Certified trainer in Nonviolent Communication, coach at PCC level, seasoned coach educator, Resonant Healing Practitioner, eco-therapist, and workshop organizer. She founded BusinessByHeart in 2013 and has been self-employed since then.

She helps individuals come to terms with themselves and find ease, purpose, and agency in their lives. And she educates coaches to become tender companions and inspirational lighthouses for their clients – and to build a foundation of self-care in their work.

She believes in basic human goodness. And that there still is a journey to travel before respect, trust, and care manifest in our everyday life, our communities, and societies.

“MY purpose is to accelerate the humane evolution toward that more beautiful world our hearts know is possible. I’d love you to join me!”

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Anna has worked as a university lecturer, researcher, mediator, consultant and trainer for nearly two decades. She is passionate about finding ways of supporting adults to tend to themselves and children around them in connected, honest and open ways. 

Her work is rooted in NVC and relational psychology. She has trained with Pikler Institute in Budapest, Neufeld Institute in Canada, and has been providing ongoing support for parents and teachers in New Zealand, Poland, UK and The Netherlands. She is committed to finding ways in which we can create a world we want our children to live in.

Anna was born in Poland and now lives in New Zealand. She walks her life alongside her husband and their three children - together stumbling and getting up daily.

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Facilitator / Coach

Medea bridges professional coaching with classical music. She founded IN TUNE Coaching to help musicians create sustainable careers that honour both their art and their wellbeing, offering 1:1 sessions and musician-focused programs in English and German.

Medea's work is grounded in her own experience as a harpsichordist and music educator, including seven years teaching at the University of Music and Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig. Her approach to coaching is inspired by Nonviolent Communication, Internal Family Systems, and trauma-informed practices from Resonant Healing.

Medea advocates a cultural shift within the classical music world, moving away from traditional paradigms of competition and evaluation toward collaboration, authentic expression, and each person's unique contribution. She is passionate about exploring how coaching principles can be meaningfully integrated into music education to support the next generation of artists.

She shares regular reflections on musicians' wellbeing in her monthly LinkedIn newsletter, The Well-Tempered Musician.

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Facilitator / Coach

Gitte has been teaching Nonviolent Communication since 1997, and equips people with tools for compassionate dialogue and needs-centered awareness. As a Needs-Based coach, she invites clients to explore their inner landscape, recognize authentic needs, and meet themselves in their being rather than merely in their doing - an approach that cultivates lasting self-awareness and meaningful transformation.

Gitte is a certified occupational therapist who blends somatic, psychological, and psychiatric expertise into her coaching practice. Her training as a body-oriented psychotherapist and Resonant Healing practitioner allows her to weave physical sensations into psychological insight. Her decades of experience in psychiatric settings have sharpened her ability to integrate mind-body dynamics, helping clients build the skills needed to function optimally in their specific contexts while honoring the whole person.

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Facilitator / Coach / Organisation Austria

Ondine discovered Nonviolent Communication over 10 years ago, and has been on the road ever since. On this journey, she gained more room for gratitude, for inner openness and awareness of one's own choices. Among other things, she has completed a mentoring program, attended an International Intensive Training (IIT) in Birmingham, participated in two Erasmus Plus projects, and added the Needs Based Coaching Training in 2021 to her learning backpack.

Motherhood – of a current teenager son – as well as relationships has brought perfect learning fields to grow, fall, and rise again.

After more than two decades working in the field of migration and integration Since January 2024, she is on educational leave, takes part in the Lead the Change Program of the Pioneers of Change, and is facing new shores where Needs Based Coaching plays a major role. Stay tuned!

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Website creation / Coach / Facilitator

Anja enriches Life around her with knowledge about Nature therapy, NVC, IFS, Needs-based coaching, mindfulness, animism, gardening, food making and self-sufficiency.

Originally from Germany, she has lived in many places and, interestingly, started career and life over several times. The biggest transformations came when life reshaped itself—sweeping away home, relationships, and work all at once. Yet, looking back and into the now, each of those turns ultimately left and leave her more whole and secure on life’s path.

What carries her through the unknowns are the power of community, knowing how to ask the right questions, and connecting with the many shapes and forms of nature, from which there is much to learn.

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Facilitator / Coach
Jean, also known as “Majida,” believes in the transformative magic of heart-to-heart connection. She supports individuals in discovering clarity regarding their core values and experiencing their deepest longings. Her services include coaching, counselling, mediation, workshops, and communication skills development, all underpinned by profound empathy, mindful presence, and extensive knowledge.

A committed lifelong learner, Jean’s approach integrates diverse influences:
- Master’s degrees in literature and counselling
- Certification with the Center for Nonviolent Communication
- Completion of the Needs-Based Coaching program
- Training in restorative circles and interspiritual minister ordination
- Further studies in Psychosynthesis, Sufism, energy healing, trauma work

She honors the interconnected wisdom of body, emotions, mind, context, and spirit. Additionally, Jean is a Veritas-trained labyrinth facilitator and certified leader of the Dances of Universal Peace.
Despite these qualifications, Jean playfully resists labels, emphasizing her fundamental humanity above all. Having immigrated from the US to New Zealand, she possesses a broad worldview and deep understanding of major life transitions.

Facilitator / Coach

„I am grateful for how Needs-Based Coaching has enriched my life, and I am excited to grow and learn together in our upcoming mastermind sessions.”

Wolfgang Brötz is a Needs-Based coach with a degree in Business Administration and extensive experience in corporates, financial institutions, and start-ups across various countries.

As the founder of Compass-ionate Coaching, he guides financial professionals seeking sustainable success without sacrificing their well-being through 1:1 sessions and tailored programs based on Positive Intelligence, offering coaching online in both German and English.

His clients discover strategies to thrive during career transitions and gain clarity amid complex decisions. Wolfgang creates confidential spaces where his clients reconnect with their core values and build emotional resilience that enhances their financial acumen—transforming not just their professional effectiveness but also their personal fulfillment.

Wolfgang is passionate about environments where freedom from inner critics and interpersonal friction creates space for connection, innovation, and sustainable success.

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Mentor

Becky Dale (PCC) is an independent co-creative coach, consultant and composer working toward healing, well-being and connection for all. She has comprehensive experience in building self-healing communities. US-based, Becky is a theater composer and passionate about working for racial justice and experimenting with new economic and system models that build equity. She has coached NGO leaders, creatives, and changemakers for over a decade and is a living example of the change she promotes.

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Mentor

Altaf Shaikh (PCC) is a leadership coach, faculty developer with Leadership That Works India, and founder of URJA, a Mumbai-based nonprofit that works with homeless young women and survivors of gender-based violence. With more than 25 years of experience in leadership development, youth empowerment, and social justice initiatives, Altaf is particularly known for bringing coaching to marginalized communities and creating programs that strengthen inclusion, gender equity, and human connection. As a mentor, he is sharp, knowledgable, and very gentle.

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Mentor

Pernille Plantener (PCC) is the founder of Needs-Based Coaching and a seasoned mentor and supervisor, having grown hundreds of coaches toward accreditation.

Like our other mentors, she holds a mentor coach accreditation with the International Coaching Federation.

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