About

Simple. Open. Daring.

I’m Maaike — psychologist at heart, wandering between Belgium, Nepal, and India.  In a fast and uncertain world, I help people and organisations slow down, listen inward, and move forward with more presence, warmth and courage.

My intention

An intention to create space.

I’m here to help you find ground from the inside out — so you can meet life with more honesty and kindness. That’s why I make inner work practical: we learn to understand our emotions and habits, regulate our nervous system, and experience more ease and aliveness.

I believe confidence and humility can grow together — in individuals, in leaders, and in teams — and that this shapes a warmer world. My work brings together modern psychology and Buddhist wisdom, offering grounded practices that can inspire how you think, speak, and show up each day.

There is a gentler, more truthful way to live and lead — with more presence, less inner noise, and more warmth.

Values

Clarity. Kindness. Courage.

These three values live at the center of every program, every conversation, every practice.

My background

A path through psychology, practice & places

from curiosity to practice, from insight to lived change.

My Journey in Frames

What people say

Unfiltered voice. Real transformation.

She is warm, honest, and not performative. I finally felt safe enough to be honest with myself.

Name Individual coaching participant

"Grounded. Present. She asks the question you didn't know you needed."

Name Monkey Mind journey participant

"She walks with you — she doesn't fix you. That makes all the difference."

Name Team resilience retreat

She is warm, honest, and not performative. I finally felt safe enough to be honest with myself.

Name Individual coaching participant

She is warm, honest, and not performative. I finally felt safe enough to be honest with myself.

Name Individual coaching participant

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Happy to explore together what’s needed right now — for you, your team, or your organisation.

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Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast

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