Hi! So lovely to be read by you now :). Thanks a bunch for your interest in my NVC work!

I first encountered Nonviolent Communication (NVC) in 2007. It hit me like a ray of sun — did that happen to you, too? :)

Pretty soon, I had read every book and went to every European NVC summer festival available for me, and I started sharing it with my world as a freelance trainer. In 2017, this became official when I founded my own NVC company, De Lotus, specialising in teaching teachers and community leaders of all sorts: eco-activists, school principals, parents, and more.

I love working in the educational field, where I’ve come from since 2001: I’ve been so lucky to get to teach for nearly twenty years in intercultural adult education. It was such a treat to get to work with expats, refugees, artists, and more who left their countries to live in Belgium for romantic, political, professional, economical, and other reasons. It has been such an enrichment for me, really experiencing firsthand our common humanity, shared sense of humor, and love for food, family and music. Our feelings and needs are so, so similar.

I look back at all these connections with great warmth in my heart.

I’ve co-organised the first European NVC-summer festival in Belgium in 2012and i organised the European one in 2023, along side the annual Belgian national summerfestival, since 2019! Many friends and even lovers came out of that community, on top of all the learning and growing together. 

I love hosting retreats on the spiritual practice of NVC, which I call Delight in Presence. They include many of the things I value and cherish: awesome natural surroundings, great quality of organic, colorful and nutritious fresh food, Dyad inquiry meditations and more NVC and somatic practices that support self-connection.

Also, my deep longing is to contribute to systemic change on the deep ecology field. So, XR people and other eco-activists groups, let me know how I can add empathy and clarity of heart and restorative practices to your local group! I am eager to combine NVC and The Work that Reconnects to support your organisation, team and community!