
You know something old is ending
And you can feel the new calling
The only thing still blurry is how
How to move from dreaming about it into steady momentum & creation?


You already carry the ideas, the drive,
the creativity, the knowledge
But when the body contracts
every time you try to rise,
the vision can't take form
You already carry the ideas, the drive,
the creativity, the knowledge
But when the body contracts
every time you try to rise,
the vision can't take form
That's where I come in.

I know the steps to create "success". I have a Masters in business. First class certificates in coaching. Spent years guiding founders grow their businesses & brands. I know exactly how to create a positive ripple out into the world.
I also know how nothing will land if your survival system waters down your ideas, perspective & radiance.
I guide you to bring your visions to life in your career, relationships, family, health, wealth... here we unearth your true power to create what your heart just won't let you forget.


You know the old is ending
&
You can hear the new calling

I know the steps to create "success". I have a Masters in business. First class certificates in coaching. I've spent years guiding founders grow their business & unearthing personal brands. I know exactly how to create a positive ripple out into the world.
I also know how nothing will land if your inner survival system waters down your voice, your inner compass & the exact magic your people will rave about.
I guide you to bring your life changing visions into form.
Not by acting louder, softer, tougher or sweeter than you naturally are — but by guiding your nervous system to not get nervous as you take the brave, heart-led steps that create your next chapter.


You've known for a while you want your business to be your channel for self-expression, impact and financial freedom. In this 1:1 portal for founders (with at least one offer), you'll shift from overthinking / overdoing into focusing only on what moves you & your business forward.

In this yearlong experience you'll completely rewire your relationship with love, support, money, expression, pleasure and rest. Overgiving is out. Deep, easeful receptivity is in.
Includes your own personal Wellness Team, a luscious private retreat & curated surprises throughout the year.
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Circles to tune out the noise and come home to your truth. Through guided inner journeys & group wisdom, you'll reconnect to your mission, courage & excitement to act on your Heart's guidance and create what it is you love.

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Executive Leadership Master Coach [Harvard]
Group Coaching Certification [NYU]
Somatic Embodiment + Regulation [Collectively Rooted]
Internal Family Systems + Psychedelic Integration [Psychedelic Support]
MSc Management & Innovation [Goldsmiths, University of London]
Circle Host since 2018 / Work in Strategy & Marketing since 2014
✺ Executive Leadership Master Coach [Harvard]
✺ Group Coaching Certification [NYU]
✺ Somatic Embodiment + Regulation [Collectively Rooted]
✺ Internal Family Systems + Psychedelic Integration [Psychedelic Support]
✺ Msc Management & Innovation [Goldsmiths, University of London]
✺ Circle Facilitator since 2018 / Work in Strategy & Marketing since 2014
Projector 1/3 in Human Design (I hold a powerful vision for you!)
My daily beach walk with Freddie Mercury (our fur baby) is my kind of meditation
Born in Switzerland, raised in the Netherlands, lived in NYC & London, rooted in San Francisco
Co-Host of The Sunday Sauna Brunch Club with my love Ray (he cooks, I...eat :))
Projector 1/3 in Human Design (I hold a powerful vision for you!)
Love my daily beach walk with Freddie Mercury (our fur baby)
Born in Switzerland, raised in the Netherlands, lived in NYC & London, rooted in San Francisco
Co-Host of The Sunday Sauna Brunch Club with my love Ray (he cooks, I...eat :))
Join me on the Rise Daily Podcast & on Substack for reflections on walking the Heart's path
Morning Pages changed my life (thanks Julia Cameron!). Some days a note comes that might uplift someone's day, offer clarity or serve as a much needed hug in an uncertain, buzzy world. Sign up to receive the next one.
No need to figure it out alone.
Send me a note for us to sit down [virtually] & explore the path that feels most aligned with your heart.
Somatic coaching works with the body as a source of truth, intelligence, and healing — not just the mind.
While insight and awareness are valuable, real and lasting change happens when understanding is integrated into the nervous system, lived through the body, and expressed in daily choices.
This is why so many self-aware women have had powerful insights through talk therapy, workshops and retreats — and still find themselves returning to familiar patterns in their daily life.
The (mental) insights simply isn't fully embodied yet.
Your nervous system runs far faster than conscious thought. If it hasn’t learned that expansion, visibility, pleasure, love or rest are safe, no amount of insight alone will make those changes sustainable.
The work we do prioritizes presence over performance, permission over pressure, and pleasure, play and intuition as essential signals. You'll learn to listen to the language of your body and gently rewire patterns that once protected you, but now limit how fully you live and lead.
My approach weaves together:
✺ Nervous system expansion — because your body must feel safe enough to receive the life you’re calling in
✺ Inner Parts Work (IFS) — to end the inner tug-of-war and create a felt sense of self-trust and unity
✺ Embodiment — so what you know finally shows up in how you live, lead, love and create
✺ Intuition and inner compass activation — so you stop outsourcing your knowing and start moving from deep internal alignment
Rather than pushing through resistance or trying to override it, we build relationship with it. From that place, clarity stops being something you think your way into — and becomes something you feel, trust, and act from naturally.
This is how change becomes aligned, joyful AND sustainable — so you can feel fully alive, expressed and at home in your life and work.
Most founders I work with aren’t just here for a more aligned business strategy — they’re here to expand the capacity to fully receive and sustain the results strategy creates.
Capacity to show up visible and confident without contracting.
To lead, create, and scale without burning out or over-functioning.
To grow income, impact, and influence while staying rooted in health, pleasure, and truth.
This is where somatic expansion meets intuitive, potent strategy — so your business becomes a natural extension of who you are.
I support you in expanding your impact, income, and intuitive power by:
✺ Expanding your nervous system — so you can hold growth, visibility, responsibility, and new levels of income with ease and resilience
✺ Shifting internal patterns — releasing overworking, people-pleasing, and self-abandonment so you lead from alignment, not obligation
✺ Leading and creating from embodiment — moving from grounded presence instead of pressure, burnout, or chasing outcomes
✺ Clarifying your purpose, message, and positioning — so your work is expressed powerfully, clearly, and authentically
✺ Building aligned structures — offers, branding, websites, membership platforms, and community that support your energy, flow, and life rhythms
Strategy in this work is never one-size-fits-all (because you are one of a kind!).
Your strategy is tuned to who you are and your natural rhythms + desires with space to follow your intuitive nudges (which often lead to the biggest leaps).
This is how Business Expansion can feel alive, expansive and even joyful — so you can finally lead, create and impact from your genuine capacity, without draining your health, joy or sense of self, or having to ignore other important areas of your life.
This is about you coming unapologetically alive — and leading from that clear, uplifting energy.
I offer a range of ways to rise together, depending on the level of support and intimacy you’re desiring:
Rising Women Circles (San Francisco) start at $33 and RISE: The Female Founders Circle starts at $111.
Private Coaching ranges from $1110 up to six figures a year depending on how high on the spiral you want to go.
If you feel called to join a circle while experiencing financial hardship, please reach out so I can support. No one is left behind here.
If you feel resonance, I invite you to reach out to explore what level of support will be most powerful for you and your dreams.
My formal education and certifications include:
Executive Leadership Coaching — Harvard University
Group Coaching — NYU
Psilocybin + Internal Family Systems (IFS) Training — Psychedelic Support
Somatic Healing Strategies — with Linda Thai
200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) — Purusha Yoga
MSc in Management & Innovation — Goldsmiths, University of London
BSc in Communication Science — University of Amsterdam
Before starting my coaching platform, I was a Consultant for startups, Fortune 100s, museums, non-profits, health care institutions and more on topics as Innovation, Sustainability & Women Empowerment.
My greatest teachers have been the women I’ve worked with, my mentees and teachers, and my own lived experience navigating chronic illness, neurospiciness, burnout, loss and coming back to myself... again and again.
The best ways to learn about upcoming Rising Women's Circles is to either join my newsletter (through the form in the footer of this page) or to follow me on Instagram.
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