Stories & News
Here we share stories from our work, updates from our projects, and short reflections from our team and coaches. If you’d like us to explore something or would like to collaborate in writing a blogpost with us, please fill out the form on the contact page.
Creating Space for Voice, Dignity and Possibility: Meet Treehouse Coach Dr. Sybille Schiffmann
Meet Our Coaches Each quarter, our newsletter shines a light on a small number of coaches from the Stichting Treehouse Coaching network. Through these conversations, we explore what inspires them, how they think about coaching, and why they believe making high-quality coaching accessible can create positive change far beyond the individual. On this page, you’ll […]
Finding Home, Creating Ripples: Meet Treehouse Coach Jaro Pichel
Meet Our Coaches Each quarter, our newsletter shines a light on a small number of coaches from the Stichting Treehouse Coaching network. Through these conversations, we explore what inspires them, how they think about coaching, and why they believe making high-quality coaching accessible can create positive change far beyond the individual. On this page, you’ll […]
Buddy Film Foundation X Treehouse Coaching Joining Forces For Good
We’re proud to share our collaboration between Stichting Treehouse Coaching and Buddy Film Foundation. (Dutch Below) Through this partnership, Buddy Film Foundation is making coaching available for refugees and newcomers working in the national and international film industry — supporting people navigating creative careers, transition, identity, and new beginnings. What makes this collaboration especially meaningful […]
Launch Event Speech Charlotte Blommestijn (Chair of the Board)
Roots for the Future “Thank you, Diana. It is an honor to have your wisdom and your history in the room with us. You’ve shown us the landscape Now, I want to talk about how we intend to build within it. Kai shared our ‘Why’. The stories that brought us here. My role as Chair […]
Launch Event Speech Kai Kaldewaaij (Executive Director and Founding Board Member)
Treehouse: Creating Space for Change – Story about the Wind and the Sun The wind blows hard. Stronger… and stronger. A traveler walks along the road— holding his cloak tightly. The wind tries to force it off him. But the harder it blows… the tighter he holds on. Then the sun comes out. It doesn’t […]
Launch Event Speech Diana Whitmore (Advisory Circle)
The Acorn, Purpose, and Our Interconnectedness I switched from psychotherapy to coaching because it is forward focused. Coaching is an amazing way of working with people I’ve found. And I like to use a very simple metaphor for coaching and that’s the acorn metaphor, which I know you all probably know. But the important thing […]
Treehouse Coaching Launch Event
Have you been following us and wondered how to help our ambitions to make coaching accessible to whoever needs it? We are looking for #talent and #resources out there to support our Launch event happening on 15th May in Amsterdam. Our launch event will all be about: Hosting supporters and showcasing them what Treehouse Coaching […]
ANBI status: what is it and what does it mean for us?
If you are following Stichting Treehouse Coaching for a while or more recently, you know that it was built on a simple but ambitious premise: coaching should be accessible to everyone. Especially those who may need it the most and may be the farthest away from accessing it. To achieve its ambitions, we thought that […]
Introducing: Secretary & Treasurer of the Board – Auke Russchen
My name is Auke Russchen, and I am truly grateful to be part of this project. For fifteen years, I worked in various commercial roles within technology companies, primarily focused on material growth and professional advancement. Over time, however, I began to feel that something was missing. I lacked the motivation to continue along that […]
Introducing: Daily Hero – Vinayak Soni
My name is Vinayak Soni, and my journey with Stichting Treehouse Coaching stems from a deep appreciation for nature and everything it gives us simply by being. That sense of gratitude inspires me to give back — to contribute toward creating spaces where people and the planet can thrive together. At my core, I’m an […]