Lead Wayfinder (US + LATAM + Europe)
Katrin | Lead Wayfinder
(US + LATAM + Europe)
1 Why founders come to me
So you know I understand the moment you’re in — and what this work is actually for.
Founders come to me when personal circumstances are directly affecting their leadership capacity, decision making, and responsibility. Often this happens during sustained high-pressure periods, health crises, relationship strain, major transitions, or moments where the life they built no longer feels aligned or sustainable. I'm known for being able to hold depth, complexity, and emotional intensity without rushing to solutions. Instead, I create the conditions for clarity, responsibility, and meaningful change when pressure is high.
2 What I’m known for
The edge you get with me — beyond “right questions.”
I'm known for being able to hold depth, complexity, and emotional intensity without rushing to solutions. My style is calm, direct, and grounded in compassion. I hold difficult material and uncomfortable realities with steadiness, creating the conditions for clarity, responsibility, and meaningful change when pressure is high. Often, the simple experience of being fully seen and understood already brings relief, even before anything needs to be solved.
3 How I work with you
What it feels like to be in the room with me
I draw on psychological expertise and leadership experience, adapting how I work to the situation and the person in front of me, with a focus on stabilization and sound decision-making. My work combines psychology, neuroscience, mindfulness, somatic, and cognitive approaches, applied selectively based on how each client thinks, learns, and responds under pressure. I'm able to hold uncertainty and emotional intensity without rushing to resolution, which is especially important in crises where pressure can cloud judgment.
4 Whom I'm the best fit for
So you know quickly if this is “your kind of work
I work primarily with founders and senior executives in high-pressure and crisis situations. I'm often brought in when leaders are facing significant challenges across multiple areas of life, including relationship strain, family responsibility, health-related pressure, major relocations, or instability within the business. I support leaders when personal circumstances directly affect leadership capacity, decision making, and responsibility.
5 Why I can hold real stakes
Credibility, fast — so you don’t have to “take a leap of faith.”
Over my 13+ years professional experience, I've trained and coached leaders and teams within global organizations, including Roche, Siemens, ING, Olympus, and Dassault Systèmes. What allows me to do this is presence, grounded through long-standing meditation, mindfulness, and embodiment practices — these are not techniques, but disciplines that support emotional regulation, clear perception, and steadiness under pressure.
6 What I have been trained in
Enough authority to trust me and the method — without hiding behind credentials.
I hold a Master's degree in Psychology (final grade 1.1, specialization in Coaching & Consulting Psychology) and have completed additional training in coaching and leadership development. I am a certified Meditation & Yoga Instructor trained in India, blending traditional and modern methods to help individuals achieve mental clarity, physical well-being, balance, and inner peace.
7 From where I travel
So scheduling is simple and the partnership is sustainable.
I work internationally and reside in Western US, Mexico and Europe. For in-person client intensives, I travel to major hubs in the US, Canada, LATAM, and all over Europe.
8 What I'm here to do & my hobbies
So you meet the real me — not just the professional version.
My worldview centers on presence, cross-cultural insight, and steadiness amid uncertainty, shaped by a life across cultures and deep contemplative practice. I believe clarity and transformation arise not from rushing solutions, but through creating space for deep listening, emotional balance, and reconnecting to what truly matters beyond external pressures. I’m passionate about surfing, running, mountain sports, mindfulness, nature, travel, and animal welfare. My lifestyle reflects a strong bond with movement, the outdoors, and contemplation, supported by over 150 days of silent and dark retreats.
9 What I wish I could tell you now
One thing, straight from me to you.
If you are in a season where the cost of not addressing what is happening is higher than the cost of support, this is a space for serious, discreet, and transformative work. In these moments, my role is not to rush or prescribe. It is to stabilize, orient, and help you regain access to your own clarity. What I have learned — through years of working with founders navigating divorces, serious health challenges, identity shifts, and moments where nothing feels sustainable anymore — is that the simple experience of being fully seen and understood already brings relief, even before anything needs to be solved. This work goes to the source.
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Katrin