{"id":1943,"date":"2026-04-11T15:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T15:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/takeanourishingbreath.com\/?page_id=1943"},"modified":"2026-06-19T10:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T10:34:22","slug":"my-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nourishingbreathwork.com\/nl\/my-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Mijn verhaal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mijn verhaal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. Over the years, this showed up in different ways: digestive issues, hormonal imbalances, periods of depression, and a persistent feeling that something wasn’t quite right. As I began learning more about the nervous system, trauma, and regulation, these experiences started to make sense in a new way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That journey changed how I relate to myself completely. It also sparked a curiosity about breathe, something so simple yet so connected to how we feel, think, and respond to the world around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Becoming a mother brought all of these even closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matrescence<\/em>\u2014the physical, psychological, and emotional transition from woman to mother\u2014was one of the most transformative experiences of my life. My identity, body, relationships, and sense of self were all shifting at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, I found myself wondering: surely motherhood wasn’t meant to feel this overwhelming and unsupported?

The more I observed, learned, and experienced, the more fascinated I became by the transformation of motherhood itself. I immersed myself in learning about matrescence, attachment, the parental brain, and the ways our nervous systems shape how we experience parenthood.

Throughout this period, I kept returning to one simple anchor: my breath. It helped me slow down, reconnect with myself, and find moments of steadiness amidst the intensity of motherhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nourishing Breath grew from the intersection of these experiences: my own nervous system journey, my curiosity about motherhood, and my belief that mothers deserve more support than they often receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time, my work expanded into becoming a parental brain educator, driven by a desire to better understand how becoming a parent reshapes the brain, the nervous system, and the way we relate to ourselves and our children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, I support mothers who feel overwhelmed, overstimulated, or disconnected from themselves. Through breathwork, nervous system support, and an understanding of matrescence, I help mothers reconnect with their bodies, create more space for themselves within motherhood, and feel more supported in everyday life.

Because motherhood changes us. But I don’t believe it should require losing ourselves in the process..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you feel a sense of recognition here, I’d love to hear from you.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My Story 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, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1943","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nourishingbreathwork.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nourishingbreathwork.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nourishingbreathwork.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nourishingbreathwork.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nourishingbreathwork.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1943"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/nourishingbreathwork.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2223,"href":"https:\/\/nourishingbreathwork.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1943\/revisions\/2223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nourishingbreathwork.com\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}