Coming home to yourself

A space for reflection, resilience, and soulful leadership.

About Home of Ensō

The Ensō, a simple, hand-drawn circle, is a symbol of wholeness, openness, and becoming. It is drawn in one mindful stroke, embracing both what is complete and what is still unfolding. For us, Ensō represents an ongoing practice — returning to yourself, again and again, with awareness, honesty, and care.

Home of Ensō is a reflective leadership and personal growth space for people who live and lead with more clarity, presence and intention in demanding environments.

It serves leaders, professionals, and change-makers who want to integrate emotional intelligence into everyday decisions — without performance pressure or prescribed answers.

Here, growth happens through conversation, reflection, and honest inquiry — not through speed, certainty, or optimization.

Our Services

Practices & Tools

Practical frameworks for clarity, resilience, and self-awareness.

Thoughtfully designed practices grounded in emotional intelligence and mindfulness. These offerings focus on reflection exercises, journaling prompts, simple frameworks, and everyday practices that support clearer thinking, emotional regulation, and intentional decision-making — at work and in life.

Think: individual use, repeatable practices, personal integration.

Circles & Conversations

Facilitated spaces for dialogue, reflection, and shared learning.

Small-group sessions designed to create psychological safety, deepen listening, and support insight through dialogue. These spaces emphasize relational learning, presence, connection, and perspective-taking, allowing participants to explore themes together rather than alone.

Think: group experience, safe space, collective insight.

Sessions & Retreats

Intentional gatherings for clarity, resilience, and realignment.

Curated online sessions and in-person retreats offering extended time away from everyday urgency. Through a combination of practices, reflection, and dialogue, participants are supported in reconnecting with themselves and returning to life and work with renewed clarity and steadiness.

Think: immersive experience, deeper reset, integration over time.

An invitation to talk

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Sometimes clarity begins with a conversation.

If you’re curious about Home of Ensō or feel drawn to talk, you’re welcome to book a first conversation. This is a gentle space to pause, reflect, and explore a question, transition, or moment you’re navigating — and to sense what might support you next.

Contact Us

Home of Ensō is shaped by decades of experience working in complex corporate environments, combined with our training as certified Search Inside Yourself (SIY) teachers.

We’ve spent years leading transformation programs and supporting leaders, teams, and individuals as they navigate change, pressure, and uncertainty — and we’ve seen how clarity, emotional intelligence, and presence make a real difference in everyday work and life.

Yaïsa Gottenbos-Vogel

Co-founder

A strategic and human-centered change leader with deep expertise in cultural transformation, leadership development, and emotional intelligence.

Mom of 2 teenagers and 2 dogs. Happily married to a tall, dark, and handsome man. Loves yoga, pilates, car racing, and reading.

The Hague, The Netherlands

Aamna Alamgir

Co-founder

A strategic transformation leader with a focus on driving enterprise-wide transformation, business process optimization, and change initiatives. Strong background in intercultural collaboration, emotional intelligence, and consulting.

Mom of a tween and a cat. Loves travelling, discovering new places, photography, and reading.

Bonn, Germany

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