Hi, I’m Irina
Founder & CEO, Leadership Coach and Psychologist
Throughout my life’s journey, I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with brilliant minds on meaningful projects. However, I came to a powerful realization: Repeating the same approaches to challenges create results that nobody wants. To bring about change, we must address the root cause—our consciousness.
“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.”
-Albert Einstein
I believe that to shift towards sustainability and collective wellbeing, we need a fresh perspective and energized connections with ourselves and one another. Regeneration doesn’t manifest in isolation; it unfolds in the web of our interactions.
I’ve discovered hope, power, and joy by connecting with like-minded individuals, overcoming a deep sense of un-belonging, and finding my voice to go all in creating the world I know is possible.
Werise is fuelled by deep inspiration, and I love letting creativity guide my work with my amazing clients and partners.
“Between stimulus and response there is a space…”
-Viktor E. Frankl
My work is informed and inspired by
Theory U (Otto Scharmer & the Presencing Institute), Integral Organization Development (imu Augsburg), Master Coaching (Dr. Bock Coaching Akademie), Systemic Coaching (Prof. Dr. Manuel Tusch & Institut für Angewandte Psychologie), Dr. Joe Dispenza‘s work (Progressive Retreat, The Formula), Energy work & Intuition (Institut für Intuitionstraining), Non-Violent Communication (Marshall B. Rosenberg), NARM (Laurence Heller), Peace Facilitation (Deepak Chopra Foundation), Somatic Evolution & Neo Emotional Releases (Emotional Release Institute), Quantum Jumping (Burt Goldmann), Sound Healing (20h Certification by Anke Francovich) and many other pioneers in the field of human transformation and consciousness development.
Curious to learn more about my professional vita? Check out my LinkedIn.
Want to learn more about my journey? Continue reading!
Breaking Free & Following My Heart
In 2019, I made the decision to follow my heart, no matter what. I left behind a plush salary and a promising career in sustainability strategy consulting. Even though advising businesses on incorporating sustainability into their core processes was meaningful and pushed me to grow, work life felt shallow. I knew deep down that there was something else, more fulfilling and impactful, waiting for me. I could sense that a whole different version of myself was waiting to be unleashed.
Intuitively, I decided to leave my job when my younger son was about one year old. I immersed myself in learning everything about coaching and began guiding my first clients in discovering and embracing their leadership purpose. Soon enough, I started receiving more and more inquiries from teams. To my own surprise, I discovered great joy in facilitating small and large groups of people. I was in awe when I realized that I had become the professional executive and team coach I had set out to be, and how things were unfolding naturally. Yet, once again, I felt a shift occurring within me: Werise started calling me.
Finding My Blueprint
Before I tell you more about Werise, I have to take you a little bit deeper into my life’s story. Since being a child, I had this awkward feeling whenever I was with other people. I felt like an alien that never belonged. I was liked by others, but there was a slight distance with almost everybody except for the people closest to me. I felt different. There was no echo in the world of how I perceived life. The joy and beauty I could see stood in contrast to the sense of “life is hardship” I found myself surrounded with. I’ll never forget that evening when I sat together with my sister, parents, and grandparents in the living room to watch the news and the first time I saw images of the rainforest’s destruction. My sister and I became vegetarian shortly after this when I was 11. This feeling of isolation was disrupted when I joined a social project in Bolivia right after high school. For one year, I spent my days with the kids living on the street, and my nights partying in the capital La Paz with my fellow volunteer friends. I founded a kind of social business fund for shoeshiners which supported more than 1.000 students getting an education for a higher job that operated for almost 15 years. Coming together with brilliant young people with a high social conscience and a hunger for life felt like coming home to me – on the opposite side of the globe.
Fast forward more than 20 years, and I can recognize this as the pattern in my life. Overcoming my sense of not belonging, forming deep bonds with people around a shared purpose, and experiencing this overflow of energy together, is the blueprint for me to thrive.
This pattern continues to manifest throughout my life. Whether it’s being part of teams rallying around a meaningful cause, such as my work in sustainability strategy, my involvement in a project with The Grameen Creative Lab and Nobel Peace Laureate Prof. Yunus, or my family – my small tribe with my husband and two boys – it’s within these meaningful circles of people that I find excitement and experience the most profound personal and collective growth. Or otherwise, re-live the pain of my earlier days, when I feel the connection is shallow, the energy not exciting, and the relationships are not in tune.
Werise Calling
My full understanding of this journey came to light when I discovered Tom Nixon’s “Work With Source.” If you’re on a creative-entrepreneurial journey, I wholeheartedly recommend reading his book and watching the two sessions I recorded with Tom. Werise is a Creative Field, and I‘m its Source. Yes, it‘s also a profit-generating business, but it‘s entirely informed by an underlying creative power that unfolds its next steps in a breath-like rhythm, rather than adhering to typical business strategies and tactics. If you want to learn more about it, give me a call, I love talking about this. 🙂
Coming Home
With Werise, I feel a deep calling to help incubate thriving initiatives that are driven by high-energy, positive and healthy relationships. That feel like coming home. If you feel alike, I love supporting you on your journey to break free from isolation, step into your power, find your message and carry it out into the world, no matter what. I believe in you, and together we become a force for the wellbeing of all.
Empowering collective transformation
My aim is to elevate human consciousness and fostering collective wellbeing, building on my 20 years of rich professional experience spanning multiple domains:
Business Transformation & Strategy: Before building my own business, I served as a sustainability strategy director for an international management consultancy, leading initiatives that combined business acumen with sustainable practices and culture change.
Personal Transformation: As a psychologist and executive coach, I have made a profound impact, guiding hundreds towards personal growth and self-realization.
Developmental Initiatives: Among other projects, I collaborated with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Prof. Yunus, The Grameen Creative Lab and SAP on pioneering social business ventures to aid Haiti’s reconstruction after the catastrophic earthquake in 2010.
In 2023, Werise was honored with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17 Award by the European Technology Chamber (EUTECH).
Happy member of 1% for the Planet
As a certified member company, I donate 1% of my annual revenues to 1% Percent for the Planet and its member NGOs who restore our natural ecosystems worldwide.
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Contact
Irina Naithani
Mühlenstr. 8a, 14167 Berlin
hello@irinanaithani.com