KAREN'S JOURNEY
After high school I studied Communication Science & Public Relations, and then continued with a Health Science programme.
During my studies, I did the number one thing I still love the most... dancing! Shows, competitions, teaching.
That's what I really wanted to do full-time with my life..
So I did!
I worked for 13 years as a professional dancer and I really did live my best life!
Travelling, working with artists, organising events. Always on the go...
Sounds amazing right?
It was! But let me tell you, an artist's life is so unpredictable... You can be making good money one month, and almost broke the next!
This is why I decided to add strength & conditioning coaching to my skills and I started working with private clients and teams, to make up for those quieter times..
At 31, I made a big jump and moved from Brussels to London. I decided at this point that I wanted to shift gears (auditioning amongst 19 year old dancers made that decision for me!), go back to university and work as a S&C coach in the mean time.
Good plan? Well, London is tough my friend. I quickly realised that I would first have to make more money. So I grew my coaching business, and continuously improved my knowledge on physical and mental health.
I studied clinical nutrition, mindset, performance and relationship coaching, NLP, Dance & Movement Therapy and EFT. And I kept grinding....
In hindsight... I was struggling, but not fully aware that I was. I worked or studied every waking hour and was lost in long bouts of hyper focus. Unfortunately, hyper focus is followed by burn out if you don't know how to manage it. And so eventually, my body let me know that it had enough.
I had been officially diagnosed with ADHD at 25, but had no tangible knowledge what that meant specifically for me.
When I was at that point of complete overwhelm, not really knowing where I wanted to go next, I realised that I had to understand the way my own brain operates first, and leverage those skills that - despite of and thanks to ADHD - I knew where in me, to be able to help others.
This sparked a journey of working with other coaches and mentors,
to learn about myself:
how and why I react to certain situations, what my brain and body REALLY need, how I can create helpful routines, and why I should stop feeling guilty about... well, everything.
This was the key to developing myself further, and it also clarified WHAT I really wanted to do and WHO I wanted to work with. After years of viewing my ADHD brain as a problem, I fully embraced it and specialised in
ADHD coaching.
And... I finally took the leap and went back to university!
Living my best geek life, I now understood how to combine my passions, my knowledge and my lived experience.
Don't get me wrong, this was not and will never be the end of my exploration. It is a on-going process.
What has changed is that instead of constantly feeling that I am only coping and surviving, I now have the tools to take charge and thrive.
This is what love to share with others, because it comes from an organic, intentional process that is inspired by my background.
To date, I have had the pleasure of supporting 100's of women in improving their skills and personal and professional well-being, in accepting and understanding their own unique wiring, and in boosting their confidence, through workshops, coaching and projects.
I currently help teams build truly inclusive cultures. Many organisations want to support neurodivergent employees, but don’t know where to start. I work with HR professionals and team leaders to bridge the gap between intention and action.
The services I offer are comprehensive and researched, and based on genuine intent to support.
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