Chantal San Miguel

For most of my life, I found ways to keep going.

To adapt, compensate, and perform - in school, in relationships, and eventually in a demanding corporate career in luxury goods and in senior project management roles. I was good at it.

But it cost more than it should have.

The coping mechanisms I had relied on for years began to crack under the weight of new motherhood. Having experienced a birth trauma and a difficult recovery, both physically and mentally, left me truly vulnerable. Caring for a newborn while facing the immense pressures of this new role forced me to finally confront the challenges I had spent years masking.

My diagnosis gave me language. For the first time, my struggles made sense, not as personal failings, but as experiences I could finally name and understand.

I have always been curious about the why behind human behaviour. Why some people carry invisible weight through situations others find effortless.That curiosity led me into research, into working alongside psychologists, and eventually into training as a certified neurodiversity coach, peer mentor, and advanced AuDHD coach.

My corporate background gave me first-hand insight into what professional masking costs, especially for women navigating high-pressure environments while managing everything else at the same time.

Today I work with neurodivergent women, mothers, and professionals who are trying to make sense of themselves and find ways of living and working that feel more sustainable. I also work with organisations that want to build environments where different minds can actually thrive. Through my involvement with the Neurodiversity Support Network Switzerland, I also contribute to this work at a systemic level, because lasting change happens beyond individual coaching relationships too.

I work in four languages:

Swiss German, German, English,

and French, because that is the reality of the world

I live and work in.

If any of this sounds like you,

I would love to hear from you.