I was born in 1979 in Croatia. As the first step in my education, I studied law at the University of Zagreb. Although I was interested in law, music was always my passion. I begun my music journey with elementary music school (flute). I finished high school playing the flute, and afterwards the bassoon too. I enrolled in the Music Academy at the University of Zagreb (bassoon) with a focus on pedagogy. I received the rector’s prize and was able to study for two semesters at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar, Germany, thanks to a scholarship abroad (ERASMUS). I earned my music master’s degree in 2010, but law and politics were still in the back of my mind: this circle was completed in 2014 with a diploma in international relations from the University of London.

For the past 20 years, I have worked in many different jobs as a music teacher and freelance musician, as well as marketing and organization for one of the main Croatian film and music festivals.

Despite all my job experiences, I was not fully satisfied. There was always something missing. So in 2013 I began my coaching education journey and also a part-time job as a coach.

I have been living in Switzerland since 2013. I am married and live with my husband and my daughter (born in 2017) in Biel.

Life was never easy for me, but I could always somehow find the way to make it better than it was. From my early age (9 years) I have realized that I can recognize small details in person’s behavior or emotions. That I am good in reading what people really are, what they want. And also, to see when they are covering themselves under some behavior, sentence, situations or excuses.

Working as a music teacher with children and parents deepened my understandings of people’s needs. My first education was in Alexander Technique, which gave me perspective how our body functions and how everyday life make consequences on our body. For a long time, I was in search for some method, technique, therapy that will help me to overcome the life problems that I had. Constant search has brought me to Systemic Life Coaching and after that to the Integral Coaching education. In my high school time, I took rhetoric and acting classes which taught me to listen better, ask questions and not to except everything for granted. Doing Autogenic Training with my mum from when I was 12 years old helped me to integrate that knowledge in my coaching work. My curiosity and hunger for knowledge brought me to Neuroscience Academy, an education specialized for coachers and therapists. There I got lot of knowledge that supported my experiences but for which I didn’t have scientific proves and answers.

So today I can say I am mixture of lot of life experience, different coaching methods, some therapies and techniques and with a good scientific base. My vivid spirit is taking me on the next developmental stage, which is Gestalt Therapy.

The following keywords describe my working style:

• transparent
• empathetic
• individual
• very intuitive
• strong and sometimes stubborn and pushy (when I know what’s behind it)
• creative and structured
• promoting and demanding

Languages:

• German (good)
• English (very good)
• Croatian (mother tongue)
• Italian (basic knowledge)