Laura Burkhardt
- Mental Health Professional
I am a Certified Compassionate Inquiry® Practitioner and Life & Executive Coach, with a Bachelor’s degree in Clinical Psychology and a lifelong curiosity about what shapes us and makes us who we are.
I am based in Athens, where building a life as an expat and becoming a mother, far from community and familiar support, became a profound initiation into vulnerability, responsibility and a slower rhythm of life. At the same time, after over a decade in international business and senior leadership, my own journey through burnout, anxiety and depression deepened my exploration of what lies beneath high functioning, perfectionism and overachieving, particularly when performance becomes intertwined with identity.
Today, my work is holistic and integrative, working with the body as much as with insight, gently exploring emotional patterns, nervous system responses and the beliefs we hold about ourselves and the world, while creating space for meaning, awareness, conscious choice and self compassion.
My continued studies in psychology, together with consciousness exploration and meditation practices, further shape the way I understand life, suffering and transformation, and, perhaps most importantly, the way I hold space for another human being: with presence, curiosity, profound respect and humility.