The positive lunatic
The personal pages of a website are one of the most exciting and valuable webpages (for me) because they tell a lot about the motivation and reflection capabilities of a website owner. Therefore, they are inevitable for personal service providers and just can’t be big enough. Learn how my journey as a personality coach and entrepreneur began and finally brings us together here.
Enjoy =)
Here are the biggest cornerstones which led me from my childhood to the Heartcore Coach & Consultant I am today. Get to know the environment I grew up in and learn what has always motivated me to better understand and evaluate me and my services.
I grew up in southeastern Berlin, Germany, in a rural environment close to the inner city. The ultimate symbiosis. In a house with a big garden. Beautiful. And with occasional trips to Berlin's surrounding countryside (Brandenburg) where I immediately fell in love with water and the woods.
I was born into a gastronomic family where high quality was very important in many areas and which provided me with the best of different worlds:
Already as a child did I realize that I feel very comfortable and am quite competent with humans & nature. I may have a love-hate relationship with humans today, but controversies and conflicts have accompanied and attracted me ever since, too. Consequently, I dove deeper and deeper into the depths of human psyche. Always close to water and from a natural-environmental perspective - as long as it sparkles.
I also got to know half of the (western) world (North America, Europe, Caribbean) thanks to numerous holidays and student exchanges and I directly connected with the cultures of the Middle East in Berlin 😍 And since I grew up in political East Germany (former GDR), I am very well aware how much of a gift this freedom actually is for which I’m insanely grateful!
At the end of my schooldays, I didn’t know yet what exactly I wanted to do in the future. But I certainly knew that I wanted more time for myself, for my own personal development!
Therefore, a social year with lightly disabled people on an organic farm is a good investment and provided me enriching experiences with amazing animals (cows 😍, pigs, geese, ducks), people and many road trips (😍).
Studying was a definite, too, but enrollment didn’t go as smoothly as I have hoped because I had no ideas to begin with and only a mediocre Numerus Clausus, too (Do I learn for grades? Nooo!). I only knew I wanted to stay in Berlin! But through introspection and a little bit of luck, I was finally offered a place for my topic of heart at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin through clearing:
Geography 🌍
I chose geology (wasn’t covered strongly enough in school) and meteorology (hopefully becoming an even better fisherman) as side subjects in order to provide the widespread geography some specialization (we had to choose two side subjects of our choice according to university rules).
I changed meteorology for psychology after finishing my basic study (good old diploma) since we only calculated integrals at the end which did not make me a smarter fisherman - and was quite annoyed at first as psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud & friends couldn’t be farther away…
Instead, I got to know business psychology and other areas which I would’ve never chosen myself (I seek depth ever since).
And I’m so grateful for it as my experiences confirmed that I actually am an amazing organizational psychologist - which is huge as everybody else to this point, including my original family, told or showed me all the time that I have no clue or aren’t worth much whatsoever. At the same time, I have always been an entrepreneur who fights for higher goals…!
In 3rd grade, I wanted to build a school pond which would benefit all pupils, teachers and our education itself (I always already saw the big picture). I approached the responsible teachers several times, only to get the usual flimsy excuses… So, I built up a team and did it myself. It took two whole days until they found out about it 😁
I also stood up for the well-being of others in my countless side jobs and was therefore often despised and even harassed (kindest regards to the "Wrangelkiez" or Wrangel hood, that is, of Berlin’s district Kreuzberg!). I kept fighting nevertheless.
I invested in myself and other gems money can’t buy for a very long time and consequently consciously sacrificed many amenities which are mundane for most people of more or less industrialized countries, even including food.
In order to reach the TOP, you have to be able to get DOWN
At the same time, I built up my entrepreneurial-artistic visions which, to a degree, I already had since my childhood.
And after many experiences and growing pressures I finally made the leap into self-employment on 21/12/21 (December 21, 2021) and registered my coaching & consulting trade for 28€ from the last 40€ I had left.
Thereby, I fulfilled myself a huge dream of my childhood and youth (I wanted to be self-employed ever since) which finally brings us together 😊
In 5th grade I discovered my passion and skill for the human psyche. Humans always fascinated and excited me, but it was here in school that I first recognized (and acknowledged) that I was different and partly further developed.
For instance, I annoyingly observed how my class mates intentionally separated from each other (“the boys”, “the girls”) instead of working together for the good (and now, 2022/23, this imbecility unfolds in many other areas of society as well…). And I also tried to solve different conflicts in my private life, too.
I intensely studied humans (individuals and society), other animals (esp. fish, whales and cats) as well as our abiotic world during the following decades - mostly self-taught and always as an entrepreneur, investor and visionary. And always as an artist. With great depth. And HIGH values.
Many people dream of buying a Porsche at the age of 30. I wanted to have an outstanding psyche I always dreamt of. I’ll get my dream cars now =)
And after I made it in the shade for my close ones and myself, we’ll now brighten up the future for and with you =)
The best criterion to meaningfully recognize and compare providers of personal, individualized services is their personality.
This is particularly inevitable for personality coaches as their topics, services and goals are so similar. Of course, there are differences in quality here, too, but the success of your collaboration is much more determined by how well both of your personalities match, i.e. if you’re in synch with each other.
My #1 tip for your search of a personality coach: pay close attention to how you feel for and with a potential candidate 😉
Evaluating the personality of business consultants becomes more and more important, too. Usually, the focus is predominantly on their methodology or general topic (e.g. financial, strategic or marketing consultant), but as people become more and more sensitive for personal factors, personality traits of business consultants become more and more important as well. In the end, a business consultants’ client is a human being - and people make business with people.
So, what makes me special?
Only few people do speak the language of humans and companies EQUALLY well
In order to help people, you need human expertise which not only contains the knowledge about psychic-physical structures & processes, but also the skill to communicate that with and within the relationship aspect (coaching).
On the other hand, you need to speak the more technical language (content aspect) of companies in order to implement (human) expertise or advise them strategically (consulting).
Since I work well and gladly with contrast, balancing sensitivity and strength is second nature to me.
Most psychoanalysts work in science or as psychotherapists and are therefore less easy going as a personal coach.
Unfortunately, there are hardly any personality coaches who bring it psychoanalytically. Nearly all of them promise the world but are actually only poking around at the surface - nothing but curing symptoms!
If you want to be TRULY clean and free you have to work on the CAUSES of your conflicts!
I combine psychoanalytical expertise with the amicable atmosphere of personal coaching which I call "creative psychoanalysis" - depth-psychological work has never been so much fun 💫
Hardly any personality coach knows the (scientific) background, strengths and limitations of psychotherapies. But personality coaches and life coaches in particular, should know and work with the differences and commonalities towards psychotherapies because both approaches complement each other beautifully.
It’s also a matter of (factual) respect and would more than benefit our (German) health care system!
Spirituality can actually look good
On one side, I do speak the language of nature. But different to most personality coaches who are close to nature, I also provide the (bio)geographical understanding for it which enables me to translate nature’s structures and processes to our psyche.
On the other hand, I do also thoroughly consider the longings of our "modern" world and certainly shave my armpits (I hate hippies)!
Nearly nobody does this in conjunction (unfortunately).
Each of the aforementioned combinations is rare. All those combinations together? One-of-a-kind.
In conjunction with all my other skills and passions, this creates a broad spectrum of services and methods which particularly excel at complex problems where many different gear wheels are engaged - THE playground for geographers 😎
Generalists are specialists for the BIG picture
My approach is always a holistic one (see below) and the results are extremely sustainable (which also brings us back to nature ;-) No matter if it’s personal or business development.
In regard to personal development, this means developing and balancing out ALL life areas according to the personality of an individual in order to build up a super healthy and fulfilled life.
In regard to business development, this approach is perfectly catered to the three fundamental business areas covered in my Comsulting: strategic orientation, products & services, company climate.
And the bigger or more demanding the goals, the better - for simple tasks, I'm not the right partner for you.
The colorful central theme of my diverse spectrum also applies to the journey towards an according goal and mostly follows a natural, free FLOW, not a predefined, enforced run-of-the-mill plan (of which there are more than enough out there).
I may have a strong scientific background, am keen to pigeonhole and also love straight-lined things like technical tools, but especially when working with and on psyche, I often draw conclusions based on intuition (just like a native).
Learning and exercising the interplay between mind, heart and gut is so much more fun and also smarter as we always spend more time on the road while approaching a goal.
This approach is much more flexible and therefore effective and successful even in business consulting because it leads to extremely individual results which are perfectly suited to specific circumstances and also impact people stronger.
Among the aforementioned global character traits, there are some topics where I developed particular expertise since I’m especially sensitive or passionate about them.
As low as my self-worth and -trust has been for a long time, I always had exceptional self-consciousness. I always knew what is going on how and why with me. And if you have a high self-awareness, you also have a high foreign awareness. 😉 It’s no surprise I’m here to help others… 🤗
Dreams are goals.
They are essential for a fulfilled, successful life and have tremendous power which can strongly motivate or even keep us alive.
Unfortunately, many people never learned or unlearned to dream because they unfolded under the pressure of family, “friends”, co-workers and other anti-members of society in order to avoid stress with them - which is quite unhealthy for psyche AND body!
But if you allow yourself dreams and hold on to them, you develop defense capabilities which strengthen your entire immune system (and life) 😉
Fear is THE motor of all living things on this planet and can paralyze but also elate.
Fear wakens up and increases the sensitivity of our senses. It makes us perceive quicker and more intense and also fosters that things, experiences and, ultimately, life itself gains value.
Unfortunately, many people have unlearned to sense and accept fear, too, because fear has become a taboo - just like in my original family. And similar to dreams, it has serious negative consequences for individuals, society, economy, nature and many more.
Furthermore, fear is THE cause for one of the biggest challenges with which you can create magic if you solve it:
Conflict.
Conversely, if you want to solve conflicts, you need to understand, address and process fears.
Fear is the basis of all conflicts
So, if you accept and process fear and conflicts, you’ll ultimately become more mature, fulfilled and successful.
I’m convinced that most people of our society dream of a fulfilled partnership - after all, love and passion is THE topic of art, esp. music, since millennia now.
But the majority of people never has perfect partnerships in their private or business life (which, btw, leads to diverse unhealthy phenomena, too) because they run away from a very crucial element:
|” Love contains and needs FEAR. That’s why it’s so intense!
So, if you want to truly love, you have to overcome your outer and inner daemons (fears) on the way to this goal.
Fortunately, fear as the biggest potential dream has not only paralyzing effects, but also the strongest potential to overcome challenges.
Finally, also consider this: love has different faces and refers to many things, not only humans and their interrelations 😉
Psyche and body are inseparably intertwined with each other.
If you know how the body follows our psyche, you can very well explain, predict and shape physical phenomena.
And with the awareness that, in turn, the body is a reflection of our soul, you are able to see people in a completely different, often more beautiful light - this way, playing with some body is just so much more fun 😍
I have felt at home in nature ever since.
Particularly water and its inhabitants and residents magically attract me, but as a grown-up child I also love to clamber the (low) mountain range. Humans, other animals, mushrooms, plants and the abiotic world offer endless things to explore - the signs of nature are everywhere anytime and it’s up to you to recognize and use them to your advantage!
But a lot of people of our vastly industrialized, superficially stimulated world easily and gladly forget their true nature or origin, respectively - which is equally unhealthy (this somehow becomes the common theme here… 😁).
But this planet and its inhabitants are so insanely colourful and beautiful (look, look) - you never lived if you haven’t recognized, accepted and enjoyed it.
Art is THE gate and medium that particularly helps us to explain and embrace psychic conditions which are hard to comprehend. In his book “Anatomie der Angst - Ängste annehmen und an ihnen wachsen“ (Anatomy of fear - accepting fears and grow through them), Egon Fabian beautifully describes that ARTISTS are the ones who make even the deepest feelings more accessible for us.
But art goes way beyond its classic understanding (music, literature, visual and performing arts) as I illustrate in my blog article about professionalism: Basically, every activity and its physical & psychic result which is either executed extremely well and/or interpreted with an individual note, is an art form. Therefore, art also includes cooking, car driving or business consulting 😉
Of course, nothing comes even close to the creations of the greatest artist of all times - mother nature. But the art of humans reaches us much deeper and has the additional advantage that we can create it ourselves - other than basalt columns, cumulus clouds, wings of a butterfly or bioluminescence.
That’s why art is one of the very first topics in my personal coaching (and in conversations, generally) I explore and try to connect people with it.
I already mentioned it above but it’s so fundamental that I gladly repeat it: Cracking the big picture has always been my passion and became one of my biggest strengths. I love puzzling and holistic approaches which are about the connection between humans and nature.
Holistic approaches are more complex and demanding and therefore more fun. They are also more sustainable and nearly always more successful.
Diversified (heterogeneous) systems perform particularly brilliantly in unstable times as they are able to adapt much more flexibly to changing conditions.
Only very late in my geography study did I learn that a holistic perspective is the biggest strength of geographers and greatly negates the stupid statement that we are “a jack of all trades, but master of none” because, thanks to our broad expertise, nobody understands how various gear wheels are intertwined with each other and what happens when which gear is turned better than us.
Which can also be applied to human psyche or businesses where there are many different areas connected with each other, too 😉
Branding is one of my entrepreneurial passions and specialties. My ingenious creation here combines my last name at birth “Hartwig” with my general attitude and its resulting workflow.
Heartcore Coaching & Consulting takes place with a lot of feeling (heart).
That includes passion, sensitivity and strong connection with the relationship aspect. We all know since at least Germany’s most famous rapper Sido told us 2008:
„Du musst auf Dein Herz hör'n
Hör wie es schlägt, wie es fleht, wie es schreit
Hör wie es lebt, wie es lacht, wie es weint
[...]“
meaning:
„You got to listen to your heart
Listen how it beats, how it pleads, how it screams
Listen how it lives, how it laughs, how it cries
[…]”
Unfortunately, many people have unlearned or never learned to recognize and accept their inside. We’ll change that now by leading the way great examples.
I work passionately and enjoy the ups and downs of a healthy heartbeat - THE symbol for life.
You won’t find something hard here, even though my last name and that of my business may look and sound harsh, but the way I work (pun not intended) is quite the opposite. Thanks to Hannover in Lower Saxony, Germany, I learned that “Hartwig’s are strong personalities” and today, I associate tenacity and other stabilizing traits with it.
I definitely don’t give up easily and only get going when the going gets tough.
You have so much more and better opportunities to explain and therefore shape things. After all, I’m still a (psycho) analyst, autist and scientist. I don’t do things by halves or only scratch the surface - treating symptoms is definitely not my thing.
Heartcore Coaching & Consulting bedeutet, dass ich bis zu den Ursachen (Kern) innerer und äußerer Konflikte vordringe.
Von dort aus hat man nämlich viel mehr Erklärungs- und Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten. Ich bin immernoch (Psycho-) Analytiker, Autist und Wissenschaftler und mache keine halben Sachen oder kratze nur an der Oberfläche herum - Symptombehandlung is echt nich mein Ding.
Heartcore Coaching & Consulting ist also relativ intensiv und dementsprechend gehaltvoll und belebend.
Es ist anspruchsvoll mit mir, das spiegelt sich dann aber auch im Ergebnis wieder (alles gleicht sich eben aus ;-) Sie bekommen von mir die geheime Zutat, die den meisten Persönlichkeits-Coaches und. v.a. Unternehmensberatern fehlt, und profitieren von alles anderem als Standard-Ansätzen sowie der damit verbundenen Entwicklung.
Mit erfrischend kreativer Kompetenz und feinem Gespür für Mensch & Natur befreien und entwickeln wir Ihre persönlichen oder unternehmerischen Träume und Potentiale. Sie lernen sich selbst und andere(s) neu oder besser kennen und schätzen, und werden auch Ihre Psyche (und Körper) zukünftig effektiver als Werkzeug einsetzen.
Mit viel Gefühl, Verständnis und Lust aufs Leben - hardcore herzlich eben =)
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