Career coaching for women – professional clarity & inner strength
My ambition? To support women in gaining professional clarity – and to become visible with inner strength and inner stability.
Not louder, but clearer. Not conformist, but genuine.
I, too, had to learn to stay true to myself – even when it became uncomfortable.
I know what it feels like to appear stable on the outside while drifting further and further away from myself on the inside. My own path to professional fulfilment was not a sprint, but a journey with detours, internal debates and a rather loud inner critic.
Step 1 – Recognise when something is no longer right.
During my time at PwC, EY and KPMG, I took on a lot of responsibility, kept my cool in complex situations and prepared decisions. I was often the only woman in the room – and for a long time also a single parent. In an environment where performance is a given and there is no room for weakness.
On the outside, everything seemed stable. On the inside, things became more and more constricted over time. I often sat at my laptop in the evenings and felt: I’m functioning – but I’ve lost a part of myself.
I realised that I was making decisions that were logically correct but felt less and less right to me internally. This quiet unease was the beginning of my journey back to myself.
Step 2 – Understanding what drives me internally
In search of answers, I began my coaching training – initially for myself. There, I realised how strongly old loyalties, expectations and inner drivers shape our actions.
I recognised how much I had been shaped by the desire to be treated as an equal. Not as ‘the woman’. Not as ‘the mother’. But as a competent professional. And how often I had adapted, held back or overwhelmed myself in order to achieve this.
Suddenly, clarity no longer meant knowing everything, but listening to myself and taking my signals seriously.
Step 3 – Making decisions based on inner consent
This inner clarity began to change the decisions I made. The step into self-employment was not a spontaneous test of courage, but the logical consequence of this process.
Today, I provide career coaching to women who are competent, experienced and inwardly tired of functioning. Many of them work in male-dominated environments or bear a lot of responsibility – both professionally and privately. One of my clients once said: ‘I know I can do a lot – but I don’t feel it anymore.’
I help women reconnect with themselves, understand their patterns and make clear, coherent decisions about their career path, such as reorientation, changing jobs or clear positioning – without having to compromise themselves again.
I’m with you every step of the way.
Because I have walked this path myself – from functioning to inner clarity to coherent decisions – I can now guide you through these very steps. I will support you in gaining clarity about where you stand professionally, why your situation feels the way it does, and what the next steps are for you.
You don’t have to reinvent yourself or become tougher, but rather learn to listen to yourself again, understand your patterns, and make decisions based on inner consent. This leads to greater inner stability, clearer boundaries, and a crystal-clear impact that feels calm and natural – without having to bend yourself out of shape.
I am Barbara, a systemic coach, trainer and mentor for women who are seeking clarity in their careers and no longer want to compromise themselves.
I am a mum to a wonderful daughter, an exiled Berliner with roots in Schöneberg and now living in Zurich.
I accompany women who are successful in their careers, bear responsibility and at some point feel that things cannot continue as they are – but what then?
Women who have often conformed and been strong for others, and who now want to listen to themselves. Women who want to reconnect with what they can, want and are allowed to do. Without bending themselves.
My path began in the traditional way – with numbers, balance sheets and the idea of becoming an auditor. Soon I was sitting in meetings with C-level executives, preparing decisions and keeping processes together. To the outside world, everything seemed to be going well. Inside, however, a quiet feeling grew that something was missing.
Through proposal management I learned to bring clarity to complex situations, make connections visible and prepare decisions. Not through volume, but with structure, overview and attitude.
And at some point, it became clear: I don’t just want to sort out processes. I want to help people see themselves more clearly.
So I became a trainer. A coach. A mentor. And I trained in systemic approaches so that I could provide women with sound support during career transitions.
What I have learned over the years:
That competence alone is not enough. That women often have to work twice as hard to be taken seriously. That mothers are quickly seen as ‘less available’ – and single parents as a risk. And that many women learn to make themselves smaller in order to fit in.
But I have also learned that clarity, inner stability and clear boundaries change more than any perfection.
Today, I support women who are tired of functioning and want to reorient themselves professionally – in their own way: clearly, authentically, uncompromisingly.
I combine business experience, systemic coaching and communication expertise. The result: more clarity, more inner stability and the good feeling of no longer having to adapt in order to be successful.
If you feel that there is more to you than meets the eye – but the path is still unclear:
Together, we’ll make it clearer and more visible.