Life is a journey and sometimes you need a travel companion to know which turn to take next, or to feel more comfortable taking that turn with someone by your side.

Would you like to make a next step in your life? Break through patterns and behaviours that no longer serve you?
Stay true to yourself, find out who you are, and what you stand for? Feel more energetic and passionate?

Coaching is for everyone who has the desire to grow, personally and professionally. And I am looking forward being your co-traveler for a while.

Everyone at some point in life could use a little help. Maybe to achieve a certain goal, or to break through old patterns that are no longer serving you. Behaviours that are in your way of building new relationships, making decisions, or achieving something you really want.

Here are some themes I am happy to work on with you::

• Growing your self confidence
• Re-gaining self-esteem
• Building long-lasting relationships
• Communicating more effectively
• Staying true to yourself – be authentic
• Living with less stress
• Re-gaining joy in your life, live passionately
• Making it easier to get out of your comfort zone

For me a coaching process is succesful when you feel that you are back in the driver’s seat, knowing that you have taken the right turn and looking at the horizon with full confidence and energy.

• How do I make the next career step?
• What makes me a succesful team member?
• How can I be an inspiring leader?
• Who am I as a team member and/or leader?
• How can I stay true to myself?
• What is my passion?
• How can I achieve my goals?
• How can I make sure I don’t loose myself in work?
• How can I guard my boundaries and make decisions on what to do or not to take on?
• How can I step out of my comfort zone and grow?

All questions that you can ask yourself but may not have found the answers to yet. Together we can find the answers which already lie within you. I am here to support you in becoming an even better professional and fully enjoy the work you are doing. I invite you to connect with me, for an introductory conversation and see if we can be co-travelers for a while.

In coaching you, I listen with my head and heart, ask questions, confront you with what I see and feel is necessary, link your thoughts, ideas and feelings to practical daily life, and overall create a safe space for you to reflect and find your own answers. I use processes, your and my intuition, and have a backpack full of tools, thoughts, and experience to tap into.

To get to know eachother and feel if there is a click, we will organize an initial phone or Skype conversation (or you can just call me now). This conversation is free of charge and with no obligations to commit to a coaching trajectory.

If we decide to continue, our first coaching conversation will be to further look at your question and take some initial steps to discover the topic in more depth. Every coaching session will take 1-1.5 hours.

After three sessions we will review the process and look at where you are. If you wish to accomplish more and take further steps, then we will continue our journey.

Some time ago I read this quote from Goethe: “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it – boldness has genius power and magic in it”. Since internalising that counsel, I find taking that difficult decisions no longer gives me sleepless nights. One decision has been to leave the corporate world and begin my own business.

It is my purpose to trust and believe in myself, to connect and nurture my inner self in order to serve others who need support, a listening ear, a clear question, a warm heart, to help people find strength, belief and courage to take ownership of their life.

I believe in the good intentions every person holds in themselves, and I believe that, if every human being listens to this inner voice, the world will become a better and more peaceful place to live in.

With my 15 years of corporate experience in both The Netherlands, mainly with McKinsey & Company, as well as in Malawi Africa, having suffered from a burnout and a having gone through a divorce, I know and feel what it is like to crash, forgive, get back behind the steering wheel and use the chance to choose a direction.

My friends describe me as: sincere, interested, authentic, sweet, a good listerner, positive and caring. My coachees add to that: calm, safe, confronting in a pleasant way, honest, practical and structured.