Mijn verhaal

With a background in cultural anthropology, I’ve always been curious about how culture shapes the way we live, relate, and take care of ourselves (and others). But my real understanding of the nervous system came from a lived experience.

From a young age, I struggled with feeling overwhelmed and disconnected from my body, shaped by early experiences that created a sense of instability and stress. I didn’t really understand what was happening at the time, only that I often felt tense and not fully at ease with myself. This resulted in physical discomfort such as digestive issues, hormonal imbalances, and periods of depression, which I later came to understand through the lens of the nervous system. Over time, I started to learn more about regulation, trauma, and the body, and slowly things began to make sense in a different way.

That journey changed how I relate to myself completely. It also opened up a curiosity about breathe, something so simple yet so fundamental. It has a direct effect on how we feel, think, and respond.

Becoming a mother brought all of these even closer.

Matrescence—the physical, psychological, and emotional transition from woman to mother—was a very intens and transformative experience for me. My identity, my body, my emotions… everything was shifting at once. In that time, I kept coming back to one simple anchor: my breath.

It helped me slow down, come back into my body, and stay present in moments that felt overwhelming.

That’s where Nourishing Breath really started to take shape. Over time, my work also expanded into becoming a parental brain educator, as I became more and more interested in how early parenting reshapes the brain, the nervous system, and the way we relate to ourselves and our children.

Today, my work is focused on supporting mothers who feel overwhelmed or overstimulated. I help them reconnect with their body, and slowly build more capacity for calm, presence, and connection in everyday life.

By coming back to themselves.

If you feel a sense of recognition here, get in touch.