How I got here

I spent my whole life trying to figure out what I was supposed to do.

After studying Law in Germany and Spain, earning a master's degree in European Law, I joined the family business. What was meant to be 9 months turned into 10 years. Eventually, my body forced a shift—I developed chronic pelvic floor issues that led me to explore different approaches to health and healing.

In 2016, I completed a master's in Global Design. In 2019, I attended a UX/UI bootcamp. At age 43, for the first time, I felt like I was sort of living my purpose. I'd finally found something that actually interested me: combining my analytical mind with the creative world, the "why" approach to things. I felt confident I could add value.

The application process was a nightmare. It sucks for everybody. In my case, I had a few circumstances making it extra hard: career changer with no "real" design background (no graphic, UI, or digital experience), no sector experience, and small kids at home. I applied to everything (great strategy), received a "thank you but no" at best, mostly got ghosted.

I just wanted my first job. An opportunity to get my foot in the door and take it from there. So I accepted the first offer I got: underpaid (for all the other experience I brought to the table) and not doing what I considered "real UX." Worse, it was only a 6-month contract, which meant I started the application process all over again right after signing.

Then I was hired at a "real" UX consultancy, one of the 2 I really wanted to work for. Let go 6 months later. My first time. It hurt my ego but it was mutual—we were SO not an energetic match.

Finally, I landed at a place where I could actually do the work I wanted to do. Research. Strategy. The whole process. But the breaking point came in 2022.

My mom was diagnosed with cancer. Out of nowhere. She'd been feeling off for months, but the diagnosis was still a shock. And I completely fell apart.

I had the worst anxiety attack of my life. Couldn't breathe. Couldn't think. Everything I'd been pushing down for years came flooding up.

I took an extended leave from work. Flew to Thailand for 3 months. Trained as a yoga teacher. Started learning about Ayurveda. Began to understand that there was this whole spiritual dimension to life that I'd been completely ignoring.

When I came back to Barcelona, I was let go from my job. And honestly? I wasn't even upset. It felt like the universe was pushing me in a different direction.

I found a new UX role quickly. At that job, I met a researcher who was also a yoga teacher and freelancer. That conversation opened my eyes. Within months, I transitioned to freelance research and service design work. Then I trained as a soul purpose coach. And started my holistic health coach certification.

The path from UX researcher to dharma coach wasn't planned. It just...happened. Each step led to the next.

Here's what I learned: You don't have to choose between being strategic and being soulful. Between your analytical mind and your intuition. Between professional success and personal fulfillment.

I still work as a UX researcher and service designer. I love that work. I'm good at it. And it keeps me grounded in the real world of sprints and stakeholders and design critiques.

But I also coach people through the exact transition I went through. That moment when professional success stops being enough. When you realize there's more to life than optimizing your productivity.

I get both worlds because I live in both. I know what it's like to present research findings to skeptical executives. And I know what it's like to completely redesign your life from the inside out.

That's why I work specifically with designers and researchers. Because you speak a different language than most people. You think in systems and frameworks. You want evidence and process.

And I can give you that—while also showing you there's a whole other dimension to all of this that your Miro boards can't map.