Maike Nielsen

Supporting individuals in navigating life's challenges and driving personal growth.

About Me

 I have always been fascinated by how the mind works. Why is it sometimes so difficult for us to change - even if we genuinely want to? Why do we repeat harmful patterns we already understand? Why do we struggle to take steps we have clearly decided to take? How do we navigate challenges, work through trauma and reconnect with inner strength and direction?

I have researched these questions for as long as I can remember and throughout an international business career. I kept learning and working with highly skilled specialists who generously shared their knowledge with me.
Over time, I delveloped my own approach - a blend of consulting, coaching and hypnotherapy. Personal and professional problems are often intertwined. Certain environments or experiences can amplify stress or old survival strategies.  Emotional patterns affect performance, relationships, and ultimately our health and happiness. 

Real change often requires both understanding and depth. In our work we make sense of what is happening and identify the most effective steps to build a practical plan that fits real life. 

Ultimately, our work will support you in becoming who you are:

•    Gaining clarity and coherence: thinking more clearly, recognising patterns in your own behaviour and in others, and understanding what is actually going on, so decisions feel grounded rather than confusing.
•    Understanding and trusting yourself: developing self-love, trusting your intuition, and learning to listen to your inner signals instead of overriding them with doubt, pressure, or expectation.
•    Knowing your values and boundaries: becoming clear about what truly matters to you, recognising when boundaries are crossed, and learning to stand up for yourself calmly and clearly.
•    Unfolding your talents, joy, and purpose: allowing your skills and strengths to emerge naturally, reconnecting with joy, and finding a sense of direction that feels meaningful and personal.
•    Softening judgement: treating yourself with the same understanding and forgiveness you extend to others.
•    Living with calm, ease, and inner direction: moving through life with more grace and less effort, guided by your own inner northern star.

Where appropriate, you will acquire techniques to take home with you and use whenever you want. These tools support calm, clarity, confidence, intuition and creativity - and further strengthen your independence and resilience.

If you wish, we will use hypnotherapy to deepen and accelerate results where it is beneficial. I have incorporated hypnotherapy in my coaching for many years and I continue to be amazed how much it helps my clients to achieve lasting results – fast.

Qualifications


University degrees/MA in Business Administration,Teaching and Fine Art.
Certified Personal and Business Coach, member of Qualitaetsring Deutscher Coaches – QRC (Association of German coaches).
Certified in Classic and Uncovering Hypnotherapy at the Swiss Institute for Clinical Hypnosis.
Member of the British National Council for Hypnotherapy and the American Board of Hypnotherapy.