My approach to coaching: forward-looking and practical

As a certified coach with 20+ years in experience design, I combine professional coaching with mentoring when useful. My coaching is grounded in the Solutions-Focused approach that builds on your existing resources and strengths to shape the future aspire to. My role is to invite you into a discovery space where your resources become visible, accessible and actionable so you can explore your possibilities, and move forward at your own pace.

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A view of Karine Cardona's coaching practice in Amsterdam

What brings people to coaching?

People come to coaching for different reasons — but often with a shared sense that something needs attention, alignment, or just some space to breathe. Here are some of the challenges I support clients with:

  • Navigating career transitions, stepping in a new role, switching domains, or preparing for promotion
  • Developing leadership capacity, balancing delivery and team care, growing presence and confidence
  • Working through complex dynamics, navigating collaboration challenges, difficult stakeholders, uncertainty
  • Building confidence and self-trust, reconnecting with how you think, speak, and lead
  • Processing identity-related challenges, including feeling out of place in your environment

Can I coach you?

I work with experience professionals and leaders across roles, sectors, and career stage.

You might be:

  • A solo UXer navigating leadership responsibilities without much support
  • mid-level designer working through role clarity, communication, or visibility
  • senior leader or executive refining your strategic direction and leadership presence
  • neurodivergent, introverted, or sensitive thinker seeking a coaching space where your way of processing is welcomed, not judged

Whatever your situation, coaching offers space to reflect, realign, and move forward — in ways that feel both intentional and sustainable. Get in touch with a free introduction call to explore how I can help you.

The values that guide my coaching practice

  • CuriosityI invite you to stay curious – about your thoughts, habits, and hopes
  • LearningEvery experience is a source of insight worth uncovering
  • EmpathyLooking at ourselves and others with empathy brings clarity
  • AuthenticityI offer you a space where you can be your honest true-self
  • ResilienceFacing uncertainty, I invite you to explore – again and again – what helps you going
Check out how to get started with my coaching