About me

Howdy! Nice to meet you, I’m Maggie. Welcome to my digital home.

Do you feel stuck, like there should be more to life than this? Or do you feel overwhelmed, exhausted even? Perhaps you feel lost in your current environment?

I understand. I have felt exactly the same way on multiple occasions in my 38 year-journey. Part of it was just life, kicking me in the metaphorical nuts as I mentioned on the page you just read. But mostly, these feelings were a consequence of what I had been telling myself, decisions I had made, steps I had or hadn’t taken.

See, I was born in Belgium. And because I love working with people, I became a social worker. But I never felt like I ‘fit in’ there. So one fine day, I packed my shit and travelled to Australia. What was meant to be a six-month soul searching journey, became a four-year roller coaster ride filled with a lot of stress and heartbreak, but also a lot of love and ‘character development’. While I was there I studied for two years and became a sports massage therapist. I then moved to the UK, where I established a successful massage practice.

After Brexit my future there felt unstable, and so I made another move, this time to Malta. Sadly I couldn’t continue as a massage therapist because it took a toll on my body and I ended up in the corporate world, working for companies in the EU, UK and US. This is when I suffered Breakdown 1.0 and Breakdown 2.0 (I always aim to improve, on breakdowns too). Breakdown 1.0 came after getting out of an incredibly stressful job. My body simply said ‘nope’ and ‘how dare you’. I suffered from all sorts of problems, but mostly it was my stomach not tolerating whatever I chose to feed it any more. On the plus side, I learnt a lot about food sensitivities!

After not being able to work for months, I started another corporate job. Some things happened in my personal life and tah-dah… Breakdown 2.0. I was freaking exhausted, mentally this time. I didn’t see colours any more, and people could have used me as a crowbar with the tension stored inside my body. That’s when I got my ass into therapy. I learnt a great deal about myself and my past, worked hard and got myself out of the mud. I also discovered that I have ADHD which explained my life (and depression… and anxiety) one hell of a lot. It was my own number 42. The missing piece of the puzzle. I’ll stop now.

Out of my self-development journey came that I wanted to combine my passion for helping people and my interest in wellness, mind/body connection and psychology. So I studied for another year, and your life and health coach was born! My life is a work in progress, as is everyone else’s. But I am happy to report that I now see a world in colour, and my body can not be used as a crowbar any more. And I would like the same for you.

BUT. And that’s a big but. As much as I would like to say that I am the coach for everybody, that is just not true. You can read more here to see whether or not I am the coach for you.

Little by little, one travels far

Spanish proverb