Become the Leading Lady of Your Own Life.
Leading Lady is a trauma-informed leadership coaching program for high-performing women ready to stop their self sabotage and lead from inner clarity, instead of self-doubt.
10 private sessions + ongoing voice support. Deep permanent change. No more rumination - Action Please!
“You're supposed to be the Leading Lady of your own life for Christ's sake” — Kate Winslet
For the Woman who:
knows exactly what to do
knows exactly when to do it
and still doesn't do it
You are competent. Capable. Respected.
And still, something holds you back.
This journey is for intelligent, high-performing, sensitive women who function well on the outside but feel pressure, insecurity, or quiet exhaustion on the inside.
Leading Lady helps you stop second-guessing yourself and start acting from inner authority, not only from a regulated nervous system, but with a nervous system that feels safe enough to communicate with you. Clearing subconscious patterns and beliefs for clear inner authority, and sustainable leadership.
You have so many insights, you have overanalyzed your behavior and are sick to death of making the same mistakes again and again. Will you ever change? Yes. Now.
This is not about fixing yourself. It is about embodying what you already know by reshaping the brain, making the responses you wish to have automated - your new default.
The Clear Beliefs Method I use is a highly efficient and reliable method for permanent change. We bypass analysis and go directly to the root pattern in the body and subconscious psyche by using trauma-informed subconscious repatterning techniques.
No endless storytelling.
No surface-level advice.
We change the response at its source.
Leading Lady Method
I offer trauma-informed therapeutic coaching that changes you multi-dimensionally. What does that mean? It means:
My work engages all realms of your psyche such as the conscious mind, subconscious mind and the felt experience to ensure transformation is permanent. Insight is not enough. Regulating your nervous system is not sufficient. Talking about things that have happened is inefficient. We combine all aspects of the lived experience to repattern your brain.
You already have your own answers, if you can stop thinking for long enough to let them arise. I guide you to listen to your own inner wisdom.
This is not therapy. I will not listen to you tell the same story again and again. I take you underneath the story, to change things permanently.
I hold safe space for releasing traumatic memories, such as emotional, physical and sexual abuse.
All sessions and information are held in the highest integrity and confidentiality.
This is the work. If you're ready, apply.
Meet Maike
Transformational Coach and Women's Mentor • Sustainability Engineer • Equestrian • Systems Thinker
For years, I built sustainable systems within public institutions. Long before that, my pony taught me nervous system safety and grounded leadership in the midst of a chaotic childhood.
Surviving an abusive father, escaping through my intelligence, school and top grades, I became a civil engineer and swore to never be dependent again. I built a successful career, married the sweetest man, and saved all my money for my first apartment.
Becoming a mother triggered my childhood experiences and took me on a long journey through therapy, self-help journeys and personal development programs. I've spent thousands of dollars on coaching and self-development.
Today I love my job, I love my parenting, I own a beautiful house by a big river in a little town in Sweden. I've fulfilled my childhood dreams of a magnificent palomino dressage horse and that ridiculously expensive Equipe saddle I've drooled over for decades. I live freely and happily.
How is this possible, while also finding the time to coach other women like me on the side? Freeing yourself of your own inner dialogue, doubts and fears is so powerful. It frees up endless amounts of energy and time. I have realized - when I don't hold myself back - I can have it all!
I’ve walked this path through therapy, deep coaching, and years of integration. You don’t need to wander for a decade like I did. I coach a few hand-picked women whom I feel would benefit greatly from my learnings, mostly through referrals. If you want to be one of them, apply below.
You are competent. Capable. Respected.
And still, something holds you back.
I don't want to pay for coaching. Let me just be changed already.
Going through changes is hard, most of us face massive issues with resistance.
The hesitance you feel..
Is completely normal. And important. Trust your discernment of what is right for you. And be sure to make decisions using both your right and your left sides of brain.
Do your due diligence. AND listen to the quiet voice that knows you’re ready.
Taking the first step of actually booking and showing up for your session? That can be the hardest part. I know, because I've been in your shoes. I took the leap. And it has been so worth it.
“In the movies, we have the Leading Ladies, and we have the best friends. You, I can tell, are a Leading Lady. But for some reason, you're acting like the best friend.” — Arthur Abbott
Me, and everyone I coach, feels resistance:
I want to do this, and I don't want to do this
I don't have time
This won't help me, nothing has before
I'm selfish for putting myself first
It is important to give those parts of you a voice, to let them speak and be included in your process.
Testimonials
Jana
“For the first time in my life, I stopped twisting myself to be loved and began to feel whole in my own skin.”
When I began working with Maike, I had reached a real low point in my life. Yet another breakup left me feeling broken and unworthy, I felt so hopeless. I could see my patterns clearly — fear of rejection, fear of abandonment — and I kept shapeshifting into who I thought men wanted me to be in order to be loved. But it was never enough. Each ending left me feeling emptier and more convinced I wasn’t lovable as I was.
I had already been practicing yoga, mindfulness, and self-healing for years, and I knew on some level that I was enough. But I couldn’t embody it. I couldn’t hold it when life tested me. What I longed for was to finally feel whole in myself — not suppressing my needs, not bending myself out of shape — but truly living authentically.
Working with Maike changed everything. With her loving guidance, we uncovered the deep beliefs from childhood that had been running my life. And together, we were able to release them. The anxiety and pressure in my chest lifted. For the first time, I felt whole on my own -- it's hard to put the feeling into words.
The shifts in my life were immediate. My relationships began to change. Even when a recent breakup happened, I could feel the sadness without collapsing into despair. I no longer made myself smaller or twisted myself to be loved. Instead, I trusted that I am worthy of love just as I am — and that the right people will meet me there.
Maike’s work gave me the transformation I had been searching for, for years. If you’re ready to finally let go of the patterns that keep you stuck and discover your true worth, I cannot recommend her enough.
Monika Innes
“Maike’s calm presence made it safe to look at the places in me I had avoided for years.”
I had the opportunity to work with Maike for around three months, and it was a truly valuable experience. As a trauma-informed coach, she brought a level of presence that made it easy for me to feel safe and supported from the very beginning.
What stood out most was her intuition—she had a remarkable ability to sense what I needed, even when I struggled to express it myself. Maike helped me by asking the right questions and created space for anything that came up. She helped me gain more understanding of my feelings towards my parents and finally move forward with peace.
Her professional yet warm approach allowed me to explore difficult emotions without feeling overwhelmed. I would highly recommend her to anyone seeking trauma-informed support on their journey.
Thanks Maike :)
Annette Hoerman
“With Maike I could finally meet my deepest emotions without running away — and discover the strong, tender woman underneath.”
It can be painful going into deep emotional states, but the sessions with Maike made me understand how valuable it is (and necessary) to let me have those experiences. I feel completely safe with her. Her loving presence guides me into those moments when as a child I have felt alone, unseen, unloved. She makes me feel this pain instead of escaping in my mind and abandoning myself in this moment. She helps me uncover my true, vulnerable and strong self - the one that has been forgotten. These moments are magical, and they resonate long after the session when I reconnect with my inner children to understand myself on increasingly deeper levels.
The re-parenting helps me to grow as an adult as well, to be more of myself. Maike is an amazing guide, very gentle in her approach, and firm, too. When she feels there is more to look at, she will guide me there; she will ask the perfect questions and give me the space to explore my inner landscape.
Sara Tauberman
“Session by session, the heavy truths I’d carried for years began to loosen; I found my inner safe place again.”
I am so glad I sought help from Maike! She has helped me to face my mental barriers that have held me back for years. Thanks to each trauma therapy I have been able to let go of old truths and move on.
Maike had a very friendly way when she guided me through past traumas that have become truths.. She supports when it is hard, listens and clearly explains what is happening when it is difficult. Thanks to Maike I have found my inner safe place and been able to let go of old things that have haunted me for a long time.
Results from Leading Lady Mentorship
After our work together you will:
shift from understanding your patterns to outgrowing your patterns
set boundaries firmly and kindly
know what is yours to carry, and what is not, and act accordingly
feel more love in your relationships without abandoning yourself
trust yourself without searching for external validation
shift from reacting to responding
stop hiding parts of yourself to stay accepted
let go of memories that have haunted you
feel like yourself again
Program Structure
• 10 private 90-minute sessions booked at your convenience over 6 months
• ongoing voice message support
• Clear your beliefs audio journey by lion goodman
• investment: $3,700 USD. Can be divided into three payments.
This is coaching, not psychotherapy. If you are currently in acute crisis or require clinical trauma treatment, please seek licensed therapeutic support.
Ready to Lead Your Life?
Apply below and I will reach out.
If you feel like this is something you want for your life, this is for you. Take this as your sign and your permission slip. We need you at your most magnificent, especially in these times.
You do not need certainty.
You need willingness.
Begin with a conversation or apply directly below.
You are competent. Capable. Respected.
And still, something holds you back.
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Maike Bäcklin is a Trauma-informed Transformational Leadership coach and Sustainability Engineer. Founder of The Leading Lady Mentorship Program. Supporting high-performing women in embodied leadership, nervous system regulation, and inner authority to become the Leading Lady of their Lives.
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