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Coaching and therapy for Indian women abroad
I support Indian women abroad who are going through a rough patch – maybe your job scene is far from pleasant, maybe you miss your folks from home, maybe even life phases kick in like finally needing to outgrow your ‘child’ avatar in the eyes of your parents, at least when it comes to living life on your terms. And you need to, because you can’t live in a cultural and generational split with one leg here and the other stretched 10k kilometers out or more.
And going through these phases abroad feels… awkward and unsettling.

You are still very well able to live like this, but, it’s getting hard
You get reminded from time to time that you can’t live like this, when:
- Your job is good, but you never feel quite accepted. It looked good in the beginning, but after a while you notice these small things. And you accepted them at first, because this is not your own culture after all. But lately you have been noticing its structural, and it really affecting you. You can’t go on like this, now that you know. You called it out, but it has only become more of an awkward situation.
- You see your mother in law take charge of your kitchen when she comes over to stay. You don’t want to offend her, and you want her to feel comfortable with you. But this is not the way you live your life, and this is not the food you want your kids to eat. How can you deal with this impossible situation?
- Your kids come home from school and disappear in their room. You know saying something about it will cause a fight. In your mind you feel constantly confused: should you be stern with them and not take this behavior, or should you be relaxed and allow them their space? You are in this forever limbo, because you don’t want to give the strict parenting that you received yourself. But you don’t want them to grow up to become disrespectful and they should have some discipline.
Maybe it feels like you started a new life, but your old one continues to catch up with you.
You want:
🔹 To finally deal with that heavy feeling inside
🔹 To find a way to deal with your parents an in-laws in a way that is respectful, but that allows you to finally feel at ease in your own house when they visit.
🔹 To have a healthy and loving relationship with your kids without the constant self-doubt and heaviness
🔹 To be comfortable in your job without the constant looking over your back and hearing whispers, because you aren’t part of the crowd.
Sometimes you feel it will happen, with time. Your friends are telling you so. But deep inside you know you don’t have the time to wait for that. The heaviness is weighing on you. Your health is getting impacted. Your relationship with your spouse, your kids and even your parents is impacted in a way you really hate.
And you dread what will happen if this continues – you don’t want to be that parent who creates an ever nice, obedient child, but with fear and pain inside because she was unheard and wasn’t validated. Because that was you. And you know that now YOU can be that cause, because of all the stress and baggage you are dealing with.
You don’t want that for your kids, because you know what that cost you.
What would happen if
You could clear up all of that baggage? So that you can keep your boundaries lightly, and have that loving presence for your kid, and be the parent you really want to be?
This is exactly what I work on with my clients in my program happy abroad.
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What others say who worked with me

Career transition
I approached Carolien ma’am for healing sessions when I was going through a difficult mid-life career transition. I was scared, anxious and completely lost.
By working with Carolien ma’am, I was able to uproot the fears and anxiety completely, and have now kickstarted my new profession in a wholesome manner.
Divya Dakshinamoorthy

Working with emotions
Carolien has the ability to use her intuition in a way like she’s almost connecting directly with my subconscious.
Sometimes it’s like she picks up emotions I feel but can’t express and puts them into words bringing clarity and “aha moments”.
The way she facilitates with gentle empathy made me feel very safe and it was even funny at times when she uses her humor to lighten up the mood. Even though we worked on deep wounds it was never like a struggle working through it all.
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