English4Life
Feel more comfortable. Expand your world.
Travel further. Stay longer. Meet people. Explore new places. Maybe even try living somewhere completely different.
English4Life is for people who already speak some English but want to feel more comfortable using it — so language doesn't hold them back from the life they want to explore.
English isn't just a language.
It's a way into the world.
Whether you want to travel more confidently, meet new people, work internationally, or simply stop worrying about whether your English is “good enough”, feeling comfortable speaking makes a difference.
English4Life is about helping you find that confidence — so you can speak more freely, connect more easily and open yourself up to more possibilities.
Why me?
I'm Dutch, but English has been part of my professional and personal life for more than 25 years. I have a teaching qualification, and I'm a professional English writer and editor.
So I don't just know English. I know how to make communication work.
I've travelled extensively and lived internationally, and I know first-hand how much easier — and freer — life can feel when you can communicate comfortably wherever you are. And I genuinely love talking to people.
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Off the Leash — Pack in a Box
The same ideas, in your own space and time.
Pack in a Box lets teams explore the themes from the talk without me in the room.
Using stories, dog logic, and simple reflection prompts, it guides groups through presence, belonging, and how we show up — at their own pace.
A flexible way to spark conversation, reflection, and shared understanding in teams, schools, organisations, or gatherings.
You already speak some English. You just want to feel more comfortable using it — and more confident about what it might allow you to do.
Perhaps you're planning to travel more, spend longer periods abroad, thinking about living somewhere new, or simply want to feel more at ease meeting and talking to people from other countries.
These are private, one-to-one conversations built around your life, your interests, your plans and your experiences.
No textbooks. No standard lessons. No prescribed topics.
We talk about things you actually care about. I'll help you find the words you're looking for, make your English sound more natural, and express what you mean clearly, confidently and concisely.
And because I'm Dutch too, I understand som
e of the particular things that can trip Dutch speakers up in English — including those wonderfully literal translations we sometimes don't realise we're making.
English isn't the destination.
It's what it can help you do.
The Conversation
One-to-one online conversation, completely tailored to you.
Come with a topic, a question, a story from your week — or nothing at all. We'll take it from there.
€75 · 60 minutes
The Conversation + Practice
Everything in The Conversation, plus personalised practice between sessions.
I'll give you a short task based on what we've talked about — perhaps a voice message, a little challenge or a situation to practise — and give you individual feedback before we meet again.
€95 · 60 minutes + personal practice