In the first half of life, your surroundings largely shape you: what you are given, what is expected of you, and the roles you take on. That is how it should be, we think. But somewhere in the middle of life, something begins to chafe. What seemed to come naturally for years no longer fits.

Today I see this shift not only in individuals. Relationships and families no longer work the way they used to either. More and more people are looking for a way of living and loving that matches who they are, rather than what is expected of them.

I don’t start from a problem that needs fixing. I get to know your story and your process, and together we look at the patterns behind it: which ones you want to break, and which ones you want to cherish. I hope you feel truly seen with me, in what hurts, but just as much in the strength already present in you.

I’m Daisy, and I love conversations where people can say what’s real, even when things go quiet for a while. I share my life with my partner, Rogerio, and my home with my dogs, all of whom once needed a new home.

I know from my own experience what it means when a life you have built over many years falls apart. After a twenty-three-year relationship, I suddenly found myself alone, and with that relationship, much of what I had taken for solid ground disappeared too. It became the hardest period of my life, and at the same time the period in which I came closest to myself.

Although I list my training below, I am convinced that diplomas are not what make guidance succeed.
Contact between two people always matters most.

• Life coach (European diploma, Centrum voor Avondonderwijs, Belgium)
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT): therapist training, Dutch diploma (Civas). Not recognized as a therapeutic title in Belgium; I apply this knowledge within coaching.
• Relationship coach (Dutch diploma, Civas)
• Grief counselor (Dutch diploma, Civas)
• Human Design professional analyst (graduating early 2027, International Human Design School)
• Human Design Family Practice specialist (certified, International Human Design School)
• Human Design Living Your Design guide (certified, International Human Design School)
• Gene Keys guide (certified, Gene Keys Ltd.)

Mindfulness-based life coaching

The foundation of what I do. Mindfulness helps you notice what is alive in you with attention and kindness, rather than being swept along by it or pushing it away. From there, we look at your thoughts, patterns, and the choices ahead.

Many people who come to me have been living on autopilot for a long time. They care for others, perform, and adapt until they no longer quite know what they feel or want. Mindfulness helps you slow down: notice what is happening in your body, your feelings, and your thoughts, and come back to yourself.

Human Design and Gene Keys support that process. They invite you to reflect on which voices in your head are truly yours, and which ones you have picked up from others along the way.

Human Design and Gene Keys

Alongside mindfulness, I use Human Design and Gene Keys as tools. Both start from your birth data. I don’t see them as a description of who you are, but as an invitation to contemplate: themes and questions you carry, live with, and allow to ripen. As you recognize what they reveal and what they teach you, you discover yourself at your own pace.

In this, my way of working is closest to Gene Keys. I don’t read your chart or profile as a fixed label, or as a set of rules that determine who you are or aren’t. Your chart or profile describes your natural tendencies and the experiences life brings you. But you are also your environment, the people around you, and the way you relate to them.

What matters to me is whether something is healthy, whether it enriches your life, and whether you keep yourself small in it or follow your own path. That’s why I don’t give one-off readings full of information. You don’t need to know anything about it beforehand: I explain it in plain language, with questions and perspectives to reflect on. The answers lie with you.

For this, I need your date, place, and time of birth (as precisely as possible). If you don’t know your time of birth, we work with an approximation.

Support through life transitions, loss, and grief

Grief is not only about losing a loved one. You can also grieve a relationship, a friendship, a family bond, your health, your work, or the life you had imagined. I offer space for that loss, without trying to hurry it, and help you find a new relationship with what is no longer there, step by step.

Relationship coaching for individuals and couples

In relationships, we constantly hold up a mirror to one another. Together, we look at the patterns in how you relate: how you seek closeness or avoid it, where you lose yourself, and what real intimacy means to you.

You can come alone or together with your partner. If you come as a couple, we start with a joint session. This is followed by an individual session with each of you, after which we continue together.

I work with adults, usually in their mid-thirties, fourties or older, at a turning point in life. You are welcome with, among other things:

• the feeling that your life is no longer your own, or that you have lost yourself along the way
• the feeling that life is living you, and the need to slow down and come back to yourself
• a restlessness that won’t go away, or an emptiness you fill with work, busyness, or distraction
• a divorce, a breakup or the end of an important relationship
• grief and loss, in whatever form
• recurring patterns in relationships, difficulty with closeness or intimacy
• a partner who says you’ve become unreachable, or the feeling that you can’t open up, not even with the people you love
• loneliness, even when there are people around you
• questions of meaning and existential themes
• the search for direction after a difficult period

What coaching is not

Coaching is not psychotherapy. I do not make diagnoses or treat mental health conditions. If you are dealing with severe depression, anxiety disorders, addiction, eating problems, complex trauma, or psychiatric symptoms, you deserve support from a licensed psychologist, psychotherapist, or psychiatrist.

If I notice during an introductory conversation, or later on, that your needs exceed what coaching can offer, I will discuss this honestly with you and refer you elsewhere. In consultation, coaching can sometimes run alongside treatment.

How it works

Every process begins with an introductory conversation. You tell me what brings you here; we check our mutual expectations and see whether coaching is the right fit for your question.

You don’t need to know what “inner work” is, and you don’t have to talk about feelings straight away. We start with what is concretely going on in your life, in plain language and at your pace. If it goes too fast or gets too close at any point, you can say so, and we will slow down. Even if someone else suggested you get in touch, you’re welcome to reach out.

After that conversation, and after every session, you decide for yourself whether to continue. It is important that you feel comfortable with the person supporting you.

I don’t work with fixed packages or a set number of sessions. We work together as often and as long as you need, and as is practically and financially feasible. You come back because you feel it gives you something, not because you’ve committed to anything.

Booking and availability

I deliberately work with only a few people at a time. This work requires full attention, and I want to give everyone who comes to me that.

That is why I only start a few new processes each month. I don’t schedule an introductory conversation unless I also have room for follow-up sessions within a reasonable timeframe. If there is no space at the moment, I’ll gladly put you on the waiting list and let you know when a place opens up.

You can get in touch via the contact form, email, or WhatsApp text or voice message. Tell me briefly what you are looking for. You will then receive an indication of when your process could begin.

Fee, location, and languages

Fee. A session lasts 75 minutes and costs €90. I deliberately take more time than the usual hour. That leaves room to arrive calmly and to let the conversation settle before you leave. If a session runs longer, for example in couples coaching, I charge €15 per additional quarter hour by mutual agreement. You pay at the end of each session, in cash, via a payment link, Payconiq, or your banking app.

Online and in person. Sessions can take place in person at my home practice in 8470 Moere (Gistel), Belgium, or online via Zoom or WhatsApp video call, wherever you live.

Language. Sessions are available in Dutch and English.