ABOUT RENEE

Founder of Wise Woman
Co-Founder of the Self Recovery Method®

My Story: From Burnout to Body Wisdom

The path to creating Wise Woman Fitness and Coaching wasn't a straight one—it was a journey forged through personal struggle, deep healing, and a commitment to transforming wounds into wisdom.

The Wake-Up Call: A Body Breaking Down

For years, my heart was poured into supporting others. My work with young girls in foster care—girls abandoned by their birth parents—led to a profound, compassionate burnout. The weight of witnessing trauma, combined with my own difficult journey through miscarriage and five years of trying to conceive, left me depleted. I carried years of stress, grief, and unacknowledged trauma in my body, especially in my pelvic floor.

Desperate for relief, I paused my career and travelled to India. There, a medicine man correctly identified the core of my pain: deeply held tension and trauma in my pelvic floor. After just one week of internal massage, the chronic, paralyzing tightness I had been carrying finally lifted. It was a profound lesson: our emotional history is stored in our physical body.

The Birth of a New Mission

My healing allowed me to finally conceive, and I gave birth to a beautiful, nine-pound girl. However, the existing scar tissue and the intensity of a 23-hour labour resulted in a physical breakdown: two organ prolapses and a severe diastasis. For months, I couldn't walk without pain. Traditional treatments and chiropractic care offered no lasting solution; I simply couldn't find the path back to feeling whole again.

The breakthrough came after moving to the Netherlands, where I discovered the transformative work of Jenny Burrell in London. As a former Personal Trainer, I immersed myself in her methods, becoming a certified Holistic Core Restore Coach. Through this process, I didn't just 'fix' my body—I healed the wounds of birthing and burnout, transforming them into a powerful well of wisdom to be shared with other women.

Evolving into the Wise Woman Coach

For over a decade, my practice has evolved around a single, non-negotiable mission: helping women feel safe, powerful, and trusting in their own bodies.

The more time I spent supporting women's postpartum recovery, the clearer the deeper issue became: women are exhausted and over-stressed, perpetually giving everything to their families, careers, and communities. I saw how many were struggling to simply relax into their bodies.

This observation led me to deepen my expertise:

• I became a fully qualified Soft Tissue Therapist, specializing in pregnancy, diastasis, and return-to-sport.

• I certified as a Breath Coach, understanding that conscious breathing is the fastest way to relieve stress and reconnect the mind-body system.

• Finally, I became a Therapeutic Women's Coach, specializing in postnatal stress, burnout, and the unique stresses of modern life.

It has been a true honour to support countless women, both locally here in Groningen, NL, where my practice and monthly breath workshops are based, and globally, including offering my guidance during the Brazilian Intensive Retreats.

My journey taught me that healing is not a linear process; it's a profound homecoming. I look forward to helping you reconnect with the parts of yourself you may have lost, empowering you to live from a place of strength and inner wisdom.