Mentoring for people
ready to be honest.
Home in the Himalayas.
Working worldwide.
I mentor people privately, usually those who have already done quite a lot of inner work. Essentially, I help them see what is really going on in them, trust what they know and live accordingly. It is a mixture of psychological and spiritual work, but I do not work according to one particular method. The process depends on the person and what they are dealing with. A lot of it comes down to discernment – learning to distinguish what you actually know to be true from fear, conditioning and the stories around it.
I spent the first part of my professional life working with perception and communication in the external world – as a designer and brand consultant. For the past seventeen years, I have increasingly worked with inner perception.
Why me? Some receipts:
My work has developed over many years through different experiences and professional fields. Four areas in particular have shaped it – creativity, strategic thinking, psychology and spirituality.
15+
years
International career as a Design Director and consultant.
15+
years
Therapeutic and consciousness- based client work.
30+
years
Psychological and
philosophical enquiry.
30+
years
Spiritual practice and
consciousness exploration.
• Formal therapeutic training and certifications. • Intercultural perspective shaped by having lived and worked in Europe, the UAE and India. – All of this informs my mentoring.
How are you really?
in your mind
in your heart
in your body
in your spirit
Maybe...
...something doesn't feel right.
Perhaps it's a relationship. Your work. A decision you keep postponing. A sense of being stuck. A pattern you understand perfectly well and nevertheless continue to repeat.
Perhaps you've spent years adapting, explaining, trying harder or telling yourself that things really aren't so bad. Or maybe you've already done a great deal of inner work. Therapy, meditation, spiritual practice, retreats, bodywork, healing, reading, journalling, reflection. You understand yourself rather well.
Yet something doesn't add up.
The first step: Paying attention. Admitting what is.
And sometimes understanding what is really going on requires a journey through our inner landscape.
MY WORK BEGINS
with attention
Not with a method, a diagnosis or a predetermined process, but with careful attention to the person in front of me and to what is actually happening.
Often what needs to be seen is already quite close to the surface. Sometimes it has been obscured by years of denial, accommodating, justification, fear, conditioning or conflicting advice.
So we begin by looking.
My work brings together therapeutic approaches, consciousness practice, psychology, structure and many years of exploring the more subtle dimensions.
But the human comes first. The modalities follow.
The process is about refining your perception so that you can detect your own inner guidance. And with that, greater vitality, more truthful self-expression and contribution can emerge. The point is not for you to adopt my view of things. You need to see for yourself. The process can move quickly or take more time where needed.
Seeing clearly.
Strengthening your light.
Trusting what you know.
Living accordingly.
Not seeing the forest for the trees.
Recognising something clearly can be surprisingly difficult when we're right inside it.
Fear can sound like reason. Conditioning can appear to be reality. Longing can masquerade as intuition. A spiritual teaching can illuminate something – or become another way of avoiding what is uncomfortable to see. Sometimes we know perfectly well what is true but have become very skilled at talking ourselves out of it.
My work is based on the understanding that many personal difficulties cannot be resolved through intellectual analysis alone. We may understand a pattern very well and still repeat it. We may know that something is not right and continue to override what we feel. Or we may have spent so long adapting to a situation that it has become difficult to distinguish what is ours from what we have absorbed from others, such as beliefs, assumptions and behaviours.
Discernment matters.
So does learning to take your own perception seriously without treating every thought, feeling, insecurity or impulse as truth.
And then comes the inconvenient part.
Living in coherence. Living with integrity.
A realisation may ask for a conversation, a boundary, a decision, a period of uncertainty, more rest, less work, leaving something or finally creating something.
So yes, insight and awareness matter.
But eventually life asks us to do something with it.
CLIENT VOICES
“Dear Marina, thank you so much for our session. I am impressed by how professionally and sensitively you work. I have had many sessions with other therapists, but working with you is unique. You guided me effectively toward my inner images, and I was surprised by how easily that world opened up for me under your guidance. I felt I could place my full trust in you. You stayed focused on the issue I brought to the session and guided me to explore it deeply. It is remarkable that it works just as well via video as it does in an in-person session. Your presence felt close and tangible. You work with great competence, structure, and compassion. Since working with you, I feel more empowered. (…)“
– I.S., Germany
“i have cleared 3 years spiritual practices in one day. i mean it was a big understanding for me and turning point back to myself. You opened up to me to all different dimension that i have imagined a guru can do. i am more aligned and in tune with my true-self. now it’s much easier to differentiate what is healthy for my being and choose the right way and more exciting part, more easy to overcome situations without getting crazy. yes i am still working, the process is going on, but my awareness got changed to completely different place. i used to look outside. now i understand what it means inside work and I really appreciate your work, time, love, energy, everything that you are doing to bring awareness to whoever is ready to receive.“
– K.D., Armenia
“Since our session I am finding that you helped me unlock the blockages in my feminine. My relationship with my husband is much more harmonious and things are flowing … Thank you. I also feel that I am flowing and emotions are not intense anymore, I am managing to observe and ride the waves.“
– A.B., India
“Those sessions were truly special to me, and I looked forward to every single one days in advance – actually, I’d start looking forward to the next one right after finishing a session. As I’ve said before, I hope that one day someone speaks about me and my work the way I speak about the coaching I did with you. There are so many techniques and courses out there, but with many of them, I get the impression it’s just New Age esotericism – teachers spouting things they’ve heard somewhere but don’t actually embody. With you, I feel that it’s genuine and grounded in real experience. 🙏🏽 Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this valuable experience. ✨💖 🙏🏽“
– J.R., Germany
“Working with you was so helpful to me on my journey. I am very grateful to have had the sessions with you. Deep shifts for me: an acceptance of my family dynamics and how they are unlikely to change, that I will have to be aware and make decisions that are for my best interest. (…) I found the sessions to be very eye opening and also healing. A rapid transformative experience. I found the space to feel very safe. I came to understand myself more and feel like I am more stable now.“
– D.A., USA
“Marina is a very skilled and highly intuitive practitioner. She has a gentle and unique way about her that instantly allows you to feel at ease. Here guidance was so valuable to me at a time when I needed help to shift patterns and limiting beliefs. She helped open up insight and healing that has continued to reveal itself over time. I cannot say enough about what a compassionate, special and wise practitioner Marina is. I would return to her regularly if I lived closer and I recommend her services to anyone who might find themselves at a crossroads, who might have life questions or who might simply need guidance through a tough time.“
– N.R., Canada
“Your work is exceptional – the way you have combined / integrated modalities is really impressive.“
– S.S., India
“I feel truly grateful for having the opportunity to meet you and done this. It‘s so powerful and therapeutic. Since the session, I have started feeling fresh and clear without any bound. I’m so grateful for your guidance. The sessions we’ve been through together gave me powerful healing and precious discernments of life. (…)“
– S.W., Taiwan
“Dear Marina, the weekly mentoring sessions brought me closer to my true self, without exception. (…) I felt the nine-week duration was just right. Everything fell into place energetically as it was meant to, culminating in a wonderful conclusion to the work. (…) Working with you was a true gift; you brought such sensitivity and intuition to the process, allowing me to safely examine, process and let go of traumas, childhood conditioning and limiting beliefs. You also provided plenty of inspiration regarding my everyday challenges. It was a holistic journey of self-discovery. Thank you so much for your work and for simply being who you are..“
– E.S., Germany
“Dearest Marina, I do feel a big weight being lifted off my shoulders…if feels that I have got the permission to be happy, to be more aware of myself, whom Ive tended to ignore till now.
It was interesting to realise what i wanted to do/ not do or eat/ not eat this weekend rather than only noticing what others want, what would make them happy!!! definitely a shift. (…)
You’ve brought about a good positive strength in me, that believes in taking care of my ownself….which somehow I had ignored till now.“
– A.R., India
“Your mentoring support is a real engine for find the purpose that the soul is looking for. There were some aha moments. (…) I found the sessions quite deep and fully linked to a real need, that you helped me to discover.“
– A.G., Mexico
Shall we talk?