Frequently Asked Questions

“Integral” means inclusive of everything, entire, complete, whole.

This means that I look at you as a whole person. I pay special attention to how you integrate your 3 intelligence centres (mind, heart, body) into your way of being – at work and at home. From there, we look at your current challenges. And we define what needs to change within you in order to overcome them.

In a nutshell: I’m coaching the person - and not the problem!

I hate to disappoint you, but there’s no such thing as a one size fits all formula for this. We are all different human beings with highly individual needs. But let my try to give you a brief overview :)

An initial coaching journey lasts between 6-12 sessions and can continue afterwards.

At the beginning there’s always the intake, where we clarify why you came for coaching and what outcomes you would like to achieve. We look at potential obstacles along the way and look for solutions how to overcome them. We define practices and exercises to build your self-awareness and establish new habits and behaviours

In addition to the above we can use the Enneagram as another rich source for your self-development work.

Throughout the journey, we keep the outcomes in mind and adjust them if necessary.

At the end we recap your path in alignment with your outcomes.

 Your individual development activities or “homework” are always aligned to what you need right now and your overall outcomes of the coaching programme.

This can be, for example, awareness activities to catch yourself when triggered. It can be somatic practices to become more attuned to what your heart and body are trying to tell you. Or it’s a once-off exercise to learn about your needs and values.

Timing-wise, we look at what you can handle consistently. If that’s 5 minutes per day, that’s perfectly fine. If you want to do more, you’ll get more. In the end, it’s more about quality and being consistent than about quantity.

As you can read above, the real work, AKA “homework”, is happening between our sessions. From my experience, it sometimes makes sense to have weekly sessions in the beginning and then move to bi-weekly or even monthly sessions.

In between sessions you need time to reflect, digest and do the homework. Your “normal life” continues to happen as well.

From Monday to Friday you can reach me via e-mail here: mail@vivianebraun.de and I’ll get back to you within 48 hours.

During weekends it’s family time and I’m “out of office”.

My sessions/work shops for private and corporate clients are priced differently, please contact me for further details: mail@vivianebraun.de

We need to find out if we are a good fit. You need to able to trust me. You need to feel comfortable to open up to me. My aim is always to get to the root cause of things. Mutual trust and respect is essential for a successful coaching relationship.

The Enneagram is an ancient personality typing system which doesn’t box people, but rather opens a pathway to self-discovery and greater personal awareness. It helps us to understand our patterns that direct our beliefs, emotions and behaviours, our motivation behind, and provides great possibilities for getting the best out of ourselves.

In simple words: it's a precious map to navigate your self-development work from. It accelerates self-awareness and learning about your inner patterns and dynamics as a human being. It's a very valuable support within the Integral Coaching process.

To learn more about the Enneagram, check it out here .

If you are missing an answer simply drop me an e-Mail (mail@vivianebraun.de) or scroll upwards to book a free discovery call.