about - Anna Huwiler

Meet anna

the coach you didn’t know you needed despite your big beautiful brain doing it all…

what if you trusted your complexity?

being weird is your secret superpower.

It took me years to understand, but life really isn’t easier when you have an exceptional mind. On the outside, you’re crushing it. But on the inside? Different story. You fall short of your actual potential, because your brains runs in all directions. It keeps digging into the next project or problem… Often leaving you overhwelmed and undersourced – especially when it comes to looking at yourself: Because “problem you” is actually anything but one clear problem to solve. You don’t quite understand your own visions, your odd way of “jump thinking”, let alone your own needs. But ditching those needs and living a life where you switch on half of you only? Leaves you notoriously unsatisfied, like you’re searching in the dark without a torch, never quite “finding it”, no matter what you try. But also, there’s some part in you that has never stopped wondering: What if all of this weirdness could make sense, even be turned into something powerful?

feel that inner spark?

Let’s talk

who are you talking to?

This is me

When a big heart and deep intuition meet intellect, it can go one of two ways. I took the wrong end of the stick for years, before I turned that same energy and turned it into what makes me the person and coach that I am today. (With some incredible support!)

Where I was convinced I carried a stigma I now really get my own complex mind. Where there was awkwardness, there is now ease and connection. Where I used to get lost in depth, there is now inner knowing and trust. Where there was a fear of missing out or choosing the wrong thing, I am willing to play and experiment. Where there was doubt, there is confidence.

Don’t get me wrong: I’m still very much a human. In fact, one of the biggest reasons I am here today is because I developed a LOT of grace for my own shadow sides. And that helps you, too.

this is my story

building the ‘wrong’ life…

I started as an environmental & civil engineer (yep, two degrees, can’t just have one!), which is sort of hilarious because my heart wanted to be a cellist. Yet I didn’t have the confidence to trust myself at the time. Plus I wanted to prove I could pass Switzerland’s hardest uni. And I did care (still do) a ton for the environment. Well, I ended up in a traditional industry which fit me about as well as wearing the same dress every day. Eventually, I made this insanely courageous jump (cconsidering how I grew up – proper job & “enough” money = #1!) and started to look for someting different…

the years of untangling

Deciding engineering wasn’t for me was only the beginning. I tried many different jobs and seeked out countless professionals to get help, but nothing worked. Only once I found the right people I got a chance to really heal and understand myself. I trained as a coach, first with a mentor, then a fully accredited programme. I proceeded into high-stakes leadership and major healing work. A pivotal week of Ayahuasca ceremony altered my trajectory of my life like little else, helping me see how deeply I can trust myself.

owning my own true north

Ayahuasca helped us both to choose becoming parents. It suprised me, but motherhood has come easily in a sense – it just tracked perfectly with everything else I do: Connecting intuition and intellect, regulating my nervous system, and leaning on deep self-strust. Today, I continue to grow. I keep getting training, get coached and ongoingly grapple with my own and the world’s complexity and madness. I also enjoy knowing I’m in the right place, doing the work I love and living an incredible life with my family in the Swiss Alps.

I want these results Too!

fun facts

my fav kind of morning

getting up early for some fun outdoorsy adventure

favourite Season

give me good waves or lots of snow and I don’t care!

Currently obsessed with

having 2 dalmatians again, who also love each other very much

always in my Bag

bike repair gear

On my bucket list

sharing tropical waves with my child

Guilty pleasure

comparing my skiing to others and trying to be the best.

Couldn’t Live Without

great books, fresh food & LOTS of love and connection every day

nerdy stuff I love

role playing games, Wikipedia rabbit holes and horse talk all day long

you can count on me to…

one

be authentic & real

You won’t have to guess what’s going on on my end. I will always tell you – and invite you to do the same. I’ll help you set your boundaries and put my intuition to work to call forth your own realness. And – important – it’s one of my superpowers to do so in a way that feels safe and inviting. The magic always happens when we are our real selves, but not at the cost of feeling held.

two

be super regulated

I have my own support to make sure my stuff doesn’t get in the way of coaching you. I won’t try to fix you or get angry for example. If something brings up emotions, I’ll be transparent. You can and shall fully lean on me as your coach, knowing I won’t break. The “worst case” would be to hit pause & I work through it on my own before we continue in the next session. (never happened btw)

three

bring the fire

It sounds nice to have someone who has your back, but how do we make sure you progress? I’ll be honest: I sweat in every single coaching session, because once we have established a safe-courageous space, I will lean out, relentlessly. Not to make YOU sweat, but it is my job and my art to find the exact amount of “stretch” you need to grow in a way that feels both challenging AND deeply right.

who i work with

is this you?

Not every coach is the right fit, no matter how good they may be (and I will happily refer you on if that turns out to be the case for us).
If this is you, we’re off to a good start:

You love depth, nuance and picking things apart with your brain.
You can never be too fast for me. I may slow you down, but only if we both sense it’s what serves your goals.
You want to make the world a better place (even if you struggle to actually do it – at least on the scale you wish you could)
You have a big heart and big emotions.
You may have identified as neurodiverse.
You want something more / bigger / different than “good on the outside” and are ready to find out how to get there.

you might want to know…

I originally graduated from university as an environmental and civil engineer in 2010 and worked as a civil engineer for a couple of years.
Before I transitioned into coaching, I worked as a self-employed technical editor and horse trainer.
After getting individual training and mentoring for a few years, I trained with and graduated from Accomplishment Coaching in 2022, a ICF accredited, very well rounded and intense coach training program.
In the Forge I learnt to deal with high stakes coaching and leadership, first as a particpant and later in leadership roles, from 2019 to 2024
I learned from the hypnotherapist Melissa Tiers about coaching the uncoscious mind in 2024
Currently (25/26) training with Jennifer Harvey-Sallin about coaching with gifted and otherwise neurodiverse people, including a focus on trauma-sensitive coaching
The most important part is that I have ongoing 1:1 coaching, mentoring and supervision by highly qualified coaches since 2015

I adhere by the standards of the International Coach Federation and I am trained in their core competencies.
I draw a clear distinction from therapy and consulting and I offer neither of those. (I do however offer mentoring on request)
I am committed to co-create with my clients. Examples of what that means:
- I don’t push anyone to buy. That’s no fun for either of us. YOU need to want it, and we both need to feel like we’re a great fit.
- Our path together is always bespoke and individual to your needs. I don’t promise results like you making an x-figure amount by a certain time. What we do instead is to constantly stay in a conversation to make sure you get what you want from me and the world.
- We work together based on an agreement (not a one-way contract). I have a draft, which we look at together and modify/add as necessary before we start.

I keep my pricing affordable and I don’t agree with crazy coaching fees that are charged by some people in the industry. However, what may be affordable for some is impossible to reach for others. Privilege and the absence of it are real, and I don’t believe your commitment depends on how much money you pay me. On the other hand, I keep investing a lot into my own training and supervision to keep my work top notch and my prices reflect the incredible quality I am committed to offer.

This is what I do to balance it out, offer things in a way that feels aligned to me and take different financial realities into account:

I offer installments that can be found under the respective offers
I offer a limited amount of scholarships. Please reach out to apply.

This is one of the most asked questions I get. The answer is two-fold:
1) You will be held and guided through this process, aka I will let you know if there’s a questionnaire, or questions to think about for yourself before a session for example. If you are interested in doing 1:1 work, we will find an agreement which degree of prearation would really serve you.
2) A part of this work is that you can’t really, fully prepare for a coaching session. Its content depens a lot on what happens in the moment, where curious exploration leads you and what you really want. On that note, you’d be suprised how often we discover something we want we didn’t realise before a session! These are some of the most magical and life-changing moment. So being “unprepared” aka open-minded is a great mindset for this work.

Doing work that goes quite deep, the leap to stumbling on trauma is a small one. This is why I have been trained (and done additional reading) to be mindful and sensitive around anything that is beyond my scope as a coach. It is not my expertise to treat your trauma and I set a clear boundary here.

This doesn’t mean I’ll take to my heels as soon as something slightly reminding of trauma shows up in our conversations. However I will check in with you in a way that we previously have agreed on to make sure you feel held and safe and know where and how to get help if whatever comes up is outside of my scope. And yes, sometimes we will be able to deal with it with coaching tools we have available, focusing on actions in the future that make sure you don’t accidentially touch on it in an environment that feels considerbly less safe. Especially if you have already dealt with it in the past, it’s not full blown & taking you by suprise or you have a therapist to look at some of the aspects with.

In my self-guided courses you will always find resources so you know what to do if you’re on your own.

this is an invitation for all of you

Here is the place for you to make solid, sustainable progress toward the life & work you want – without having to leave a single part of you behind ever again.

I’m ready – let’s talk!