About Me
Behind Coach4Balance is a path shaped by engineering and leadership, a lifelong interest in well-being, and personal experiences that changed how I understand loss, identity, and connection.
Two worlds, one journey
My name is Lars Bodenheimer. My professional path began in electrical engineering and led to more than 20 years in international consulting and leadership. Alongside that career, I developed a deep interest in health, personal development, and the different ways we experience ourselves and the world around us.
For a long time, these seemed like two separate worlds. Coach4Balance grew from bringing them together.
Where it began
I was born and raised in Germany, where two very different influences shaped my understanding of life.
My father owned a bicycle business. Cycling became a major part of my life, and I spent years competing in road and mountain bike racing.
My mother introduced me to whole-food nutrition and later established her own energy-healing practice. Through her, I encountered perspectives on well-being that extended beyond physical health.
These interests stayed with me, even as I chose a very different professional direction.
A career built around complexity
With a master's degree in electrical engineering, I spent more than two decades working in the telecommunications and technology industry. My career took me around the world, from consulting and project management to leading teams and organizations.
At the same time, I was raising a family, managing the responsibilities of everyday life, and continuing to explore health, psychology, personal development, and energetic approaches.
I was learning to understand complex organizations and systems while becoming increasingly interested in something much more personal: how the different parts of our lives influence one another—and what happens when they no longer seem to fit together.
When life became personal
My own life brought experiences that couldn't be resolved through analysis, planning, or professional success alone.
A divorce and financial reset challenged my familiar sense of stability and direction. I rebuilt my life and continued my corporate career, but my perspective was changing.
In 2017, my father died unexpectedly. I returned to Germany to grieve with my family and help take care of his affairs.
His death confronted me with the passing of time and the question of how I wanted to live the life I had.
These experiences didn't give me a simple formula for navigating change. They deepened my understanding of how loss and major transitions can reach into our identity, relationships, priorities, and sense of direction.
They also influenced the work I felt drawn to pursue.
A deeper journey
My own journey has also taken me through what I can only describe as a dark night of the soul.
During this period, I accompanied my mother through her cancer journey and, ultimately, her death.
These experiences confronted me with grief, uncertainty, and profound questions about identity, connection, and what truly matters. They brought me into a much more personal relationship with the very themes I had been exploring through my work.
I don't see this journey as a story with a neat ending or a simple lesson to share. It has deepened my understanding of how profoundly life can change—and how important it is to make room for our experiences rather than trying to force our way toward a better version of ourselves.
Bringing the different parts together
Coach4Balance brings together my professional experience, personal journey, and training in life coaching, health coaching, subconscious belief work, and energetic approaches.
Over the years, I've trained in several modalities, including PSYCH-K®, regression work, and aura surgery, alongside other approaches to personal development and well-being.
I don't believe a single technique is the answer for every person or every situation.
My approach begins with understanding you and the wider picture of what you're experiencing. From there, we can explore different life domains, dimensions of experience, and deeper patterns—at a depth that is appropriate to you.
The methods we use depend on your needs, preferences, and the nature of our work together. Spiritual or energetic exploration is an option, never a requirement.
What matters to me is that you remain connected to your own experience and free to determine what is meaningful and right for you.
You are more than what has happened to you.
And moving forward doesn't have to mean leaving the meaningful parts of your past behind.
Background & Training
Professional Foundation
M.S. in Electrical Engineering
20+ Years in Consulting & Leadership
Specialized Approaches & Training
Certified Life & Health Coach (Health Coach Institute, USA)
TCM Mastery & Transformational Coach (Health Coach Institute, USA)
PSYCH-K® Preferred Facilitator (PSYCH-K® Centre International, USA)
Aura Surgery (Dr. Mathias Künlen, Germany)
Regression Work (Linda Vielau, Germany)
HeartMath® Certified Practitioner (HeartMath Institute, USA)
Clinical Certification for Stress, Anxiety and Self Regulation (HeartMath Institute, USA)
Additional Trainings
Holistic Health Practitioner
Holistic Alternative Psychology Master
Reiki Practitioner Level 1 - 3
Fundamental to Brennan Healing Science
Awakening the Illuminated Heart
Integrative Quantum Medicine Level 1
What Brings You Here?
If something in my story or approach resonates with you, I'd welcome the opportunity to hear your story.
