I spent almost ten years designing digital products and services for Fortune 500 and DAX companies, in strategy, design, and organizational change, leading teams and projects. Across it all, I was more interested in the person in the room than in the project on the wall.
Ascuas is the space where that interest becomes the work.
How do you work, and what methods do you use?
I work with a systemic perspective, meaning I look at you in context: your role, your relationships, your history, the cultures you’ve moved through. The tools are a mix of introspective work, leadership frameworks, and structured questions. The goal is always solution-oriented: we’re not here to analyze the past indefinitely, we’re here to understand what’s in the way and move toward something specific. I don’t give you answers. I ask questions until you find your own. That’s not a technique. It’s a conviction about how real change actually happens.
Who do you work with?
I work with international professionals, new managers, and people navigating career transitions. What they have in common is this: they’re high-functioning, they’ve achieved things, and somewhere between the achievement and the next chapter, something stopped making sense. If you moved countries and rebuilt your life abroad, if you were recently promoted and don’t quite feel like a leader yet, or if you’re thinking about leaving a stable path without knowing what comes next, this work was designed with you in mind.
What happens in a first session?
The first session is a conversation. Sessions are as long as the conversation needs to be. It’s not a sales call and it’s not an intake form. We talk about what’s actually going on: what brought you here, what you’ve already tried, and what you’re hoping to figure out. I listen more than I speak. By the end, we’ll both have a clearer picture of whether working together makes sense, and if so, what that would look like.
How many sessions do I need?
There’s no standard answer, and I’d be suspicious of anyone who gave you one. Some people come for a single conversation and leave with what they needed. Others work with me over several months. What I can tell you is that one session rarely moves something deep. Three to five gives enough time to get past the surface. We decide together, and nothing is locked in after the first session.
Do you work in English, German, or Spanish?
All three. I work fluently in English, Spanish, and German. Most of my clients choose to work in English, but if your first language is Spanish and that’s where you think most clearly, we can work in Spanish. German is available too. The language we use is whatever makes the conversation most honest.
Is this confidential?
Completely. What you share in our sessions stays there. If I work with your company as part of a program, I report on themes and formats only, never on individual content. You should be able to say what’s actually true, and that only works if you know it goes nowhere else.
Do you work online or in person?
Both. Most sessions happen online, which works well and gives you flexibility. If you’re based in Munich and prefer an in-person session, that’s possible too. The format is whatever makes the conversation feel most natural for you.
What if I’m not sure this is right for me?
That’s exactly what the first conversation is for. We can talk for 30 minutes, no cost, no commitment, and figure out together whether this is the right fit, the right time, and the right kind of support. If it’s not, I’ll tell you that too. I’d rather point you somewhere that actually helps than start something that isn’t the right match.
You moved. You built a life. And somewhere along the way, you lost track of whose life it is.
You’re good at adapting. You’ve done it more than once. New country, new language, new version of yourself that fits the context. And it worked, professionally at least. And yet a different question starts to appear. Not about performance. About direction. At some point, many professionals realize something simple: The parameters that were once defined progress no longer feel fully sufficient. Work expands, but life also changes. Which often leads to a quiet re-evaluation of what success and leadership should actually look like.
You got the promotion, now you lead a team.
You’re not sure you wanted it anymore.
You were an excellent individual contributor in your field. Now you manage people, clients, and teams, and the skills that made you good before don’t seem to be the ones that matter here. You question your decisions. You wonder if others can see what you’re starting to suspect about yourself. On paper, everything looks right. In the room, something feels off.
You know what you’re leaving. You have no idea what comes next.
You’ve achieved things. You’re not lost, exactly. But the path you’re on stopped feeling like yours, and the idea of staying on it for another ten years is harder to sit with every year. You’re not looking for someone to hand you a new plan. You’re looking for a way to think clearly about what you actually want, and how to go after it.
You’re between phases. And the in-between is harder than anyone tells you.
Maybe you’re entering the job market for the first time, and the options feel overwhelming. Maybe you’re starting something of your own, and the uncertainty is louder than the excitement. Maybe you’re simply in a moment where the old chapter has closed, and the new one hasn’t started yet. These transitions look different on the outside but feel the same on the inside: a need to belong somewhere, to trust yourself, to know how to move. That’s where this work begins.
If something here fits what you’re working on, get in touch.
