BREAKING NEWS! You are the first to know. I just launched this 5 minutes ago!

Happy Monday! I am so excited to share with you something I have been working hard on behind the scenes. We just launched it 5 minutes ago after having a final check that all systems were indeed good to go. And they were! So you’re the first to know about…..(confetti cannon ready….?) My Communicate With […]
Why perfection kills. And how to stop holding the gun.

Happy Monday, sweet darling, and can you believe that we are halfway through the LAST month of the year?! We’re got about 2 weeks left. How are you going to spend them? Are you going to keep on comparing yourself to others, trying to be perfect, and hating yourself when you don’t measure up? I […]
What I said in the last TEDx event, which was my last TEDx event….and why. These pro tips will help you too!

Hellooooo and happy December! I hope this finds you well in the last month of this surreal year. Last week was a very special one for me. It was my last time volunteering as a Senior Speaker Coach for TedXAmsterdamWomen. And I ended it in a very special way. My dear friend Ferry Zandvliet was the […]
10 free tools to help you improve your English RIGHT NOW

Hi! Thank you all for your messages about my last newsletter. It’s so wonderful to see how you are all applying this easy technique to face your fear (and then turn around, face front, and keep on driving!) Love it! So many people have asked me how to improve their English. Online. Right now. For […]
How ‘Shut up, Shiela!’ can change everything…..

Hi! As you may (or may not) know, I’m deeply honored to be the English coach to some very special people. Many of my clients are CEOs or celebrities, and for them, every word counts. If they make a mistake in English, it could have serious (global) consequences. This means that sometimes, they get nervous. This means that sometimes, […]
Life’s a beach….but have you used these lately?

Hello! I hope your week is off to a great start! Mine sure is. Because I am writing this on the beach. Literally. I’m sitting on my balcony overlooking the beach, where I’m staying for 5 days. This is my idea of the perfect time to go to the beach. Windy, cold, empty, rainy, misty. […]
WE DID IT!!!

WE. DID. IT!! I cannot believe it. I started out on the Jinek TV show. There I shared my fears and my dreams for my country. And my nails. Then I came home at 1.30 am, and stayed up for 40 hours watching CNN. I felt ALL the feelings. It kind of went like this…. […]
Tomorrow is the big day but I’m trying to stay sane….!

Hi, How are you? I hope healthy and happy, sane and safe. And me? I’m….um…. I’m trying to breathe. And stay balanced. And focussed. And busy. But it’s not easy. Tomorrow is Election Day in my country. I’ve waited for this day for many, many years. It couldn’t come fast enough, and now it’s here […]
Have you ever ended your emails like this? Think again…

Hi, My words to you today are……KEEP THAT DOOR OPEN! I write it in CAPS because I really mean it. Let me explain…. Have you ever ended an email with ‘I hope I have informed you enough’? Well, guess what? Most English people don’t speak Dutch. (This is shocking news, I know Hope you are […]
These 3 things really help me at the end of every day….

Hi, This is something I read about a few weeks ago and I just had to try it. I’ve started using it on myself, and my clients. I love the results I’ve seen so far, so I just had to share it with you! It’s called ‘Rose,Thorn, Bud’. I ask my clients at the end […]