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Sometimes life reaches a point where our usual ways of thinking and doing no longer quite work. Something feels unclear, pressured, or stuck, and it's not obvious how to move forward. In a world that asks more of us than familiar strategies can handle, these moments call for a different kind of attention.

This is where my work begins. Through embodied inquiry, contemplative practice, and shared sense-making, I help people come close enough to their experience to notice what's actually happening, not what they think should be happening. What often emerges is that the places where we feel most stuck are not just obstacles to get past. They're where something essential has been waiting.

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Background & experience

My work is shaped by study across embodied inquiry, philosophy, crossdisciplinary science, contemplative practice, and psychological insight. I also teach and co-lead the Collective Futures MSc programme at the University of Amsterdam.

 

A central foundation is training in the Aletheia Unfoldment Method (Levels 1–2), originated by Steve March. The approach integrates parts-oriented dialogue from Internal Family Systems, felt-sense exploration in the tradition of Eugene Gendlin, and presence-based inquiry informed by A. H. Almaas' Ridhwan school. For a more detailed exploration of the method, see this paper.

Alongside this, I have been mentored by Prof. Donata Schoeller through Embodied Critical Thinking and Understanding, which deepened my orientation toward felt-sense inquiry and philosophical precision. I am also a certified facilitator in Effortless Mindfulness (Levels 1–3), an approach developed by Loch Kelly, combining Buddhist meditation practices from the Dzogchen and Mahamudra traditions with parts-based psychology based on Internal Family Systems.

 

I hold an MSc in Creative Intelligence & Technology from the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, and a BSc in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a major in Ecology from the University of Amsterdam.

 

Alongside formal training, I maintain an ongoing personal practice in meditation and contemplative inquiry.

 

These strands are not applied as a set of techniques. They inform an integrated way of working grounded in relational presence, wholeness, and the unfolding of insight from lived experience.

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If you sense a potential resonance, whether for dialogue, collaboration, or one-to-one work, feel warmly invited to get in touch.

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