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My approach

Through the body to inner clarity and confident action.

A person sits cross-legged on a wooden floor, both hands resting on the belly.

You function. But do you also want to feel fully yourself again?

Your past experiences have left traces in your nervous system, and “triggers” activate them unconsciously. A “trigger” is a situation that sets off an old, unconscious reaction in you, even when the situation itself is harmless today. High demands often mean losing contact with yourself.

Your body is already reacting. You feel exhausted, you sleep badly, and you want to start healing.

In four steps

  1. Trigger awareness

    You learn to recognize your triggers and understand how emotion, body response, thoughts and action affect each other.

  2. Nervous-system regulation

    Body exercises and knowledge of the autonomic nervous system help you find your way back to a state of safety on purpose.

  3. Clarity

    From regulation grows the ability to act deliberately instead of just reacting.

  4. New options for action

    You can choose again how you react: day to day, in relationships and in leadership. Different methods support you along the way.

The resultGrowth in …

  • drive and decisiveness
  • health and performance
  • connection with yourself and others
  • joy in life and a positive self-image

Thanks to years of coaching and leadership experience, I guide your development at the right pace, so change can take hold consciously and for the long term.

Who this is for

Common questions about this approach

How many sessions does a typical coaching process take?
That depends a lot on what you bring and what you want to achieve. There’s no fixed number for everyone. Some topics can be worked through in a few sessions, others take longer because the patterns built up over years. In the intro call I’ll give you a realistic first estimate.
What happens in a coaching session? What do I do, and what do you do?
You tell me what’s on your mind. I listen and ask questions that help you recognize your own patterns. Alongside talking, I also work with body-based exercises that relieve strain on your nervous system. At the end of each session you leave with something concrete you can use between appointments.
What do polyvagal theory and nervous-system regulation mean, in plain terms?
Polyvagal theory holds that our autonomic nervous system decides about survival by unconsciously scanning the environment for safety or danger. Depending on the level of threat, the body switches flexibly between social connection (ventral vagus), fight or flight (sympathetic nervous system) or a freeze and shutdown mode (dorsal vagus). Healing and mental health come about when we learn to bring our system safely back into the ventral, socially engaged state.
What are “triggers,” and how do I learn to understand mine?
A “trigger” is a situation that sets off an old, unconscious reaction in you, even when the situation itself is harmless today. In coaching you learn to recognize your triggers and understand how emotion, body response, thoughts and action affect each other. You also practise regulating your nervous system so you can choose how you respond. That takes time and happens step by step.

Want to understand how this plays out for you?

Free intro call (30 min.)
  • Sessions online and in Toggenburg, including weekends
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+41 79 709 29 72heike.herold@thurweb.ch

Heike Herold
Heike HeroldCoach, yoga therapist, manager