Meet Mooniek, the Parent Empowerment Coach!

I’ve been the Parent Empowerment Coach since 2002 and embraced motherhood in 1996 🙂
Being a Mom has been my greatest joy and most formidable challenge. For example, I recall the exhaustion of early parenthood vividly, questioning how parenting could be simpler and more enjoyable. What did I not understand? Why was I so sad?

Over time, I studied with amazing teachers and discovered many valuable insights and tips. Today, I understand how to excel as a mother, find fulfillment in parenting, and cultivate a meaningful family life and a supportive community. That is why I wholeheartedly support Moms and Dads.

Perhaps like you, I’ve always sought the best parenting strategies. How raise my kid into an authentic, resilient, confident adult? How can I be the best Mom? I have found that the answers have more to do with who I was ‘being.’ 

I passionately share all the insights of the last 28 years in my 7-week Course Great Parents Empower, offering practical tools and guidance for your journey to empowerment. Choose me as your guide to your empowerment! If you are interested, find a spot on my calendar to chat: https://tinyurl.com/mtcm8fb3

Different about me is …
“… I support parents. And instead of keeping the focus on controlling and disciplining children, I help parents understand how to be peaceful, conscious decision-makers, without running themselves or their kids ragged. This results in way less drama, more connection, and love in the family.”

“As I see it, we are raising kids into adults: they are the world’s next leaders. It is on us Moms and Dads to lead our young ones by example, to demonstrate self-awareness, emotional elasticity, compassion, fortitude, etc., as we navigate our complicated lives. The question is: Who do you need to be for your kids to become the people they can become?”

Looking at my community …
“Being a parent can be hugely challenging.  Even though it can bring us a lot of joy, it can bring disempowerment that leads to anger, frustration, and heartache.”

“I witnessed in my community how easy it was to become stuck in a rut of daily details, overwhelmed with the feeling that parents must ‘do it all’, or fall into old, unhealthy, or ineffective patterns and actions.

I know what that feels like. It is easy to lose the inspiration we started with when we chose to become parents.”

I Love …
“… Being a Mom: it is awe-inspiring to watch my child slowly grow into an adult. And it is amazing how much I have developed myself at the same time :)”

Being a parent is a long and intense journey: I had to become the Mom I knew I could be. I gave myself no other choice. My training taught me much about patience, love, and compassion.
And, then I slowly discovered that life as a Mom isn’t over after 18, or 25 years. So, I happily keep tweaking my Mom-role as my adult child keeps changing ;)”

On Being a Parent Empowerment Coach …
“Knowing that many families struggle with the same challenges, and feeling compelled to help Moms and Dads find solutions for their problems, is my driving force to be the Parent Empowerment Coach.”

“I mean, didn’t we think we would be able to pull off this parenting thing with ease before we had kids? Yes?
Then, take me up on my invitation, and let’s go to your original inspiration and find more joy.”

“To go from an ordinary parent, parenting by default, to a great and empowered parent, you need to be willing to uncover the actions, behaviors, and choices you habitually follow, that keep you tied to mediocrity –the things you do that keep you trapped in a cycle of repetitions.”

“So in short, I help Moms and Dads uncover their strengths and weaknesses and find different, peaceful ways to be a parent. I give them the tips and tools needed so that they can stay confident, trusting in themselves and their wisdom.”

Credentials …
Mooniek has coached parents, couples, and families, since 2002. She is a Parent Empowerment Coach, Certified Master Integrative Coach Leader, Certified Parent Educator,  Leadership Coach, Trauma Coach, Marriage Coach, and an International Best-selling Author, and Speaker (she loves to talk with audiences virtually and live.) 

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Fun Facts About Mooniek:

• Mooniek was raised in the Netherlands, Europe, and has lived in beautiful California, USA since 1996. She regularly visits Europe.
• She is always learning new things: a day without getting and integrating new ideas doesn’t exist 🙂
• With her girlfriends, she often runs (and all their dogs) along Sacramento’s rivers.
• Backpacking makes her happy: hiking in the gorgeous California mountains with her husband, friends, and sometimes her 28-year-old daughter.
• She loves having young and older kids over for long dinners.
• Mooniek is an ocean lover: you can often find her sailing and scuba diving in the Caribbean.
• Next to traveling, she enjoys music concerts, writing articles, reading books, renovating old houses, and creating fashion.

Testimonials! What Other Parents Are Saying:

“I learned a huge amount from the course Great Parents Empower. There is parenting when the kids are little, but Mooniek’s whole approach is that the parent-child relationship goes on and on. This relationship changes often and is very complicated, it is so full of life, filled with the good and the challenges…. I have finally opened my eyes to the complexity of the relationship and how much thought and care it takes.”

• S K in USA

“The Great Parents Empower course should be offered to all parents through schools/PTAs/community centers. I would love to point parents towards this amazing resource to​ empower them as parents and not ask them to “fix” one more thing about their lives.” 

• Susan K, Chicago

“I have had a very positive experience with the Great Parents Empower Course and Mooniek.  She helps me to understand how being a confident, understanding person who loves himself can make me a better parent. Mooniek is a very nice, caring intelligent coach. She has been 100% dedicated to helping me reach my goals. One thing I’ve noticed is she’s not here to just be here, she’s here to help you succeed. I might come to her classes sometimes feeling a little down, but I always leave feeling great, happy & confident about myself. I look forward to every class. This has been a really good decision on my part & Mooniek has made a big difference in how I see myself as a person and as a Dad. We talk about practical solutions, using the material in the Course. I’m glad I decided to take a chance on the Course Great Parents Empower. I suggest it to every parent. Thank you for everything Mooniek!”

• Joseph Jacobs, Dad of a 3-year old

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