25+
Years in Human Transformation
13+
Years Leading Transformational Work
10K+
People Participated
200K+
Community Followers
Biography
Maria Koutsaviti is a psychologist, trainer and public speaker in human transformation, with more than 25 years of experience working with people across corporate, leadership and transformational environments.
With a BSc in Applied Psychology, Positive Psychology (PPC), Executive Coaching (PCC) and training as a Trauma-Informed Somatic Therapy Coach, her professional background spans psychology, human behavior, leadership and embodied work. Her wider field of study includes Quantum Theory, human behavior and consciousness, alongside 25 years of engagement with ancient philosophical and contemplative traditions.
For more than 13 years, Maria has taught and led transformational work through online movements, live experiences and transformational retreats worldwide. Alongside her work with broader audiences, she works privately with CEOs, founders and C-level leaders through one-to-one executive sessions, supporting them through periods of decision, transition, expansion and change.
More than 10,000 people have participated in her programs, experiences and transformational work, while her digital community has grown to more than 200,000 followers across social media in Greece.
Her work spans identity, leadership, abundance, human behavior and embodied transformation, helping people move beyond inherited patterns and create greater possibility in the way they live, lead and prosper. Participants widely describe the experience as life-changing, with profound results in identity and possibility.
In 2025, Maria was named Best Teacher in Personal Transformation & Emotional Empowerment in Greece by the Best of Best Review Awards.
Key Topics at the Symposium
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Identity behind leadership decisions
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Leadership and executive development
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Embodied alignment and human behavior
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Abundance, perspective and possibility
Speaker Video
Speaker Introduction
Video coming soon
A short introduction from Maria Koutsaviti — available ahead of the Symposium.
Sessions at the Symposium
Talk · Main Stage
THE IDENTITY BEHIND THE DECISION
The Unseen Variable in Leadership Decision-Making
Day: Sunday, 1 November 2026
Time: 12:15–13:00
Duration: 45 minutes
Format: Talk
Description: In a world of constant change, our decisions are shaped not only by what we know, but also by the identity and perspective from which we are looking. Past experience, beliefs, conditioning and familiar identities can quietly shape what we perceive as possible, often without us realizing it.
The Identity Behind the Decision opens a deeper inquiry into leadership and choice: Who is making the decision? What becomes possible when we can see beyond the identity that has shaped our previous choices?
This talk explores what may exist beyond what we currently perceive: new perspectives, possibilities, responses and ways of moving forward that may have been outside our field of view. Sometimes expansion does not begin with finding a better answer. It begins when we realize there is more available than we thought we knew.
Professional Background
Applied & Positive Psychology
BSc in Applied Psychology · PPC
Executive Coaching
PCC · CEOs, Founders & C-Level Leaders
Trauma-Informed Somatic Therapy
Coach
Embodied Alignment Framework
Creator
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Join Maria Koutsaviti and leading international speakers in Athens, October 30 – November 1, 2026.







