I came to Kristine because I wasn't happy with my work situation, I was feeling stuck and underestimated. I felt that I needed a change, a disruption in my work routine, in order to progress with what I really wished for my future career. With Kristine, I had the opportunity to dive into my psyche, uncovering what was holding me back from progressing.

We mostly worked on how I should face the challenges in my work-life, shutting down the "gremlings" in my mind telling me "You can't do that", while embracing a more positive attitude. I learnt that a negative answer doesn't have to be considered as a rejection, but as a learning opportunity, or a misalignment of goals.

I left our session with clarity and confidence, and for that I am very grateful to Kristine.

Working with Business & Life Coach Kristine Duyck during the preparation phase of launching my startup was an absolute game-changer. Her guidance helped me clarify my vision, structure my ideas, and turn them into a concrete, actionable business plan. What I appreciated most was Kristine’s ability to combine strategic insight with practical examples, ensuring that every session moved me one step closer to a successful launch. Her encouragement, expertise, and honest feedback gave me the confidence to take the leap and start my business. I can wholeheartedly recommend Kristine Duyck to any aspiring entrepreneur who wants to become independent.

Working with Kristine has been an incredibly interesting and a transformative experience. Through her thoughtful guidance, I was able to explore my aspirations with clarity, identify my talents, and most importantly end up with much more confidence in my abilities. Her approach goes far beyond surface-level advice: Kristine allowed me reflect deeply on what makes me happy, and how my values align with the path I want to pursue. Each session left me more motivated about pursuing my objectives. Thanks to Kristine, I am now feeling excited and empowered to embrace the next chapter of my career and my life.

A while ago I reached out to Kristine Duyck, more based on luck and coincidence by finding her website on google, to work out a career direction. What I accomplished was beyond expectations.

To explain a bit my background: My career so far was more accidental. I started 25 years ago with a bank apprenticeship. After my first experiences in that sector I decided to study business administration.

After my studies I landed by chance in commodity trading, believing that my career is Finance. After some years I felt a loss of momentum. I was unable to study anymore and was in constant search for the next step.

Despite my biggest efforts I was unable to find what I was looking for.

When I first engaged with Kristine I was not really sure what to expect, but the first impression was good. I had booked 8 sessions over the course of a year. After each session I started to remove the blockers and became more clear on the intrinsic drivers. What Kristine did, so my view, was brilliant psychology at its core. She guided me to find the answers myself. This resulted in clarity of my aspirations, increase in self-confidence and it unlocked my mental capacity again. My revelation: We are who we are, with our values and experiences. Understanding this made me understand in which direction to look and now all comes together naturally.

The career counseling was a small investment, which paid x-fold back. I am not sure I would have been ready earlier in my life to run the career counseling, but I am confident that if I were, it would have benefitted me greatly and saved a lot of time and energy in my search. My gratitude to Kristine. I recommended her to friends, family and colleagues and would do so to anyone who has the desire to elevate their career in a more meaningful way.

I came to Kristine to unblock some patterns that I had been building over my life that were the main obstacle to achieving something bigger in what felt like a small career I am in. I have learned two main things: how to manage my inner negative voices that stop me from doing great things NOW, and how to redirect my mind toward goal-driven, conscious planning for my NOW and future, while keeping my emotions and well-being in check. I have had many intense conversations with Kristine, and she has managed to maintain a high level of toughness to challenge me and make me be honest and accountable, while being incredibly soft, kind, and embracing. I can’t recommend Kristine enough. I am very sad the coaching has ended, but I hope I will have more opportunities to reconnect with her and get more of her wisdom!

How to summarize my journey with Kristine...

I have learned so much during our sessions and I am still working hard on myself but:

• I am way more positive than before

• I do not see new challenge anymore as 'I will not be able to do that',  instead I always say ' I will do my best…'

• I am not letting the workload stressing me (that much)... work in progress here

• I am receiving a lot of positive feedback, they all say, that I changed a lot for the better

• I can raise my hand and show that it is too much without thinking (too much) that I will appear weak. My new favorite word: showing VULNERABILITY. I learned to tell how I feel

• I am doing really good in my new position, I am learning new things and I like that a lot. I even got a raise because of the good development and hard work I made in the last months

• I enjoy new adventures and don`t create all the scenarios with : but what if? Okay,  there are some exceptions s till but I am working on them

Of course, there are also bad days but they do not weight that much as they did before. So I take my time to be angry or sad, but I move forward much quicker as before. And I see the good!

So yes.. what I wanted to say is THANK YOU! For showing me how to live on the sunny side of the life! For teaching me how to enjoy the view of this ride we call life.

You really helped me to feel lighter and be more in peace with myself… you  guided me towards the good parts of the life.

I am really happy that I got the chance to meet you and that you had such a positive impact on my life.

So thank you one more time!

I wasn't unhappy but felt like I could do better, when I came to Kristine. I was stuck and wanted help in creating an action plan. But Kristine saw right through me - I didn't get what I wanted, but rather what I needed. She helped me to make an honest inventory of my life. As a result, I felt more appreciation for what was good already, and more empowered to make the right changes due to increased clarity about what is meaningful to me. Visualizations used by Kristine, were very helpful to bypass thinking patterns from the past and discovering my deeper strengths and wishes. I also realized, how some of the old unconscious strategies were blocking me from moving forward, in work and life. Some realizations led to immediate changes in my daily behaviors, resulting in more satisfying relationships in general and more productive collaborations at work.

Thanks to Kristine's insightful guidance, I am now generally contented with my life and excited about what I can bring about in the future, guided by further exploration of my life purpose.

Kristine guided me through a process that was both practical, creative and, at times, challenging in order to move forward in my life, both professionally and personally.  She helped me to draw on inner resources and perspectives I didn't know I had.  What I treasured especially about Kristine was the combination of her well-developed, critical thinking skills plus her emotional sensitivity and intelligence.  As someone seeking to return to an area of work after a career break, I benefited greatly from her insight into the jobs market in Switzerland and the recruitment process.  After a long period of underemployment, I have found a permanent position, and working with Kristine, is a key part of why this happened.

On the road of life everyone passes some crossroads on a regular basis. The vast majority continues down the same path which feels comfortable and secure with clear signposts, clarity on distance to the destination and road assistance when having a small breakdown. It is normal, it is secure, others have already prepared the path. You must admit that once in a while you glimpsed left or right to see where the side road may lead to. There is no signpost, the road needs maintenance or is a dirt road. Is it actually leading to the lake or mountain on the horizon or will it bend and lead to nothing? 

I had passed already several crossroads and I believed to be on a highway and stopping did not seem to be an option. I tried already a few times to take a turn, but quickly turned back before actually losing sight of the highway. I was again in that position but now more determined but scared at the same time. 

Kristine helped me enormously to turn the wheel and get onto the new road to another horizon. She made me understand that I am fully equipped to take the chance and created the confidence to tackle any issues. Sufficient self-esteem is so important and Kristine made me see that it is an asset and tool at the same time. She confronted me with myself which was a particular experience and very enriching. I am now on the new track and sometimes I lift my foot a bit from the gas, but quickly put again the pedal to the metal and I’m having the time of my life. Thank you Kristine !

I came to Kristine for a reset, wanting to obtain clarity about my purpose and how that translates into my career. I got that - just not in the way I expected.  In the first session, I was hoping for someone to outline a strategic plan and then quickly implement it – it can’t be that hard can it? It’s just about getting clarity about myself and how to advance my career.  

What I actually received was much more.  Kristine helped me understand my own process, done at my own pace and she helped me realize that sustainable amazing awareness does not come overnight.  Career development involves so much more. 

Kristine’s coaching style is kind, thoughtful and confident. With Kristine’s help I surprisingly quickly and honestly developed my true goals. I acknowledged where I had built unconscious bias in my life and how that unknowingly, these fed my fears.  I had to confront them – I dared to move away from my comfort zone, take risk and stop being fearful. In many ways I am stronger, happier and more authentic than I have been in years. After 25 years, I decided to walk away from a high paying senior executive role that was super comfortable and making me super miserable. I had the courage to start on a path of innovation, entrepreneurship and setting my own rules. Regardless if my start-up company succeeds – I am in a place to be able to fail and start again – Thank you Kristine and look forward to continue working with you

Sometimes, it is worth getting a fresh perspective from a coach who is able to help you understand your drivers and values, unveil your inner saboteurs, and translate conflicting thoughts into actions. 

After months of pondering on the direction of my professional career, Kristine has been able to successfully coach me in this process by being an excellent listener and guide, who is attentive to detail and well-prepared. 

Her style is kind, thoughtful and realistic, and the coaching sessions are tailored to your specific needs. Her co-active coaching style has helped me to dig deeper into certain areas of my life and at the same time keep the bigger picture in mind. It has helped me to connect to my core and made me realise that (and how) you are able to create your own professional and life path. 

Kristine has helped me during the biggest career transition I’ve had in 15 years. 2020 has brought many changes and I’ve been fortunate to be able to work with Kristine on redefining my career focus and direction. Kristine helped articulate my values, competencies and achievements and that gave me the necessary clarity and confidence to enter the job market in a country completely new to me. I most valued the work done on identifying and highlighting my strengths, writing a consistent and clear storyline in the CV, formatting and structuring the CV and other documents appropriate to the Swiss job market.

Kristine showed to be resourceful and supportive with an open mind towards me as a client.

I highly recommend Kristine to professionals at a more advanced stage in their career where they need someone experienced and equipped enough to have high level conversations during the coaching sessions. It's been a thoroughly enjoyable and fruitful time working together.