Karin Peeters - Relationship Coach, Counsellor & Psychotherapist

My personal philosophy and approach to life

Reminding the world how to love

In 2006, when I sat atop this Nepalese stupa (a symbolic representation of the Buddha's compassionate and wise mind), I heard a voice, and it said "you are wasting your life”. I knew in my bones that the voice was right.

Now, I can tell you about how this led me to quit my corporate job at Heineken, study spirituality and meditation in India and Nepal (during two unbelievingly special sabbaticals, for a grand total of 3.5 years (for more stunning photos visit bottom of this page), and follow my heart to live in Argentina and the UK to be with the man I love.

But what really mattered is the transformation that happened within me. I felt a different way of being opening up in my heart, my life choices from then onwards motivated by a wish to be of benefit to others, giving me a sense of expansive joy. Buddhists call it Bodhicitta – the awakened heart. Who knows, maybe I got a glimpse of it that day. You and I might call it love. A love for life itself, for the world and all beings, big or small, near or far, friend or foe.

My life's intention became to love in a way that inspires others. And where better to begin than in our own mind, our own heart and our own home? I am motivated by a deep aspiration to remind people how to love. To fall in love again with themselves, with others, with the planet and with life itself. When we re-connect with a wise love that’s bigger than ourselves, a calm spaciousness, a joy comes over us, radiating out for the benefit of everyone we meet. In this way, I believe our presence alone is healing to others.

Our world desperately needs more kindness, let us spread the love.

Thank you for reading my story, and for still being here. Now, let’s do a more formal introduction, if you’d like to get to know me better.

My clients often compare me with a bridge, successfully applying the ancient wisdom traditions of the East to Western life. I enjoy creating union between head and heart, being and doing, East and West, Business and Buddha, Coaching and Therapy.

I'm an experienced Life & Career Coach and qualified Counsellor & Psychotherapist with private practice experience in the City of London and online since 2008.

Thanks to my corporate background at Heineken in The Netherlands I am refreshingly practical with a down-to-earth nature and solution focused attitude.

I offer sessions in English and Dutch.

I combine Western knowledge with an extensive experience in Eastern Philosophy, The Buddhist Art of Living, Mindfulness Meditation and Creative Arts. I was taught about meditation and the mystic spiritual traditions at the source, while living and studying with the monks and nuns in India and Nepal for a total of 3.5 years, during two magical sabbaticals.

I enjoy sharing my suitcase full of techniques with you, to improve your daily life both at work and at home. And I love to guide you to experience heartfelt healing and profound transformation of your body, mind and soul.