Eefje Gilbert
Equine Assisted Coach and Facilitator
Welcome to a força!
My name is Eefje Gilbert, and I am a horse-assisted coach. My four-legged colleagues and I are committed to helping anyone who has lost control of their personal or professional development.
After several years of aimless drifting and total exhaustion, I stumbled upon horse coaching by chance. Not only did I regain my balance in a relatively short period of time, but a new passion was born within me. During the coronavirus pandemic, I retrained as a horse coach and have now been coaching for some time with the same horses that helped me get back on my feet.
I specialise in guiding people with PTSD and neurodiversity, so that they can live their lives with confidence and (more) peace of mind.
What is Equine-Assisted Coaching?
Horses have instinctive reactions and mirror human behaviour.
By recognising these characteristics, we can be honest and true to ourselves and develop from within in a powerful and life-changing way.
By working in a natural environment, we use the horse’s instinctive reactions to deepen the learning process and achieve lasting results.
Understanding leadership
Horses live in herds, where leadership is determined by fair and consistent competition. Leaders take responsibility for the safety and well-being of the herd.
Herd members feel safe and valued under a strong leader. Horses teach us the qualities of leadership, team dynamics, responsibility and healthy boundaries.
Mirroring
As social, keenly observant and highly sensitive prey animals, horses can provide effective biofeedback. They are highly skilled at reading facial expressions, body language and energy.
Through their bodies and movements, they gracefully mirror even the most carefully hidden emotions of those around them.
Thanks to their rapid and accurate feedback, the coach can ask critical questions and guide exercises to bring about self-awareness and the potential for groundbreaking change.
Here and now
Horses have an innate ability to be attuned to their environment while being perfectly present in their own bodies.
This ability allows horses to respond to subtle energies present in people. In this way, they can help people to also be present in the here and now.
Develop trust, empathy and responsibility
By their very nature, horses provide honest and non-judgmental feedback by picking up on our body language and responding with incredible accuracy to how we are in the present moment.
Let horses help you achieve your goals.
Discover the true potential of horsepower!
By working in a natural environment, we utilise the horse’s instinctive responses to deepen learning processes and achieve lasting results.
Are you living on autopilot?
Are you doing everything that is expected of you, but are not moving forward?
Do you feel that despite years of coaching and therapy, you are still not where you want to be?
Let the horses guide you. No fancy talk, no nonsense. Back to the here and now. Back into your body.
Goal Setting
What is stopping you from achieving your goals?
Our horses help you to identify the obstacles. Our coaches guide you in overcoming them.
Team Coaching
What dynamics are preventing your team from delivering top performance?
Let our horses reveal what is needed to take the team to the next level.
Stress Management
Will you remain trapped in your head, constantly carrying the weight of the past?
Or… learn from the horses how to land in the here and now and (re)find your balance.
Career Advice
If you are looking for a new career or trying to avoid burnout.
Our horses will help you figure out the right moves.
Testimonials
“There is so much to learn from being in contact with animals that are so present and open to you, as long as you are aware of how authentic you are being. What a wonderful way to learn about leadership.”
“Tygo and you were there for me completely: compassionate and unbiased. By removing the “you’re not good enough” voice in my head, the challenge of what I was trying to do was normalised, and I felt safe. It gave me so much support. You kept the space open so that I could muster the courage to face myself and my feelings. I was able to take on the challenge and managed to shift my energy from anger and fear to openness, calmness and receptivity.”
“You have helped me regain my focus and learn how to deal with my triggers. And you did this much faster than I ever thought possible. By practising with the extra home assignments, I feel safe in my body again.
Thank you, Eefje and Eros!”