Eva Maria Fischer - Lisa A. Baker PhD, Scientist, New York

“During the height of the COVID19 pandemic, I had the opportunity to participate in a series of workshops created and facilitated by Eva Maria, called “Connect and Thrive: Growth in and through a Crisis”. These workshops provided a wonderful opportunity to connect with people from all over the world, reflect together on both the challenges and the opportunities resulting from the global crisis, and support each other in adjusting to the new reality. The sessions consisted of a rich blend of meditation, written and oral reflection, one-on-one discussions, small group discussion, and brief lecture.

Eva Maria guided us to be more attuned to the ways in which the pandemic has impacted us (emotionally, mentally, and physically), and helped us to better distill for ourselves how we each would like to grow from the unique challenges and opportunities we were facing. Eva Maria is a very thoughtful, insightful, warm, and incredibly skilled communicator and life coach. She was a wonderful listener and, even though it was a group coaching setting, she responded flexibly to our individual needs and struggles. She encouraged us to be creative and imaginative, and to expand from our habitual thinking and reconsider circumstances and challenges from multiple perspectives. The methods and approaches cultivated in these workshops and the personal input I received are tools I continue to use to thrive in my current significant life transitions. It was a true gift to be able to participate in such a program.”