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Our Team

Alice

CEO, Host & Facilitator

Alice is the founder of the Inner Shift Institute and a renowned transformational coach, dedicated to helping individuals achieve extraordinary lives on their own terms. Since 2017, she has guided over 600 individuals in psychedelic journeys and has created The Inner Shift Method.

I am a transformation catalyst. I am here to break trail and show you how amazing life can be if you live it by your own rules. I am an Out of the Box Thinker, who speaks her truth no matter how different to the norm it might be. This way of thinking (which definitely comes from my gut and not my head) helps me to find the most creative solutions to your most entrenched problems. I will ask the right questions in the right moment and will guide you to find your own answers deep within so that the clarity you have been searching for is clearly there.

I have a Masters degree, speak three and a half languages and have travelled and lived in many different places in the world (many exotic ones such as Haiti, Costa Rica and Bali).

After training with shamans as well as Western psychologists and researchers in the field of Psychedelics, I have led more than 200 people through psychedelic journeys and have witnessed extraordinary transformations in the shortest amount of time.

My biggest life lesson has been to overcome a depression and heal highly dysfunctional family patterns. I know what it is like if life feels pointless, everything seems stuck and your relationships are just not working out. But I also know that it is possible to create a life that you LOVE waking up to each morning. And I can teach you how.

Specialities:

ADHD / neurodiversity

Depression / Anxiety

C-PTSD / Childhood Trauma

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Jeanne

Group Retreat Leader & Private Retreat Facilitator

Jeanne, a French-German psychotherapy practitioner, psychedelic facilitator, and breathwork facilitator, brings over a decade of experience working with psychedelics in therapeutic settings. She is also a trained art therapist known for her mandala artwork. Jeanne’s mission is to guide individuals on their inner journeys, helping them overcome obstacles to achieve a fulfilled and meaningful life by connecting with their emotions and inner child.

I am French-German and a Psychotherapy Practitioner, Psychedelic Facilitator and certified Breathwork Facilitator. I am also a trained art therapist and create my own mandala art work. My mission is to guide you in your inner journey to the core of your being and to find resolution for what is holding you back to pursue a fulfilled and meaningful life. I support you to face and feel your emotions and to meet your inner child, so that they can find a place in your heart.

My passion is to intuitively blend therapeutic, shamanic, coaching, meditative and spiritual modalities that best support you to shift in the state you currently are. The process may bring you awareness of who you really are and will show you what you can release and what no longer serves you.

My passion is to intuitively blend therapeutic, shamanic, coaching, meditative and spiritual modalities that best support you to shift in the state you currently are. The process may bring you awareness of who you really are and will show you what you can release and what no longer serves you.

If you don’t find me working with people, I love spending time in nature, walking barefoot, hiking mountains, bathing in rivers, lakes, seas and oceans, collecting wild herbs for my salads, painting mandalas, doing yoga, singing my own songs, dancing in ecstatic dance events and spending time with my dear friends and family.

Location:

Group Retreats: Venlo, Netherlands

Private Retreats: Salzburg/Innsbrug, Austria

Specialities:

Heartbreak

Burnout/Depression

Transgenerational Trauma

Cony

Group Retreat Leader & Private Retreat Facilitator

Cony, a Certified Psychologist, is a seasoned navigator of the human psyche, adept at guiding individuals through the intricate landscapes of inner growth and self-discovery.

I am a Certified Psychologist, that loves to merge my experience with Embodied Yoga, Tantric Rituals and practices, Sadhanas, Reiki, Dance, Life Coaching, Sacred sexuality, Shadow work, Trauma work, Theta Healing and my passion and love for Medicine Plants.

I will foster your reconnection with your true essence, and re-orient your path to the direction your soul has been yearning for. To be true and authentic are the primary goals, and through this we discover and connect to our potential, and our power as beings. Helping you to discover your talent, your passion, as well as your limiting beliefs, or anything that could be stopping you from becoming the best version of yourself.

I see each person as a unique being, with a unique offering, and understand that we all have different ways of seeing the world and life – I meet you here at this safe space, allowing you to express yourself openly, I welcome all.

My mission is to reconnect people like you with their great potential in loving awareness. Create a safe container for inner growth and self development through a holistic approach, for your own benefit and the benefit of all living beings. The beauty of our existence lies where we merge duality, with the understanding that we are all one, in a sea of infinity and differences. In our own uniqueness, we all require different types of healing; let me tailor your experience to exactly what you need.

Location:

Group Retreats: Venlo

Private Retreats: Lagos, Portugal

Specialities:

Depression / Anxiety

Healing Traumatic Experiences

Emotional Disconnection and Numbness

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Caro

Group & Private Retreat Facilitator

Caro is a mindset and transformation coach, energy healer, and psychedelic facilitator dedicated to help people connect with their true essence, transform limiting beliefs, and embrace a life of purpose.

As a mindset and transformation coach, energy healer and psychedelic facilitator, my mission is to help humans to connect to their true essence, to transform their limiting belief systems and start claiming a life full of purpose. It we are willing to look at our traumas and forgive ourselves for our imperfections, mistakes and insecurities, we can create healing, trust and unconditional love for ourselves and the world around us.

I love guiding my clients through this process of discovering and feeling into their self-sabotaging patterns. By lifting the filter of their perception, they are able to connect on deeper levels and access all the answers which already reside inside them; they finally start to give themselves permission to consciously manifest a life full of purpose and meaning.

The biggest challenges in my personal life that I have overcome are letting go of a deep sense of guilt, transforming a long lasting people pleaser syndrome and re-establishing my self-worth. I have also healed deep rooted codependency patterns, anxieties and overcome two traumatic birth experiences.

Transforming my own childhood traumas with more tenderness has helped me to be a more compassionate mother and to guide my children to become confident, open-minded and creative human beings who engage in this world with an open heart. When I’m not working, you’ll find me on the ecstatic dance floor, playing with my children, gardening, writing, meditating, practicing yoga and studying a variety of topics. I love to be inspired and to inspire.

Location: Maastricht, Netherlands

Specialities:

ADHD / neurodiversity

Narcissistic Abuse / Parent

Sensitivity (HSP)

Rachel

Group & Private Retreat Facilitator

Rachel, a clinical psychologist, psychedelic facilitator, and Holotropic Breathwork facilitator, is dedicated to guiding individuals to discover their own answers from within. Embracing a path of non-doing, Rachel creates a safe and non-judgmental space where emotions and physical impulses can be explored with trust and openness.

I am a clinical psychologist, psychedelic facilitator and facilitator in Holotropic Breathwork. I am here to support you finding your own answers and guide you onto your path by providing immense trust in your inner healing wisdom. I am here to accompany you on your journey towards wholeness.

When I work with people, I follow the path of non-doing. It is not me who knows where you need to go and what you need to understand, but I help you to make sense of your emotions and your physical impulses to create a wider and non-judgemental perspective, where your answers can come from within. I have no dear to follow you along on your path and be 100% present with you; even in dark spaces.

During my studies of psychology at age 23 years, I encountered Holotropic Breathwork for the first time and was fascinated immediately with the work of non-ordinary states of consciousness. I knew that I found the reason to be a psychologist and the work that was meant for me.

So I obtained a second Master in Transpersonal Psychology and Consciousness Studies; a psychology that recognises spirituality as a human need. In 2016, I accomplished the Grof Transpersonal Training and became a facilitator in Holotripic Breathwork and I am also trained in EMDR therapy. I deeply believe that the expanded states of consciousness carry the potential for healing and self-fulfillment and that almost all healing journeys have more to do with stopping what we are doing and surrendering to our essence.

Location: Maastricht, Netherlands

Specialities:

Depression / Anxiety

Reconnection to inner healing wisdom and inner guidance

Fear of Abandonment and Trauma

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Karlijn

Group & Private Retreat Facilitator

Karlijn is a psychedelic facilitator and therapist based in the Netherlands. Her mission is to guide individuals back to the wisdom of their hearts, where all answers can be found.

I work as a Psychedelic Facilitator and Therapist in the Netherlands. I’m here to bring people back to the wisdom of their hearts, the place where all answers can be found. I believe that we are our very own medicine men and women. We have the potential to heal ourselves from within. I’m on a mission to share this medicine with the world, for those who are ready to step into the potential of our authentic selves and live a life from love, trust, and purpose.

In my work with clients, I facilitate from a place of deep inner knowing. I create a safe space for you to journey deep into your own inner world. In this sacred space, I invite you to welcome everything that wants to be seen, felt, and expressed. This is where the process of transformation, healing and growth will take place.

My biggest life lesson is that I learned to change my life from a state of survival to a state of (self)love, trust and surrender to the unknown. I know that everything is connected, and we are part of a bigger whole. Sometimes we need to embrace the darkness in order to see the light.

Besides working with clients, I love to make long hikes in nature. On Friday evenings you can probably find me on the ecstatic dance floor. I live in the forest in my tiny house where I enjoy the beauty of the seasons. Community life is what makes my heart sing. Making fires and having beautiful and heart-opening conversations with my friends and family. Heart-based living in connection with myself, the people around me and nature is what I stand for.

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Specialities:

Overcoming feeling stuck

Depression

Reconnecting to the heart/intuition

Melissa

Group & Private Retreat Facilitator

Melissa is a compassionate guide on the path of personal and social development, with 15 years of experience working with visionary plant medicines. Fascinated by nature, indigenous cultures, and the experience of freedom, she has journeyed across the globe and into invisible realms. Her passion for health and wellbeing led her to study coaching, trauma integration therapies, and visionary plant medicines, equipping her to guide people to higher states of consciousness in a safe and profound way.

Embodying the spirit of adventure, my passion in life has always been to explore the unknown. Fascinated by nature, indigenous cultures and the experience of freedom I journeyed extensively around the globe and into invisible realms.

My enthusiasm for health and wellbeing guided me to obtain a solid educational background within both academic and holistic specializations related to personal and social development. Studying and experiencing different kinds of coaching, trauma integration therapies, nutrition and visionary plant medicines, has given me a thorough understanding of holding space and guiding people to higher states of consciousness in a safe yet profound way.

My clients appreciate my intuition, gentle nature and strong presence. Helping you to feel safe and cared for while getting out of your comfort zone.

Allowing you to release and unfold what is hidden deep inside at your own pace. To help you connect with your essence, to authentically embrace all of yourself and experience the beauty and magic of being human!

The foundation of the body-mind centered practices I facilitate are Self-leadership coaching, somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy, inner child and shadow work.

Next to facilitating deep transormational work I also have creative and entrepreneurial ambitions. I’ve designed and build several sustainable construction projects, and live quite an unconventional life, part-time in Europe and the other In Mexico. I love inspiring others to live courageously, and get off the beaten track.

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands or Tulum, Mexico (depending on the time of the year)

Specialities:

Increased sense of self-worth, purpose and meaning Authenticity, emotional intelligence & resilience Integrating trauma and adverse experiences

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Paige

Admin Assistant

Paige brings her CPA background and passion for holistic healing to her role as an administrative assistant, ensuring smooth operations at Inner Shift Institute.

Paige has a background in public accounting as a designated CPA in Canada. After struggling with intense anxiety, panic attacks, and body image issues for years that lead to physical ailments and autoimmune conditions, she took matters into her own hands and sought answers beyond conventional systems, immersing herself in studies of holistic healing modalities. These self-studies eventually led her to plant medicine, opening the door to profound transformation and a deeper understanding of herself.

She not only found healing for herself but also discovered a deep passion for supporting others on their path. This inspired her to do a variety of training and certifications in somatic healing, yoga, plant medicine, energy work and more. She left her corporate role to immerse herself in different cultures and spiritual practices around the world, fully embodying her connection to transformative healing modalities.

She applies her organizational and administrative skills to support the operations of the Inner Shift Institute. Paige combines her expertise in embodiment, energy, and spirituality with her practical experience in business to create a balanced, holistic approach that supports others on their healing journeys.

Those who work with Paige describe her as incredibly reliable, soft, and supportive. With her deep empathy and highly sensitive nature, she creates a space where people feel truly seen and heard. She seamlessly blends her business background into her role, ensuring the business operates smoothly, allowing the facilitators to focus on their role of guiding others through deep healing and personal transformation.

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