Whilst it was my academic training that brought me to female reproductive health, it was my heart that drew me to Celebration Day for Girls (CDG).

I am a public health consultant who began research in women’s health in Melbourne and have since lived in Germany and Ukraine working in the broader health field. I have thoroughly enjoyed diving deep into topics such as female body image and access to health care, however, have craved the intimacy of working with women and girls, rather than analysing data from afar.

Facilitating CDG workshops with girls and mothers provides me with the personal, magical connection that close women circles bring. The CDG workshop allows me to share my enthusiasm for female reproductive health with you and your daughter in the robust, nurturing, and informative framework of the CDG programme.

I come from a close-knit family of three daughters who have shared life’s high and lows, exciting journeys and daunting pathways. I am therefore very passionate about holding space for mothers and daughters to explore their feelings, questions, and hopes for a blooming menarche and ongoing connection amongst those that bleed.

We can all learn from each other, and I look forward to being with you and your daughter(s) in circle and sharing, exploring, and celebrating the wonders of our bodies.

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I am passionate about a holistic approach to wellbeing; fundamentally supporting, strengthening and creating awareness of our connections to ourselves within and the word around us. I feel honoured to be a “Celebration Day for Girls facilitatior” to serve my community.

Whilst it was my academic training that brought me to female reproductive health, it was my heart that drew me to Celebration Day for Girls (CDG).

I am a public health consultant who began research in women’s health in Melbourne and have since lived in Germany and Ukraine working in the broader health field. I have thoroughly enjoyed diving deep into topics such as female body image and access to health care, however, have craved the intimacy of working with women and girls, rather than analysing data from afar.

Facilitating CDG workshops with girls and mothers provides me with the personal, magical connection that close women circles bring. The CDG workshop allows me to share my enthusiasm for female reproductive health with you and your daughter in the robust, nurturing, and informative framework of the CDG programme.

I come from a close-knit family of three daughters who have shared life’s high and lows, exciting journeys and daunting pathways. I am therefore very passionate about holding space for mothers and daughters to explore their feelings, questions, and hopes for a blooming menarche and ongoing connection amongst those that bleed.

We can all learn from each other, and I look forward to being with you and your daughter(s) in circle and sharing, exploring, and celebrating the wonders of our bodies.

I’ve always loved to work with tweens and teens, first as a qualified secondary school teacher in my home country Holland, where I taught Economics at a high school for 7 years. Now as a life coach in private practice for this age group in Germany (Bonn).

My own experience with menarche was not a great one, I grew up in a warm and loving family but my parents were not really open about discussing these topics with my sister and I. Therefore it felt as though we had to figure out how to deal with it ourselves. For my own two daughters I would like for them to feel that it is okay to feel insecure in the beginning and that we will support them.

When I heard from an Australian friend of mine that she had done a Celebration Day for Girls in Melbourne I was so overwhelmed by the beauty of the program that I immediately checked if anyone was running this in Germany. I really wanted to participate with my oldest daughter. There was no opportunity here (yet), but having looked around on the website I got so excited that I trained with Jane Bennett to became a facilitator in my own right.

I am delighted to now be offering Celebration Day for Girls in both English and in Dutch.

I feel blessed to have the opportunity to educate and support young girls in preparation for their menarche and to help them feel more connected with other women of all ages. I look forward to meeting you and your daughter.