Nena Veber

Before her dedication to coaching, supervision and training profession, Nena was active in education, retail and health-care sectors, thus following her youth career dreams. 


Having started her career as a teacher of English and German languages, she opened one of the first privately owned language schools in Slovenia back in the 1990’s. Her unconventional approach to teaching foreign languages in “alpha-brain-wave-state-of-mind” was way ahead in innovative approach at that time. From 1997-2000 she lived in Germany where she dedicated her time to the research of mental dynamics and invented her own training technique “IMT Intuitive Mental Training®” to support herself first and later on also her clients in personal and professional challenges and transformation.

In 2000 Nena switched careers and joined Mercator d.d., a Slovenian International Retailer chain, where she acted in various roles in Fruits & Vegetables department (Senior Purchasing Specialist, Head of Purchasing, Deputy Director, Director). She brought the international “5 a day” campaign to Slovenia and introduced it through Mercator sales-educational activities to final customers, still nowadays being one of the leading and most successful campaigns for creating healthy life-style and eating habits awareness. Author of the book “Zdravje in Jaz – Prijatelja” (about balanced, healthy life: from mental dynamics, physical exercises to healthy eating habits).

In 2008 Nena established Althea health care centre, with the vision to be the best clinic for treatment of injuries of top athletes. Althea is since 2017 appointed an official medical clinic with the Olympic committee of Slovenia (ORŠMC). Apart from being the owner and CEO, Nena started to be actively involved in IMT intuitive  mental trainings from 2008 on (2500+ hours & 250+ clients) and coachings from 2015 on (1600+ hours, 170+ clients). Top achievements: being a coach and mental trainer of Jure Robič, 5-times winner of RAAM (Race across America), coach of Olympic games attending athletes. 


Nena established in 2020 her own independent company IKIGAI, for coaching, mental dynamics, supervision and educational workshops and trainings. She sold Althea company in September 2021.
 She is now completely devoted and dedicated to coaching, supervision and trainings.
   
In 2021  she started to study  supervision for coaches and mentors with Lise Lewis, with the goal to be accredited with EMCC after the end of the studies (in 2022)  as member of the first cohort of  first 9 accredited supervisors for coaches and mentors in Adriatic region.

She is PCC professional certified coach with ICF, ICF accredited ACSTH Jungian coach with dr. Avi Goren Bar and Jasna Knez, and ICF accredited ACTP Integral & Leadership coach with Sami Bugay.