Hi! I’m Jaimie. I am Canadian, born in Vancouver, B.C. And I’ve lived in Amsterdam for over 20 years. I have a husband and 3 daughters and I love sunlight, spring and vibrant colours.

Looking back at my life I can see clearly where I’ve been in and out of alignment with my soul purpose. Not because my purpose is set in stone. In practice, it is constantly changing. But the essence of it has stayed the same. I love seeing, understanding and supporting people. That’s what lights me up and that’s what I’m here to do.

When I discover a new product I share it with everyone close to me (have you heard of the vejibag?!). And when I come across a solution that works, everyone around me knows about it (apple cider vinegar mixed with dish wash detergent is lethal for fruit flies). And a conversation where I don’t open with a sincere ‘How are you’ most likely means I’m checked out and unable to hold space for others at that moment. This is because I care. Not about everyone, but certainly about the people I’ve chosen to surround myself with. 

I was a sensitive kid. I was emotional. But it took me a long time to realize I hadn’t been programmed to feel my feelings. It’s not that I was stoic. I experienced a full spectrum of emotions. But I never took the time to identify, feel and accept the feelings behind them. One of the problems with not feeling your feelings is that it makes it really, really hard to access your intuition. Without access to intuition it’s incredibly hard (impossible?) to make aligned decisions. And without aligned decisions, life becomes something that happens to you, and, chances are, you’ll wake up one day with the realization that you’re unfulfilled, tired or even burnt out.

This was me. Until recently, I felt like a ball in a pinball machine (remember those?!). As I bounced around from thing to thing, I allowed external circumstances to control me. I’d be unhappy at a job and meet someone who was hiring at some ‘cool’ company, so I’d go work there instead. If I was asked what I wanted in life, I had a scripted response that sounded like I had everything under control. And it wasn’t that I didn’t, but  I’d never really sat down to think about what it was that I actually wanted. Society had filled this in for me. Women didn’t climb the corporate ladder as easily as men, so I wanted to be one of the women who broke this pattern. I thought that that was what feminism was. Feminists worked hard. They held ‘real’ jobs. They aimed high. AND they had families. But their families were seamlessly woven into their success. Children were not to disrupt careers. 

Gosh was I wrong. My ‘awakening’ came at a moment when I was applying for permanent roles at the company where I’d been doing contract work. A close friend recommended I download The Pattern app (which I still highly recommend!) and it changed my life. I was at the tail end of an astrological transit that they called ‘Find your Sacred Work’. A once in a lifetime transit that suggested I reassess my career. This sparked something in me and within a week of downloading the app I’d made a decision: I wanted to leave corporate. With a stellium in Libra, decision making isn’t a strong point, but this didn’t feel like a conscious decision or even a choice. Something shifted inside of me and all  my energy was focused forward. 

At that point I’d been floating around the corporate world for about 10 years. I’d loved some of the roles I’d held and hated others. I’d met countless amazing people, many of whom I still call friends. I’d enjoyed many perks and my ego had loved the ride. But I’d also been run down for the majority of it. And working full time left me with not enough time to spend with my kids, not to mention on myself. So I let my current company know that I wouldn’t be continuing my contract. I made a decision to give myself over to my soul, and started building a relationship with my intuition. I discovered astrology, human design, the akashic records and so, so many other tools that are out there that can help us better understand ourselves. 

The following year I started working with a coach. She taught me that it is possible to clear obstacles that stop you from living your dream life. You know those annoying things that you’ve just taken to assume are part of you? They might be. But they can also be cleared. And in clearing them you get to know yourself better. And when you know yourself better, knowing what you want and making aligned decisions becomes easy. And that is how you create an authentic dream life.

I’ll be honest with you. Becoming a coach is not something I always dreamed of. I had a lot of resistance towards it. Isn’t everyone becoming a coach these days? But it is so, so aligned for me. I am so lit up when I help clients discover their true selves. Helping people sift through their programming to discover their authentic selves is what I want to spend the rest of my life doing, in one form or another. That kind of inner knowing is invaluable. It’s a major gift. It feels like coming home. And this is a feeling I want to give everyone access to.