Just to get the show off aspects out of the way ;-), I am a certified Holistic Health Coach, as well as a Metabolic Effect Fat Loss Consultant, and I have a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business Administration.

I lived for 14 years in Asia, and have been living in between Holland and Ibiza, Spain for the past 7 years. I worked for the world’s leader in security software (that is a long time ago…), I was a scuba diving instructor for years, I managed several beach bars and organised motorcycle holidays in Thailand, and owned a health food café, also in Thailand. I have also lived in Holland, Canada, France, Indonesia, Egypt, Maldives, Australia and currently partially in Spain.

I am also father to a magnificent 9 year old boy called Leon. I am a massive Thai/kickboxing fan, practice tennis from time to time, and love going on hiking adventures. I am at ease being emotional when life asks me to, and I don’t fear letting tears run down my cheeks anymore. Man, I have come a long way… But more about that now.

I come from a family where there was always enough of food on the table, we went on plenty of holidays and I passed all my schooling with flying colours. You could call me a lucky dog. And so the obvious question that may arise is, how would I know how your life’s troubles are actually a blessing in disguise? What do I know about your issues? How can I tell you that you are already totally amazing in this moment? What credentials do I have to make such blatant statements while I don’t even know you and (at the surface) my life story may seem to have been without any issues?

In fact, underneath the seemingly easy upbringing my mother suffered from depression all her life, and whilst at primary school I was bullied for years. Something that haunted me for a long time well into adulthood. I felt unworthy and I was insecure. But I managed to hide the effects of this through being always upbeat, not looking at my deeper issues, always putting on a smile and playing the funny guy.

For the better part of my 20’s and 30’s I was a party animal, and for years I lived a beach bum lifestyle. I drank and smoked weed every day. I lived a life many could only dream of and it seemed as if life couldn’t be any better.

Everything I had always wanted was right there, inside of me, simply waiting to be unleashed.

Little did I know at the time that underneath that mask of happiness I was hiding a large amount of grief and sadness. The tide turned when in 2014 I went through a divorce that triggered all my life-long stored challenging emotions and for a good number of years I went through a very dark period of personal crisis. Whilst in the midst of this crisis I felt my world was falling apart and I could not have imagined that exactly that dark period would turn out to be the most amazing teacher I could have asked for.

This period in my life forced me to take a good hard look at who I was, what my shadows were, how my thoughts created my reality, what my role in my own life experience was, and how putting my happiness in the hands of the outside world perpetuated the feeling that I was a rag doll to life.

I noticed how decades of conditioning were continuously trying to convince me that my life’s issues were brought upon me by everything that happened outside of me, that I was just an innocent victim of life.

It took a lot of courage under the amazing guidance by my dear friend and mentor Tiger Singleton to eventually surrender and discover how the outside world is but a mere a reflection of my inner world, and that everything I had always wanted was right there, inside of me, simply waiting to be unleashed.

Once I gave myself the permission to be my authentic self, the flow of life just started pouring through me and it has been oozing ever since.

I understand that, if you are currently finding yourself in a position where life seems to be against you, where your days may be repetitive with the same old never ending schedule, where you’re failing at relationships or your current relationship is at an all-time low, and where your health is suffering and you feel like you’re a 100 years old, it may seem that a fulfilling life where the sun shines again and you feel both mentally and physically amazing is light years away.

I get it. I have been there. But I also know that you have it in you to shine again, to feel great again, to enjoy each day again. And it is my deepest desire to assist you getting the very best out of you. Today is the first day of the rest of your life.