Be the change you want to see
Time for change
If you’re thinking: “I want to change something“, you’ve come to the right place. I guide people in their transformation so that they can quickly get back into their natural flow of life. That’s that place, where you feel energy and vibrate.
Jan-willem van Balen
Welcome to my site. It is my wish that you return to your inner strength. Read more about how I work and who I am below.
In nature, everything is effortless.
You are nature.
I help you get back
to your authentic life flow
Nature & people
It usually takes a while for someone to seek help. After all, we humans are creatures of habit. We don’t like change very much.
This is actually quite crazy, because in nature everything is constantly changing. The reason we don’t like it comes from the amygdala. That’s part of our ancient reptilian brain. That Amygdala sometimes bothers us. Sometimes you know something is good for you and yet you don’t do it: that comes from that amygdala. Staying right where you are. Yet life is a stream of change; in your work, your living situation; your friendships. Nothing in our lives stays the same. Change is inevitable in a human life.
Every now and then there is a change with enormous impact. For example, you get a new manager and you don’t get along with him or her at all. Or the relationship is not quite what you expected when you moved in together years ago. Or your new project doesn’t get off the ground. You’re stuck. And your savings shrink. Age doesn’t matter; a time of chaos is quite normal in nature and therefore also in our human lives. But how can you best deal with it?
We humans sometimes try too hard.
Our frustrations and blockages often come from resisting our own natural flow. We run too fast and cannot see what is really wrong. Well, then it is difficult to solve it. While the natural flow wants to bring you back to your true direction, you resist it.
We see nature as something outside of ourselves. Something we visit during our vacations. But we, like the animals and plants, are part of a silent invisible life force. That force does its work for everything that lives, including us. If we learn to tune in again, we can learn to listen to our (inner) direction again. Life will flow more naturally. I give you the tools to get there.
Take good care
for yourself
You are the most valuable thing in your life. Choosing inner growth, a temporary respite, will give you so much. In doing so, choose the right companion, one that suits you. This is important, because we are all different (thank goodness). You can always call or email me to see if it clicks. Feel free.
Want to know more about how I work?
Or about me? See below.
Your world is about to change
Take the leap
You somehow ended up on my site. That’s special, isn’t it? Because out of hundreds of sites of coaches and therapists, you are currently looking at mine. So the question is: Is there a click?
If you are a guest at my place, there is coffee, tea and water. And a chair and a couch to make yourself comfortable. It is a friendly space. The most important thing for me is that you feel comfortable. Perhaps you have nothing to do with the word “spirituality. You don’t have to in order to make an appointment with me. Perhaps you are very realistically minded (most entrepreneurs, who come to me, are very pragmatic). That too is necessary, because after all, we live in this world with earthly concerns about money, love and work. So it is with those eyes that I view your dilemma as well. You should see my ‘down-to-earth esoteric method’ more as an entrance to go directly to the core of your blockage or question, without the need to talk about this for many sessions. That is why I prefer the first session to be two and a half hours long, rather than many individual sessions of an hour, before we’ve mapped anything. That only costs you time and money. And to me it feels like a scattered search. Therefore, my goal is to get you back in your flow as quickly as possible. But let me limit my advertising talk. It might be a good idea to read the testimonials on Googlemaps or here on my site.
About 15 minutes before your first visit, I made a drawing. Better said, it’s 9 little drawings. I do that entirely by sense; sometimes I get to see images, usually it’s words I hear. I draw that which I hear or see, but have no idea yet what the meaning of it is. Once you have arrived, I put tarot cards around the drawing. Only then does the drawing combined with the cards become a story. The advantage of this way of working is that you don’t have to tell too much yet. You only have to listen. This combination gives me pretty quick insight into what is getting in your way and is therefore a relaxed way to start our session. From here we can see if there is more to map out about your dilemma. In such a first session we map out as many environmental factors as possible, because there are often hidden patterns in us that we don’t recognize ourselves anymore. Such a first session gives clarity and the insights for what you need most at that moment. Usually there is a lot of tension about what is holding you back. Therefore, the first assignment to you is to take some pressure off your shoulders. These are often simple actions, personally tailored to your situation. When space has opened up, we can go a step deeper in the follow-up sessions. We will need less time in the follow-up sessions (an hour and a half is enough). We need less time in the follow -up sessions (for an hour and a half). If you have a small dilemma, one or two sessions are enough. If you have a medium to large problem, you usually need three to five sessions to get back to your authentic self.
I work from my knowledge and intuition. I look at the holistic human being: that means “the total”; everything that affects your mental and physical health. I have spent my whole life educated in this, but have absolutely no degrees. I have been indoctrinated by no education. And I would like to keep it that way. I am an autodidact, as it is so nicely called. I have challenged myself in life to the point that I have gone through all kinds of stages (see ‘more about Jan-Willem’) and have managed to pull myself out of them by reconnecting with my inner compass time and time again. I believe that it produces a faster result than a lot of talking and endless rooting in old pain.
If you have read up to here and haven’t clicked away yet, then it is very possible that we are a match. There is one more element important for success and that is that you take the plunge. You are very welcome.
My name is Jan-Willem. I call myself Transformation Trainer. I help you with the proces that you are in. So that a new YOU can come out of it. That sounds like a laundry detergent commercial, but actually what we do is very simple: we bring up that which no longer serves you and I give you the tools to be able to leave it behind. Let me tell a little more about how I came to do this…
As a child, I was already very sensitive. I could feel other people’s sadness or see that their words did not match how they presented themselves. That little boy wanted to help other people. But of course that was not yet possible. I still had to go through many life experiences myself. My father worked a lot and my mother could not really connect with me. As an adolescent I withdrew and (as it turned out) suffered from mild depression. At 26, I suffered a severe burnout and a year later cancer. I then completely turned my life around. I broke off my then-current relationship. I quit my job as manager of a men’s clothing store. And I quit as the drummer of a successful local band. I finally gave in to my inner desire: I wanted to make theater. And so, at age 27, I began studying at the theater academy. Two years later I moved from the village of Heemskerk to the city of Amsterdam. These were years of great changes. At 31, I graduated and began my creative work as an actor and independent maker of video and theater productions. Things were actually going quite well for me then.
But that wasn’t all. Breakups, selling house, being cheated by friends, having no money, feeling like I was at a dead end with productions and thinking it would never work out with me. Heaviness is familiar to me. Yet every time I managed to come back to myself. Because I am very sensitive and have a strong warrior in me. Each time I was guided back to my authentic life flow. Because that’s how nature works. It wants to place you back into your true self every time. That is where you are at. And your subconscious knows that. If we learn to listen to our intuition, it will lead us back there again and again.
While making productions, sometimes people would come across my path, walking around with a problem. I would talk to them, purely intuitively. They usually came back to me because it helped them.
I found that I also liked it
when the other person was helped.
And so very slowly my second profession was born: trainer of people who want change. I call myself a trainer because change requires training. You have to persevere long enough to make the new thing your own. (Real changes need an average persistence of about 3 months, see the scientific research published in the European Journal of Social Psychology). After all, we humans are creatures of habit. We like to stick to what we know. Together with you, I solve the dilemma by recognizing old beliefs and learning a new one, sometimes accompanied by a new way of behaving.
I do that in my own unique way using my inner compass . I look at lives holostically. That is, I see the human being as one whole: body and mind, present and past, and everything that influences it. Holism assumes that everything is interconnected. (The word holism comes from the Greek “holon,” meaning “the whole.”) A very little humor is also important when we work together, but always with respect. A very little humor is also important when we work together, but always with respect. And: creativity. Because with creativity you get results quickly. So anyway, I work with a toolbox:
holistic view, creativity and a touch of humor.
…that’s it.
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CONTACT
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Jan-Willem van Balen
+31(0) 6 5166 2460.
info@t-trainer.nl
ADDRESS
Anton Constandsestraat 40
1097 HX Amsterdam
You will find my house a 5-minute walk from Amstel Station.
Do you prefer to come by car? My address is easily accessible from the A10 ring road. And you can park your car through me for 1,40 p. u. Don’t forget to mention this to me.
COSTS
ONE-TIME SESSION € 195,00
– duration: 2,5 hours + detailed report in pdf
A single session lasts 2.5 hours and consists of two parts: in the first part we explore everything concerning your question or dilemma. And in the second part we work energetically. This is usually a visualization, in which a shift can take place on a spiritual level. Finally, you get 1 or 2 simple assignments to take home to adjust your patterns. Both the energetic and the assignments (your own efforts) are both necessary to initiate a transformation. Of course you will receive the drawing with your personal message. In order to let everything land properly, I will send you an extensive report of our session in pdf afterwards.
A small question or simple dilemma can be successfully resolved in 1 or 2 sessions.
PACKAGE OF 3 SESSIONS € 535,00
– duration: 3 x 2,5 hours + 3 x detailed report in pdf
A medium to large problem needs on average 3 to 4 sessions. When purchasing 3 sessions you will receive a € 50.00 discount on the total amount. So instead of € 585,00 you pay € 535,00.
THE INTENSIVE TRANSFORMATION PACKAGE € 975,00
– duration: 5 x 2,5 hours + 5 x elaborated report in pdf + 4 x telephone contact moments + extras
When you are suffering from a deep ingrained pattern and you want to get out of this, give yourself time to make this change. A “quick fix” does not exist if you have been walking around with something (unconsciously) all your life. Such a transformation process takes about 3 to 6 months. The homework, which I give you in the sessions, is extremely important, in addition to all the work we do in the session. New patterns have to be laid down in order to replace old ones. Otherwise you keep falling into the same trap. That is why this package includes not only 5 sessions of 2.5 hours, but also 4 phone calls. In these we can look at what works and what doesn’t. And I can give you more tips or feedback. And are you really struggling? Then of course I will assist you and you can contact me. Because a finger on the pulse gives you the strength to keep up the change. And that’s what we’re going for!
This is a package for those, who are stuck in a deep-seated pattern or dilemma and have made the decision to get out of it. On the total value package € 1275, – you get a discount of € 300.00
