As a student, I studied and worked abroad in places like Egypt, South Africa and Ireland. I experienced that there are many ways to live our life and realised that culture is shaped by society and in turn it also shapes us.

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My degree was in archaeology and I was particularly interested in what makes us human. How does human behaviour emerge and how have our brains developed over time? I realised that people haven't really changed much - what drives us today has driven us for millennia. 

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I discovered cognitive science and how cutting edge research is gradually revealing how the brain works. This offers us radically new ways we can understand and re-invent ourselves.  I realised that we create models of our world, predict our reality and shape our surroundings accordingly.

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As a leader in startups and scaleups, I learned first-hand what it means to grow as a person and at the same time support others in their growth. Being exposed to an environment full of extreme experiences had a big impact on myself. I discovered that building self-awareness around our thoughts and feelings is essential for our growth journey.

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I decided to train as a coach to help people with this. I found that creating self-awareness and changing our habits is hard, but also that it is possible and necessary for our success. I realised that new habits require us to incorporate all of our current needs. 

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My perspective on life has also been shaped by my own health journey. When I was 28, I had open heart surgery to fix a faulty heart valve. Twelve years later I needed a kidney transplant and as recently as 2024, I needed surgery to remove bowel cancer.

 

My biggest learning from these events is that life is beautiful and precious. I intend to explore how I can contribute to making life as interesting and exciting as possible for myself and others around me.