Hedge fund managers. C-suite and near-C-suite in global pharmaceuticals and biotech. Founders building something that matters.
They arrive through warm introduction, not a Google search. They don't need convincing that coaching works. They need a thinking partner who can match their intelligence, has lived across industries and cultures, and sees things you can't see from inside your own world.
British-German. A decade as an executive headhunter — 10,000+ hours of interviewing senior leaders across life sciences. The background is in how exceptional people think, where the gaps are, and what it takes to work with both.
The approach draws on a life that includes ceramics, triathlon, time in ashrams, and studios from the Himalayas to West London. That breadth is not incidental. It is the work.
London, 2025
Notice what is actually present — in the body, in the room, in the decision. Not what should be there. What is.
Don't manage it away. Get curious. The signal carries information — the discomfort, the resistance, the pull toward something.
Move from awareness into response. Grounded, considered, coming from the whole of you — not just the part that's been performing.
"I look at a flower and become completely absorbed — how many petals, how many fronds. From that fixation, I put it into clay. The piece represents true presence and nature frozen in time."
Clay is one of the oldest healing materials there is. It slows you down, brings you into your hands, and makes the present moment impossible to ignore. You cannot think your way through it. You have to feel it.
Sessions are built around pinch pots and freeform making — reacting to what arises, following what the hands want to do. The aim is to feel lighter and more present by the time you leave. No art experience needed. No outcome expected.
Available for individuals, small groups, and teams. Facilitated by Isabel — ceramicist, coach, and clay wellness practitioner.
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Fishy Ceramics · Studio Pottery London
A thinking partnership for senior leaders and founders who want someone who can hold the complexity of the whole — the career, the organisation, and the life. Not a programme. A relationship.
Clay sessions as a standalone wellness practice — the same way you might book a sound bath, but with clay. For individuals, groups, and teams who want to feel something different.
"Working with Isabel has been the best. I never imagined that a couple of hours of 'making room' could have this impact. We could grow as a team — and for ourselves — in such meaningful ways. So that now, we can turn this new power into business impact."Carmen Jenny Co-Founder & CMO, Scripe.io · Forbes 30 Under 30
"Isabel took so much time to understand us, where we come from and what we need — and designed a setting that gave us the space to do exactly that. After the workshop, we had a much deeper understanding of each other — of our strengths, our ways of working and communicating."Scripe.io Team Corporate Clay Workshop · Berlin
"What we really loved is the creative layer of the workshop and the amazing summary we received afterwards — that really made us turn talking points into action and results."Senior Director Global Pharmaceutical Company · Executive Coaching
The creative practice — Flowers and Fishy lamp series made at Studio Pottery London. Bespoke tile commissions designed around one person's energy — star signs, numerology, the objects that matter.
Articles on presence, leadership, creativity, and the body. Plus #20daysof — currently being written.
London · Berlin
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