Welcome, hi, I’m Laura!
Flow Ahead was born as a space to help founders, leaders, creatives and other curious overthinkers to build a successful life that actually feels sustainable. To turn self-awareness into self-design, and overwhelm into momentum — and, dare I say, joy!
When you are constantly wired to analyze and overthink and everything around you is running at an uncomfortable pace, burnout has a way of disguising itself as success. As I see it, most smart, creative and driven people already have plenty of willpower. What we actually need are practical structures that fit our own natural rhythms.
Therefore, this is for any human who is tired of running on empty. I deeply believe that our daily lives shouldn’t require constant recovery from how we live them.
This is your invitation to create a life for yourself that feels spacious, aligned and inspired.
My story from burnout to balance
For most of my life, I worked HARD.
I spent 6 years recruiting and scaling teams in the fast-paced tech startup world, working directly with founders, executives and high-performing talent. When things went well, it was glorious: maximum agency and high energy. And when things got overwhelming, my default response was to try something different and just work harder. I was consistently sprinting… but never quite catching up fully.
Eventually, I watched some of the most dedicated, hard-working people quietly burn out—until I joined them, hitting a kind of exhaustion where even rest didn't help.
Eventually, I hit a kind of burnout I didn’t even know was possible, where even rest didn’t help. My energy vanished, everything and everyboy annoyed me to the point of tears, and I hardly recognized myself anymore. My body and mind simply refused to play along. For the first time, I couldn't just "fix" or force my way out of it.
The recovery took over 2 intense years of trial and error. Along the way, I started realizing something vital:
It wasn’t me that was fundamentally broken.
My natural intensity, curiosity and pace were never the problem. The problem was the way I was trying to live.
From then on, things started to shift significantly, for the better.
The solution:
performance & life design coaching
Anchored in my psychology background and with help from brilliant humans along the way, I dove deep into the nervous system, goal mapping and coaching and finally understood how ambitious overthinkers like us can not just keep up, but genuinely thrive. Little by little, I re-designed a lifestyle that works for me and with me, from a place of compassion, not correction.
Now, I partner with creative, ambitious and sensitive people just like you, to do the same, BEFORE you lose yourself to exhaustion. I can help you to stop forcing productivity at the expense of your health, start activating your unique resources, get unstuck and design a sustainable operating style that fits your flow.
My approach
Our sessions are an empowering and confidential space for you to gain clarity, figure out what’s important to you, expand your awareness and design a life that feels aligned with who YOU are — rather than anyone else’s rigid playbook.
Together, we tap into your strengths and resources, explore your situation from new angles, solve real-time frictions and identify the small steps that lead to big shifts.
Let’s see where your curiosity takes us.
Think of me as a facilitator of your thinking,
as you build your way forward.
What sets me apart
✦ Insights you can trust
With a MSc in positive organizational psychology and a certification in solution-focused coaching, I can help you dismantle the hustle mindset and design environments and habits that support your energy rather than draining it. No fluff, all evidence-based.
✦ Nervous system integration
The body is often the missing piece for people who are brilliant at solving problems in their head, but can't think their way out of feeling wired. As a certified yoga teacher and somatic practitioner, I help you physically drop the tension you carry and then connect with your real needs and wishes. Learn in real time how to make decisions from a settled state instead of a clenched one.
✦ Flexible cadence
Do you need frequent check-ins to stay on track? Or maybe more space before you are ready to meet again and find new growth edges? You have total control over when to book the next 50-minute session on your Life by Design pass (1, 5 or 10 sessions). After all, life doesn't happen in neat intervals.
✦ Someone who gets it
Having enjoyed 6 years in global tech recruitment, I know how fast-paced, high-demand environments shape your attention. I also experienced a severe 3-year burnout after it, which gave me no choice but to redesign my true life’s balance and priorities. I also have ADHD, so you know I can help you set up creative systems that hold up when life gets busy.
Professional foundation
✦ MSc Positive Organizational Psychology & BA in Psychology
✦ 6+ years inside the global tech startup ecosystem, as a senior tech recruiter, guiding tech founders, executives and high-growth talent toward their goals, as well as speaking at conferences
✦ ICF (International Coaching Federation) Certification in progress via Solutions Academy), specializing in solution-focused coaching
✦ Additional training: strengths-based living, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), accepance-based (ACT) frameworks, design thinking, neurodivergent (ADHD) coaching, goal mapping
✦ Certified Hatha & Vinyasa yoga teacher (200-hour YTT, One Bhakti, Sri Lanka)
✦ Additional training: anatomy (level 200), postural interventions, nervous system regulation, functional somatics and the fascia
You need a life that flows with you, not against you.
This is your invitation to turn paralysing overwhelm into focus. Self-awareness into self-design. And to design the personal infrastructure that works with your unique brain, so you can grow your impact without losing yourself.
Let’s build a spacious, creative, joyful life that actually feels like your own.
The first step is often the most important design choice you'll make.
