Welcome to Amapola Healing! I’m so happy to meet you here on my page. My name is Mariska, founder of Amapola Healing and the work I do is rooted in lived experience, deep transformation, and a lifelong fascination with why we get stuck… and how we rise again.

Human Design has been one of the tools that changed everything for me. It helped me understand my energy, break old patterns, and reconnect with who I actually am. (For the HD lovers: I’m a 1/3 Sacral Manifesting Generator.)

For years, I tried to squeeze myself into a world that didn’t fit me. I thought that was the only way to survive: working jobs that drained me, following paths that weren’t mine, constantly pushing through while secretly falling apart inside. On the outside, I kept going, but inside, I was buried under layers of self-sabotage, exhaustion, and old conditioning. I felt so confused about why life just didn’t seem to work out for me.

It took falling deep to realize something had to change.
I gave up on my dream life in Spain and moved back to the Netherlands. My body broke down completely, and I ended up stuck, lost, frustrated, and glued to my bed. Hitting that low point forced me to look for another way, and that’s when I discovered Human Design, Reiki, and other holistic practices. They cracked me open to a truth I had never considered: there is another way to live. A way that honors who you are instead of forcing you into who you’re not.
I started learning. Very slowly. With help. Teachers, healers, coaches, therapists; people who handed me tools I never knew I needed. Tools that taught me how to regulate my nervous system, question the stories I was repeating, and rebuild trust in my own energy.

Human Design especially gave me permission to stop fighting myself and start listening to my own energy. The changes it brought are hard to explain, but finally living in a way that didn’t drain me, confuse me, or force me to pretend changed everything! And I know this might be hard to believe, but this is also possible for you.

The name Amapola means “poppy” in Spanish, a flower known both for its healing qualities and its ability to bloom even in harsh conditions. It became my symbol for resilience, recovery, and transformation, reminding me (and now my clients) that beneath all the struggle, the strength to rise has always been there. You’ll notice this special flower woven throughout my branding as a guide back to wholeness.

That’s why I created Amapola Healing: to guide others who feel stuck, burned out, or disconnected back to themselves. Here, I blend personalized coaching, Reiki, and Human Design into a deeply intuitive journey that doesn’t just skim the surface, but helps you reclaim your power at the core. So you don’t have to feel like you’re stuck in permanent exhaustion, overwhelmed, numb, frustrated, overthinking everything, and secretly wondering why you can’t just “pull yourself together” like everyone else seems to. Here, you learn to rebuild yourself from the inside out.

Because I believe no one is meant to live a life that doesn’t fit them. You’re here to create a reality that feels like home. I believe that when people connect with their true, unique purpose, talents, and qualities, they thrive! And that’s when you begin to make a real difference, in your own life and in the world. And I’d love to walk beside you as you do!