About 20 years ago I was quite successful working as an educational consultant in Holland. I loved the work: to be able to start projects on education, learn about how organizations and people work together, meet the people on all levels of the organizations, and – together with those people – develop educational programs, train the trainer sessions, create curricula and educational material.

I made a lot of money. And I was actually doing what I loved doing and doing something I was pretty good at! 

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EXCEPT ....... IT TOOK SO MUCH OF MY PERSONAL LIFE, MY TIME, ME... Working up to 70 hours a week cost me dearly.

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My social life, my personal relations: this work I liked so much had a negative impact on me, my friends, my loved ones and my health.  

In the year 2000 I decided that doing what I loved should never mean losing what I loved: friends, quality time with loved ones and family, a private life and my health. I quit my job before burn out would hit me and decided to go to Thailand and volunteer on educational projects for 3 months.

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It was then and there (from moment one on), I discovered that I needed to be in a place, a culture, an environment where I could live my dream, still do what I loved to do and be happy to live a meaningful life. Thailand was that place.

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I met this amazing young woman who not only decided to live her dream to help others (being 21 years of age and me struggling at 40), but also gave ME insight in the ‘meaning of life. I decided to stay in Thailand. And here I am now, after all these years, still living the dream. together with that young woman who now is one of my best friends, I met the love of my life, work and live in one of the most beautiful areas of the world, see smiling people around me daily and I can truly say that I am happy and that the work I do, does make a difference. For me and for others.

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I love to share this experience with you! How can you live your dream and your life, how can a business and a private life co-exist in perfect synergy? Believe me: you can, because I can.