About me
Greetings and a warm welcome to you. I am an awareness coach/teacher who loves life and the freedom that is possible to live it fully.
Life is far too short to take so many detours and eventually realize that there is only one thing that leads to complete contentment and freedom. And that is being yourself, coming home to yourself. And I know from my own experience that this is absolutely possible at any moment. And that is why I find it sad and such a shame that people suffer unnecessarily emotionally. It’s painful to see how we keep ourselves trapped in a defensive state of being all the time, hurting ourselves and others so much. It’s painful to see how we keep ourselves so small, when who we are is an absolute miracle and powerful beyond belief. It’s such a shame. I really think it doesn’t have to be that way. Knowing this, is what drives me and makes me happy.

My approach
My approach is open and constantly evolving. In my work, I integrate psychological knowledge with the deep and practical truths about wholeness and freedom. My work speaks to the deepest longing of your heart. And that is being yourself, coming home to yourself. This is what we really want, not learning about new teachings or methods. We want to be free to be fully present in our lives, so that we can live our lives to the fullest. Practicing presence is therefore the central element in my work.
My story
My journey to wholeness and freedom began when I came to a point in my life where I felt something fundamental was missing in me and in my life. I felt like I was only living a very small and superficial part of myself. I felt I had much more in me than I was showing in my life. Something was holding me back and frustrating me, but I didn’t understand what it was. What made me feel this way? And how could I set myself free from that?
Asking those questions led to an inspiring journey into my heart; to opening my heart and coming home to myself. And that openness turned out to be the healing force. I think this liberating force, which I try to stay close to and pass on, is more why you are here and reading this, than the details of my historical self. Although I am grateful for my past and it has shaped me, I do not let it define me. After all the work of setting myself free, I realize that every time I identify myself with a historical self, I lose connection with my heart and with my authentic self that is free of the past, that is free of conditioning.
My guidance
The connection to my heart, to my openness, is what allows me to set aside myself, my story and my beliefs and remain open to what is, to the truth. I will help you learn how to come home to yourself at any moment. I will help you learn to connect with your heart, with your openness, because this openness will allow you to see and understand the truth of your experience. It is an objective, clear and precise understanding without judgment. Your consciousness becomes like a diamond: clear, precise, vibrant and balanced. And that’s what the Diamond part of Diamond Heart Presence means to me.
My guidance is objective, clear, sharp and always focused on truth, but it is also always accompanied by deep respect, compassion and love for you and your process. It is always aligned with where you are in your process right now. And it is always with the intention of enabling you to shine your light and love into those parts of you that have protected you, but are now holding you back and causing you to suffer. And this is what the Heart part of Diamond Heart Presence means to me.
I will not go into the understandable need that you may have to improve yourself, get rid of something or fix something about yourself, because those are all things that keep you small and cause you to suffer. It leads you further away from yourself. And it is not worthy of who you are. So I will not help you move away from where you are now, because exactly where you are now is where you will find wholeness and freedom. I will always point to where you are instead of away from you. And I will stay there with you with loving kindness until you yourself see and experience that staying where you are now is the key to coming home to yourself and thus to wholeness and freedom. Practicing this and making this key your own is all you ever really need to set yourself free.
When you are ready to get started, I warmly invite you to book a discovery session.
I live in The Netherlands, but we will meet online. I love that we can work together no matter where in the world you live!