As a child, I grew up on a farm on the edge of the De Groote Peel nature reserve. From my bedroom window I saw the world my way, open fields and meadows, animals, sun and moon in all its facets. I played the harp, took care of my animals, wandered through the woods for hours, listened to the stories of the people around me. The core values that drive me are freedom and space from which creativity and flexibility arise.
My aunt, my father’s eldest sister, often told me stories about her travels around the world as a medical missionary sister. I received batik dresses and bracelets, stones and cards from all over the world. My world became bigger than the farm. And I got curious.
After my studies, I started working as a connector and community worker with young people and the Sinti community. I also immediately started training to become an NLP practitioner. These two paths were in sync for a long time. My heart lies in seeing people have a twinkle in their eyes, looking together at how you want to live life the way you mean and feel. In 2006 I became an international NLP trainer. I didn’t think of that path, I followed it. Initially to be able to get certified in Kenya, and this eventually led to my New Life Path, what I like to call NLP.
My life is not a story I tell, it is the life I live.
This sentence touched me deeply and in 2012 I decided to change course, to follow what my heart and soul were whispering to me. Standing up for who I am and what I have to do. Far from easy, several times I wanted to throw in the towel, and yet I continued to do what I had to do. No escape. Cut through the fear, make choices and bear the consequences.
In 2013 I started a second company in Kenya and from then on I run 2 companies in training and coaching on two continents: the Netherlands (since 2009) and in Kenya. Kuunganisha training and coaching is a company with heart and soul. Kuunganisha is the Swahili word for connection. Connecting and feeling with yourself so that you can connect with others. That’s why I chose Kuunganisha.
With a lot of passion, individuality, resilience and drive, I provide NLP coach training and family constellations/systemic work on 2 continents from which I learn a lot from each other. I take this with me and weave it into the training courses, coaching programs and Soul Safaris that I provide.
The great thing is that the methods give you plenty of room to grow and develop in the direction you have in mind, feel or see. How do you want to live your life? Who are you in the middle of all the techniques and methods that are out there. Who are you in the depths of your soul? What is the whisper of your heart?
I am grateful and happy when I can walk with someone again on his or her New Life Path, we take the walk together from where you go your own way.
Open hearts see love everywhere.