When your process is right, the content will follow — not the other way around.

The Dutch PhD Coach has ended as a platform for programmes and open enrolment. Not because the work is finished, but because it was never just about PhD trajectories.

What I’ve been doing for years with PhD candidates is not about better content, smarter techniques, or more discipline. It’s about designing a process that actually works.

Without a working process:

• you keep shifting things forward

• you work hard without real progress

• finishing always feels just out of reach

With a working process:

• finishing becomes realistic again

This applies to a PhD — and just as much to other projects that matter too much to stay unfinished.

For PhD candidates: this is still available

If you are a PhD candidate who wants to finish, you are still welcome.

Meters Maken — 1:1 trajectory 5 months

Dutch language · Netherlands

Meters Maken is my personal 1-on-1 trajectory for PhD candidates who:

• feel stuck in writing, planning or decision-making

• know motivation isn’t the real issue

• are done with “just pushing through”

This is not a motivation programme.
We redesign your process so that progress becomes inevitable.

👉 More about Meters Maken (Dutch)

I am also available for tailor-made workshops and trainings. If you don’t speak Dutch, feel free to contact me to explore what might fit.

What’s next: Louter & verder (Netherlands, Dutch — later this year)

Later this year I will launch Louter & verder.

Louter & verder is for people with a concrete project that needs to be finished: a PhD, a book, a research project, or another substantial endeavour. For those who have realised that more willpower is not the solution.

The work is structured around four pillars:

• Compass — making clear choices

• Spark — restoring energy and creative momentum

• Workshop — working in a rhythm you can actually sustain

• Studio — working alongside others, without noise or pressure

Louter & verder will start with founding members and has open enrolment.
The group can grow — the structure keeps it personal.

Please note: Louter & verder will be offered in Dutch and in the Netherlands.

Stay informed

If you want to know when Louter & verder opens, you can leave your email address here.

This is for you if:

• you want to finish something that truly matters

• you are willing to look honestly at your process

• you no longer want to rely on sheer willpower

If you’re mainly looking for reassurance, this probably isn’t for you.

Still available

My book Travel Guide to Your PhD remains available for those who prefer to start by reading before stepping in.