My Philosophy

Potential

“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.”
— Michelangelo

Mission Potential

My reflection on potential

Freedom: Looking in the Mirror without a Mask

“If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and then make a change.”
— Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror

Mission –

I grew up in communist Czechoslovakia, where personal freedom was not a given. As a teenager, I came across Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror. As I translated the lyrics, one line stopped me cold: “If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and then make a change.” Each time I heard the song, that idea quietly reprogrammed my mind toward possibility and inner autonomy. When the Velvet Revolution came, I was ready. Today, my work is about restoring inner freedom first. When that happens, people feel lighter. They breathe again. They can look in the mirror without wearing a mask.

Health: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection

“Quote on healing.”
— Someone

Mission Healing

Illness entered my life early: a serious liver infection, my mother’s stroke, and close friends living with disabilities. As a teenager, I began studying health and encountered a then-radical idea, the body–mind connection. Later, I spent a decade living with chronic fatigue syndrome, with no clear answers from either doctors or healers. I explored both science and alternative approaches, training in several modalities. I’m not a practicing healer, but many of my closest friends are doctors, therapists, and healers, and we regularly discuss everything from neuroscience and stress physiology to hormones and fascia. This allows me to support pressured business leaders with practical guidance on self-care and to connect them with trusted experts and resources.

Nature: Tapping into Our Primary Source of Energy

“Nature quote”
— Someone

Mission Nature

Nature is not just a place I go to recharge, it’s a central lens through which I see the world. For decades, I have a professional interest in the human–animal bond and the ways animals support and heal us. I often use animal metaphors and archetypes in my work because they’re universally understood, even by children. Through my art, I developed a deep appreciation for plants and their intricate details. Gardening, garden-to-table cooking, and working with herbs are essential parts of my life. Following my grandmother’s path, I’m an avid amateur herbalist and make my own natural cosmetics. I encourage my clients to reconnect with nature, live in alignment with seasons, and enjoy the outdoors as our most reliable source of energy.

Spirituality: Having a Strong Spirit in Daily Life

“Quote on spirituality.”
— Someone

Mission Spirituality

For me, spirituality isn’t a belief system, and you don’t need to be religious to engage with it. It’s about cultivating a strong, resilient spirit and learning to listen to your inner GPS. That takes training: openness, adaptability, intuition, orientation, and the ability to think beyond pure intellect. I began this work over 35 years ago and formed a worldview early on that hasn’t changed, only matured. Drawing from traditions across cultures and returning to my European roots, I’ve developed a grounded, nature-based approach that respects individual paths. I help clients build emotional and spiritual intelligence through effective, no-nonsense practices such as meditation, self-reflection, and conscious movement.

Creativity: Unblocking People’s Talents

“Creativity quote”
— Someone

Mission Creativity

I unblocked my own creativity in 1996 through a self-guided process and soon began helping others do the same. Since 2010, I’ve been periodically returning to teaching creativity—because there are few things more rewarding than watching people unblock and use their talents. Alongside my creative career, I’ve spent decades exploring the creative process itself, discussing it with hundreds of artists, entrepreneurs, and creative professionals. Creativity has since become a business buzzword, but for me it’s far more than problem-solving or idea generation. Creativity adds flavor to life. It’s the difference between merely functioning and truly feeling alive. I help people rediscover it, trust it, and allow themselves to flourish.

Bridging: Connecting Cultures and Perspectives

“Quote on Bridging.”
— Someone

Mission Bridging

For over thirty years, I’ve been part of Prague’s international community, collaborating daily with people from different countries, mentalities, and value systems. I’m married to an American, spent time working on a project in Turkey, traveled extensively by motorcycle, and often stay with friends abroad rather than in hotels. English is my working language, Czech my native one, and I’ve studied another five. My mentor predicted that I would be a translator not only between languages but between the spiritual and the mundane, between men and women, between professional fields, different generations and world views. This now allows me to help diverse teams find shared ground and build philosophies that actually work across borders.

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The bridging function has to do with being a conduit of information. It’s the basis of translation – I take not just the words, but the thoughts behind them and make them understandable to a different audience. Through writing, I become the bridge between the fictional world and the reader. My art takes people into the world of plants. In other ways, I very much enjoy connecting people – seeing their needs and matching them.

Values: The Hidden Architecture Behind Decisions

“Values quote”
— Someone

Mission Values

In 2017, I began developing Value Anatomy, a comprehensive map of human values encompassing over 1,400 principles and qualities. It’s a unique methodology that shift focus away from characteristics and behaviors toward values (principals and qualities), enabling us to uncover the sources of motivation and energy. Values are not abstract ideals; they are decision-making engines. Value Anatomy provides a framework for quick orientation that helps clients understand themselves and gain power, both individually and as teams.

Empowerment: Growing into Your Own Power

“Quote on Empowerment.”
— Someone

Mission Empowerment

Empowerment isn’t about adding something new. It’s about restoring access to what’s already there and creating an authentic link to inner resources. Much of our energy loss comes from living out of alignment with our values. I help clients identify healthy sources of power and rebuild confidence step by step. Empowerment isn’t about digging in the past but about using what’s available in the present. A momentum builds: each small step creates more clarity, energy, and agency, which, in turn enables my clients to take on bigger challenges.

Leadership: From Control to Conscious Intent

“Leadership quote”
— Someone

Mission Leadership

Leadership is widely misunderstood. Research increasingly confirms what experience shows: effective leadership today relies on relational, intuitive, and anticipatory skills — many of which would traditionally be seen as “feminine.” I work with leaders who value people, integrity, and long-term growth, supporting both men and women in expanding their leadership range beyond outdated models of authority and control. This is sometimes called heart-based leadership, but I prefer the term conscious, because that covers both connection to people and intent.

Transformation: Navigating Fundamental Changes

“Quote on Transformation.”
— Someone

Mission Transformation

Transformation isn’t a buzzword. It’s a process with a natural structure. While many experts promise to deliver a transformation, few actually understand its components, often omitting essential steps. Transformation is scalable and similar phases repeat in personal growth, ancient rites of passage, organizational changes and even social revolutions. I developed a framework called The Mechanics of Transformation to map these patterns and make them usable in practice, when guiding individuals, teams, and organizations through fundamental lasting changes..

Vision: XXX

“Vision quote”
— Someone

Mission Vision

Defining a vision, a concept, is as important in creating artwork as in starting a business project. If I see a need for something and consider all the pros and cons, I’m able to create a long-term strategy, organizational structure, supporting documentation, branding and promotion. I’m best used to initiate projects and develop ideas, then training others to run them while I remain in a consulting position.

Guiding : xxx

“Quote on Guiding.”
— Someone

Mission Guiding

One of my ultimate joys in life is enabling others to do their thing – whatever it may be. I prefer to call this role a facilitator or a guide – someone who knows the terrain, has access to options, identifies potential and provides tools. In personal development coaching, my skills are largely on the diagnostic side. In web development or writing, I like to provide further sources. A healer friend once said that my life mission is to stand on a crossroad and point people in the right direction, not lead them by the hand. She also reminded me that this particular position is very responsible, because it tends to be at the very beginning of the journey or project. For the same reason, it is also very rewarding.

Crystallizing / Strucutre: XXX

“Crystallizing quote”
— Someone

Mission Crystallizing

I feel at home when I can process a large amount of data, identify the common threads, and then crystallize them into a pure, simple output. This is what I do in animal-assisted therapy projects, in research for historic fiction or in personal-development coaching. It’s also the same principle used to boil down information for a web or marketing presentation.

Practice : xxx

“Quote on Practice.”
— Someone

Mission Practice

Everything we work on together is grounded in experience and decades of practice: real projects, real people, and real-life situations. Yes, I’m a lifelong student – I research and learn several hours per day. But my approach is creative, not necessarily scholarly: grab an idea > play with it > experiment > test > use > create outputs > implement or teach > move on to the next idea.

What I do constantly improves and evolves. It’s always fully customized, with tools and methods selected or invented for each project. I almost never do the same thing twice, because what we do depends on your need. I’ll do what I can, learn what I can’t and know my limits enough to reach out to experts when needed.

I have very little time and patience for endless meetings, beating around the bushes or pointless intellectual exercises. “It’s not what you say, it’s what you do” is one of my favorite philosophies. I do value defining visions and quality preparation, but if things don’t have clear outcome and practical use, I quickly lose interest. Also in spiritual development (both my own and as a guide) I strive toward practical implementation in daily life. Even the loftiest ideas simply have to work in our current 3D world.

Depth and Completeness: I Create Full Palettes of Options

“Completeness quote”
— Someone

Mission Completeness

I’m not afraid of complexity and large volume. If you want something quick, shalow and “easy” go elsewhere… that idea. I believe that in order to make conscious informed choices in both life and business, people need to understand the full spectrum of their options. This is where having my comprehensive octopus mind comes in handy. I present and teach a full picture instead of the next step. I go deep so that I can give the essence, the sampling, the cliff notes, but they will still come as a complete comprehensive list. This ties into empowerment, you must make your own choices, your own next steps. THAT KIND OF AN IDEA- Maybe depth, but I also meand breadth here. This is also where the creation of methodologies and teaching come in. Holistic view is this principle as well. It’s the whale thing.

HERE IS ALSO WHERE THIS BELONGS
Doing the Impossible

“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”

Walt Disney (1901-1966)
Animator, film producer, director, screenwriter, entrepreneur
The idea of limitlessness (ties to freedom), expansive big picture thinking. The Michael Jackson reference in terms of thinking big, dreaming.

THE FOLLOWING TEXT IS FROM COMPANY PHILOSOPHER, BUT MAYBE WE WANT TO INTEGRATE IT HERE TOO
My Skills & Approaches

Bridging & Adaptability

Being multilingual and multitalented, I bridge disciplines and cultures. I learn fast, and adapt easily to new situations and challenges.

Invention & Originality

With background in teaching creativity, I provide direct services, guide creative teams, and design custom methodologies and tools.

Insight & Depth

I listen beyond words and see beneath the surface. My aim is to shed light on deep motivations, patterns, and root causes.

Writing & Teaching

Through writing, I synthesize complex subjects, describe, explain, and bring clarity. When needed, I also present, lecture and train.

Frankness & Impartiality

I look at situations from the outside and hold up a mirror. Expect direct communication without sugarcoating, but with empathy.

Navigation & Change

I use my deep knowlege of transformation to help clients find their sources of power, let go of the old, and navigate change.

Connection & Humor

I plug into existing teams easily, enjoy collaboration, and bring a strong background in personal development.

Practicality & Structure

I focus on practical implementation. Everything we do builds strategy, systems, and action. No long theories, I aim for usability.