Hey, I'm Charlotte 👋

Hey, I'm Charlotte 👋

A Belgian living in Lisbon, busy building a nervous system training and education business.

I spent the first 13 years of my career in global advertising agencies and online education, working in Brussels, New York, Singapore and London. These years were a great foundation and slowly but surely pushed me in the direction of the work I want to be doing:

Learn about the power of breathwork and other nervous system regulation tools.
Share what I learn with as many people as possible through coaching, teaching and online content.

For now, I'm doing this mostly through 1-1 training programs and group workshops (corporate and private). All the details are here.

Currently, I'm certified in/training at the following institutions:

What else, let's see...

I'm obsessed with all things movement and mind-body connection, from trail-running to yoga to freediving. (Fun fact: freediving is how I first got introduced to breathwork, 2 years ago in Mexico. From the first session, I was hooked by the calming effect on the volume and intensity of my thoughts.)

I write a newsletter called Stretch. The name is inspired by the Oliver Wendell Homes quote, "The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."

My mind never regained its original dimension after learning about things like neuroplasticity, ultradian cycles, the importance of frustration, Heart-Rate-Variability, and so so much more. I've been writing this newsletter for over 3 years, and it's my vehicle to explore my ideas, thoughts, observations and experiments. So far, a little over 2,700 people seem to enjoy it.

Reading. I spend a lot of time reading. The books I would save if my house was on fire: Mastery, Inner Game of Tennis, ChiRunning, Mindsight, Good Anxiety, Breathe, Willpower Instinct, Move... (ok clearly too many to carry.)

I live in Lisbon, with my girlfriend and doggo. After spending my twenties and early thirties in big, busy, fast-moving cities—Lisbon feels like the place to stay. I'm learning Portuguese and dreaming about buying a big tiled townhouse to turn into a coworking/coliving/somatic-practice-and-education space. (This is a genuine 5 year vision plan, so if you have ideas or want to brainstorm about this, let me know!)

Oh, I recently ran my first marathon—only nose breathing! Of course, as a breathwork trainer, I have a special interest in experimenting with what is possible with the breath, but even so, I think this is something lots of people would enjoy. I wrote more about this here.