Marion K. Sängerlaub

Marion K. Sängerlaub holds several strategic roles at futur eins: As Co-Director of the Growth project, which strengthens psychological resilience. As Initiator of the Awareness Project, bringing concepts of conscious education, emotional intelligence, and personal development into schools, companies, and civil society organizations. And as Head of Fundraising, working to build stable structures, foster strong partnerships, and enable future-oriented projects with allies from civil society, politics, and business.

Her tongue-in-cheek title, “Minister of Development Aid”, captures her essence: not just thinking up new ideas, but bringing them to life – with practical tools, strategic foresight, and alliances that last.

For more than two decades, Marion has supported people in developing greater self-awareness, resilience, and emotional strength – offering grounded impulses that empower rather than instruct. Her work is clear, transformative, and rooted in deep experience – shaped by long-standing practices in meditation, psychological counseling, and natural health, as well as a background as an entrepreneur, designer, editorial lead at the utopian political magazine Kater Demos, and author of her own training concept.

During a stay in San Francisco, she developed and published the MAKS Training for Bon Vivants in 2006 – a gentle, effective body and back training that combines mindfulness, breath, strength, and flexibility.

Marion has lived abroad for over 16 years – including in the U.S., Switzerland, and Spain. Today, she moves between Berlin and a small village in Saxony-Anhalt, enjoys thinking in broad societal contexts, and brings together perspectives that rarely meet in the same room.

Her mission: to help shape a conscious, socially intelligent society that strengthens humanity and understands democracy not as a given – but as a shared responsibility.