Learn ESM for Your Life
Discover the Emotion-Based Self-Competence Method for your personal development. Three ways to integrate ESM into your daily life – from flexible online courses to intensive personal mentoring.
Why ESM for You?
Understand Your Emotions. Strengthen Your Self. Live More Consciously.
ESM gives you concrete tools to:
- Understand your emotions: Recognize the Love-Fear polarity in your daily life
- Strengthen your Self: Work systematically with the five elements of self-competence
- Live more consciously: Make decisions from love rather than fear
- Develop emotional stability and inner strength: Develop emotional stability and inner strength
- Know yourself better: Discover who you really are and want to be
ESM is not therapy, but a structured path to personal development – scientifically grounded, practically applicable, sustainably effective.
Choose the Format That Fits You
Whether you prefer learning at your own pace, need a group and live support, or seek intensive personal guidance – we have the right offering for every need.
OFFERING 1:
ESM Self-Experience – Your Introduction to Emotional Self-Competence
ESM Self-Experience – Your Introduction to Emotional Self-Competence
For Whom?
For everyone who wants to discover ESM and learn at their own pace. Ideal for self-learners and as a first encounter with the method.
What Awaits You
Content:
- Fundamentals of the ESM method
- The Self-Competence Model: Understanding and applying the five elements
- The Love-Fear Polarity: Reorganizing your emotions
- Practical exercises for daily life
- Reflection tasks for your personal development
- Audio meditations and guided exercises
Format:
- Completely digital and automated
- Available anytime, lifetime access
- Videos, audios, PDF workbooks
- About 8-10 hours of learning material
- At your own pace
Scope:
- 6 modules with 3-5 lessons each
- 15+ practical exercises
- 5+ guided meditations
- Downloadable workbooks
What You'll Learn
- Understand the basic principles of ESM
- Recognize your own emotional patterns
- Strengthen self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-care
- First tools for emotional self-regulation
- Shift from fear to love in daily life
Who Is This NOT For?
This course does not replace therapy. If you are acutely psychologically burdened or have a diagnosis, please seek professional support.
Investment
€39 (Einmalzahlung, lebenslanger Zugriff)
Starts on March 1st, 2026, now at the early bird price of €29.00
ANGEBOT 2:
6 Month-Challenge
ESM Transformation – Growing Together in 6 Months
For Whom?
For everyone who wants to experience ESM more intensively and benefit from live support and community exchange. Ideal for people who value commitment and structure.
What Awaits You
Content:
- Complete ESM program over 6 Month
- Weekly themes on the five self-competence elements
- Deepening the Love-Fear polarity
- Concrete daily integration with weekly assignments
- Community exchange and mutual support
Format:
- 12 live calls (90 minutes each) via Zoom
- Monatliche Lernmodule (Videos, Audios, Texte)
- Private community group (optional)
- Personal Workbook for 6 Months
- Access to all recordings
Struktur:
- Self-Awareness (Laying the Foundation)
- Self-Acceptance (Learning to Accept Yourself)
- Self-Responsibility (Out of the Victim Role)
- Self-Care (Taking Good Care of Yourself)
- Self-Esteem (Your Worth Is Unconditional)
- Integration & Looking Ahead (Integrating ESM into Your Life)
What You'll Learn
- Apply ESM systematically and structurally
- Grow in a supportive group
- Sustainably change your emotional patterns
- Concrete techniques for difficult situations
- Build a lasting ESM practice
What Supports You
- Live Support: Ask your questions directly in the calls
- Commitment:Weekly structure helps you stay on track
- Community: Learn from and with others
- SupportCertified ESM Practitioners lead through the challenge
Who Is This NOT For?
This challenge does not replace therapy. For acute psychological stress or diagnoses, we recommend professional therapeutic support.
Investment
€ 490 (One-time payment)
Starts on March 1st, 2026, now available at the early bird price of €390.00
OFFERING 3:
PERSONAL MENTORING
ESM Intensive – Personal Guidance for Sustainable Transformation
For Whom?
For everyone who wants to learn ESM with intensive personal guidance. Ideal for people seeking individual support during profound change processes.
What Awaits You
Content:
- Individually tailored ESM program for you
- Deep work with your personal themes
- Customized interventions and exercises
- Long-term support over 6 months
- Space for everything important in your life
Format:
- 12 personal 1:1 calls (60 minutes each) via Zoom
- 2 Weekly appointments over 6 months
- Individual preparation and follow-up of sessions
- Access to all ESM materials
- Direct availability for urgent questions (email)
Process:
- Month 1: Assessment, goal setting, laying foundation
- Month 2: Deep work with your specific themes
- Month 3: Integration, stabilization, outlook
What You'll Learn
- Fully apply ESM to your personal situation
- Understand and transform your individual emotional patterns
- Sustainably anchor profound changes
- Master your specific challenges with ESM
- Develop a long-term ESM practice that fits you
What Supports You
- Individual Guidance:A certified ESM Practitioner just for you
- Customized:Pace and themes oriented to your needs
- Depth:Time and space for real transformation
- Continuity:3 months of intensive support create sustainable change
Who Is This NOT For?
This mentoring does not replace psychotherapy. For diagnosed mental illnesses or acute crises, we recommend therapeutic treatment. ESM mentoring can be sensible alongside therapy – please clarify this with your therapist.
Investment
€790 per month (3 months = €2,370)
or
€1.990 one-time payment (save €380)
ESM Is Not a One-Time Experience – It's a Lifelong Practice
For your practice
Regardless of which format you choose: ESM gives you tools you can use for life.
What's possible after your program:
- Independent ESM practice in daily life
- Access to the ESM community (with Challenge & Mentoring)
- Optional advanced and deepening programs
- If interested: Entry into Practitioner training
Coming Soon:
- The first digital app based on ESM (Launch 2026)
- Daily support for your ESM practice
- Personalized impulses and tools
- Guidance for your emotional everyday life
Quality Assurance
Guidance by Certified ESM Practitioners
All ESM programs for individuals are conducted by carefully trained, certified ESM Practitioners – ensuring consistently high quality. Susanne Salig and Arne Salig, as method developers, focus on training, research, and further development.
The ESM method is based on:
- Over 1,000 patients in clinical validation
- Neurobiological foundations
- Scientific support (handbook published January 2026 by Shaker Verlag)
FAQ
In which language are the programs?
All programs are available in German and English.
Can I do ESM parallel to therapy?
Yes, ESM can be very useful alongside therapy. Please discuss this with your therapist.
Is there a money-back guarantee?
Online course: 14-day return policy (if less than 30% viewed).
Challenge & Mentoring: Free initial consultation so you can be sure it fits.
What's the difference from other self-help programs?
ESM is scientifically grounded, structured, and clear – no vague concepts or esoteric approaches. The method was validated with over 1,000 patients and is based on neurobiology.
Do I get a certificate?
With the 12-Week Challenge and Mentoring, you receive a certificate of participation. A Practitioner certificate is only available through professional training.
Is ESM right for me?
ESM is suitable for you if you:
- Want to better understand your emotions
- An deiner persönlichen Entwicklung arbeiten willst
- Want to work on your personal development
- Appreciate structured, scientifically grounded methods
ESM does not replace therapy. For mental illnesses, we recommend professional therapeutic help.
Ready to Bring ESM Into Your Life?
Whether you prefer independent learning, a group setting, or intensive guidance – choose the format that fits you and start your journey to greater emotional self-competence.