Michèle van Ingen
michele van ingen
Coach ISA Power
Practice in Breda
Languages: Dutch and English
Every person deserves to live and to be happy.
It doesn't matter who you are, where you come from, what you look like, or anything else. Deep down, we are all the same and we all want the same thing: to be happy and to live the life that suits you.
This is possible when you know that you are allowed to be here and that you are good just the way you are, so you love yourself and accept yourself!
Well, it was a long road for me to get there. I couldn't tick all the boxes above, you know....
After a difficult childhood and adolescence in which emotional neglect played a role, I eventually developed an eating disorder.
I thought the eating disorder would help me feel better, to gain more control over my life. By constantly focusing on eating, not eating, what to eat, how much to eat, when to eat, and a lot of compulsive exercising, I managed to stop feeling. To stop feeling what I actually had to feel and deal with! I was numbing myself, so to speak. And while I was actually looking for connection with everything and everyone around me, my behavior pushed everyone away.
After the loss of a loved one, the eating disorder and hyperactivity became my best friends. At my lowest point, it suddenly hit me: "this is not the way to become happy. I'll just start eating like all those other people."
That was the beginning of my road to recovery. I made a 180-degree turn in my head. I chose to be admitted to a clinic myself and went for it 100%. I was so done with that eating stuff! I wanted to live normally and enjoy life again!
Slowly but surely, I gained insights. Insight into my past, about the how and why. Insight into who I actually was/am. I had been so far away from myself for so long!
It took years to become who I actually am again. But this journey only gets more enjoyable as you get closer to yourself. And the more you accept yourself, the more the people around you will do the same! It's all within yourself!
Because who you actually are, that core deep down inside, that core that you push away with an eating disorder, that core can make you happy, with yourself and with your surroundings!
michèle’s Expertise
Anorexia and Boulimia
Child and adolescent coaching
Solution-focused approach
High sensitivity in children, adolescents, and adults
Compulsive exercise/sports
Grief and loss processing
michèle's Certificates & Diploma’s
ISA Power coach
HBO Dance
HBO Child and Adolescent Coaching
Social Pedagogical Work
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