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Hi, I’m Roel Gaasbeek, an adventurous, passionate, and sociable Dutchman whose inquisitive nature and love of people has led me to where I am today.
After I graduated from High School I started a career in Health Care working with older and intellectually disabled people. I’ve also worked across several departments within a general hospital.
Health care wasn’t the career for me though. It’s a profession that is mentally draining and the nature of the job makes its very hard to shut off from outside of work. This led me to decide I needed a career change.
I switched from my role in Health Care to a position in Social and Health Insurance. I worked in this area for 17 years. I loved engaging with customers and interacting with people as this suited my personality much more. During my time working in Social and Health Insurance I received my Bachelor Coaching & Counselling, trained my fellow employees, and did coaching on the job for several years.
Teaching English classes in Thailand is when I first tasted the beauty of a solo travel. Thankfully I escaped the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 and travelled through South East Asia for a year.
This past experience meant when my father sadly passed away in 2015 I knew something had to change. After all those years concentrating on my career I resigned from my job and hiked from The Netherlands to Spain, solo with my backpack and tent. It took me four months to get there and this is when I knew what adventure tastes like!
Five years later I hiked from Istanbul to Italy and from there to Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was a six-month solo hike and it changed me forever. During this adventure I decided it was time to choose my own way and start my own business in coaching, counselling, helping and teaching people. Because that is what I really love doing!
My life has been full of experiences that have shaped me. I had to grow up fast as a youngster, I’ve seen sickness, dealt with death and grew up fast through trial and error. I was a victim of bullying, have great insight regarding addiction, and have coped with huge grief and bereavement in my life.
All these life experiences combined with my Bachelor in Coaching & Counselling allow me to provide an unique form of coaching and counselling as motivational speaker!