Coaching by Lies

Our Story Coaching by Lies is the coaching practice of Lies Janssens, an enthusiastic optimist based in Ekeren, Antwerp. With a deep passion for coaching, connection, personal growth, and leadership, she helps individuals stand powerfully, energetically, and with greater self-confidence in life. Alongside her personal coaching brand, she operates THIXALI Coaching, delivering professional advice and coaching to SMEs, entrepreneurs, and growing organizations. Lies brings 21 years of experience guiding job seekers, employees, and teams through themes of work, well-being, and re-integration. She is a certified stress and burn-out coach, re-integration coach, and career counselor, holds the WSE quality label for work-related services, and is currently pursuing PCC and MCC credentials with the International Coaching Federation. Programs & Trainings 🎓 Stress & Burn-out Coaching — Individual recovery trajectory focused on restoring energy, resilience, and vitality; gaining insight into personal stress sources and underlying causes; recognizing stress signals; and optimizing skills such as relativizing, boundary setting, time management, conflict handling, perfectionism reduction, and managing ruminating thoughts. Includes scientifically grounded exercises and psycho-education. 🎓 Re-integration / Back to Work — Full re-integration support after illness, available with or without the "Terug naar werk voucher" (free guidance valued at €1,800). Covers resilience building, stress source analysis, career orientation, and sustainable return-to-work planning. 🎓 Career Counseling (Loopbaanbegeleiding) — Individual trajectory for employees and the self-employed to increase personal leadership. Uses Appreciative Inquiry and a clear talent focus to map strengths (via Strengths), talents and pitfalls (Luk Dewulf model), values, interests, skills, energy sources, dreams, and goals. Available with or without VDAB loopbaancheques. 🎓 Loose Career Sessions — On-demand sessions tailored to current questions about direction, work pressure, choices, energy, or purpose, using scientifically grounded tools and job cards. 🎓 Talent Screening — Extensive screening based on Luk Dewulf's talent model to reveal what happens effortlessly, energizes, and makes time fly, clarifying which work environments fit best. 🎓 DISC Analysis — Professional behavioral and communication style screening including an extensive report and individual debriefing. Maps natural communication, decision-making, and collaboration styles to reduce misunderstandings and handle stress and expectations more effectively. 🎓 Hot Flashes & Chill Vibes — Group/info evening on stress and hormones/perimenopause, in collaboration with Ma Dame (Joyce). An interactive session offering scientifically grounded information on the similarities and differences between perimenopause and unhealthy stress. Next edition: 12/03/2026 at 19:00 in Ekeren. 🎓 Young People: Talent & Study Choice (Studiekeuze) — Guidance using the Keuzekompas® methodology to help secondary students discover their strengths, talents, energy sources, passions, and values. Four routes: Strengths & Talents, Dream Route, Goals & Choices Route, and Practical Route. Also available as a package for schools. 🎓 General Well-being & Life Themes — Coaching for general life questions and overall well-being. 🎓 Duo Coaching — Four-session trajectory (90 min each) for pairs (friends, partners, colleagues, family) with similar questions. Themes include rumination, stress signals, boundary setting, self-confidence, or a Keuzekompas trajectory. 🎓 Group Coaching — Sessions on themes such as "Stress & Burn-out: Dear Stress, let's break up!", "Learning to Set Boundaries", "Rumination: I think I think too much", and "Perimenopause versus Burn-out". 🎓 Leadership Trajectories (THIXALI) — For organizations: from strong entrepreneur/employee to strong leadership. 🎓 Team Coaching (THIXALI) — Team development and alignment sessions. 🎓 Workshops, Inspiration Sessions & Team Building Days (THIXALI) — Custom corporate workshops and team events. 🎓 Expert Re-integration & Training for Organizations — In collaboration with Hanne Kenis of Back-In, addressing re-integration policy 3.0, attendance policy, informal vs. formal trajectories, medical force majeure, and the back-to-work voucher. 🎓 Mental Well-being Trajectories for Companies — Organizational support around mental health and sustainable employability. Specialties 🎯 Stress and burn-out recovery and prevention 🎯 Career counseling and re-integration after illness 🎯 Talent screening and DISC analysis 🎯 Study choice and youth coaching (Keuzekompas®) 🎯 Perimenopause and hormonal stress 🎯 Leadership development and personal ownership 🎯 Team coaching and organizational growth 🎯 SME and entrepreneur coaching Methods & Approach Lies coaches from warm involvement, staying present "where it hurts." Her methodologies are rooted in positive psychology, Appreciative Inquiry, self-determination theory, strength-based coaching, and talent-focused work. She uses scientifically grounded exercises, psycho-education, the Luk Dewulf talent model, DISC profiling, and career tools such as job cards and job crafting. She focuses on building resilience, clarifying values and energy sources, and translating insight into concrete, applicable action. Who It's For Individuals experiencing stress, overstrain, or burn-out; women navigating perimenopause symptoms; young people and students facing study choices; employees and self-employed professionals seeking career clarity; temporarily work-disabled persons needing re-integration support; SMEs, entrepreneurs, and organizations in growth; teams and leaders seeking coaching, workshops, or team-building; and employers needing guidance on attendance and re-integration policy. Facilities & Practical Info Sessions take place at Tuinpraktijk, Geestenspoor 49 in Ekeren, and at Praktijk Zomerhuis, Statiestraat 9 in Ekeren. Formats include individual, duo, and group sessions, as well as online appointments. The practice works with VDAB loopbaancheques and the "Terug naar werk" voucher. Group events are scheduled throughout the year; the next "Hot Flashes & Chill Vibes" session is on 12/03/2026 from 19:00. Services are provided in Dutch. Location Address: Geestenspoor 49, 2180 Ekeren (Antwerpen), Belgium Hours: See website for schedule and online appointment booking The "+" ✅ 21 years of hands-on experience guiding employees, job seekers, and teams across work, well-being, and re-integration ✅ Dual offering: personal growth coaching (Coaching by Lies) and organizational coaching (THIXALI Coaching) ✅ Recognized certifications and quality labels, including WSE, and active pursuit of ICF PCC/MCC credentials ✅ Accessible financing via VDAB loopbaancheques and the free "Terug naar werk" voucher (up to €1,800) ✅ Strong collaborative network with Ma Dame (women's health) and Back-In (re-integration expertise) ✅ Scientifically grounded, multi-layered approach that avoids quick fixes and focuses on sustainable resilience