Nervous system and identity coaching

Successful on paper. Empty inside.

You make the responsible choices, and they no longer make you happy. Body-first, science-backed coaching for high achievers who are done holding it together.

45 minutes on Zoom. No pitch you didn't ask for.

Fanny Schaetti in white linen against a white stone wall
Fanny sitting among green plants, face turned to the sky
Before you read on

Notice your jaw.

Your shoulders.

Your breath.

If something just let go, that was your nervous system. It has been holding on for years, long after the danger passed.

Change happens at the speed of safety.

Does this sound like you

From the outside, you have it all together. From the inside, it feels like this.

  1. People say "I don't know how you do it all." You don't know either. You just keep going.
  2. You're fine. Just tired. All the time. Even after a holiday.
  3. It's 11pm and your mind is still in tomorrow's meeting.
  4. A weekend with nothing planned feels harder than a crisis at work.
  5. Asking for help? It's faster to do it yourself. And safer.
  6. You've done the therapy, the books, the breathwork. It helps for a week. Then the old pattern is back.

Nothing is wrong with you. You learned early that being strong kept you safe, and your body still thinks that's the deal. It isn't a flaw. It's protection that outlived its job.

Not just tired.
Empty.

A nervous system that has been on alert for years doesn't fully come down, not even on holiday. In survival mode, the body puts pleasure, curiosity and connection last. That's why more insight, more rest or more discipline doesn't fix it. The change has to start in the body.

Find out which colour your body defaults to
Free · 2 minutes

Which colour runs your week?

Seven questions about an ordinary week, not the one you'd like to be true. You'll see the colour you go back to under pressure, what it has been doing for you, and one thing to try.

TAKE THE 2-MINUTE QUIZSeven questions, then your result.

This isn't a diagnosis. It's a map.

Picture a normal Tuesday, a few months from now.

You close your laptop at 7pm and you're actually done. Your evening is yours again.

You say no, and the guilt doesn't follow you to bed.

You let someone help, without needing to prove you didn't need it.

You sleep. Your mind goes quiet, because your body finally believes it's allowed to.

You decide and lead from calm, not from fear of getting it wrong.

Joy comes back. Not a big event. Just more of you, in your own life.

"I was most of the time in the yellow state... Now I do more with less fatigue, and I think less while being more present."
Edmond · Investment professional · Switzerland
"For the first time, I understood how my challenges were linked to my nervous system. Something no doctor ever explained."
Patricia O. · Head of Business Management, Zurich
"Thanks to Fanny's guidance, I can now show up more relaxed, confident and present, and it makes all the difference."
Stan R. · CEO, Geneva
"She helped me to ground myself again and regulate what was going on in my head and my body. Now I feel that I can remain much calmer in the moment."
Jo · CEO, UK
Fanny in the sea, smiling, with the trimaran Lilith anchored behind her below green cliffs

A boat doesn't let you fake anything.

I live and work on Lilith, a 52-foot trimaran, with my husband. Some days the old voice still shows up, even out here. The difference is that it doesn't run the show anymore.

Black and white portrait of Fanny Schaetti
About Fanny

I know this pattern from the inside.

I spent six years in institutional finance. I joined with no experience and became a top performer, closing multimillion-dollar deals. On paper, I looked successful. In my body, I was disappearing. Then I burned out.

Insight wasn't the problem. I already understood my patterns. What changed things was the body: calming a nervous system that had been on alert for years, feeling what I had pushed down, and rebuilding an identity that wasn't built on proving my worth.

The mask got you here. It won't get you there.

ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) · iPEC Certified Professional Coach · IMD Strategies for Leadership · Breathwork practitioner

Work with me

Start with an Unmasking Call.

45 minutes on Zoom. We look at where the pattern costs you most, and you leave with one practice to try that week.

1:1 coaching runs three to six months, for leaders who want depth and privacy. If working together makes sense, I'll tell you how. If not, you still leave with something useful.

Questions

Who is this for?

High achievers whose life works on paper and feels empty inside. Directors, founders, finance professionals, men and women. Capable, strong, the one everyone relies on, and tired of holding it all together.

Is this therapy?

No. This is coaching: body first, science-backed, focused on the present and on change. If you are in crisis, or what you feel is lasting or severe, please see a doctor or a licensed therapist first.

1:1 or group?

Both. 1:1 coaching runs three to six months, for leaders who want depth and privacy. Unmasked is a 12-week small-group program with private sessions included. We find the right fit together on your call.

What happens on an Unmasking Call?

45 minutes on Zoom. We look at where the pattern costs you most, and you leave with one practice to try that week. If working together makes sense, I'll tell you how. If not, you still leave with something useful.

You don't need to arrive fixed.

Come as you are. We'll look at where the pattern costs you most, and you'll leave with one thing to try this week.

BOOK AN UNMASKING CALL
Unmasking Call · 45 minutes on Zoom
Which colour runs your week?