ABOUT ME
My background, qualifications
& methods
Meike Rottermann
My Background & Motivation - What Coaching is About for Me
Since 2017, I have been accompanying people on their path to greater awareness and self-development with investigative curiosity and human depth.
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I see my task in helping people to experience themselves and others more consciously and therefore more freely and being in relationship like that: this creates a happy, joyful way of living, the ability to face reality and act effectively. Change is possible through practice. Increasing awareness will bring you forward on the path.
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All of this helps to lead a fulfilling, joyful life and work. Here I can support you.
Also, I can accompany you in exploring the question of what overarching meaning your life should have.

Incorporated in my work is, my coaching experience since 2017, IOCB-certified coaching training, including in psychological approaches that work with the inner world, many years of mindfulness and Zen practice, as well as my own reflected life experience. A long time ago, but a good basis: in my studies of European Ethnology, I learned to look at Western Europeans, 'my own people' so to speak, with a beginner's mind.
I approach you with respect, empathy and the conviction that you have evident, tangible wisdom within you that can guide your practical actions in everyday life.
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My coaching approach is based on a humanistic worldview and scientific principles.

I am profound, yet practical in life.
Mindfully exploring while keeping the big picture in mind.
Compassionate and, when helpful, direct.
My Qualifications
Professional Experience
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Coach, career consultant and trainer, individual and group coaching, mentoring groups, training (Max Planck Society and Technical University Vienna coach & trainer pool)​​​
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Successfully established a Career Center for junior and senior scientists as a team of three in Munich, for Germany's largest independent research organization​
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Senior coach and trainer at an independent research organization focused on biomedical and environmental sciences
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Academic lecturer​
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Science communicator at the largest German research hospital in Berlin
Sectors
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Research Organizations
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Healthcare and Medical
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Higher Education
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Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology
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Public Sector and Administration
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Cultural Institutions
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Startups
Education & Training
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Coaching Training "Psychology of Change. Emotional Intelligence in Coaching" (IOBC- and DBVC-certified), ​Dietz Coaching, 2018​
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Zürich-Mainzer Career Advice Model (ZML) Fortbildungszentrum Laufbahnberatung, 2020​
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Theory U | Awareness-Based Systems Change Practitioner u-school for Transformation by Presencing Institute, ongoing since 2024​
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Professional Supervision Group "In Good Hands in Times of Change" with Thomas Dietz, since 2021​​
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Essence Coaching, Akademie für Coachs, 2022​
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MBTI Step 1 Certification, The Myers-Briggs Company, 2022​
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Diploma in Cultural Anthropologies University of Vienna, 2016
Meditation & Mindfulness Training
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Zen practice: 2019-2023, student of Prof Yudo J. Seggelke, since 2024 retreats at Brooklyn Zen Center​​
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Embodied Teaching Certificate, Unified Mindfulness, 2024​​
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Mindfulness practices: Mindfulness-Based Self-Compassion (MSC), Center for Mindful Self-Compassion and other courses since 2008​
I accompany each client individually and without a prefabricated scheme, in a collaborative process.

Methods I work with
I flexibly and creatively integrate different approaches. This includes:
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Resource and solution-oriented methods
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Internal Family System according to Richard Schwartz
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Strengths and values ​​orientation
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Systemic questioning techniques and constellation work
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Somatic intelligence
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Mindful exploration
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Zurich Resource Model
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Aspects of Hakomi Psychotherapy adapted for Coaching contexts
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