Ingrid has a vast repertoire of coaching techniques she combines to best serve her clients’ needs.

We’ve used her in the past for workshops with some of the partners we work with in our organisation and the feedback I got was always excellent.

This week I had the pleasure to have a breathing session with her – a great experience that I hope to repeat soon. Whether you’re looking for a workshop facilitator , a life coach or would like to do some breathwork yourself – I can highly recommend Open Hearth!

Ingrid worked with the Somo team to create habits that would help in both personal and work life.

She is an amazing coach who thinks about each individual and their path to creating a life that feels fulfilling to them.

She knows how to work with diverse groups of people while still giving each person the individualized attention they need. Would recommend her to any organization looking to assist their team in growing into their leadership potential.

Ingrid organized a beautiful team bonding session for my team in the forest. We went for a walk and she had prepared different questions and activities that really support in the team getting to know each other better.

People who had worked with each other for years, learned new things about each other and people that had just joined our company had a great opportunity to bond with their new colleagues.

I can highly recommend Open Hearth Coaching for team bonding and facilitation.

We got in touch with Ingrid to facilitate a full day during a network event with 55 international Young Experts.

Ingrid took on the job with great enthusiasm. We were looking for someone to challenge the group to reflect on their personal journeys (private and professional experiences).

Ingrid came up with a very diverse and interactive programme for the day, which included individual work, and group work.

Ingrid showed to be very well prepared, had a great and welcoming appearance while in front of the group and let the participants choose their own approach while doing the group sessions.

She used her skills to feel when the group was in need of something, and she had good time management throughout the day.

I got to know Ingrid as someone who is genuinely interested in others, a good listener, approachable, without judgement and most of all a passionate facilitator who loves what she is doing!

Our session was super insightful. With creative exercises our group opened up.

And through showing our vulnerabilities we learned from each other and grew stronger together.

Ingrid is a great facilitator, good listener, mentor and leads a group with compassion and understanding.

Ingrid is a professional facilitator with a great toolkit of methods and exercises for team cohesion, trust building, strategic planning, combing fun with learning.

Ingrid facilitated a Board of Directors session for our Business Association in August 2024.

What amazed me was the new insights and approach she brought to facilitating the deeply mutual discovery of board members about each others’ psyches and aspirations. Highly interactive!

I highly recommend Ingrid for any Board level facilitation sessions(s).

I can highly recommend Ingrid as a trainer/facilitator!

She facilitated a training for our team and it was both so good and enjoyable!

In the preparation for this day Ingrid really listened to our wishes and about what was/wasn’t going on and I felt a nice collaboration while putting a program together that we both believed was suitable for the team. It felt like Ingrid had a very big hat of tricks and experience, to choose elements from for our day!

During the day Ingrid know exactly when to step in and when to leave the group in the processes going on.

The program was diverse, presented in a light and fun way though it did also bring us a few layers deeper. She read the group perfectly and was flexible with the program depending on what was happening.

She’s an easy coach to break the ice with and is down to earth. In this way she immediately creates the right vibe.

Would highly recommend her for a training and wish I was based in Nairobi so I could return with my team for another training!!

A real recommendation!

Various teams of the Embassy of the Netherlands here in Kenya have now been working with Ingrid as coach and facilitator.

With her passion, enthusiasm and creativity, she has been able to support our growing teams to strengthen coherence and collaboration.

She is using nice participatory approaches, creates safe environments and encourages colleagues to be open and interact. A joy to work with her!

Over the course of 6 months, I worked with Ingrid from Open Hearth Coaching on my professional management and leadership skills, which was an eye-opening experience.

Our coaching sessions helped me clarify what I could change to become a more effective leader.

What stood out to me was that this was not always about me having to change; many challenges would require a change in work environment that I considered to be external, but that actually with some out-of-the-box thinking, I could change.

I also really valued Ingrid’s insights on the importance of emotions, and the need to work with them rather than trying to put them away, whereas many coaches mainly focus on how to hide your emotions.

Finally, I really valued Ingrid as a coach because of her experience with different cultures; growing up in the Netherlands, but having lived in Kenya for a long time, makes it easy for her to understand the challenges that we experience in a multicultural work environment, and the tools that we can use to work around those challenges.

Overall, I would definitely recommend Ingrid as a leadership coach to anyone considering coaching, and her flexibility of doing coaching sessions at home, virtually, or through a forest walk, makes it very easy to work with Ingrid even for someone with a packed schedule.

I highly recommend Ingrid as a coach and facilitator!

During our team day of Charlie’s Travels, Ingrid excelled in her role as our host.

Through a variety of engaging activities, she helped us get to know each other better, effectively divide tasks, and discover each other’s preferences.

Her passion, enthusiasm, and creativity were evident throughout the day. Ingrid created a safe and open environment that encouraged interaction and collaboration. It was truly a pleasure to work with her, and her efforts strengthened our team cohesion.