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Meet Your Coach
Hello
My name is Emmie, and empowering people is my passion!
Through my coaching, I guide leaders and professionals like you break free from limiting beliefs and people-pleasing so you can lead with confidence—without second-guessing yourself or working twice as hard as everyone else.
I’m an internationally PCC certified leadership and mental fitness coach with over 15 years of experience in people development. I have worked within the United Nations and in large multinationals in the Martime supply chain and Energy industry in 7 different countries, where people development, coaching and cultural diversity has always been a red thread thoughout my career.
Using techniques grounded in the science of Positive Intelligence and Neuroscience, I help you tackle work and life's challenges with a positive mindset rather than from a place of stress.
I provide coaching and support in the fields of personal and team development, transitions through change, gain clarity on career as well as behavioural changes. My sessions will leave you positive, uplifted, and with enthousiasm to take action!
blue mind philosophy
What is Blue Mind
The positive effect of the colour blue, or water, on our mind has been a topic of research by Neuroscientist for years. Their studies have shown that looking at, or feeling the sensation of water, reduces the stress hormone cortisol. It slows our heartrate and breathing which allows us to access other, more creative parts of our brain.
Have you ever gotten a great idea while enjoying a shower? Or while staring at the ocean on a relaxing holiday?
You get the idea, when we enter 'blue mind', we are more innovative, creative, empathic and calmer. We are more connected to all our senses, it's not just our rational brain in charge anymore, it's our whole self.
When you work with me, I use this concept to help you enter a Blue Mind State. It is a state of flow, and it's where you are more likely to find answers you need to progress and grow.
How Blue Mind came to be
Having lived and worked in people development in 7 countries in the last 20 years, where I have had the pleasure to immerse myself into different cultures and habits, enabling to expanded my understanding of cultures and diverse views on life and work.
Besides enabling me to see the world and people from different viewspoints, it made me realise that there is no one truth, there is only perception and personal truth. It's amazing to see that, even though our perceptions differ, we are all so similar in what we seek in life: to grow, develop and leave a lasting positive impact in the world.
What I did in those countries? Well, I was born in The Neherlands, where I studied European Studies in The Hague. During my studies, I went to Turkey for an exchange program and internship at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, where I got the first real taste of travelling and discovering other cultures. After finishing my Bachelors, I was accepted into a management Traineeship at the AP Moller Maersk Group in 2005. During my time as a trainee I lived and worked in the UK and Belgium, followed by some years in Rotterdam and Antwerp. I held various roles in Traineeship Management, Learning and Development and Global People Performance Management. In the meantime, I completed a Post-Bachelor in Strategic HR Management at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and a Post-Bachelor in Coaching at De Baak.
The year 2013 brought me to Oslo, where I focused on raising my 2 little children, until our adventurous selves moved to Copenhagen in 2014. During my time there, I mainly worked for UNHCR, the refugee agency of the United Nations which holds one of it's headquarters there. My work was focused around Employee Health and Wellbeing, as well as setting up an international mentoring program and HR partnering.
As studying is a passions of mine, I decided to enrol in an online EMBA at Quantum School of Business and Technology. After finishing my Executive MBA, my full time coaching, consulting and training practise started off in 2019 in Abu Dhabi, and continues to thrive here in London, where I have been living since 2021. I have coached over 800 hours since, and work with individuals as well as teams in organisations.
