Coaching

Your Sparring Partner

‘My work is about the qualities of the heart, such as compassion, empathy and forgiveness’

what is coaching & for who?

Coaching is all about creating awareness around who you are, what you want and how to take steps towards living the life you want to lead. Coaching empowers choice and leads to change. In the safe space of our one-on-one conversations, I will challenge you by asking questions about all aspects of your life and encourage you to experiment and think out of the box. Together, we work towards achieving your desired goals 

If you are ready for more focus on your personal development, make a sustainable change in your life and/or want to commit to making your dream a reality, take action towards it, then coaching may be beneficial for you. We will focus on your goals and on how you progress towards them.  

what can i expect? 

My coachees often report back to me that my coaching helped them drop into their hearts’ desire and that calming and organizing their mind together, helped them get clear about what’s next. Helped them find balance and feel empowered & confident to take the actions needed to get the results they are looking for.  As an International, ICF credentialed coach, I am trained to create positive change and help you achieve extraordinary results. 

My approach, Empowering personal Leadership 

My approach is personal and open as, together, we determine your goals and objectives – and your personal power to deal with them. As an International, ICF credentialed coach, I am trained to create positive change and help you achieve extraordinary results. 

I had the great opportunity of being coached by Barbara. By asking questions, staying on point and drawing out what had caught her attention she very quickly helped me discover the direction I wish to go personally as well as professionally. Barbara is intelligent, doesn’t get distracted and is enjoyable to talk to. I highly recommend her.

Bart Kuiter, Project advisor sustainable development

Get calm in your mind

Coaching helps you cultivate a life of Joy from the inside out. When you calm your mind, it allows you to see clearly. By practicing compassion, you create inner wellbeing and prevent stress. Let me help you thrive. 

My coaching is focused on helping you build sustainable skills to support your own personal well-being and leadership. I integrate practices and exercises for the mind, heart, body and soulful practices, to help you take next steps toward a fulfilling and balanced life. 

Get clear about what you want 

When you feel better, you will have room for professional and personal growth. I use compassion, mindful meditation and visualization to help you find that success. 

My expertise and experience are in Communication, (Self)Compassion practices, Meditation and Systemic work. People experience my approach as open and intuitive as I always look for the ‘real’ questions people have. I look forward to meeting you! 

♦ Find Clarity by calming your mind
♦ Change yourself and your work environment from the inside out
♦ Shift your perspective to the present moment
♦ Live a value-driven life; Compassion is a verb, a muscle to practice

“Barbara’s coaching style is amazing, she is able to bring me into myself quickly and gently, allowing me to actually feel myself deeply. Barbara’s coaching sessions have aided me in making great changes in my life. She is an awesome coach, I highly recommend Barbara Piper as a deep and wise coach! ”

Mary Sullivan, Marketing specialist 

Sessions

Sessions

Focus Coaching

Sometimes you need support in the moment, during an ongoing change trajectory. Focus coaching is ideal for this. This short, high impact 20-minute coaching session can get you set up for success, make you calm and prepared. Maybe you have some harder meetings coming up or you want to reflect afterwards. 

Signing-up for Focus coaching, not only works as a solid support systems during transitions and change, it can also support you during a more vulnerable period in your life where a professional coach can be there to listen, ask powerful questions and bring calm and wisdom to your day or week.  

how does it work? 

First, we have a 15 minute call to determine if we are a right ‘fit’ . Then you sign up for three sessions at a time and we plan them ahead. After session 2, we evaluate our coaching trajectory. Then, we can add individual sessions to the package.  

Are You a Student?

50% discount

Students all over the world are saying that performance pressure is on the rise. Currently, one in three students suffers from psychological complaints during their studies. Do you recognize this? 

For this reason, we offer you a 50% discount on all focus coaching. This way you can tap into coaching support wherever you are and have an internet connection. You don’t even have to leave the house!

what will i get?

*Each focus coaching session will take twinty minutes

Barbara is my guide within this maze of paths. Not in a way that she tells me what to do or where to go. No, she instead let me believe in my own ability to choose. During a session it is like she dives into my mind, understanding and feeling my situation and making me see strengths I simply never saw before or I forgot about. She let me look at the bigger picture instead of the ‘negative detail’ that I tend to focus on.  

Tessa Graus, jr. PR consultant 

Personal Coaching

Personal coaching, is a wonderful way to empower yourself and get focused. Through working one-on-one, you can learn how to ground yourself, get calm and clear and work on your personal growth. Especially during transitions and challenging times, I can assist you to finding your own answers. By being a sparring partner and asking the more difficult questions, by helping you unravel complicated situations and find a good way to navigate.  

You might have a large project coming up or you might be struggling with a team member. Expectations in your friendships, with your partner, your family or your boss maybe unrealistic and stress you out.  

With years of experience in the Corporate sector, in Health Care and Compassion in coaching, I can help and empower you to your next steps.  

how does it work? 

First, we have a 15 minute call to determine if we are a right ‘fit’. Then you sign up for three sessions at a time and we plan them ahead. After session 2, we evaluate our coaching trajectory. Then, we can add individual sessions to the package.

coaching locations

The coaching session can be held in various places. Currently, I give these sessions in my office in The Hague and in San Francisco, but it is also possible to do the coaching session outside these offices. Maybe you would like to walk in the forest or on the beach. More information about the location click here

what will i get?

*Each personal coaching session will take one hour.

Extra individual sessions per hour cost EUR 225.

Executive Coaching 

Especially for start-up executives, I create tailor made sessions.  Sessions to support you to jump start your business. Together we determine your needs in life, leadership and business. Then, I create an exclusive design with unique session to tailor your story.  

Please shoot me an email or call me for a free introductory session.

What Coachees say

Barbara’s coaching help was crucial in my journey to figure out the next step in my career. She helped analyze and highlight my thoughts, which were all over the place when I first saw her. By asking great questions and pointing out things that stood out to her in what I said, she helped me see things clearly again, thus paving the way for a coherent path forward. Barbara looks at the entire human being (both things you say and things you don’t say) and takes it all in to be a good coach. She is a delight to work with. If I ever get stuck in a situation where I could use a coach, I would not hesitate for a second to call Barbara again. 

 

Floor Koudijs

Executive director at Joint Venture Silicon Valley  

When I was hitting a crossroad in my life, I had the pleasure to take part in a walking coaching session guided by Barbara. She has an intuitive approach, with the amazing ability to connect and tune-in to my unspoken thoughts and feelings. Barbara is highly focused and very compassionate. I was surprised by the power of her systemic coaching, that allowed me to be vulnerable, to open up and thereby revealed new eye opening insights. She didn’t provide me with solutions for my questions, she didn’t tell me what to do. Instead, she helped me find my own answers and solutions from within myself. Barbara has a talent to make underlying thoughts and feelings visible, which catalyzed my thought process and allowed me to find my answers from within myself. 

 

Joke van Bemmel

Communication Specialist

During my sessions with Barbara, I began to untangle the emotions from the reality of what I was experiencing 

Barbara’s coaching methods really helped open me up to the potential things that I might like to pursue and she also, through mirroring my words helped me see that I could find other ways of expressing myself. After our sessions, I felt I could engage more honestly with my emotions and problem solve more creativity.  

I am so grateful for the sessions and so excited to have made such great headway; no longer feeling that old sense of stuckness.

 

Rachel Long

Coach professional 

I had the great opportunity of being coached by Barbara. By asking questions, staying on point and drawing out what had caught her attention she very quickly helped me discover the direction I wish to go personally as well as professionally. Barbara is intelligent, doesn’t get distracted and is enjoyable to talk to. I highly recommend her.

 

Bart Kuiter

Project advisor sustainable development

Let’s Connect

Let’s Connect

My work is based in The Netherlands and San Francisco but I work with people from all over the world.  Most of my coaching is via Skype, FaceTime or Zoom. From wherever you are, feel free to contact me if you are interested and want to know what I can do for you as your life coach. I would love to hear more about who you are and your reasons to get in touch! This will help me better prepare when we connect.