Life & work experience

I have 53 years of life experience, and you can imagine that I have quite a story to tell.

But let’s keep it short.

Born and raised in Amsterdam, I lived in Barcelona when I was 18. At 39, I gave up a well-paid and secure job to move to Copenhagen, and start from scratch. After 2,5 years, I felt the need to move on to the next level – London – where I started all over again.

To name a few challenges that got my heart rate up: I survived two car crashes, escaped a building fire, and bungee jumped off a 216-meter-high bridge in South Africa.

Like most of us, I experienced high and lows in relationships, lost a loved one, lived with crazy flatmates in London, had stressful but fulfilling jobs, moments of losing my mind — but I lived and learned.

Over the past 38 years I have been working as a dancer, bartender, administrator at a bank, cleaner, ground staff for an airline (for 18 years), audio-visual technician, and service manager. I’ve also worked in the fitness industry as an aqua fitness instructor, dance workout- and fitness instructor. I continue my work in personal training, life and menopause coaching, Pilates, nutrition, meditation.