Outdoor Sport meets Mindset Coaching

— About Anja

Resilience is trained
& built in real life.

Systemic coaching that meets you where change actually happens — in nature, in movement, in the moments that matter.

— My Story

I found my way back.
Now I help others find theirs.

I spent years in international corporate roles across Switzerland and Europe. Good titles, demanding work, constant pressure. On the outside, everything looked right.

Inside, I was increasingly disconnected from what actually mattered to me. I changed companies. Then again. And again. Thinking the problem was somewhere out there: the wrong employer, the wrong role, the wrong city.

Until burnout forced me to stop looking out there and start looking in. The problem wasn’t the job. The problem was that I’d been ignoring my own values for years. Freedom, nature, movement, self-determination: none of that had enough space in the life I was living.

That’s when everything changed. I founded Skillup Outdoors, an Outdoor Sports Community dedicated to encourage people to try new things. I also retrained as a Mental and Systemic Coach and built OutdoorMind: a coaching approach that combines what I know from years in corporate, my experience with Skillup Outdoors and what actually creates lasting change.

Today I work with individuals and organisations who are where I once was. And I know exactly what it takes to get to the other side.

— What I believe

Coaching that
works happens
in real life.

Thinking your way out doesn’t workYou already understand your problem. More analysis won’t solve it. Change happens when you bring your body and your environment into the process.

Nature is not a backdropMountains, ocean, open space are active tools. The physical challenge surfaces things that no meeting room or therapy room ever could.

Values before goalsMost people chase goals that aren’t theirs. We work on what’s actually true to you and let the right goals emerge from that.

Honesty over comfortThe work we’re doing is sometimes uncomfortable. But that’s what’s required to change your current status quo.

— The Method

Science-based.
Experience-tested.
Nature-powered.

My coaching is grounded in systemic coaching principles — working with the patterns and invisible dynamics that keep people and teams stuck, not just the surface symptoms. The focus is always on sustainable change, not quick fixes.

On top of that: 10+ years of lived corporate experience. I know what it means to perform under pressure, navigate reorganisations, and lead teams while quietly losing yourself. I speak the language of high-performance environments, because I’ve been there.

And then there’s activity in nature. Not as a setting, but as a method. Movement and environment are integral parts of how I work — because real change needs to be felt, not just thought.

Education

Dipl. Mental & Systemic Coach
Resilience & Health Coach

Membership

Member of ICI — International Association of Coaching Institutes

Background

10+ years Global Supply Chain & Leadership, DACH & International

— Beyond Coaching

Born in Germany.
Based in Switzerland.
Most at home outdoors.

The outdoors isn’t just where I work — it’s where I live. When I’m not coaching, I’m in the mountains, on the water, or somewhere between the two. That relationship with nature is what shapes how I coach, not just where I coach.

I also run Skillup Outdoors — an outdoor sports community in Switzerland. It started as a way to make the mountains more accessible to everyone. It’s where I first discovered that shared physical challenge creates a kind of honesty that’s very hard to manufacture in any other setting.

That insight is now at the core of how I work.

Ready to find out
if this is the right fit?

A 20-minute call. No pitch. Just an honest conversation about where you are and what you’re looking for.

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