Like a Personal Trainer – But for the Futures

From Personal Training to Personal Futures -  my journey from physical strength to future resilience

I started my coaching career as a Personal Trainer. It was a truly rewarding profession that taught me far more than I ever expected. I’m grateful for those years, because they laid the foundation for the work I do today as a Personal Futurist.

Interestingly, it wasn’t the training part that shaped me the most. It was the personal part.

Most of the people I worked with were beginners – adults who had never quite found joy or confidence in an active lifestyle. And honestly, it’s no surprise. Back then, the fitness industry was heavy on slogans like "no pain, no gain" and "step outside your comfort zone or go home."

I believed in a different approach. 

My method was to help people find their comfort zone first: to feel safe, capable, and in control. Only then, and only if they were ready, we could explore what lies just beyond that zone. Carefully, and at their own pace.

What inspired me most was seeing people light up when they realized what their bodies could do. And how good it could feel.

Over time, I noticed something: Personal Training alone wasn’t enough. Not for my clients, and definitely not for me. I started expanding my skills and mindset toward a more holistic view of wellbeing.

Physical wellbeing remains a core element in my work – and always will.
It’s our powerhouse of energy, resilience, and capacity when navigating change and shaping our futures.

Today, as a Personal Futurist, I bring together three key areas:

1. Wellbeing as the Fuel 

The physical and mental sense of feeling good in, and about, yourself.
Because you can’t build futures if your body and mind are running on empty.

2. Futures Thinking

The ability to imagine, embrace, and actively shape the many possibilities ahead.
Letting go of fear, leaning into change, and finding inspiration in uncertainty.

3. Your Own Life Focus

Discovering the futures you want to live. Clarifying what really matters to you, and doing it among people who truly see, support, and appreciate one another.

So this is where it all comes together:

Your energy, your future and your direction.

I’m here to help you shape it.