Hello!
I am Marie Ann.
If there is anything I am passionate about, it is about becoming more conscious of how we experience life and tapping into our full potential in order to transform challenges into accomplishments and make our dreams come true.
As an Integral Master Coach™ and Mindfulness Trainer, I want to contribute to a world with greater self-awareness, self-acceptance, well-being and connectivity.
I have guided many women and men of different ages through various individual coaching or/and Mindfulness training programmes. The participants of these programmes told me that they now live their lives on a more conscious level, are more emotionally balanced and experience greater authenticity and more freedom of choice in their lives.
In 2002 I started a practice at home as a psychologist. Gradually, I started looking for innovative ways to sustainably change and further develop our human potential.
In Integral Coaching® and Mindfulness, I have found powerful methods to help you deal with the complex world we live in and the challenges and difficulties that you encounter.
Through the insights and exercises, you will experience a greater sense of freedom and completeness, become more emotionally balanced and energetic, build more in-depth relationships and develop a keener understanding of the overall scheme of things. These are all things that I too have experienced.
As a trainer affiliated with the Institute for Attention and Mindfulness, I have been giving training programmes on such subjects as Mindfulness, Heartfulness & Compassion and Mindfulness & Communication for more than ten years.
Mindfulness helps you to sharpen your focus and to draw your attention to the ‘here and now’. In this way, you create space and peace, so that you can experience an enhanced sense of well-being and a greater freedom of choice.
During my own journey as a practitioner of Mindfulness I was inspired and influenced by people such as the Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh.
Another person who was important to my development was Ken Wilber. He developed an all-embracing or ‘Integral’ model for human development that can serve as a guide to promote a better understanding of yourself and help you tap into your full potential.
I started examining how I could apply this to coaching and enrolled in an intensive training course at Integral Coaching Canada® in Ottawa from 2015 to 2017. Here, I obtained the certificate of Integral Master Coach™.
We have more possibilities available in each moment, than we realize
– Thich Nhat Hanh
- Integral refers to the fact that you, as a human being, are able to develop various aspects of your persona. It goes beyond the cognitive, and invites you to tackle challenges through the further development of qualities or skills, based on the various aspects of your Being. It goes without saying that Mindfulness is also part of this.
- Problems and challenges can help us to grow and develop new qualities and perspectives. This enriches our life, making us a better person. It is on the basis of this principle that I aim to inspire you to take the first steps on the unique path of your personal development!
- Are you ready to transform your challenges into accomplishments, embark on a journey of further personal development and tap into your full potential?
- I am looking forward to bidding you a warm welcome to my practice in Grimbergen or setting up an appointment with you in Brussels. Individual coaching sessions are also possible via Zoom. We will start with an exploratory session and expand on this as we go along.
Let’s explore
Mail me and let's set up an exploratory coaching conversation, where you can experience what coaching can bring you.
More about Marie Ann :
I live in Grimbergen, Flemish Brabant, to the north of Brussels, together with my partner and our two young adult children.
I enjoy being in touch with nature and like to be inspired by the diversity of the seasons and the lessons in life that come with this.
Meditation, yoga and qigong are an important part of my life, and I make time for them on a daily basis.
I like to dance and sing, and I love cycling, swimming and hiking.
The relationships I enjoy with my friends and family members are also very important to me, as well as the various groups of which I am a part.
The participants of my courses, programmes and workshops consider me to be open, non-judgemental, safe, a good listener, understanding, compassionate, down-to-earth, profound and purposeful.
Qualifications :
- Integral Master Coach ™ , Integral Coaching Canada ®
- Certified Mindfulness trainer (MBCT:Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy), I AM
- Master Degree in Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Ghent
- Compassion trainer and Mindful communication trainer, I AM
- I have participated in training events and retreats with Thich Nhat Hanh, Mark Williams, Christina Feldman, David Dewulf , Kristin Neff, Chris Germer, Susan Gillis Chapman, Greg Heffron and others.
- In depth knowledge of the Enneagram.
- NLP trainer, Arcturus and the New York Institute of NLP.
