Clemens

Why I chose an empowerment coach

Enthusiastic and experienced founder, prospective entrepreneur and sales coach. After many small and always increasing steps, I have re-developed almost all areas of my life. That was hard, lonely, painful and yet infinitely liberating. Because it made me more thankful, humble and focused. My friends and family describe it as a self-contained, self-reflecting rock in the surf.

That did not happen overnight! On the contrary. It was because the suffering got bigger. This loneliness in the chest, the crippling sense of disappointment about myself or the frightening isolation because I did not feel attached to anything. During all of this having a coach was a “yearning” for years however I was much too ashamed to even talk about it loudly. It was crazy! I had founded a second company after a first false start, which suddenly became enormously successful. Many new and, above all, own employees. Strong investors and stronger financial success. I even won a TV show! And even though my life was so successful out of an entrepreneurial point of view, I stayed behind all the more as a human being. And then everything happened at once: my partner parted which is why I left my own company and people that I thought I knew turned away from me. Even worse: during this time, in just 1.5 years, I had to mourn three relatives. The hole I fell into had no bottom but only more yawning depth.

But someone caught me! My new, wonderful partner. My partner (and today’s fiancee) showed me through her eyes that you can love me. It was the prelude to a whole new kind of courage. A confidence that cried inside at full volume:

“CLEMENS, YOU CAN AND YOU NEED TO HEAL YOURSELF”. Thanks to a really good friend and a very honest “Clemens now pours out his heart” conversation I was introduced to Annika. Our first meeting made my inner main switch for blockade and self-shame go to standby. It was very clear! I did not want to wait any longer. I had done that way too long. My suffering became the desire to act. So why did I choose to have an empowerment coach? The answer is already there in the question: because I have decided for the cure.

My experiences in cooperation

To be honest. First of all, I saw myself lying on a couch. That has worried me because I much more prefer to walk actively around for opening up and deep conversations. But already in  our first session it was Annika who jumped up (I sat relaxed on a chair) and said: “Clemens, now we beat this boxing bag”. Damn, that was good and it was insane! Annika is the anti-comfort zone coach. She takes you by the hand, tight and determined. With her, I look at all my current, past and future topics and find a new outside perspective. How small some problems appear at once!

Every session is different and is totally up to you. Whether you need to visually conquer your demons and enter into your feelings (just let yourself surprise what I mean) or use active loud screaming (like I said, that’s really good) or even a session in form of walks. Whichever worries oppress you Annika brings them to breathe and gives them space.

Her coaching is not symptomatic but reaches the deep root and creates sustainable change for your discomfort. My experiences are that I have been waiting too long and yet

just “knocked” at the right time. Because I know one thing today: every problem only belongs to a very specific version of you (or me). Which has an end. Because if you work on yourself, then you develop further. More and more exciting, beautiful and healing is the next version of you (or me) 🙂

My outcomes

After many personal setbacks – whether private, professional, financial or emotional – I always believed that it’s just me. I do not mean that my case is the worst in the world. There are millions of examples out there for that. My mistaken belief was simply that people in my environment were happy and without bigger life problems. But that is absolutely (and thank God) very, very wrong. We all have our problems. We just got used to hiding them. Exactly this mask dropped for me!

Thanks to Annika, I got to know my emotional self. All my corners and edges as well as the many, enormously helpful exercises for every single day of my life. Annika has ignited in me the passion for personal all-round development which has become a veritable background noise in all areas of my life.

My advice for those who are interested in coaching

My other descriptions here are quite long. That’s why I stay here very short and concise. Especially we Germans are loud and like when it comes to external diseases. So everything physical: back, intervertebral disc or thyroid gland. But as soon as it comes to that Spiritual, that is, what controls the physical, we are silent. There you talk not over it. Why? So my advice: heal yourself now! It’s like praying. What do you risk it?