LINDSEY TRELOAR

Who am I?

 

I'm a British/German ICF (International Coaching Federation) qualified "holistic systemic" life and business coach, as well as a
trauma-aware mental health coach.

​

What's a holistic systemic coach?

 

It's a coaching style which combines methods from different areas, including systemic coaching, systemic theory, integral philosophy, positive psychology, the humanistic approach, personality profiling, NLP (neuro-linguistic programming). Basically, I take lots of methods into account and apply them as appropriate to help my clients in the best way possible for them.

​​

What's mental health coaching?

​

Mental health coaching is a form of coaching that focuses on helping individuals improve their emotional well-being, develop coping strategies, and build resilience. It differs from therapy in that it typically focuses on goal-setting, personal development, and practical strategies for managing stress, anxiety, depression, and other emotional challenges, rather than delving deeply into psychological diagnoses or past trauma.

 

My background

​

Born and raised in England, I'm a native English speaker, and have worked with a lot of expats living in Berlin. I've lived in Germany since 2008 and am fluent in German, and I'm working on my Spanish.

​

Over the past decade and a half, I've worked in event management, software sales and customer success as a team member and manager. I regularly found myself in situations where I was mediating in work situations, or helping friends in a style I later discovered was close to the principles of coaching.

​

I'm an avid learner, love discovering new ways of seeing the world, and look for opportunities to apply my knowledge wherever possible. My interest in people and behaviour first led me to study Psychology at the University of Birmingham. Later that led to participation in workshops and conferences in non-violent communication, radical honesty, mindfulness, meditation, and coaching. 

​

How I came to coaching

 

In early 2016, I looked into more ways I could learn and be useful to people, which led me to coaching. I began a year-long qualification with the wonderful "passion for coaching" academy in Berlin.  The appeal of coaching to me was and is that it's very proactive. It's about taking matters into your own hands, expanding your perspective for better understanding of yourself, our fellow humans, and developing habits and behaviours that effect change.

​

What I love about coaching

​

I began coaching people in a holistic manner in 2016 and have been coaching ever since. I am grateful for the trust people give me in sharing their stories, fears, beliefs, and aspirations. Coaching is at times deeply personal, and I'm honoured that my clients allow me to support them in moving forward, achieving their goals, improving themselves and their lives overall.

 

It gives me so much joy and pleasure to witness the "ah ha" moments people sometimes experience during a session: sudden clarity after being confused, becoming unstuck, changing a belief that no longer serves, solving a conflict within their own head, or creating empathy to understand loved one's actions and behaviours better.

​

It's extremely gratifying to me to see personal growth and to contribute a little way towards that. Perhaps I can contribute to your own journey, too.

​

Who I coach

​

I want to coach people who are motivated to take control of their lives, work towards something meaningful, and willing to put the work in to change. I fully believe everyone is capable of change, if they truly want it. Making the first step is often the hardest. I'm honoured every time someone allows me to help them get more from their life.

​

I am LGBTQIA+ friendly. I do not judge or moralise chosen lifestyles, sexual orientation, or alternative relationship models. 

​

Training and further education

​

• Mental Health Coaching further training at Institut für Coaching Achtsamkeit

• ACE Coach Accelerator further training at WBECS

• Team Coaching further training at passion for coaching

• Group Coaching further training at passion for coaching

• Non-Violent Communication with Christine Warmuth

• Empleasurement® Bodywork 1 with Sanya Alaya

• ICF-certified Systemic Holistic Coaching training at passion for coaching

​

Causes and Commitments

I am searching for ways to positively impact the lives of others - not just my clients, but the wider world. Here are the causes I support and my commitments to them:

​

I contribute monthly to Doctors without Borders. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)  deliver emergency medical aid to people in crisis with humanitarian projects in more than 70 countries based solely on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender, or political affiliation. 

I contribute bi-annually to UNO Flüchtlingshilfe (refugee aid). UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe is the German partner of UNHCR - the United Nations Refugee Agency. The UNHCR works worldwide to protect people who are forced to leave their homes. The focus is on life-saving assistance in emergencies, the protection of basic human rights, and the search for long-term solutions for a safe home.

​

I sign multiple petitions per day aimed at improving political, environmental, and social justice issues:

​

Campact is a German NGO committed to climate protection, social justice, and a strong civil society through mass digital mobilisation. It includes the petition platform WeAct and the non-profit Campact Democracy Foundation

change.org is the world's largest petition platform empowering millions of people to start, join, and win campaigns for social change in their community, city, and country
Ekō is a community of  23 million people committed to stopping big corporations from behaving badly. They stand for buying  from, working for, and investing in companies that respect the environment, treat their workers well, and respect democracy, with the goal of creating a fairer, more sustainable economy 

​​

​