STORIES

People come through different doors.

People come with different questions, challenges and life experiences. Yet beneath the surface, many of us are searching for the same things. These stories reflect some of those journeys.

“I never imagined this would be possible.”

What brought him here: He wanted to create a different future but didn't yet know where to begin. He was curious, eager to learn and willing to put in the work.

What is really going on: Growth wasn't about finding one answer. It was about building confidence, learning new skills and discovering what he was capable of, one step at a time.

What we explored: Over several years, we combined coaching, practical teaching and asynchronous coaching via WhatsApp. Together, we explored yoga teaching, digital skills and freelance career opportunities.

What changed: Step by step, his confidence grew alongside his skills. He became a yoga teacher, later worked as a sushi chef and eventually found his path as a videographer, creating opportunities he had never imagined possible.

“I want to get crystal clear.”

What brought her here: She wanted complete clarity — about her strengths, her direction, what was getting in the way and where she wanted to focus her energy next.

What is really going on: She wasn't looking for quick answers. She was ready to commit to a deeper process to uncover them.

What we explored: Over several weeks, she worked through more than 75 reflection questions — four times. Each week, we explored a different theme through guided reflection and coaching conversations, uncovering her strengths, values, patterns and possibilities.

What changed: The clarity came from doing the work. With every reflection and conversation, her thinking became clearer. By the end of the journey, she had greater confidence, a deeper understanding of herself and a clear sense of direction.

“I need a sparring partner for my ideas.”

What brought her here: She is an artist who wants to become more visible. She isn't looking for answers as much as someone to think alongside her as she grows her business.

What is really going on: Ideas are there. The challenge is deciding what matters most, taking one step at a time and staying visible without losing herself in the process.

What we explored: Together, we reflect on her website, her communication and the direction of her business. Sometimes in conversation, sometimes through asynchronous coaching, giving ideas time to settle before the next step.

Where we are: The work is still unfolding. Small changes have already taken shape, and we continue building from there, one thoughtful step at a time.

“I need space to think out loud.”

What brought her here: She is an experienced coach. For herself, she wanted something different. No models, no frameworks, no agenda. Just a conversation and the space to see where it leads.

What is really going on: She knows how to coach. She wanted to be coached. To explore what direction she wants for her own business, and how to bring more joy and creativity into her daily life.

What we explored: We follow the conversation. No fixed destination. Just presence, curiosity and the questions that open things up rather than close them down.

Where we are: She feels and thinks deeply. I am comfortable not knowing the answers. That is exactly what we are doing in our sessions together, and it feels right for both of us.

“There is no time for me.”

What brought her here: She is a creative professional. There was no time for her own work. No time, really, for her.

What was really going on: Like so many women, she was taking care of everyone and everything around her. Home. Family. Others. Her creative inner child was screaming for some play time, and the frustration of that was landing on her partner.

What we explored: What she actually needed to feel like herself again. What was hers to carry, and what wasn't.

What changed: She began making space for her own work again. Not by finding more time. By deciding it mattered.

“I have no time for my own work.”

What brought her here: She is a creative professional and a mother. She has only little pockets of time. Creativity needs unhurried time.

What is really going on: Like so many women, she is taking care of everyone around her first. There is something else too — a deep care for quality that makes it hard to simply begin, or to let things be enough just the way they are.

What we explored: What her own professional life could look like, if she let herself imagine it. What gets in the way — from the outside and from within.

Where we are: We have just begun. We are looking at who she is, what she can do — not what she must do. I am. I can. I will. One small step at a time.

“I lost my job. What do I do now?”

What brought her here: We weren't in a formal coaching relationship. We often went for walks in Amsterdam. We'd walk, have a coffee and talk about work, life and whatever was going on. Then one day she sent me a message: “I just lost my job. What do I do now?”

What is really going on: She wasn't only looking for another job. She wanted to figure out what came next. Together, we explored a whole network, a body of work and a capacity to reach out that she hadn't given herself credit for.

What we explored: I remember saying, “Great. Now you can begin for yourself.” We looked at what was possible instead of what had been lost. I listened, asked questions and gave her the space to think out loud.

What changed: She reached out. She presented her work. She received assignments and started her own company. Looking back, I realise those walks were already coaching. We just didn't call it that yet.

“I needed to untangle my thoughts.”

What brought him here: He was in a difficult and unsafe relationship. At the same time, his work no longer felt right. Everything felt tangled. He needed somewhere to think, with someone who would listen without judgement.

What was really going on: In the middle of so much noise, it was hard to hear himself clearly. What he needed was not advice — a calm, neutral space where his thoughts could settle.

What we explored: We talked. We also worked on some reflective writing together. As the words took shape, so did his thinking — about his situation, his work and what he actually felt.

What changed: During our conversations, the storm inside him calmed. From that quieter place, he began to make decisions that felt rooted in what he truly wanted. Not forced. His own.

“I know I want a change, but what?”

What brought her here: She had studied architecture, but wasn't sure what came next. There were many possibilities, yet none of them felt quite right.

What is really going on: She wasn't looking for someone to tell her what to do. She needed time to reflect on who she was, what mattered to her and what kind of work would truly fit.

What we explored: Together, we worked through a guided reflection journey, exploring what gave her energy, her strengths, her values, what was holding her back and the small steps she could begin taking towards a life that felt more like her own.

What changed: Week by week, the uncertainty began to lift. She became clearer about what mattered to her and what she wanted to explore next.

“There has to be more than this."

What brought me here: I was around 28, in my first job, sitting in a cubicle with a flexible schedule and a daily commute. Despite all that freedom, I felt completely stuck.

What was really going on: I wanted change, but had no idea what that change should look like. My coach gave me a set of questions to reflect on over four sessions, questions I wasn't allowed to share at home because I knew they'd talk me out of whatever I decided.

What I explored: Week by week, we went deeper into those questions until something in me became clear enough to act on.

What changed: I booked a ticket to Cape Town. A road trip, a language course, then Madrid, where I did my CELTA to teach English. Eventually I moved back to the Netherlands, and then to Amsterdam, each step taking me further from that cubicle and closer to a life I'd actually chosen.