ABOUT ME

Before I founded Bright Now, my professional career was in the field of international relations and HR, predominantly with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, through the years, working alternately as a line-manager and at the HR-Department I became aware that supporting and coaching people in their professional and personal development had become more fulfilling to me than the contents of international relations. At the same time, I noticed many people suffering from near burnout, while at the same time sensing a loss of direction in their activities. And once that was clear, I had the courage to change my personal direction, focus on mental well-being and a regenerative development, and launch Bright Now. 

Do you look forward to taking time to reflect, to get clarity on your ideals and direction, become more calm and resilient? To creating an impact on your environment and to making a difference through authentic leadership, while also achieving the other side of the coin: burnout prevention?

I work with people who are driven, yet sometimes feel stuck or overwhelmed, dealing with changes, choices, dilemmas, or simply too much on their plate. Who wonder if they are on the right track and doing enough. Who ask themselves ‘what potential haven’t I tapped into yet’? Who want to add value to their own life and environment.

Those times of reflection, change and transition are often stressful. And sometimes the balance is simply off between what you’re asked to do and what you feel capable of doing. I have been in that situation myself. And while it may not always be possible to change our circumstances, together we can at least develop ways to increase our resilience in handling them. To feel better, function better and to make better choices.

Coaching, regenerative thinking, mindfulness and/or Reiki; powerful ways to craft healthy decision-making and develop authentic, personal leadership. If you’d like to hear more about this, feel free to reach out using the contact-form.

COACHING

I am a professional life, career and executive coach, working mainly online with clients worldwide.

My certification as a coach is internationally acknowledged (ICF/PCC).

MINDFULNESS

Certified Mindfulness teacher since 2021, having completed a 160 hr training program at The Mindfulness Center, Bethesda, MD (USA).

REIKI

I have been practicing Reiki in the Usui Shiki Ryoho tradition since I received my first initiation in 2005. In 2021, I became a Reiki Master, which allows me to teach Reiki classes.

Reiki has supported me since the first attunement in a gentle way to better connect to myself and to those around me. This positive experience inspires me every day to do the daily Reiki self-treatment and to give Reiki treatments to other people, either hands on or via distant treatments.