About

I’m a facilitator and community builder with 10+ years of experience in strategic communication, event design, and group facilitation.

I work with organizations that are creating projects, gatherings or communities that nurture resilience and belonging — especially in times of transition and complexity.

My work is rooted in a relational, co-creative, and adaptive approach.

I’m open to new projects & collaborations - let’s connect!

I’m originally from Austria and spent the last decade working across Europe and East Africa, supporting a wide range of social impact projects. You can find the whole list of my previous work experience on my LinkedIn page.

Holding a Master's in Theater, Film, and Media Studies and a Bachelor's in Cultural Anthropology, my education grounds my work in both artistic and social inquiry. I’m trained in Participatory Leadership (Art of Hosting) and have been studying Healthy Human Culture since 2021. My work is rooted in de-colonial values and shaped by years of experience in international, self-organizing teams that share power and practice flat hierarchies. Since 2023, I’m also holding circles for mothers.

Currently I’m based in Poland (co-parenting a little one), and mostly available remotely.

Work with me

Support for Purpose-Led Projects

I support small organizations, networks, and founders working toward positive impact and social transformation.

My services combine strategic communication with community care—ideal for teams who are doing meaningful work but don’t have capacity to manage it all.

Online Event Support

I help you to plan and host meaningful online events that feel human, connective, and well-held.

Whether it’s a workshop, community call, panel, or multi-day gathering, I can take care of both the logistics and the facilitation—or just one of them, depending on what you need.

Healthy Human Culture

I’m part of a team teaching and evolving Healthy Human Culture (HHC), a framework that bridges the understanding of individual nervous system patterns with the dynamics we experience in groups.

It offers powerful insight into what’s really happening beneath the surface and supports meaningful shifts toward relationships, organizations, and communities where everyone can thrive.

What my collaborators say

  • It was such a joy to work with Theresa. She is professional, well organised and fun to work with. She embodies a way of working and being and instills this culture in everything she does in a very inspiring way. She has this rare ability to be able to make complex things accessible in her writing.

    Leila Hoballah, Forum for the Future

  • Theresa seamlessly supported our team in a variety of agendas. She developed and applied her own strategies showing her strong capacity to coordinate and implement her work autonomously. At the same time she proved to be an excellent team player and provided highly valuable inputs and support for the whole team. She also demonstrated high cultural sensitivity and quickly adapted to new environments.

    Hermann van Bömmel, GIZ

  • Working with Theresa has been a delight! She has been central to organising two large and complex online events, handling a really wide range of different kinds of work and some very challenging organisational dynamics with a massive amount of flexibility and grace. She has a rare combination of rock solid administrative skills, dynamic creative thinking and deep ability to connect and empathise.

    Eva Schonveld, Grassroots2Global

My mission

Reading the devastating IPCC report of October 2018 triggered an intense period of climate activism that forever changed the focus of my work. I’ve come to the understanding that we (as in most members of Western societies) need to relearn how to human.

That means reconnecting with our bodies and their wisdom, making space for grief and emotion, learning to rest, and remembering how to care for ourselves and one another. It means unlearning the toxic patterns of overwork, disconnection, and extraction—and instead practicing joy, trust, collective responsibility, and grounded action.

I believe we can protect what we love without burning out. That we can meet this moment not with despair, but with clarity, courage, and creativity. I want my work to help us remember what it means to live in relationship—with each other, the planet, and ourselves. I am committed for all my work to contribute to that.

Let’s work together!

I am looking forward to hearing from you!