the back burner for my career, I discovered Ecstatic Dance in Bali in 2021, and it reignited something in me. Moving freely to music allowed me to release even moreself-doubt, overwhelm, and perfectionism from my energetic body. In 2024, I founded Ecstatic Dance Winterthur to create a physical space for people to come back to themselves.

THIS IS WHY I DO WHAT I DO

Since 2015, I have successfully coached hundreds of women in creating better work-life balance, finding joy, and living authentically. If you’re ready to step out of the hustle lifestyle, trust your intuition more than what’s logical, and experience a new level of freedom, let me take you there. Coaching is available in English, German, and Spanish.