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The path to resilience – opening speech FERMA Networking Cocktail
It has been a great honor to hold the opening speech at the FERMA (Federation of European Risk Management Associations) Networking Cocktail Event on October 21, 2024. The event «Connecting for Resilience» celebrated the journey to resilience through the unique perspective and experience of leaders in risk. I would like to thank the Swiss Re Corporate Solutions for inviting me. During my speech, I shared my own experience, my biggest learnings, and tools to become more resilient amidst a fast-paced and demanding work culture.
A difficult childhood – Mental Health Action Days, #1
With my presentation «A stressful start to life – finding the way back to myself», I was able to encourage others whose life is following a similar path. The presentation was part of the Mental Health Action Days of the Canton of Aargau in October 2024. I am pleased that I was able to participate in several ways.
Young Carers – Mental Health Action Days, #2
I was asked to give an interview «Taking responsibility early – Young Carers» and advocate for the important concerns of children and young people who are relatives of people with mental illnesses. Thanks to the invitation of the interest group for family caregivers I was able to share information and experience as part of the Canton of Aargau's Mental Health Action Days in October 2024.
«I could never invite friends» – interview
In this interview, I talk about what it was like as an only child to care for my alcoholic mother at an early age. The newspaper of the Red Cross Aargau «kreuzrichtig» reported on Young Carers on the occasion of the intercantonal day of caring relatives on October 30, 2024.
About mindful and raw resilience – magazine article
With my story in Miss Moneypenny's magazine in October 2024, I was able to tell what my keys are to a better quality of life. My career as Head of Insurance Risk Management at ABB was based on a kind of resilience that I had to develop early on as a child – in order to survive. Early childhood experiences of neglect and mistreatment forced me to take responsibility – they shaped my «raw kind of resilience». But this ability to simply function eventually led me to my limits. The turning point came when I realized that resilience does not just mean being strong. Mindfulness, being aware of my own needs and recognizing my limits became my keys to improving my quality of life.
«Suddenly there was the feeling that I wasn't really happy anymore»
In the portrait for the website of Stand by You Switzerland, the movement of relatives of people with mental illnesses, I talk about the challenges of my childhood spent with a depressive and alcoholic mother. I describe how unresolved childhood traumas diminished my zest for life many years later and how I found a way out of the crisis and into a new vocation through coaching. I’m telling my story to encourage others to take a closer look and face up to life's challenges.
«Resilient – despite a difficult childhood» – Podcast
In the podcast episode from June 12, 2024, I tell the personal story of my childhood and my career. My differentiated perspective on stressful and formative experiences is giving me important insights on the path to reconciliation and resilience as a coach for executives. I reveal the strategies I use to strengthen myself again and again.
Guest speaker Rochester-Bern Executive Programs
I am very pleased to have been invited as a guest speaker at the CAS Leadership & Inclusion of Rochester-Bern Executive Programs on Resilience. Resilience as an important component of Self-Leadership is part of the second module of the university program. With this, Rochester-Bern lives their promise: "We'll change the way you think"!
Interview «I was constantly in a stressful and anxious situation»
Read my interview (in German) for the Young Carers Guide and learn how growing up with a mentally ill and alcoholic mother affected me. My insights could be relevent to you as well! Also read the opinion (in German) of Jacqueline Schuerer, Holistic Resilience Expert, who accompanied me during the coming to terms with my childhood. Lesen Sie auch die Meinung von Jacqueline Schürer, Holistic Resilience Expert, welche mich während der Aufarbeitung meiner Kindheit begleitet hat.
