Mindfulness Trainer & Coach

Michaela Doepke

Michaela Döpke is a mindfulness coach, trainer for MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction), and lecturer in Mindful Leadership Trainer Training, as well as a meditation teacher. For many years, Michaela served as the editor-in-chief of "Buddhismus aktuell". She is an editor and co-founder of the network "Ethik heute" and resides in Utting am Ammersee.

Main topics

Mindfulness Training
Mindful Leadership Training for Executives
Meditation
Coaching
Communication

Trainer and Consultant Qualification

Certification as MBSR Mindfulness Trainer in 2014
Extensive professional experience as a mindfulness trainer in leading companies such as Allianz Deutschland GmbH, BMW AG, Deutsche Bundesbank, etc.
Conducting Mindful Leadership seminars for executives
Providing current background knowledge on the integration of mindfulness in companies through interviews with Helmut Lind, CEO of Sparda-Bank München, and mindfulness movement founder Jon Kabat-Zinn in Netzwerk Ethik heute
Collaboration with leading neuroscientists such as Richard Davidson, USA, regarding the impact of mindfulness on health, and with neuropsychologist Dr. Britta Hölzel
8-year distance learning program in Buddhist Philosophy, Hamburg
Member of the MBSR Association
Authorized meditation teacher for mindfulness meditation, with around 35 years of meditation practice (Zen, Tibetan Buddhism, Vipassana)
Collaboration with the Center for Mindfulness Munich
Participation in multiple retreats with Jon Kabat-Zinn, Christiane Wolf, Michael von Brück, and others
Numerous further education programs as a mindfulness trainer at Arbor-Seminare and in the MBSR Association, most recently with Marc Lesser, mindfulness trainer at Google, in 2021

Professional Development

Lecturer in Mindful Leadership Trainer Training at MIO Salzburg, leading meditation retreats
Lecturer in MBSR Teacher Training at Arbor-Seminare since 2017
Certification as MBSR Mindfulness Teacher by Arbor-Seminare in 2014
Co-founded the online magazine "Netzwerk Ethik heute" in 2013, serving as a journalist and editor
Handled press work for Mind & Life Europe
2002-2012: Editor-in-chief of the magazine "Buddhismus aktuell
2001-2010: Fashion journalist and editor for a specialized magazine
Studied German Studies, Communication Science, and Theater Studies at LMU Munich

Publications

"Die Lust am Guten. Ethik als Quelle für Mut und Inspiration." (Edited by Birgit Stratmann). Includes interviews with entrepreneurs such as Helmut Lind, IT manager Holger Wolff, and Jon Kabat-Zinn, Scorpio (2020)
"Säkulare Ethik und Achtsamkeit als Lebenspraxis" in "Achtsamkeit mitten im Leben. Wissenschaftliche Perspektiven" (Edited by Britta Hölzel, Christine Brähler), O. W. Barth (2015)
"Buddhas kleines Gute-Nacht-Buch" (Buddha's Little Goodnight Book), Wisdom Stories and Meditations, Kailash Verlag, 2nd edition (2015)

Training Languages
German