Episode 40: From High Fashion to Coaching Mastery with Anne Mühlethaler

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to move from a high-profile career in fashion to the world of coaching and consulting? In this episode of Coaching Catalysts, co-hosts Sarah Bramall and Rebecca Daniel are joined by Anne Mühlethaler. Coach, communications specialist, storyteller, and founder of Le Trant.

Anne talks about her career journey from Christian Louboutin to building her own blend of coaching, consulting, and podcasting. She shares how mentor coaching and ICF credentialing have shaped her path, the challenges she’s faced along the way, and the role of ethics and alignment in her practice.

If you’re curious about the realities of accreditation, stepping into new professional identities, or simply how coaching skills can support both life and business, this conversation will give you plenty to reflect on.

Here are the highlights:

00:00 Introduction

04:59 Developing clear intentions and communicating them simply

07:24 Podcasting milestones and diverse coaching

10:12 Trusting instincts: finding your own way as a coach

15:01 Becoming an ethical coach

18:53 The challenge of aligning with ICF guidelines

22:55 Piano lessons as a metaphor for coaching mastery

26:54 Presence, empathy, and curiosity beyond the session

28:24 Who we are is how we coach and vice versa.

Anne Mühlethaler:

Anne Mühlethaler is the founder of Le Trente, a social learning studio and community of practice where mindfulness, creative expression, and storytelling converge to support personal and professional growth. As an advisor, coach and facilitator, Anne helps purpose-driven individuals and brands move from fragmented communication to authentic expression. Drawing on 17 years at Christian Louboutin — where she evolved from retail manager to the brand's first Global Head of Communications, living and working in London, New York, and Paris — Anne brings strategic luxury brand expertise to her work as a certified coach, meditation teacher, and storyteller. Designer Bella Freud captured this transformational energy perfectly in The Times, describing how "her brilliance and resourcefulness sparkles around her, like the aura that surrounds Tinker Bell"— an apt description for someone whose mission is simply "to make magic happen." Through her signature "Story of You" framework, intimate salons, and transformational workshops, Anne creates the conditions where inner knowing becomes outward expression. She is also the host of the acclaimed podcast "Out of the Clouds" and launching a new show, The Metta Interview in August 2025 — intimate conversations with brilliant contributors touching on mindful living, creativity, and human potential.

Based in Geneva, Switzerland, Anne works with both local and international clients, bridging the worlds of business strategy, communication and contemplative wisdom to help individuals and leaders communicate with clarity, heart, and impact.

Websites: LeTrente.com; AnneVMuhlethaler.com

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