Bottom-up approach
Rather than talking about problems from the top down, I work through the body and the subconscious where the real programs live. This creates change that is deep and lasting, not just intellectual.
About Anna
I'm Anna.
Life Coach. Motivational Speaker. Olympian.
About Anna
My story the beginning
My childhood gave me roots to grow and wings to fly. I always knew I was going to be an athlete. It was just a matter of finding my sport.
Over two decades competing as an elite mountain biker and triathlete, I developed a deep awareness of what the body needs to function at its best. I learned to train it, nourish it and rest it. I represented Australia at the highest level, the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. I finished the Hawaii Ironman. I pushed myself mentally, physically, emotionally, and I learnt more in those years that I could have ever imagined.
But I also learned something that no amount of physical training could teach me. Success isn't just about the body. It's about the mind, the emotions, the energy you bring to every single day.
My rock bottom
I had achieved everything I had dreamed of as an athlete. And then my life fell apart in a way I never could have seen coming.
After 10 years of marriage, and a baby on the way, I had to make the hardest yet best decision of my life. My husband, best friend and father-to-be did the unfathomable and betrayed both my son and myself. Words cannot describe the emotions that I experienced in such a vulnerable time in my life.
I was, totally shattered. Sixteen thousand kilometres from my family in Australia. Four months pregnant.
I walked away from my life in Germany and from everything that I had built over the last twelve years. With my 8-month-old son, a suitcase and $2000, I returned to Australia to start again.
What followed next was the most painful, and ultimately, the most transformative chapter of my life. I rebuilt everything: my sense of self, my finances, my home and my purposes. And in doing so, I found my calling.
How I Became a Coach
A defining moment that changed everything.
My coaching journey began in 2017 when a personal training client of mine opened my eyes to the possibility of helping others through trauma and challenging life experiences. That moment ignited something in me.
I began studying. And I have not stopped.
Over the past seven years I have immersed myself in the deepest, most rigorous training I could find. NLP and Timeline Therapy to Internal Family Systems, somatic psychology, trauma-informed practice, and Compassionate Inquiry under Gabor Maté.
I did this not just to become a better coach, but to heal my own wounds. To understand my own programs. To come back to myself fully, so I could help others do the same.
How I work
Different to most talk therapies.
My approach is unlike most talk therapies. I work bottom-up, through the body and the nervous system, to access the subconscious to get to the root of what is actually running underneath behaviour.
The framework I use the "Awareness, Acceptance and Action" with each of my clients. We start by seeing clearly what is actually happening, in the thoughts, the body showing up as sensations in the body which we label as emotions, the behavioural patterns. We move through acceptance, not resignation, but the honest acknowledgment of what is here. And then we take aligned action. Not forced. Not pushed. Rooted
I draw on parts work. The understanding that we are not one unified self but a collection of parts, each with its own needs and protective roles. When we can meet those parts with compassion rather than criticism, everything shifts.
I also bring in the body. Movement. Breath. Nutrition. The nervous system. Because lasting change is not just cognitive, it is somatic. It lives in the body.
Trauma-informed and safe
Every session is held in a safe, non-judgmental space. I work gently and carefully with whatever is present. Never pushing, always honoring where you are.
Whole person body, mind and emotions
I draw on movement, nutrition, mindset, emotional awareness, parts work and somatic practice. True wellbeing isn't one thing, it's the integration of all of them.
Lived experience
I don't coach from a textbook. I coach from a life that has included elite sport, personal devastation, and genuine rebuilding. "I understand what it takes to heal trauma and have it stored as wisdom". I practice what I preach.
Qualifications
Committed to continual learning.
Over a decade of rigorous study across human movement, nutrition, coaching, somatic psychology, trauma-informed practice and inner world work. This is what I bring to every session.
Bachelor of Applied Science — Human Movement
Deakin University
Credentialled Practitioner of Coaching
The Coaching Institute
NLP Practitioner and Coach
Institute of Empowered Psychology
Hypnotherapist
Institute of Empowered Psychology
Trauma-Informed Coach
The Centre for Healing
Inner Child Work and Internal Family Systems
Embodied Philosophy Wisdom School
Introduction to Somatic Psychology and Embodied Communication
Neuroaffective Touch Institute
Compassionate Inquiry in Action
Gabor Maté
Complete IFS Therapy Immersion
Integrating Internal Family Systems Across Clinical Applications
Chakra Therapy — Awakening and Healing the Energy Body
Anodea Judith
Honours in Food Science and Nutrition
Deakin University
Emotional Intimacy Coach
The Coaching Institute
Timeline Therapy Practitioner
Institute of Empowered Psychology