Lya Young-Afat
At the age of 18 I left  Surinam, my home country with my parents, not knowing that I will choose Holland as my home base. I had no moments to regret , because I took all those chances, possibilities and challenges on my life path with both hands.

Sometimes I found that life was heavy, difficult and tricky, until I discovered that when I accepted a situation as it was , it created the space to move forward.  Instead of the paralysing feeling I  got energy and at those moments I  also got into action and became active.

I also found out that every second of the day I can choose how I will fulfil my life and how I want to relate to other people and situations.

Those things where so to speak master-classes of life and I call them my way of life!


Because of my interactions with other people my changing process has gotten  meaning and quality . These interactions changed and enriched my life enormously! They made me the REAL ME!

I have found the Power and Force in myself and I came to the conclusion that this Power, this Force is present in every human-being, every soul on this earth!

In the past years my vision in relation to other people has developed itself like this: "When people are standing in their Power, they can replace mountains, they can have overwhelming success!"

My work experience comes from various organizations in the public and private sector where I was involved with management development, turnaround processes and human recourse management. In the past thirty years my passion for coaching and counselling enables me to inspire and motivate my students to follow their passion.

Last but not least, I want to say that I like cooking and travelling very much.

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Trainer: Kiki Portman Govert Flinckstraat 358 sous 1074 CG  Amsterdam e-mail - Tel: 020 - 67 97 579 of  06 - 55 77 69 79 Site: - www.gcoach.nl/kiki-portman - www.debinnenkantcoaching.nl Member of: - Gcoach.nl - CRKBO - ICF

Kiki Portman
My name is Kiki Portman, Coach, Counsellor and Trainer. I work in different settings: in reintegration, addiction treatment and for my own company De Binnenkant Coaching.

I was born in 1961 and raised in a life full of challenges, soft and hard learning ways, minor and major dips and all kinds of people who regularly walked into my life with help questions. That plus my work experience as a Consultant/Intermediary and Manager, one day made me decide to change my career and turn my life experience and qualities into a profession. From the moment I accepted a job at a private addiction treatment centre and at the same time found the training at the Academy voor Counselling and Coaching, I started a major change in my life. A lot of training I received on the job, during my transformation time from Manager to Coach and Counselor, from highly skilled great people and lots of clients, who all contributed to growth in my life and personality. In coaching, counseling and training I found my true self and what working from your heart really is. Specifically for me that is: to guide and help others to create positive changes in their lives. Taking good care of self is my motto, empowerment is my working method.

In my work and private life I have gained several experiences in the field of addiction, stress related problems and other vulnerable circumstances. In my study and training I have not only specialized myself in these areas, but they have my genuine interest. These problems need coaching and counseling that is as well decisive as attentive as patient. My experience as a coach, counselor and trainer varies from working with teenagers, young adults and adults. My specialties are aftercare and family care during and after addiction treatment and working on self esteem / self confidence, social and life skills, study and career and personal relationships. Communication is an always returning subject with the Non Violent Communication model as my favorite tool.  I am used to, and feeling comfortable in working as well in Dutch as English.

In my free time I like to relax by practicing yoga and meditation. I love to read and enjoy being outside, working in my small garden or just stroll around in the city or nature. When I really need an escape to upload myself, I enjoy the surroundings of mountains and see, in France, Ibiza or Thailand, places where I find special energy and catch up with my best friends.