English coaching for professionals · Stuttgart and online
Speak English at work with confidence
For people who want to overcome blocks and refine their English, in meetings, on calls, in presentations and across cultures.
"I was very insecure, especially when speaking.
Now calls with English-speaking colleagues are (almost) no longer a problem for me."
Birgit, Accounting
When English holds you back
Blocked
You know more English than you can use. In meetings or on calls, the words disappear and you stay quiet.
Ready to refine
You get by, but you'd like to sound more natural, more precise and more like yourself.
A big moment ahead
A presentation, a negotiation, an interview, a new role or a move abroad, and you want to be ready.
Across cultures
Some conversations go wrong and you're not sure why. You'd like to handle them with confidence.
Hello, I'm Daphne
I'm a certified Professional Neurolanguage Coach® with a background in nursing and applied linguistics. For the last 20 years, I've been working with professionals who use English at work. I've lived and worked in several countries and learned other languages myself, so I know how it feels when the words won't come.
In 2020 I realised that my clients were open to different approaches, away from textbooks and Business English programmes. That is when I became interested in coaching and have never looked back.
Connect: we start with you, your work and what "better" would look like, and set clear goals together.
Engage: together, we identify your specific needs and any knowledge gaps. We practise with your materials, whether that's slides, emails, calls or meetings. You identify what works best for you.
Grow: you see your progress and use your English with more confidence, in your own voice.
How coaching helps
Coaching isn't a language course. We identify what you need and want. You decide what to focus on, and we work with your real situations: the meeting next week, the email you've been putting off, the question you dread.
Neurolanguage Coaching® is a brain-friendly approach that combines professional coaching principles and neuroscience with language teaching to make learning more efficient, personalised, and stress-free.
Three steps
What you take away
Clear: You find the words and grammar to say what you mean.
Confident: You speak up, even when you're unsure.
Authentic: You sound like yourself in English
What clients say
"The best learning experience of my life"
Daphne's remarkable ability to make one feel comfortable is what I regard as the most important for people to become confident speaking a foreign language.
Andrey N (IT Programmer) Feb. 2025
"Colleagues notice my progress"
"I was very insecure, especially when speaking. Now calls with English-speaking colleagues are (almost) no longer a problem for me....... Colleagues have also noticed my great progress and are now also taking lessons from Daphne.
Birgit
(Accounting) January 2025
"I determined my own learning pace"
I was able to determine my own learning pace. There is no teacher-student relationship like in school more like team sports. Daphne is basically the coach and I am the player.
Wolfgang B
(Senior Manager, Production - Mercedes)
I would love to help you get fit and stay fit in English
Life becomes real when we truly meet
Inspired by Martin Buber
"Alles wirkliche Leben ist Begegnung"
Martin Buber German Philosopher