… only the smell of it. I always wanted, like my mother, to work in a hospital, taking care of people and to cure them. Studying medecine? No way. Due to not supporting seeing blood, this was definately not an option. In the meantime, I had found education, biotechnology, that suited me perfectly and at the end of my studies it was time for a 6-months internship. “Clara, where will you be going for your internship?”, my study colleagues asked me. “To Paris?? , but that is around the corner”, they reacted while they were planning to go to Autralia, New Zealand, US, you name it. And indeed, Paris was for me “around the corner” as I lived in the Netherlands. But somehow I always knew I had to go there, like an invisible attraction. And actually after more than 18 years I am still in Paris.

Quite quickly I found a job in clinical research. Somehow I was back in medecine. And yes, I regularly went to hospitals for my job. It was interesting work. I learned a lot about traditional medicine and I think we can be grateful of what it brings us. But I started to wonder more and more… how can we prevent all these diseases? Especially the chronic ones. It can’t be normal that so many people suffer from it these days.

Further, I became aware that traditional medecine often focusses on one area of the body while it is so interesting to see the body as a whole. And then that huge medication consumption…to mention something.

And now, after an Aromatherapy study and a Health & Wellness Coaching Certification, I am finally doing where my passion is. Helping entrepreneurial women managing their health and wellness daily by using Aromatherapy and Health & Wellness Coaching to be able to continue their business activities in all circumstances.