Meet Loes

I started coaching when I was 16. As a swim coach I taught kids aged 5-12 how to swim, but more importantly I helped them overcome their fear of water. Seeing them become a little more confident week after week until they felt just as free in the water as outside of it was such a joy!

After finishing my degrees I found a career in online marketing and online tech. I got to work at some of the best companies in the world, including Google, Apple and WhatsApp. Some of my work directly impacted millions of people on a daily basis, a truly exciting world to be a part of!

Yet at the same time I felt empty more and more often. I had always been someone who follows her heart, but somehow, without me even noticing it, my head had slowly taken over and I had lost that connection with my heart.

It's been an interesting journey. I sometimes struggle with depression. Our shadows can teach us just as much as our light. I've become an expert at finding gifts in the shadows.

My journey of self-awareness is ongoing and one I'm deeply committed to. Amongst other things, I've personally trained and been certified by healer and author Denise Linn and I've studied positive psychology with Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar (who taught one of Harvard’s most popular —and life-changing— courses on positive psychology).

In my coaching practice I use a broad range of tools from meditations to science and research based interventions.

  • “A wonderful, bubbly, thoughtful soul; Loes is open and warm-hearted, and an excellent dispenser of advice. Her soul reflects the sunlight and she has warm hands to keep your confidences safe!"

    Dr. Rishita Nandagiri | Feminist researcher

  • “Your way of being in the world and relating to other people creates stories in your life which are heartwarming and inspiring to others, because they show your deep humanity. These kind of things don't happen to most people. But they do happen to you, and that's special."

    Robbie Swale | Coach

  • “There is a wisdom about you that comes, I think, from a deep caring about humanity as a whole and humans as individuals."

    Judy Thome | Optimum Edge

  • "Thank you (again and always) for having awakened in me the courage to dream again. You have been a truly inspiring figure in my search for 'authenticity and abundance'."

    Niña Terol | Changemaker, Communicator and Connector

Some of my qualifications

Coaching (since 2010)

  • MSc Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology with a focus on eco-psychology (with Distinction) - University of East London

  • Certificate Emotional Intelligence

  • Certificate Neuroscience of Change

  • Certificate Outdoor Life Coaching

  • Certificate Power of Embodied Transformation

Other

  • Practitioner of Vipassana meditation since 2017, including four 10 day silent meditation courses

  • Qigong practitioner since 2021, currently in training to become a Qigong teacher

Other cool facts about me:

  • I grew up in a village in the south of the Netherlands, just two streets away from Belgium. We crossed the border weekly for errands. Maybe that's what kindled my desire to travel the world and live abroad. Over the past 30 years I've lived in nine different countries on three continents, including Ireland, India, the Philippines, USA (California) and Switzerland. I'm currently based in Andorra, a tiny country nestled in the beautiful Pyrenees mountains between France and Spain, and loving it.

  • My parents have been my greatest teachers. My dad shared his love of nature with me and taught me how to listen between the lines to what is not said. My mom showed me what it means to care deeply for the people around us.

  • I hold three Master’s degrees: one in Finnish Language in Culture (University of Groningen, Netherlands), one in European Culture (University of Göttingen, Germany) and one in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology (University of East London - UK).

  • Nature is my medicine of choice and going on a hike makes everything better.

  • I once danced on stage with Bryan Adams.

  • Human Design experimenter (Quad Right, 3/5 Generator). INFP. Enneagram 4.

Proudly part of
Logo of Team for the Planet organisation.

During the day my office (and the rest of our home) is fully powered by the solar panels on our rooftop.

Follow on Instagram

Follow on Instagram

Why I practice mediation. #meditation #vipassana #beingregenerative
When you don’t have any chickens, but one of the neighbour’s hens visits regularly, sometimes several times per day, and leaves behind pretty green eggs. #villagelife #chickens #backyardchickens #greeneggs
So incredibly proud of my former client turned dear friend @ultraindigoblue, who spoke at #TEDxHWZ today about her journey with #ADHD. I'm not just proud of her for being up on that stage and sharing her story with the world, although that in itsel
Radical acceptance and unapologetic self-love. I thought I had it. That I'd put in the work and that I'd passed the finish line. Radical acceptance: check. Unapologetic self-love: check. They're not goals to reach, but rather ongoing practices. I
A year and 12 days ago, when I woke up and went into the bathroom that morning, I had no intention of cutting my hair. I'd never cut my own hair before, not even during lockdown, and I never even entertained the thought of doing that. And yet, as I

Join The Regeneratorium email list

Regeneration should extend to your inbox, so no automated email sequences or sales funnels found here! Instead, you will receive ideas, practices and experiences to support your own regeneration.

Whoever you are, you are welcomed and valued here. I honour and respect all experiences, backgrounds, abilities, and identities, including those of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ individuals, and I strive to create a space where everyone feels heard, understood, and supported.