Founding members

Here you will find some of our founding members from October. They are the pioneers of Flourishing Minds – Flourishing Europe.

Renate Siebert

Renate Siebert is the founder of the HR Competence Center and initiator of the Positive Leadership Forum. She connects people and organizations that want to create a positive, value-oriented leadership culture. Her focus is on combining science and practice – in particular the findings of positive psychology and their implementation in leadership, cultural development and HR work.

Janine Steinhagen

In my psychological work, I aim to integrate the findings of positive neuroscience into coaching and workshop concepts in order to promote long-term mental health on a scientifically sound basis. The focus is on transferring research findings into everyday life, enabling people to activate their own resources in a targeted manner, strengthen their resilience and thus improve their health in the long term.

Manola Kraus

I have been supporting people and organizations in personnel and organizational development for over 30 years – 22 years with vision + support, since 2023 withbloomingUP Positive Female Leadership. As an expert in positive leadership, I combine scientific approaches with entrepreneurial practice and focus on flourishing: enabling well-being and success, developing strengths and purpose, developing identity and strengthening resilience. With Positive Leadership Crafting, I support the utilization of potential and the creation of cultures that serve the well-being of all.

Stefanie Guth

As a child and adolescent psychotherapist, I help young people and their families to improve their mental health. I have a particular focus on working with adolescents and young adults who are faced with special challenges in today’s world due to being gifted and highly gifted. Supporting them in their personal development with a view to their own resources, strengths and talents is a matter close to my heart.

Doris Cornils

Doris Cornils is the developer of the “Friedvoll-machtvoll!” and “Positive Psychology with Horses” programs. Developing positive psychology on a neuroscientific basis for the flourishing of people of all ages is a key motivator for her founding membership. She contributes to EUPONS as a scientist, business, life and equine coach, trainer, author, networker and innovator, as well as with her character strengths of love of learning, enthusiasm, the courage to break new ground, gratitude, empathy and her analytical and communication strengths.

Angela Barzen

Angela Barzen is an entrepreneur, speaker and leadership coach. She combines 25+ years of business with positive psychology and modern rhetoric. With PEAK-Leadership (Positivity, Empathy, Activity, Clarity) she strengthens attitude, communication and focus on results. Known as “Plakativ” (giant poster) and the 42-meter ship Seven7Seas! Keynotes and programs: The Lion Tactic, Inspiring People, Together to the Big Picture. For young people “Wellengleiter- Erfolgreich durch jede Prüfung”. With “Stage Ready” she strengthens camera presence. Board member of the umbrella organization DACH-PP. Motto: Lead with the image that others like to follow.

Monika Owczarek

Monika Owczarek is a psychologist, coach and researcher with a background in cognitive neuroscience. She holds a PhD in Applied Positive Psychology and researches how principles of Positive Psychology can foster innovation, technology and design. As the founder of Good but Better and the children’s book publisher Bloomy Books, she combines science, entrepreneurship and coaching to strengthen well-being, creativity and sustainable development in organizations and society.

Carolina Conti

Carolina Conti is a passionate lecturer in the field of educational science and positive psychology. She develops holistic concepts for school development – from positive school leadership to positive education and vocational training – taking into account the Inner Development Goals, education for sustainable development and inclusion. Her particular focus is on the neuroscientific foundations of learning: How does learning really succeed? This question accompanies her in her work every day – with enthusiasm and commitment to future-oriented, people-centered education.

Nicola Schröder

Nicola Schröder has over 25 years of experience in the corporate world and combines this with her passion for positive psychology. With Positive You, she helps people to develop their potential and lead with joy, purpose and humanity. She stands for a leadership culture in which well-being and effectiveness go hand in hand – and for a future in which we shape the great challenges of our time together, courageously and with confidence.

Nicole Blom

Nicole Blom is a supervisor, coach and consultant with over 20 years of practical experience in the health and social care sector. She is passionate about applied health sciences and the question: How is positive development possible in organizations and how does it contribute to the mental health of employees? With upblomen – Supervision & Organizational Development, she accompanies people and organizations with a focus on resonance and in a language that combines science and practice. Upblomen stands for the blossoming of professionals – and thus for a health-promoting working environment.

Claudia Ströhla

Claudia Ströhla’s central vision is the health and growth of the people she supports. As a secondary school teacher and sportswoman, she implements strength-oriented work in everyday school life, and as a seminary principal, she is passionate about the personal development of young teachers based on positive psychology. With menschenstaerken, she accompanies young teachers as a mental health coach based on positive psychology. With menschenstaerken, she accompanies her clients as a mental health coach, class and learning coach in a resource-oriented and scientifically sound manner as they blossom and become resilient. In her horse-assisted work, she conveys presence and clear communication for everyday life as a manager.

Denise Hartmann

She teaches and accompanies young people and young adults with often complex and challenging lives. Her aim is to create educational and pastoral care programs that are based on scientific evidence and have a demonstrably positive impact. In doing so, she combines her pedagogical professionalism with an empathetic attitude in order to open up spaces for development in which young people can unfold their potential.

Lisa Reis

Lisa Reis has management experience in various IT and process management roles in the corporate world. Her focus is on people-centered organizational development – with a particular passion for positive psychology, coaching and the development of individual potential. As a flow enabler and empowerment coach, she uses her signature strengths of love of learning, humor and critical judgment to create spaces in which development becomes as easy, effective and sustainable as possible… to foster a work environment where wellbeing, purpose and human connection are key success factors – for individuals, teams and organizations.

Daniela Thies

Daniela Thies is an independent trainer and coach for integrative stress development. With her company Gedankencheck, she supports organizations, groups, families and individuals in challenging developmental and stressful situations. She studied psychology and is currently training to become a psycho-oncologist.
She uses psychoeducation and practical implementation to help people build inner stability and strengthen their own life skills (WHO), particularly in times of crisis, grief and transition. The aim is to develop a stress-regulated, health-conscious lifestyle that enables meaning and quality of life until the end. Daniela Thies is also committed to scientific research and the transfer of her findings into everyday work in order to create a sustainable link between theory and practice.

Uli Funke

Uli Funke is founder and director of the Academy for Applied Neuroscience A|F|A|N, speaker and coach, study director, lecturer and specialist journalist.
Since 2018, he has been supporting people in leadership roles in their transformation towards more impact, greater efficiency and better performance. He also teaches people the basics of neuroscience in training, consulting and coaching so that they can incorporate them into their work.
In addition to a media library, his academy offers the BRAIN FOR BUSINESS® and NEURO IMPACT COACH® training courses.

Barbara Bergmeister-Keckeis

Barbara Bergmeister-Keckeis’ central vision is the growth and potential development of young people and their teachers. As director of the Landesberufsschule Feldkirch, she designs school as a learning and living space in which appreciation, a sense of purpose and positive leadership can be experienced. With the POOL brand she founded, she provides innovative impetus for positive education, leadership and school development – scientifically sound, practical and forward-looking. She is committed to strengthening people and organizations so that learning, teaching and leadership succeed on the basis of trust, joy and effectiveness. Education beyond her own school is a major concern for her – in the sense of a whole-school, networked understanding of education that promotes cooperation, exchange and shared growth.

Doris Herrmann

Doris Herrmann has more than 25 years of project and management experience in logistics. Her focus is on people-centered leadership & organizational development – driven by her passion for positive psychology, coaching and the development of individual potential. As a business coach, PERMA lead and MBSP trainer, she uses her signature strengths of love of learning, leadership, humor and critical thinking to create spaces in which development is easy, effective and sustainable – for greater well-being, meaning and connection in the world of work.

Markus Goetz

Markus Goetz is the founder of NeuroCatalyst and works on a neurodiversity-adapted working environment in German-speaking countries. With a background in technology transfer and innovation consulting for SMEs, he combines organizational development, positive psychology and findings from neurodiversity research.

Together with companies, experts and those affected, he cooperatively develops practical concepts on how neurodivergent people can make better use of their strengths in everyday working life.

Susanne Dera

Susanne Dera supports people and teams in phases of change as a people & culture expert, systemic coach and experienced HR manager with many years of practical experience in companies. Using the principles of positive psychology, she strengthens what is already there: skills, resources and potential. This results in development that advances the individual, the team and the organization together – in human, economic, social and sustainable terms.

Monika Wahle

Monika Wahle is a clinical psychologist MSc and works in a private practice for children and adolescents. She combines neuroscientific findings with a respectful attitude towards the inner world of children. She accompanies children with anxiety, giftedness, high sensitivity and children who are looking for orientation. She develops advanced training courses in modern child therapy. Her aim is to help shape education and society in such a way that children are seen, allowed to grow and can develop their potential.

Sandra Collomb

Sandra Collomb is Head of Strategy, Culture & Transformation Executive and designs strategic realignment and change processes in international organizations.
As a Master of Arts in Positive Psychology & Coaching, she combines business expertise with human development, guiding managers and organizations towards greater clarity, resilience and sustainable effectiveness.