Philosophical orientation for those who think more deeply
Dialogue, seminars, and essays on the questions that truly matter.
I am Gwendolin Kirchhoff — a philosopher based in Berlin. At the intersection of the German idealist tradition and Eastern wisdom, I work with people who are seeking genuine intellectual orientation, not therapy.
- Philosopher
- FU Berlin
- HPG licensed
- since 2015
- Own practice
- since 2018
- Practice
- Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
Services
Philosophical orientation in different formats — for individuals, groups, and decision-makers.
- from 140 € 60 min
Philosophical Consultation
1:1 dialogue for existential questions and life transitions. Intuitive, relational, philosophically grounded.
- from 350 € 2 days
Seminars & Retreats
Full-day seminars on the I Ching, the ethics of therapy, and the art of philosophical judgement. Multi-day retreats on request.
- 4,200 € / year 12 months
Annual Mentoring
12 months of philosophical accompaniment with monthly dialogue sessions and retreat access.
Essays
Natural philosophy, transhumanism, consciousness research, the conduct of life — essays on the questions you cannot settle with a search engine.
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The Odyssey: What Homer's Homecoming Teaches About Fate
What is the meaning of the Odyssey? Gwendolin Kirchhoff reads the Odyssey through Christopher Nolan's film as the story of a homecoming that has a price: Odysseus loses everything, at the end it is like a kind of surrender that the homecoming takes, and he is willing to pay. With Penelope, the law of Zeus, the inner Ithaca and Plato's myth of Er.
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Anger — a Process That Can Clarify
What is anger, and what happens when you neither suppress it nor turn it against others? Gwendolin Kirchhoff describes how the anger she lets run through her as a process brings clarity, and asks about the office of wrath. With Bert Hellinger, Laozi and Jochen Kirchhoff.
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“God Is Dead”: What Nietzsche Meant and What Came After
What does Nietzsche's sentence “God is dead” mean? Where it stands in The Gay Science and in Zarathustra, who speaks it, how Nietzsche himself explains it, and what Jochen and Gwendolin Kirchhoff say about what came after.
If you're looking not just to read but to think with someone — explore the formats I offer.
Philosophical dialogues
Conversations with my father, the philosopher Jochen Kirchhoff, and my own contributions on the questions that truly matter.