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About Me

Theresa Fuchs-Santiago

I’m a former headhunter turned career and leadership coach, passionate about helping people bridge the gap between their careers and living a truly fulfilling, aligned life. 

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After working with top talent in the fashion, creative, and lifestyle industries for many years, I realized that fulfillment isn’t just about titles or paychecks—it’s about aligning your work and personal life in a way that feels true to who you are.

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Through my own journey, I’ve learned the power of being authentic, honest, and transparent. And I believe life is too short to stay in a job that doesn’t bring out the best in you.

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As a Certified Professional Coach, I help clients tap into their full potential and build careers that match their values and passions, creating lasting, meaningful success.

BORN: Vienna, Austria

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LIVE: New York City

BORN: Vienna, Austria

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LIVE: New York City

BORN: Vienna, Austria

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LIVE: New York City

BORN: Vienna, Austria

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LIVE: New York City

Born: Vienna, Austria

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Live: New York City

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What I Love:

Gardening

Travel, Design, Nature, Food & Cooking, Constant Learning​

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Guiding quote: 

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"Live by design, not by default."

Aaron Sansoni

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I'm surprisingly good at:

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Trusting my intuition

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"Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything.
Maybe it's about un-becoming everything that isn't really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place."

Paulo Coelho

My Approach
Transformational life and leadership coaching

My Approach

I take a warm and straightforward approach to coaching, making sure you feel safe, understood, and truly seen. I focus on the whole you—body, mind, soul, and spirit—mixing deep emotional work with light moments and fun. As your Coach, it's my job to ask thought-provoking questions, challenge you to discover new perspectives, reflect your experiences back to you, and create a supportive space where you can feel more connected, centered, and aligned.

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I believe that every client is whole and capable, bringing their best selves to our work together. Using tools from Appreciative Inquiry, Positive Psychology, and IFS, I craft a coaching experience that highlights your strengths and is tailored to your unique needs, helping you achieve lasting transformation and success.

Light and Shadow

Coaching 
FAQs

What is Coaching?

Coaching is a supported process of self-exploration focused on unlocking a person's potential, improving performance, and fostering growth through self-discovery, reflection, and action.

 

Articulating your vision and values will deepen your self-awareness, and your coach will help you break patterns that get in your way on the path to success and fulfillment. 

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You will set goals that are equally aligned and actionable, while being held accountable by your Coach. 

Is Coaching for me?

If you have specific goals or objectives that you want to achieve but are unsure about how to reach them, coaching can provide guidance, support, and a structured process to help you clarify and work towards your goals. 

 

Also, if you're interested in gaining deeper self-awareness, improving certain skills, or overcoming personal challenges, a coach can support your personal growth and development.

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As long as you enter a coaching partnership committed to change and ready to embrace a process of transformation, coaching is for you!

 

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How does Coaching work?

First, we connect for a Discovery Session to see if we're a good fit, and to gain clarity of your goals and aspirations.

Then we co-create an agenda to support your journey there.

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Each coaching partnership is individually tailored to fit your needs, aspirations and goals. Together we'll draw out your vision for the kind of life you want to create; then we'll set a strategy for how to achieve that vision, while also working on necessary shifts in your mindset, identify missing pieces in your skillset, and focus on what gives or drains your energy.

 

We meet for 1-hour virtual sessions weekly or bi-weekly (depending on your schedule) with time in between for you to build on what you've learned.​

"The relationship with yourself
sets the tone for every other relationship you have."

Jane Travis

What is the pricing?

Every coaching partnership is unique and different. As a result, coaching packages are individually tailored and customized based on the needs and goals of the client. 

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I will be happy to give you a fee proposal after learning more about what you would like to create, and do my best to work with every client to find an arrangement that works for both sides. 

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I typically start with clients on a 3-month partnership. Most clients work with me for 6-12 months.

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I also take on a limited number of low-bono clients, to support individuals who may otherwise not be able to afford coaching work. 

Self (noun) /self/

 

your consciousness of your own identity; the combination of emotions, thoughts, feelings, etc., that make a person different from others.

What is my role as a client?

First, do your research and find a Coach that you feel comfortable with and who feels like a good match with you.

 

Then, make a promise to show up open, prepared, honest with yourself, and committed to a process of self-exploration that will demand your energy and time investment, during - but more importantly - between sessions.

 

Tune into each session with your heart and full attention, and stay curious with the process and yourself!

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