When I started Bluebell Coaching, I didn’t want to create just another coaching practice. I needed to create a space—outdoors, in nature, and within ourselves—where expats can finally breathe again. A space to grow roots and come home to yourself when everything around you feels foreign, confusing, or overwhelming.
Over the past 20 years as part of the International Women’s Contact Utrecht (www.IWCU.nl), I’ve seen what expat life really does beneath the surface. Through countless conversations, deep friendships, and shared experiences, I’ve witnessed how loneliness, constant adaptation, and identity shifts quietly wear people down.
Whether your stay abroad is temporary or long-term, adjusting to a new culture means carrying invisible weight: missing what was familiar, questioning who you are, and trying to hold it all together while no one else sees the struggle. The truth is, you’re searching for belonging while learning to plant new roots in unfamiliar soil.
That’s why I do what I do.
Sometimes the smallest things in nature—like a single blade of grass—remind us of resilience, beauty, and hope. When you pause long enough to notice, you remember: even in uncertainty, joy is still possible. 🌾😊
🌱 My Mission
My mission is simple: you need a space to slow down, clear the noise, and reconnect—with yourself, your purpose, and your surroundings, finding the roots that hold you steady in change.
Through outdoor coaching and body-oriented nature therapy, I help you step out of your head and back into your body, where clarity, calm, and confidence can return. Whether we’re walking beneath rustling leaves, pausing in open fields, or sitting quietly by the water’s edge, my role is to help you feel grounded, supported, and truly seen in your journey.
🌼 My Vision
I envision a world where expats don’t just manage to get by, but feel rooted enough to thrive.
Where you can feel at home in your body, confident in your choices, grounded in your values, and connected to your environment—wherever life takes you.
In my coaching, you won’t find cookie-cutter methods. Instead, you’ll find embodied practices, nature as your ally, and a compassionate process that meets you exactly where you are—without judgment, without pressure.
🍃 What I Value Most
At the heart of Bluebell Coaching are values that shape everything I offer:
- Nature as Companion & Healer: The forest doesn’t judge. Nature calms your nervous system, opens perspective, and offers insights no book or workshop ever could.
- Embodied Presence: Real change doesn’t happen in the mind alone. By including the body, we restore regulation, confidence, and alignment.
- Simplicity & Gentleness: Instead of doing more, you need to do less—but with intention, presence, and care.
- Respect, Empathy & Autonomy: You are the expert on your life. I walk beside you, curious and compassionate, never handing you one-size-fits-all answers.
🌸 What This Means for You
If you’re an expat who feels overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck—you don’t need to figure this out alone.
At Bluebell Coaching, you’ll find a space to breathe again. To realign with what matters. To find clarity in confusion and grounding when life feels like it’s shifting beneath your feet.
Whether you’re just arriving in the Netherlands or have been here for years, there’s space for your story—and a path forward that honours your pace, strengths, and unfolding journey.
If this resonates, begin with a no-pressure call. Take that first step toward feeling rooted again.
With warmth and wildflowers,
Cat 🌿
