ABOUT ME
Who I am and where I come from
My name is Judith. I’m originally from Berlin, Germany, and my life has taken me across different countries, cultures, and ways of living. I spent many years traveling and living abroad, including time in Spain, before living in Bali, Indonesia for 5 years. I’m now based in Portugal, where I continue to build both my work and my life.
Living abroad shaped me deeply. Each move meant starting again: building a new life, finding community, and orienting myself within a new cultural context. It required letting go of familiar roles and ways of being, and slowly finding new inner and outer footing.
Over time, this taught me what it means to begin again not only practically, but internally. From my own life, I know that change is rarely linear. It often comes with uncertainty and inner tension: moments when what once worked no longer fits, while what comes next is not yet clear.
Sensitivity, ambition, and responsibility
I’m highly sensitive (HSP) myself, and many of my clients are as well. For me, sensitivity has never meant fragility. It means depth, awareness, and a strong inner response to the world.
At the same time, I’ve always been ambitious and driven. I’m familiar with responsibility, performance, and the pressure that comes with holding things together both internally and externally. For a long time, these two aspects of me existed side by side without truly meeting each other.
This inner tension is something I recognize in many of my clients. They are thoughtful, intelligent, and used to managing life well, while privately living with constant inner pressure, emotional strain, or a growing sense of disconnection.
My work is grounded in learning how to hold sensitivity and ambition together without sacrificing either.
Inner challenges that shaped my work
Alongside external changes, my inner path was not without struggle. I experienced significant losses and lived for a long time with self-imposed pressure and very high expectations.
Even while functioning well outwardly, there were periods of emotional exhaustion, depression, and a deep sense of disconnection from myself. These experiences gave me a lived understanding of emotional pain, limiting inner patterns, and the inner cost of constantly holding everything together.
They were not easy chapters, but they fundamentally shaped how I work today, how I hold space, and how seriously I take the inner process of change.
My first career: structure, performance, and pressure
Before dedicating myself fully to this work, I spent 15 years working internationally as a freelancer in project and event management. I led large-scale public events as well as high-profile political and academic gatherings, carrying responsibility for complex processes, teams, budgets, and outcomes.
This work required structure, precision, emotional regulation, and the ability to function under pressure. It also showed me how easily self-connection and emotional truth can be pushed aside when performance becomes the priority.
I know what it means to be reliable, to deliver, and to carry responsibility, and how quietly inner clarity can fade along the way.
Leaving this path was not a gradual shift, but a conscious and life-changing decision. It meant stepping into uncertainty, questioning my identity, and rebuilding my work from the inside out.
What once was a performance-driven career gradually evolved into work guided by clarity, depth, and meaning.
My second career: psychology, embodiment, and inner work
I’ve always been interested in how people think, feel, and act. Over time, this curiosity became my profession.
Today, my work brings together psychological coaching and counseling, somatic work, mindfulness, and energy healing (Reiki). This is not about collecting methods. It is about supporting the whole person holistically, in a way that is clear, grounded, and human.
Living in Bali played an important role in shaping this approach. During this time, I studied and experienced Eastern healing methods firsthand. This learning was lived and embodied, not theoretical, and continues to inform my work today.
What characterises my work is the bridge between Western psychology, with its clarity, structure, and understanding of regulation, and Eastern approaches that cultivate awareness, presence, and embodied experience.
What makes my work different
I come from a structured, performance-driven professional background with years of international responsibility and real-world pressure. I understand what it means to function at a high level, carry responsibility, stay reliable, and to keep things running, even when it comes at a personal cost.
At the same time, I’ve a strong foundation in psychology and embodied inner work, with extensive training in psychological counseling, somatic work, and energy-based approaches.
I’ve worked with over 500 one-to-one clients from more than 40 different countries, cultures, religions, and backgrounds. This has given me a nuanced understanding of how social conditioning, cultural context, and early experiences shape inner patterns and life choices.
This allows me to work on multiple levels at once: with thoughts, emotions, nervous system responses, and deeper inner dynamics. My work remains grounded, clear, and practical. It’s never abstract and never overly spiritual.
I don’t work with fixed formulas or standardized frameworks. I meet my clients with what is actually present.
Certifications
Studies in Cultural Sciences & Culture Management
Certified Personal Coach / Psychological Counseling
Reiki Master Practitioner
Akashic Record Reader
EFT / TFT Tapping Practitioner
Trainings
Nonviolent Communication (NVC)
Systemic Conflict Management
Burnout & Stress Management & Resilience
Somatic Bodywork & Bioenergetic
Parts Work (Internal Family System -IFS)
Authentic Relating Practices
Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP)
Mindfulness Training
Money Mindset
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