From RIO trainings to JouLes Private Parenting Advice
From youth care to independent entrepreneurship
After I stopped working as a treatment coordinator in Youth Care in 2014, I had to figure out what I was going to do with my work life. Personal development is my passion and my life, so when I completed the Mindfulness training, - as a remedial educationalist - my interest was aroused in following the Mindful Parenting training at the University of Amsterdam.
I soon realized that parents hardly change with the regular interventions in youth care. These were mainly focused on behavior and not on the core, namely traumas, emotions and changing beliefs. Mindful Parenting was the better approach for me in every respect.
RIO Trainingen offers Mindful Parenting
With the help of my father, I arranged all the contracts and I was soon able to start - with my company RIO Trainingen - as a care provider of the Mindful Parenting training, reimbursed by the municipalities of Eindhoven, Helmond and surrounding areas. RIO training stood for: Space for Intuitive Development. Registrations came in via Facebook and - after a visit to the GP and an intake - the parents could get started.
I thought it was great – guiding these parents by offering a real solution. The parents were also enthusiastic and saw a change in their parenting style and a positive turn in their children's behavior.
A profound method: Holistic Education
However, I felt that something was still missing. In addition to giving these training courses, I had also completed the energetic training of People and Intuition, Intuitive development and was reimbursed as an energetic therapist by several health insurers. When I gave the Mindful Parenting training, I did not feel free to also use energetic exercises and when I gave an energetic treatment, a mindfulness exercise felt 'too light'. What now?
During a two-year posting through my husband's work to California, I took the time to find out how I could make up for the lack of the energetic aspect in parenting support. This has resulted in my method of Holistic Education in which I can express the gems from all my experiences, skills and character traits.
JouLes Private parenting advice
I now offer the book, the (online) Holistic Parenting training and parenting advice through my private company JouLes Particulier Opvoedadvies. Why JouLes? And why private? Joules is the unit of energy and since I guide parents with simple home, garden and kitchen energetic exercises to optimally use their intuition, I came up with this name. In addition, I have divided it into 2 parts: 'You' and 'Lesson', because parents want to receive (your) own lessons in their parenting life.
Why private?
The fact that my services are not reimbursed by the municipality or health insurer means that you want to work with me voluntarily, motivated and enthusiastically, as opposed to 'care provision' created through referrals.
So on to guiding even more parents to confident parents who remain calm no matter what is going on in their upbringing.
