CARRYING THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD?

Marike- world class mentoring

Marike mentors senior leaders back to calm, clarity, and a bigger purpose.

Trusted by Leaders in Business, Government and Global Institutions.

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Ready for some Peace?

For over a decade, I've mentored senior leaders through the questions that surface when everything looks successful from the outside, but something underneath has stopped adding up. My experience isn't only academic; it's grounded in twenty years of leadership across academia, biotech, the oil industry, NGOs, politics, and the UN.

That breadth lets me understand the specific pressures of each of these worlds — and bring that insight into every mentorship, tailored to the rooms
you actually lead in.

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Where Executive Coaching Ends

  • Book: At PEACE, not in Pieces

    A true story and step-by-step guide for moving from ‘in pieces’ to genuinely ‘at peace’ — and leading from there.

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  • The PEACE Mentorship

    From a single Clarity Session to three or six months of weekly work — sustained partnership for the leader ready to lead from calm, not pressure.

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  • Weekend Retreat

    Weekend Retreat

    A weekend in Norway or Spain — a real, deep dive into what truly matters, peeling back the layers between you and clear, steady ground.

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Marike’s work is guided by her PEACE model and backed by two decades of hands-on leadership.

She brings both halves: the clarity of a scientist and the depth of a lifelong practitioner—ancient wisdom and lived practice, not theory. Every session is built around where you actually are, working at the depth the real question lives, not just its surface.

About Marike

In Their Words

  • “Knowing that you have a scientific, analytic and project background gave me confidence.”

    I am generally rather sceptical/scientific and this made me initially doubt whether this would be exactly right for me. However, knowing you and the fact that you also have a scientific/analytic and project background made me overcome this doubt relatively fast.

    – Client from the Netherlands

  • "I touched a layer I haven't touched before"

    I touched something I’ve never had access to before.
    (during a session exploring the type of change she would like bring to the world)

    – Client from Austria

  • “You are really focused during the sessions and keep the safe space that one needs to open and develop.”

    My level of fear, anxiety and monkey mind feel reduced. I got more clarity, and I feel more at peace with life. I learned how to not be so reactive and be more in the moment.

    – Client from USA

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Hi, I’m Marike

I'd love to help you find lasting clarity, wholeness, and purpose,
no matter what you're carrying.

I come to this work as both a scientist and a leader — a PhD, and twenty years
across academia, biotech, NGOs, politics and the UN. But I also walked the
harder road underneath the CV: depression, burnout, and feeling utterly lost.
I came out the other side with a steadiness I now help other leaders find.

So I offer more than theory. I offer a path I've walked — one I've watched
transform people who looked, from the outside, like they had it all together.
What I bring: a warm and steady presence, two decades of hard-won insight,
and a real commitment to helping you lead from your own clear, peaceful ground.

About Marike