About me
Why Clear Leadership is My Starting Point
Leadership today requires more than sharp thinking and sheer determination. In a society that heavily emphasizes analysis, speed, and results, many leaders and professionals lose touch with the wholeness of their system.
When thinking, feeling, and the body no longer work in harmony, leadership loses its clarity. Decisions feel heavier. Energy leaks away. Direction becomes blurred.
My work exists because this crucial point is rarely recognized, even though it determines sustainable performance. Clear leadership does not emerge from pushing harder, it arises from internal coherence.
Professional Coach
Professional Coaching & Leadership by Coachcenter
Ik vond Petra online en we hebben een aantal hele fijne persoonlijke coachingsessies gehad. Petra luistert en hoort je heel goed en creëert een prettige en veilige sfeer voor het gesprek. Ik heb echt genoten van deze sessies!
- Ieva B.
From Understanding to Embodied Leadership
For a long time, I knew a great deal. I understood patterns, dynamics, and systems. I functioned, performed, and took responsibility often more than was truly mine.
What I did not fully see at the time was that my body had been giving signals all along. Tension, pressure, a constant sense of being “on.” Not because I could not handle the work, but because I was not fully taking up my own space.
Like many leaders, my leadership initially emerged from responsibility and performance. What was missing was embodiment: truly standing, sensing where my boundary lies, and making decisions from that place.
Only when I began to take my body seriously as a source of information was I able to step into leadership that no longer relied on performance, but on presence and clarity.
My energy returned, my decisions became more natural, and my presence more grounded.
This is where my work was born.
Very grateful I write these words about my experiences with Petra: I sought help to process and navigate an often overwhelming life as a student and found compassion and guidance here. Petra was one of the first people to help me understand how to manage and accept overstimulation and sensitivity- but always in a playful way. Every session with Petra is an encounter on a deeply personal level- every session is different. Petra has the special ability to work with one’s needs in a comforting way without ever making you feel tricked or unchallenged. I have been able to apply what I’ve learned in my everyday life, not only directly but also subconsciously with realisations won about myself through the coaching. As it is so personal it is quite difficult to write a general review about the work of Petra, but this tells you about her strength to see every person as a whole.
-Sofia
How I Work
My approach never starts from a fixed model. I follow what emerges in the system.
The body plays an essential role in this process. It provides direct information about tension, blockages, and direction—areas where the mind often keeps searching for explanations. By including the body in the process, access is gained to layers that profoundly influence decision-making, leadership, and presence.
I work with care, precision, and without unnecessary complexity. What is explored must also be manageable in daily functioning.
What This Changes
When the system functions as a whole again, clarity naturally arises—not as an idea, but as a lived reality.
This translates into:
Taking ownership of yourself and your choices
Clear and supported decision-making
Restored energy and focus
Leadership that feels aligned and does not need to be forced
Natural connection with others, without effort
The result is leadership that provides direction, even under pressure.
