Holistic health and life coaching, grounded in twenty years of medicine – build habits that fit your life and your care.
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With over two decades of experience across three continents, Stephanie has built her career on navigating transition – and now helps her clients find their own next path.
Stephanie has built her career by repeatedly stepping into unfamiliar systems and learning, quickly, how they work. She trained and practiced medicine in the United States, worked in Tanzania to help establish a university partnership to train the country's own health workforce, and requalified as a physician in Germany under an entirely different medical licensing system. Along the way, she has advised the World Bank Institute and the Vaccine Alliance on strengthening health systems in some of the world's most complex settings, consulted on a UCSF-led project funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, led the city of Dresden's initial medical response for newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers, and taught the next generation of physicians at UCSF, in Austria, and at the TU Dresden. What ties two decades across borders and institutions together isn't the specialty – it's the skill of arriving somewhere unfamiliar, reading how it actually works, and finding her footing fast. It's a skill that built a career spanning three continents. It's also a skill that, practiced for that long, can quietly cost you something.
"I know what it's like to lose yourself while trying to hold everything together – a body that stopped cooperating, having children late in life, an academic career I built and then walked away from. My path took me from working with primary care teams in Bosnia to founding my own holistic coaching practice, and what I learned along the way is simple: at any age, you can reconnect with your body and reclaim the vitality of being fully, recognizably yourself. That's the work I do with my clients."
Outside of work, I enjoy cooking, gardening, vipassana meditation, and yoga – and I always find the humorous side of life. I'm a mother of two, and I live in Dresden, Germany, with my longtime partner.
I am fluent in English, French, German, and Spanish.
The World Health Organization defines health not merely as the absence of disease, but as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being."
My approach takes that seriously: the health background you choose to share, plus the full range of lifestyle medicine – movement, nutrition, sleep, stress – and the relationships, environment, and sense of purpose that shape lasting change. Nothing is treated in isolation.
Every engagement starts with a two-part intake, then shifts into coaching – where you're the expert on your own life, and I'm your steady, evidence-informed support.
I believe pricing should be as clear and honest as everything else about working together – no mystery, no waiting until a call to find out if this fits your budget.
We start with a two-part intake: an unhurried conversation about the health background you choose to share, your goals, and everything that shapes your wellbeing – physical, emotional, and environmental. You'll leave with a written Personal Roadmap and real clarity on where you want to go, whether or not we continue working together.
Eleven sessions over three months: the two-part intake, eight 1:1 coaching sessions, and a closing session to consolidate what's shifted and set you up for what's next. This is where the real work happens – steady, personalized support as you build habits and insight that last well beyond our time together.
This is coaching, not medical care. I am a physician licensed in Germany and am not licensed to practice medicine in the United States; coaching does not include diagnosis, treatment, or interpretation of your personal test results. What I bring is twenty years of medical experience, paired with coaching training, to help you create new habits that support your health, make sense of health information in plain language, and prepare for conversations with the healthcare providers you already work with.
Prices are shown in USD. Based in Germany or elsewhere in the EU? We'll confirm the right currency on the Discovery Call.
Questions? Reach out to info@tachehealth.net