Trauma healing is hands-down one of the toughest emotional work you can do, so we can easily get astray, stuck, and overwhelmed. Both as a coach and athlete. 

We tend to operate from a Have, Do, Be paradigm: I need to Have this, so I need to Do this, so that I can BE this awesome person. However, this is a recipe for disaster, because there are many criteria that need to be fulfilled BEFORE you get to BE who you choose to BE.

Instead, when you progress from a Be, Do, Have paradigm, you get to choose: WHO YOU get to BE, that reveals to you WHAT you get to DO, that are going to Get You the Result(s) You want to HAVE.

These can range from Trauma Informed support for yourself to learning how to support your students as well as making approaches like ecological dynamics work in your school!l

• How to set constructive & measurable Goals (both as coach and athlete)
• How to chunk those goals into bite size, so that you can DO them successfully and reliably
• Discover self-limiting beliefs / stories and how to transform them or let go of those that don’t serve you (anymore).
• How to identify and navigate Obstacles & Challenges
• Weekly 60min 1 on 1 online guidance
• Complete support & Accountability: 24/7 response times through either Email or WhatsApp

Guidance:

• Establishing and working towards attaining your goals
• Increased level of engagement through fostering self-accountability and accountability from your coach
• We are in the corner with you!

Empowerment:

• Safe Space to gain (new) Perspectives
• Joy of Self-Discovery
• Boost Confidence
• Deeper level of Learning & Building effective Communication Skills / Cueing Skills for coaches

Improvement:

• Build Personal Awareness
• Improve Performance by evoking effective strategies and plans that best fit your goals
• Sharing knowledge and support for Improving Specific Skills

Testimonials

Anja Pintaric, Yoga Teacher

I loved my coaching session with Laurien. She shared with me the key questions I should ask myself when starting off as a beginner yoga teacher and we actually made a breakthrough. I now know more about which direction to sail in my future journey. I also have to say Laurien has a super nice energy and she is full of knowledge on various topics. I highly recommend her as a coach.

Mae-Lin, BJJ Purple Belt, Yoga Teacher

I first contacted Laurien last year when I was struggling with some really unpleasant feelings about jiu-jitsu training and competition. At the time I had been training for ten years, and had been actively competing in combat sports for nearly twenty years. Despite having had a history of trauma, I had never struggled with such overwhelmingly bad feelings towards combat sports as I was experiencing last year.

At first I thought it was an indicator of something “wrong” with me, however through coaching with Laurien I was able to face up to some hard truths about what I (and everyone) had been through with the pandemic and all of the bizarre situations it created for us in terms of jiu-jitsu, about some realities about the country I was living in, and the available options for training in the context of that culture. Laurien was one of the only people who could understand what I was experiencing, believed me, and was able to help me to think of realistic solutions that didn’t just involve “getting over it”.

Rather than this process leading to me being “fixed” so that I could fit into unhealthy environments, it actually opened my mind to the need to create a new way of living, one that allows me to spend more time in situations which are healthy, safe and progressive.

The reality is that physical and mental health don’t exist in isolation – they’re very connected to the interplay of person and environment, and although it might be “heroic” to just try and “pull ourselves up by our bootstraps”, it’s not necessarily effective. I’m really grateful to have been able to talk to Laurien. She’s knowledgeable, non-judgemental, empathetic, LGBTQI+ friendly, and gives a good combination of support and space to work through real life in between coaching sessions.

About Laurien

Laurien is an ancient Historian by trade who transformed her PhD about Pain Behaviour to serve and have more direct impact. As a sexual abuse survivor she supplemented her therapy with therapeutical practices such as Yoga, BJJ and MMA. Realizing how unsafe and harmful the Martial Arts World can be for people healing from Trauma, it is her mission to make this arena step by step a safer space by teaching other Martial Arts Coaches and Athletes how to become Trauma Informed and how to transform and thrive themselves.

You can hear more about her journey and about Trauma Informed Teaching in the following two podcasts:

• Women Who Fight
• Conversations for Yoga Teachers with Bare Bones Yoga 
• Nattie Boss - the Empowered Athlete
• Fightback Project
• Ruf der Hyäne 
• Rear Naked Chicks
• Southpawpod

About Alex

Alex is an electric engineer and started his martial arts journey at the age of 7 with Judo. At the age of 16 he already started teaching and ever since it has become his goal to support athletes and coaches getting better at getting better. In doing so you will find Alex constantly learning about coaching methods and optimal movement learning approaches such as ecological dynamics and constraints led approaches. 

Do you wish to bring your school and your students to the next level? Book now a discovery call with Alex!

You can hear more about Alex' journey and about Trauma Informed Teaching as well as ecological dynamics in the following podcasts:

• Women Who Fight
• Fightback Project
• Ruf der Hyäne 
• Southpawpod
• Rolling for a Reason