Els Van Der Horst
helping teachers, leaders and influencers make lasting impact
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The Journey Method enables us to live lives rich with emotion, and in vibrant health and freedom.
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Journey 3-Session Bundle
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6-Week PQ Coaching Program
This isn’t just another course—it’s a gentle, powerful journey back to yourself.
Over 6 weeks, we’ll meet live on Zoom and move through beautifully crafted experiences drawing on Positive Intelligence®. Build a stronger mind. Live a better life. Inspire those around you.
2 Groups Starting in August!
Out of the Blue Workshop
The Out of the Blue model offers not only hope, but a clear, empowering pathway to release suppressed emotions, unhelpful beliefs, and ineffective coping strategies—freeing us to live more fully.
This 2.5 Day in Person – Journey Based -Workshop radically changes your life!
September 18-20th, 2026 – Seattle
“Els is a calm, caring, and compassionate coach and workshop facilitator who I completely trust. She holds a safe space where all is welcome. Els uses her wide experience of healing modalities to gently guide people through issues as they arise. She has supported me over several years to release old issues and move forward as I downsized and simplified my life. At a recent Out of the Blue which she presented she helped me let go of an old issue from my school years. I was guided back home to an open awareness I lost touch with fifty years ago.” – Rob W.
“I want to express my sincere appreciation for the Out of the Blue course in Amsterdam this December. The way Els van der Horst facilitated the program was both impactful and deeply insightful. I came with curiosity and openness ready to distinguish and clear out old patterns, and I left with clarity and freedom. This program truly supports lasting change.
Els’ presence and leadership were a central part of what made the experience so valuable. She was exceptionally attuned to the group, which created a safe and receptive space for deep work. It was clear that she brings not only a high level of professional competence, but also intuition into her facilitation — qualities I believe only someone with long-term experience with these tools can embody so seamlessly. Her ability to navigate complex emotional material while holding the group together was impressive and truly supportive. I highly recommend the Out of the Blue facilitated by Els van der Horst.” – Stina O.
From Loss to Resilience, a Path to Freedom
Five ways loss can longtime profoundly impact your life:
- A state of Numbness and Disbelief
- Depression
- Lack of motivation
- Resentment (and Blame or Anger)
- Grief
From losing a spouse or a loved one close to you or a breakup with a partner, or an unexpected serious illness in you or a family member and how that impacts your life, or maybe the loss of a beloved job or unexpected loss of income, like many have experienced in the last two years. The list can go on and on. Maybe your children left home, state, or country, or you moved to another place where you do not know anybody. Mainly when there are many different types of losses on top of each other in one’s life, the impact is accumulating, and this will always show up with some or all of the above. Of course, even when this is a natural response to the demanding situations we face in our lives. Some of these symptoms may linger for years with negative consequences, which will prevent us from taking appropriate actions when life asks that from us.
When you feel ready to change the impact of the losses in your life, you might come to a place of willingness or acceptance, the healing will follow. You can find back your motivation and become resilient.
In other words, the loss is now an actual opportunity for GROWTH!
Loss can also expand your awareness enormously and bring a larger capacity for compassion.
Find Clarity
Like you, first and foremost, I am a human being with countless experiences that continue to shape life with beautiful highs and devastating lows. These extremes, coupled with my background in the Journey, Emotional Health Counseling, Trauma work and Mindfulness allow me to challenge and guide clients while relating to their struggles.
I find the Journey method as a working tool in my practice very helpful.
Becoming Resilient
Even with us human beings one could describe resilience as a form of bouncing back. Back to what?
Internally: Back to a general place of wellbeing, with our mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically experience in general and even further specified with our hormones, nervous system, gut microbiome etc. All the way to how our cells function and interact with each other.
Externally: On the outside of our world, our environment! And also how we live, who is present in our lives, our jobs, financial situation, free time, the list goes on and on.
We are a completely interactive system informed by our out and inside simultaneously.
Be Mindful & Healthy
The importance of Mindfulness and Compassion along the way.
Mindfulness has many different flavors these days and is almost a common household name, which is great!
As a long term meditator combined with my former yoga teaching practice and long term experience with Haptonomy- the science of touch, a deeply embodied Mindfulness practice seems to be very helpful with getting in touch with what’s going on in the body, regulating the breath, calming the nervous system and has great results quickly. Many more benefits when practiced on regular basis.
If we want a more meaningful relationship with our world, Compassion enables us to step into our own natural capacity for creativity and empathy.
Have Impact!
Through self mastery, by removing unconscious beliefs, by finally stopping the self sabotage and self doubt.
Start to live up to your own expectations.
To look in the mirror and be able to say to yourself:
this is who I really am, I am living my full potential.
With my long time experience and expertise and your wisdom and inner knowing, we create a solution towards a desired tailor made outcome and transformation.
My words… Highlights from My Blog
Victim or Perpetrator, or both?
Lately I have been working a lot with the Victim, Perpetrator, Rescuer Triangle Model in different settings. I like you to take a look at it and see if you recognize anything for your self here. Where do step in? What's your pattern? Is this by choice or unconscious?...
Why Self Care?
It is three years today that my dear husband and best friend David passed away. No regrets, a beautiful passing, and lots of fond memories. And at this time, feelings of loss and remembering are here. Even with more distance in the time/space continuum, it hits me...
Vision for an Ecological Future
This is so beautiful and I can highly recommend all of you watch this 10 minutes film Our lives and future depend on how we decide what is important. A new short film by Navdanya International was launched on World Environment Day 2023....
“Els and I have been doing Journey work together for several months, every two weeks. She has served as both a Journey Practitioner and Coach. When we started, I set a specific goal – to completely heal from a serious neurological illness, so that I could once again fly small planes after passing the medical check to do so. My specific vision has been taking off in a Cessna 152 by myself – something that brings me great joy!
The results of our work together have been profound and long lasting. I have been able to move beyond major limitations in my thinking and in my heart. These openings are slowly allowing the natural healing of my physical body.
Els is masterful at intuitively knowing where to start (our work relationship is fluid with deep trust) and then her guidance is laser-like, with precision, but never with a heavy hand. It feels like she brings a lifetime of experience to each moment, doing what feels right for both of us. It feels seamless. Our work together is also never without good humor and lightness. I highly recommend Els for this important life-changing work and I feel blessed to have found her.”
Eva Cahill, May 2023
“I cannot thank Els enough for the incredible impact she has had on my life. For years, I struggled with tinnitus—a relentless ringing in my ears that left me feeling overwhelmed and hopeless at times. I had tried numerous treatments and approaches, but nothing seemed to make a real difference.
When I first met Els, I was immediately struck by her compassion, warmth, and deep understanding of the challenges I was facing. Her approach as a journey therapist was unlike anything I had experienced before. Through her guidance, I was able to explore the deeper emotional and psychological layers that were contributing to my condition.
Els provided a safe and supportive space where I felt comfortable addressing underlying stressors and unresolved emotions that I hadn’t even realized were connected to my tinnitus. Each session with her was transformative, helping me uncover inner resources I didn’t know I had.
Not only has my tinnitus improved significantly, but I’ve also gained a newfound sense of peace and balance in my life. Els’s expertise and intuitive guidance truly changed my perspective and gave me tools to better navigate not just my condition, but life as a whole.
If you’re seeking a therapist who genuinely cares and has the ability to facilitate deep healing, I wholeheartedly recommend Els. She’s a gifted healer who has made an incredible difference in my journey.”
— Stacy