A Return to Wholeness
Johann Diermann
Former Monk, Transformational Coach & Speaker
From a very early stage, I made a commitment to myself that all my decisions and actions would be in the service of finding the deeper purpose of my life in relationship to my environment.
I had the privilege of living in a monastic, celibate setting for 25 years, experiencing the beauty and depth of a community with a highly developed spiritual worldview.
I came to the edge of my perfect world and stepped into the great unknown.
I had my heart broken, only to later realize that it got broken open as a necessary initiation into my deepest humanity.
Now I am ready to serve you and/or your team to also find that alignment with your deepest purpose and contribution.
“The right way to wholeness is made up of fateful detours and wrong turnings.”
Charles Baron, M.Ps., Ph.D., A.S.C., University of Laval, QC
Marine, Co-founder of an international company
“Over the years I was able to discriminate between the voice of fear and doubt, and the voice of my own inner wisdom.”
About Me
I didn’t learn leadership in a classroom; I learned it in robes. Years of monastic practice—waking before dawn, serving a community, sitting with what’s hard—taught me to meet pressure with presence and ego with humility. Over time, I was asked to guide others, to mediate conflict, to translate values into daily choices. Re-entering the business world, I recognized the same
human patterns in new clothes: urgency without clarity, talent without alignment, power without empathy. Coaching became the bridge. Today I help leaders turn inner discipline into outer results—clearer decisions, language that reduces friction, and a way of working that feels like integrity, not performance.
