About Me
Hi, I’m Tobi – consultant, musician, writer, and coach for creativity and productivity. My journey has been far from linear; it’s been a path of discovery, always driven by my passion for people, their well-being, and their creativity.
Creativity has been my constant companion – whether in my work as a psychosocial counselor, leader or performing on stage for a total audience of over half a million people. Over time, I realised I didn’t just want to help people in crisis. Today, I help individuals and organisations become more creative, grow, and achieve their goals.
My academic degrees and certifications – spanning consulting, human-centred design, social work, and biographical and creative writing, as well as Scrum Master and UX qualifications – combine creativity with structure. My goal is to help you and your business turn ideas into reality.
I’m excited to take the next step with you – whether in my creativity sessions, workathons, coaching, or workshops.
🪂 The Path to Berlin
- Born and raised on the edge of the Black Forest
- Through Ireland, South Africa, and Freiburg to Berlin
- Been in the capital for about 15 years
- Far away in the winter
🎓 Academic Background
- Master of Science in Consulting and Human Centred Design at Humboldt University of Berlin, Graduation in 2023, Grade 1.2
- Master of Arts in Biographical and Creative Writing at Alice-Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Graduation in 2014, Grade 1.2
- Bachelor of Arts in Social Work at Protestant University of Applied Sciences Freiburg, Graduation in 2010, Grade 1.3
- Training as Usability & User Experience Professional at artop Institute at Humboldt University of Berlin
- Certificates: Professional Scrum Master I, Professional Product Owner I, Professional for Usability and User Experience - CPUX-F
- More than 15 further trainings in the context of agility, leadership, mental health
🎒 Consulting and Leadership
- Over five years of experience in leading a psychosocial counseling center
- Over ten years of experience in psychosocial counseling for individuals facing special social difficulties related to homelessness, poverty, crisis management, HIV/AIDS, addiction, mental illness, and health
- Conducted creative writing workshops as a coach at Alice-Salomon-Hochschule, as well as other workshops, writing laboratories, and writing coaching
- Completed a practical semester as a student with HIV/AIDS orphans in Thohoyandou, South Africa
- Participated in a social year program after school in homeless aid in Galway, Ireland.
🤹♂️ Creative Expression
- Collaborated as a musician with Alice Merton 🔗, Balbina 🔗, and Lauter Leben 🔗 together with my brother, the songwriter and producer Nicolas Rebscher
- Played concerts in front of a total of more than half a million people
- Worked as a street musician in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the Czech Republic
- Published in the anthology Kurzgeschichten aus dem BKS 🔗
- Published master's thesis at HU Berlin 🔗
- Blog for creative experiments: www.prosakleinerstunden.blog 🔗
- Daily working on opening up to the creative life through writing and playing
🛹 And otherwise
- spending my money on cafes, daydreaming
- Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Aikido, yoga, Zen meditation, Berlin football cages, skateboarding
- occupying myself with productivity and mindfulness
- the cream must freeze under Spaghetti Eis (a German ice cream dish)
- traveling, hiking, forest bathing
- reading books, watching TV series and failing phenomenally at chess
🍉 Favorites...
- Newsletter with "A": Adam Grant, Ali Abdaal, Austin Kleon, Anne-Laure Le Cunff
- Tool: The Morning Pages by Julia Cameron - write for 15 minutes every morning
- Fear: the fear of standing out
- Dream: to be creative with people from all over the world