The Joy Embassy:
Issuing passports for moms to start feeling like themselves again.
Come get yours.
Being a mom is
magical and maddening,
intense and illuminating,
joyful and jarring.
You need and deserve space and support to process all the nuances and complexities of it, and connect with yourself and your own needs amidst caregiving.
I’m here to help you find your own way to more presence and joy - in motherhood and beyond.
Hi, I’m Eva.
I’m a psychologist and trained art therapy facilitator, as well as a mom raising two little ones in Amsterdam.
I’ve both lost and found myself in motherhood, and I know what it’s like to feel all the mixed emotions of it: gratitude, grief and guilt; doubt, overwhelm and frustration; awe, tenderness, and deep all-encompassing love.
That’s why I choose and love to support moms at all stages - from the transition into motherhood to the years of being deep in it.
I offer 1:1 sessions and group art therapy workshops accessible to anyone regardless of creative talent.
These sessions create something that's rare and precious for most moms: uninterrupted, nourishing time that's entirely their own.
My approach draws on art therapy, psychology, coaching and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT).
In practice, it simply feels like a warm, guided space to pause, explore and find answers from within.
I believe that a world with more joy is both possible and necessary,
and we can all be its ambassadors.
What is The Joy Embassy about?
Joy
Joy - defined as connection to what matters - is not only a feeling, but a practice.
Joy is a motivational system designed to keep us returning to what’s really important, and we can use that system intentionally.
I look at joy from a psychological perspective, applying that understanding to everyday life.
Psychological flexibility
Psychological flexibility as the goal and the ability to be present, open up and do what matters.
We can never get rid of or avoid all the difficult experiences, but we can learn to ride the waves of all of life’s offerings.
With Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, I help you build the capacity to navigate all of life’s experiences.
Creativity
Creativity as a power and a tool
for getting to know and support yourself better.
I use creative tools to help you stop over-analysing and see things from a fresh perspective, finding new solutions.
Using my art therapy training, I help you connect with yourself with more depth, insight and ease.
“You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.”
&
”Joy is not made to be a crumb.”
— MARY OLIVER