About Volker
The Journey
Twenty years ago, I burned out.
Not because I wasn’t skilled, committed, or driven. But because I’d spent years performing a version of myself that wasn’t real – and it was exhausting.
That breakdown became my doorway. I began the deep work of meeting the parts of myself I’d been outrunning, healing what I’d been defending against, and remembering who I actually was beneath all the conditioning.
That journey – messy, humbling, transformative – became the foundation of the work I do today.
The Work
I help leaders who’ve achieved extraordinary success reconnect with the part of themselves they had to leave behind to get there.
Not through more strategy, optimization, or performance coaching – but through the uncomfortable, honest work of integration. Meeting your protectors. Feeling what you’ve suppressed. Releasing the patterns that once kept you safe but now keep you stuck.
This isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about remembering who you’ve always been.
Exhausted, or empty – this is where we begin.
How I Work
I create containers – in nature, in boardrooms, in virtual spaces – where it’s finally safe to stop performing. Where leaders can meet the parts of themselves they’ve been outrunning. Where transformation isn’t about adding more, but integrating what’s been fragmented.
My work draws on established frameworks including Internal Family Systems (IFS), Enneagram, Conscious Connected Breathwork, Family Constellations, somatic practices, and the Hero’s Journey as a map for transformation.
I’m formally trained in executive coaching, breathwork facilitation, and systemic healing modalities – but the real work happens when you’re willing to feel what you’ve been avoiding, meet what you’ve been defending against, and remember who you are beneath all the conditioning.
Who I Work With
I work with leaders who’ve achieved success but lost themselves in the process – CEOs, founders, entrepreneurs, changemakers, and members of forums like YPO, EO, and WPO.
If you’ve done the strategy work, the coaching, the leadership programs, and you’re still feeling disconnected, exhausted, or empty – this is where we begin.
“You don’t need to fix yourself. You just need to return to who you truly are.”
A few years back I participated in one of Volkers’ group workshops and more recently have been privileged to partake in his weekly online breathwork sessions. All have been wonderful experiences. One of the qualities I like the most about Volker is that he is authentic. There are no airs and graces. Volker is just himself: humble, kind, loving, insightful, perceptive, patient, sensitive and strong. With Volker I always feel safe to be true to myself, to express myself and to explore my inner world.
Lesley Chorn
Counselling Psychologist
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