About - Franziska Maria Pretsch

My Story

Hi, I’m Franziska Maria — short Fran.

I know this feeling well.

Where you think you are doing everything right – and yet inside of you it doesn’t feel right. It feels safe. But not yours.

I grew up in Bavaria. Surrounded by nature, traditions, and the stories of my ancestors. A lot of love. And a lot of expectations. Of who I should be. How I should live. What was normal.

I tried to fit in. I studied Social Work. I became the person everyone relied on. I gave everything – to my work, to others, to what was expected. While slowly losing myself.

Until burnout stopped me. And forced me to look honestly at what I was living & what truly mattered to me. What actually felt like my own truth.

What I found changed everything.

I moved countries. I travelled. I started running. Not as a hobby. But as a way back to myself.

I changed my life more than once. From jobs to my own business. From being married to getting divorced. And marrying again. Every threshold a chance to grow more fully into myself.

I ran my first marathon in Mexico – in sandals. My first Ultra in the USA – in sandals. Deep in the Copper Canyon. Through heat, dust and the kind of silence that shows you fully who you are.

I didn’t run because I had a plan. I ran because something in me said: yes. And I had finally learned to listen to my own truth. And to choose from there.

Deep in those canyons I met the man who is now my husband. We said yes to each other. Two cultures. Two worlds. One life. Built from our own truth.

We live in the mountains in the USA now. And every day I choose this life. Fully mine.

This is not a concept I teach. This is a life I live.

I trained in NLP, Life Coaching and Systemic Constellations. Twenty years of working with people. Individuals. Couples. Leaders. Mentors.

But what I bring to every session is not just my training or professional experience.

It’s the lived knowledge that going to your core – seeing your roots, facing your truth, and choosing yourself – changes everything.

I go where others don’t. I say what others won’t say. I see what you can’t see yet in yourself.

And I walk with you until you can. While holding a safe space for you as you meet yourself.

If you know it’s time to choose your own life – you are in the right place.

“There is much more peace in me. I truly know working with you has helped me tremendously.

There is something about you that makes me feel comfortable & you are very easy to talk to.

I can tell that you sincerely listen to what I say. And I know others feel that as well. A true gift!”

David

“I always had a fear that something was wrong with me. That I needed to be different .

Now I know I can just be myself. And I know that this is absolutely ok. In fact it’s needed.

I was able to trust Fran and open up to her. And now I am ready to move forward with my life.”

Mary

This is the work

Releasing Old Identity Patterns

You learned who you had to be to belong. To be loved. To be safe. Reliable. Strong. Always there for others. These patterns served you once. But they are no longer yours. We see them clearly – without judgment. And we let them go. So you can finally choose who you actually are.

Reconnecting With Your Own Truth

Somewhere beneath the noise, the roles and the expectations – your own voice is still there. You have just learned not to trust it. We go back to that place. We listen. We hear what has been waiting. And we build your decisions from there. Not from fear. Not from habit. From truth.

Closing the Gap Between the Life You Live and the Life You Feel

You show up. You deliver. You hold things together. And inside – something quietly asks: is this really me? We close that gap. Not by escaping what you have built. But by finally connecting the outside to the inside. So your life feels like yours. Completely. For the first time.

Navigating Life's Crossroads

When everything feels stuck – career, relationships, direction – it is rarely a practical problem. It is a foundation problem. We go to the root of what is keeping you there. And we find the next step that comes from alignment. Not from pressure. Not from obligation. From who you truly are.

Healing Relationship Patterns & Rebuilding Connection

Every relationship carries two foundations. Two histories. Two families. Two sets of inherited patterns. We work with both. Individually – and together. Not to fix your communication. To reconnect you to each other. From the inside out. So that trust, understanding and real love become possible again.

And something special I offer: Systemic Constellation Work.

Sometimes words are not enough. Sometimes what is stuck in you has no language yet.

Constellation work goes deeper than talking. It makes visible what has been invisible. The family patterns. The inherited loyalties. The burdens carried across generations. When something is finally seen – it can move. And what moves – heals.

Not just for you. For those who come after you too.