Meet our coaches
Experienced coaches in outdoor coaching and personal development
At InnerTrail Sweden, we collaborate with experienced coaches, each bringing their own expertise and style. What unites them is the belief that true growth happens outside your daily environment, in Swedish nature.
Bart Cox - Friluft Sweden
Bart chose to move to Sweden and create a life that brings him closer to nature and more in line with what truly matters to him. That conscious decision to step back, reflect on what kind of life feels right, and make choices accordingly is also at the heart of his approach to coaching.
Bart has a background in education and spent many years working with students at Summa College. With a degree in physical education and a deep passion for nature, wildlife and birds, he brings movement, awareness and a sense of exploration into his coaching. After completing an NLP training, he further developed his coaching skills, with a focus on self-awareness and personal growth.
For Bart, coaching is not only about where you want to go, but first about discovering what truly fits you. What matters to you? What gives you energy? And are you living in a way that reflects those things?
He helps people reconnect with who they are at their core and learn to listen to what they truly feel. He sees the heart as a compass. Not to tell you which direction to take, but to create the space to discover for yourself what feels right.
- Bart is present at all trails and, together with the other coaches, guides participants through each experience, leading them step by step in both active and reflective exercises.
Jan Willem Westerbos - Mijn Krachtig Pad
Jan Willem, founder of Mijn Krachtig Pad, guides people in discovering their own powerful path. With a combination of honesty, kindness, and attention, he helps participants gain insight into their behavior, choices, and patterns.
His interest in guiding people began during his studies at the Academy of Physical Education. Later, his experiences in the military and various coaching programs deepened his understanding of personal development, leadership, and human behavior. Drawing on this broad background, he combines movement, challenge, and reflection in his coaching.
Jan Willem believes that real insights often emerge when you start moving both literally and figuratively. That’s why he prefers working outdoors, where nature, physical experience, and conversation reinforce each other. At the edge of comfort and discomfort, he helps people pause and reflect on what truly matters to them, and from there make conscious choices.
With his warm and engaged style, he creates an environment where there is space for both strength and vulnerability. He invites participants to look at themselves with curiosity and to take responsibility for the steps they want to take.
Niels Loendersloot - Bolsterkracht
With a calm and direct approach, Niels helps you get to the heart of the matter.
Niels spent many years working in the technology sector in roles with high responsibility, fast pace, and complexity. It was there that he realized how easy it is, both as a leader and as a person, to lose touch with yourself. Die ervaring vormt de basis van zijn werk.
Today, he guides others through his company Bolsterkracht leaders and professionals in rediscovering direction, calm, and ownership. Not by adding more knowledge, but by creating space for what is already there and wants to be acknowledged
His approach is experiential and direct when needed, with attention to what is happening beneath the surface. He is a certified Master Coach through the International Coaching Federation and has accumulated over 3,500 coaching hours over the past 10 years.
- For Niels, InnerTrail Sweden is a place where everything comes together: nature, slowing down, and meaningful conversations. He is one of the coaches on the Leadership Trail.
Adri Bogaards - Jaws Let's Talk
Adri has long been driven by a fundamental question: who am I, and how have I become the person I am today? This curiosity about human behavior and personal development forms the foundation of his work as a coach.
Adri began his career in nursing, gaining broad experience in both hospital care and mental health services, working with adults as well as young people. He later moved into leadership and education. Throughout his career, he continued to develop his knowledge through various training programmes and eventually became a coach. Through Jaws Let’s Talk , he supports people in their personal development and self-awareness.
In his coaching, Adri combines NLP, systemic work, and body-oriented approaches with a warm, grounded, and human style. He creates a safe and open environment where you can explore without judgment. With genuine attention and direct questions, he helps you get to the core and open up space for new insights.
Adri works with both individuals and groups, supporting them in rediscovering direction, calm, and personal strength. His approach is engaged and inviting, with a strong focus on what lies beneath the surface. He helps you recognize patterns, take ownership, and move forward in a way that truly fits who you are.
- At InnerTrail Sweden, Adri brings depth, presence, and genuine attention. He guides participants druring the trail 'Mannen op Pad', slowing down, reconnecting, and finding clarity within themselves.
Pleun Mandigers
Personal development is something Pleun is deeply interested in and consciously works on in her own life. She values quiet moments, being in nature, and having the space to step away from the busyness of everyday life.
Pleun is a Pilates instructor at Roots Pilates and also works as a nursing lecturer. She has a strong interest in the body and health, but also in what lies beneath: how you feel, what you need, and how you can learn to listen to yourself more closely.
In her work, she combines her knowledge of the body with a personal and intuitive approach to guidance. Pleun looks beyond how someone moves, paying attention to signals, boundaries, and what a person needs in that moment. Her own experience with injuries has taught her how important it is to listen to your body and develop trust in it.
She brings this combination of knowledge and intuition into her coaching. Her approach is down-to-earth and accessible, while leaving room for self-awareness and deeper reflection. Stepping away from your familiar surroundings can create space to pause, reconnect with yourself, and discover what movement, stillness, and nature can bring.
- Pleun brings together her knowledge of the body, her love of nature, and her interest in personal development in InnerTrail Women. She leads the Pilates sessions and guided meditations, helping you get moving,both physically and mentally, throughout the trail.
Marielle Cox - Mak
Together with her husband Bart and their two sons, Marielle made the move to Sweden. It was a conscious choice to create a life with more space, more time in nature, and greater focus on what truly matters to them. The change has made her even more aware of how much our surroundings and the way we live can influence how we feel.
Marielle has always loved being active and sharing that energy with others. Her background in physical education and years of teaching have taught her that movement can do much more than keep you fit. It can change how you feel, clear your mind and help you reconnect with yourself. That is the balance she brings to her coaching: energy and movement, combined with moments to slow down, breathe and simply be.
This is at the heart of what Marielle wants to create with InnerTrail Women. A space to step away from everyday life, experience something new and give yourself time to reflect on what gives you energy, what matters to you and what you want to make more room for.
In februari 2027 rondt ze haar opleiding tot ademcoach af. Breathwork wordt daarmee een nieuw onderdeel van haar begeleiding.
- During InnerTrail Women, Marielle leads the breathwork sessions, using the breath as a way to create awareness, slow down and reconnect with yourself.