Testimonials
" When I first met Mme. Meinelt, I have to
admit that I had mixed feelings about coaching, that is not to
say; I had strong negative opinions about the kind of support
she pretended to offer. I just didn’t believe in it, nor did I
think it could make any difference at all in my life. Also, I’m
not even an expat.
I was wrong, and to this day I’m still amazed by the story I’m about to tell you.
I’m co-founder and active director at Abalance SA, a game studio based in Switzerland. My company hires many individuals from various backgrounds, as it is required to make and publish games. My mind is constantly strategizing and multitasking, my life is fast and the situations I’m facing evolve and change everyday. I don’t have one problem I need to solve, I have many, and targeted coaching on one aspect is just taking away valuable time. But as the time passes through the pandemic, my problems became more and more unmanageable, and I was at a point where I could break down. In this context, Mme. Meinelt offered her help to me.
This time, I gave it a shot, without expectations, and without believing in it, just because I felt I was out of options.
It’s hard to describe my surprise when I saw and experimented her process;
Mme Meinelt knew that my case was not in her field of expertise, so she started by researching how to speak my language. She was very methodical, and step by step, I saw her design an entirely new system to fit my case, create new tools and personalized metrics to support me in my challenges. Her work was precise, human, warm and empowering, and to my surprise; I was finally moving forward. She didn’t focus on one aspect, she went at the source of my patterns and habits, she made me explore other ways to see and she opened my eyes, and while doing all that, she was able to help me design my own system of support. Progressively, my « many problems » were simplified and became manageable, she understood what I needed, while I couldn’t even see it.
I will be forever grateful to Mme. Meinelt and I will always be impressed by her work. I don’t think many people are able to help someone far from their field, especially if they don’t believe in it.
That’s why I just want to say, Sybille, from the bottom of my heart,
Thank You So Much."
I was wrong, and to this day I’m still amazed by the story I’m about to tell you.
I’m co-founder and active director at Abalance SA, a game studio based in Switzerland. My company hires many individuals from various backgrounds, as it is required to make and publish games. My mind is constantly strategizing and multitasking, my life is fast and the situations I’m facing evolve and change everyday. I don’t have one problem I need to solve, I have many, and targeted coaching on one aspect is just taking away valuable time. But as the time passes through the pandemic, my problems became more and more unmanageable, and I was at a point where I could break down. In this context, Mme. Meinelt offered her help to me.
This time, I gave it a shot, without expectations, and without believing in it, just because I felt I was out of options.
It’s hard to describe my surprise when I saw and experimented her process;
Mme Meinelt knew that my case was not in her field of expertise, so she started by researching how to speak my language. She was very methodical, and step by step, I saw her design an entirely new system to fit my case, create new tools and personalized metrics to support me in my challenges. Her work was precise, human, warm and empowering, and to my surprise; I was finally moving forward. She didn’t focus on one aspect, she went at the source of my patterns and habits, she made me explore other ways to see and she opened my eyes, and while doing all that, she was able to help me design my own system of support. Progressively, my « many problems » were simplified and became manageable, she understood what I needed, while I couldn’t even see it.
I will be forever grateful to Mme. Meinelt and I will always be impressed by her work. I don’t think many people are able to help someone far from their field, especially if they don’t believe in it.
That’s why I just want to say, Sybille, from the bottom of my heart,
Thank You So Much."
Lucien Jeanprêtre, USA, Switzerland
CEO Abalance SA
Moving across the world alone at 21 is not easy. It is certainly not made easier when a global pandemic prevents you from returning home for 2.5 years.
This, as well as a few other factors, led to a sharp decrease in my mental health, self-esteem, relationships and outlook for the future. I felt lost, alone and helpless. I struggled massively with accepting where I was in life and found fault with everything and everyone around me.
I had hit rock bottom.
It was once I had finally realised where I was that I took a look around and made the conscious decision that I couldn’t keep living like this. That was when I found Sybille and her coaching.
I struggled during our coaching at the beginning – it was hard to break those habits and mentality I had created during the bleak year of my life.
Sybille created goals and measuring tools for me that helped me to reflect and envision where I had come from and where I was going. She pushed me to not dwell on the past and to change my thinking to be more positive and open.
Now 1 month after our coaching has come to an end, I can happily say I feel more like myself than I have in ages and yet, I know that my past self wouldn’t be able to recognise this new, evolved person I have become.
I am more confident in myself, my decisions and my future than I have been in years. I set myself boundaries in my professional and personal life and am not afraid to say what I think and feel. I have grabbed my life by the horns and am not afraid to fight for what I want.
I know that I wouldn’t be where I am today without Sybille. She helped me see things in different ways and really helped me to change my mentality and attitude towards life.
Anika Rahm, New Zealand, Switzerland
Head of marketing, young start up
Meeting Sybille was the best thing that has happened to me since I moved here. During our first meeting, she was not only able to identify all my flaws, but also came up with the best plans ever. Moreover, she has the ability to go deeper in order to understand your essence as well as your needs. On top of that, she’s very intelligent and easily spot on things that you don’t realize about yourself. For me, our meeting was a wake up call and I’ll be forever grateful.
Marcia Magri Hermann, Brazil, Switzerland
Brazilian diplomat's wife
Thanks to Sybille, I could define clear objectives as I started a new career path. I developed the right tools to take decisions easily every time. Sybille is also great at following up, which allows the coachee to keep up with the objectives previously defined. Thank you Sybille!
Valérie Lopez, Switzerland
Interpreter
Woow! Thanks Sybille for this follow-up debriefing, very professional. With your support, I have been able to go even further in the understanding of my questioning. I had the belief that to succeed you had to do things with great efforts, putting myself under unpleasant pressure. Our work together allowed me to have a new, more positive vision about my previous experiences seen as failures. It helped me unlock my professional projects.
Monick Pimentel, Switzerland/Brazil
Holistic coach
The coaching with Sybille has given me inspiring insights to move forward. Comprehensive and structured with intermediate assessments, it enabled me to find practical answers to my initial questionings.
Alain Cettour, France
Language teacher
On her work as a career coach, Sybille takes the time to listen to her clients, and provides the proper feedback to assist or guide you on how to better achieve your professional and life objectives in a well defined and structured manner. She focuses on your basic needs and attempts to align them with your overall expectations by giving you a sense of direction to achieve your goals. She is well organized and patient, and she shows a clear interest in helping you achieve your goals.
Jean-Jacques Bouillet, Switzerland
Expert in control and conformity
I was impressed by our exchange! Without taking notes, you have recalled all our main topics and it was clear and precise! Changes have taken place in just using the technique of the position of the tongue in the mouth, "the four agreements" from Don Miguel Ruiz and the discarding from my negative thoughts. I will work with these tools and practice them. I am really thankful to you for all you bring to me, all the energy you send me to help me get on top of my life to restore it to a beautiful one. I hope to come back very soon to you to tell you how your clear suggestions push me upwards and how precious they are. You have been able to give me this missing impulse and the appropriate tools. Every person calling upon you will progress with confidence upon a life path liberated from limiting pitfalls. You are a super coach who guides me to find and activate the right solutions which give me the necessary impulse to try them with the correct posture, firm without overpowering me, just right!
Josette Pédelaborde, France
Retired training manager
It was a real pleasure to exchange ideas with Sybille. She is a real mine of information and connects people, ideas and concepts appropriately together on a large scale. Her additional experiences as an expat enriches even more her skills.
Stéphanie Prime, France/Canada
Operational coach for meaningful projects
I fully recommend Sybille Meinelt as a coach. Very warmhearted and particularly efficient to target my needs and to answer very justly to them. Sybille stands out with her ability to analyze the situations under the right angle. She then offers targeted and appropriate suggestions. A coach to remember !
Caroline Duhamel, France/ Morocco
Event organizer
Sybille is a person with great coaching qualities, whether for her listening, for the relevance of her advice or her will to improve and challenge herself. It is a real pleasure to develop projects at her side and exchange with her.
Johanna Lasson, France
Employee at Decathlon France
Here is an ebook I created to give you ideas for your questionings as expat and a glimpse of my support to you, if you so chose to.
