SHORT BIOGRAPHY

I was born in Holland and grew up there in an unconventional family. My parents gave me a great and very valuable gift: to be allowed to live authentically and think freely.

After completing my studies in fashion design, I was fortunate enough to gain my initial experience as a designer with two inspiring sportswear companies in Holland. In 1992 I moved to Switzerland where, after two years, I started my own business as a sportswear designer. Right from the start I was able to work with a variety of customers in Switzerland and abroad.

Over the years I have always enriched and broadened my knowledge. Years of working with people, coupled with creativity and my interest in our unique potential for development as human beings, motivated me to complete a three-year training as an expressive painting therapist (LDM, Esther Hoffman in Kulmerau) in 2004.

Since 2003, I have continuously engaged in my own development through expressive painting.

In 2012 I founded Blends Ltd., a design agency with a creative team. The leadership and coaching of the team have not only inspired and challenged me, but also allowed me to reflect from the very beginning. My creative, open, Dutch leadership style is always appreciated by my employees as well as by my national and international clients.

In order to be able to draw on my passion for accompanying people more professionally, I attended the renowned holistic study program at the Hoogendijk Coaching Institute in Utrecht from 2018-2019 in Holland to obtain my certification as a coach (life, career & relationship coach). Based on decades of experience, numerous professional coaches work under the direction of Adriaan Hoogendijk, using a highly effective selection of coaching methods and techniques. The training has given me a wealth of knowledge and all the necessary tools to work as a coach.

From 2019 to 2022 I attended various training seminars and workshops as a creative coach under the guidance of the interdisciplinary visual artist, creativity coach, expressive art teacher and art therapist Roseline de Thélin in Ibiza.

At the beginning of 2021 I came into contact with Nonviolent Communication (according to Marshall Rosenberg) and since then I have been deepening my knowledge of NVC with various trainings under the guidance of Patricia Walker & Benedikt Loser (Kompetenzzentrum Fokus-Empathie, Langnau am Albis ZH, Switzerland). The appreciative and connecting way of communication complements and deepens my work as a coach.

Since 2019 I have worked as a life, relationship and creative coach. 

For more than 25 years I have found my peace and inner tranquility through yoga. I get my strength from nature, I spend a lot of time on 'my' beloved island of Mallorca, where the sea, the sun and the Mediterranean lifestyle inspire me. It is where I can tap closer into my inner intuitive powers – both as a person and as a coach.