Feel
Empowered
Balanced
Focussed
So you can
SHINE!

Are you a driven professional, constantly juggling myriad responsibilities and striving for excellence in your career?

Your ambition is your greatest asset, but the pressures of your role and everyday life can dim your inner light. Sensitivity, while a strength, sometimes makes navigating the workplace challenging. And with the added stress of life’s demands, staying focused and true to your core can feel like an uphill battle.

Unlock your true potential

Imagine a life where you not only succeed but also radiate confidence and grace. Picture yourself seamlessly balancing your career and personal life, your brilliance inspiring everyone around you. You deserve to thrive and shine, lighting the way as a beacon of excellence for your peers and colleagues.

Join me on a transformational journey

I’m here to guide you towards that vision. As a former international lawyer and barrister turned ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Certified High Performance Coach (CHPC), I've been where you are. I understand the demands and challenges you face. Through both outcome-based coaching aimed at achieving specific goals and client-directed transformational coaching to foster deep, lasting change, I will help you unveil the tools to maintain balance, embrace your inner wisdom, and lead with unwavering courage and grace.

Let's embark on this journey together. Discover how you can ignite your full potential and become the leader you were meant to be.

Video Introduction

Welcome to High Performance Coaching NZ!

Are you ready to unlock your potential and achieve your goals?

At High Performance Coaching NZ, we offer tailored coaching experiences designed just for you.

Our Services:

Outcome-Based Coaching: Focus on specific results and goals (such as clarity, energy, courage, productivity and influence) to track your progress and celebrate your achievements.
Client-Directed Transformational Coaching: Take control of your journey by choosing the topics and areas you want to explore, ensuring each session is highly relevant to your needs.

Why Choose Us:

Certified Expertise: Accredited by the International Coaching Federation and certified by the High Performance Coaching Institute and Coach Masters Academy, bringing professional and proven methods to guide you.
Tailored Approach: Whether you need structured guidance or want the flexibility to direct your own sessions, we are here to support your unique path.
Positive Impact: Committed to not just helping you succeed but also making a positive impact on your life and the world around you.

Take the first step towards a more fulfilling life both personally and professionally! Contact us today to schedule your free consultation and discover how our coaching can transform your future.

“We desperately need more leaders who are committed to courageous, wholehearted leadership and who are self-aware enough to lead from their hearts, rather than unevolved leaders who lead from hurt and fear.”

Brené Brown

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Specialized Coaching Services

It is your time to shine! So book your appointment for a coaching session below.

Outcome-Based
12-Session Coaching Package USD 3000

Twelve Sessions-Package

Transform Your Life with Our 12-Session Outcome Based Coaching Package

Are you ready to elevate your life to new heights? Join our 12-Session Coaching Package (1 hour per session) and unlock your true potential through powerful, outcome-based coaching.

What You'll Get:

12 Online Coaching Sessions: Choose either weekly or monthly sessions to fit your schedule and maintain steady progress.
Outcome-Based Coaching: Focused guidance tailored to help you achieve specific goals and milestones (such as clarity, energy, courage, productivity, influence, psychology and physiology).

What You'll Achieve:

Heightened Clarity: Break through confusion and gain a clear vision of your path forward.
Increased Energy: Unlock the vitality needed to excel in all areas of your life.
Boosted Courage: Cultivate the confidence to face challenges head-on and take bold steps.
Enhanced Productivity: Maximize your efficiency and effectiveness in your personal and professional life.
Greater Influence: Learn how to positively impact and inspire those around you.

Why Choose This Package?

This coaching package is designed to help you achieve a successful, healthy, and fully charged life. With tailored sessions and a focus on tangible outcomes, you’ll be equipped with the tools and strategies needed to transform your life. It is you time to shine in your personal and professional life!

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Client-Directed
4-Session Coaching Package USD 1000

Four Sessions-Package

Elevate Your Career with Our Client-Directed Coaching Session Package

Are you ready to take your career to the next level but unsure how to get there? Do you need to find your focus, gain clarity, or broaden your thinking? Are you feeling trapped and uncertain about how to break free? Do stress and overwhelm dominate your daily life, leaving you in need of tools to calm down? Are you facing challenges and unsure how to navigate them?

To thrive and shine in both your professional and personal life, you must be aware of your conscious and subconscious thoughts. This awareness will bring you clarity and the power to change limiting beliefs and behaviors, enabling you to create different outcomes and experiences.

Book Your 4 Coaching Sessions

Join us for a series of 4 coaching sessions (approximately 45-60 minutes each) designed to raise your awareness and gain the clarity you need. With a client-directed approach, you will have the freedom to choose the topics most relevant to you, ensuring each session is tailored to your unique needs.

What You'll Achieve:

Increased Awareness: Understand your conscious and subconscious thoughts to make more informed decisions.
Clarity and Focus: Gain a clear vision of your goals and the steps needed to achieve them.
Empowered Decision-Making: Break free from limiting beliefs and behaviors to create positive changes in your life.

Why Choose This Package?

This coaching package is designed to help you achieve your personal and professional goals with confidence and focus. It's your time to embrace transformation, overcome obstacles, and excel in all areas of your life!

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One-off Coaching Session
USD 300

One Coaching Session

Unlock Your Potential with a One-Off Coaching Session

Are you feeling stuck or in need of a quick boost to overcome a challenge? Our one-off coaching session is the perfect opportunity to gain immediate clarity and actionable insights.

What You'll Get:

Focused One-Hour Session: Spend 60 minutes with a professional coach to address your most pressing issues.
Tailored Coaching: Receive personalized insights and guidance specific to your unique situation.
Actionable Insights: Walk away with clear, practical steps to move forward confidently.

What You'll Achieve:

Immediate Clarity: Break through confusion and see your path forward more clearly.
Renewed Motivation: Get the inspiration and energy you need to tackle your goals.
Effective Problem-Solving: Gain practical tools and strategies to overcome your current obstacles.

Why Choose This Session?

This one-off coaching session is designed to provide quick, impactful support when you need it most. Whether you're facing a specific challenge or just need a professional boost, this session will equip you with the clarity and confidence to take decisive action.

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"Shine for one another so they can shine. Not to outshine, but to shine for others."

Dr. Joe Dispenza

About Annekarien

Annekarien van de Velde, LL.M.

Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Certified High Performance Coach (CHPC)

About Me

Passion

My passion is to elevate people's energy to their highest levels of love, purpose, and fulfillment in life. I aim to help individuals thrive and shine in their careers and personal lives—not to outshine others but to become a glowing example and inspirational role model for others.

Aspiration

Life is a precious gift, yet many professionals feel trapped by others' expectations or their own high standards. I intimately understand this struggle, having once felt confined in my career as a lawyer at a global firm, heading towards a predetermined destination. When I decided to step off that express train, I chose to pursue my true passions.

Relocating to Australia, I overcame fertility challenges and joyfully started a family with three wonderful children. My creative journey led me to the Actors Centre Australia and Screenwise, and I even launched a fashion business.

Upon moving to New Zealand, I found my calling in organizing inspirational events, writing motivational children's books, and becoming an Accredited ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and Certified High-Performance Coach (CHPC). As the Director of Training for New Zealand and Australia and Faculty and Course Team Leader for the renowned Coach Masters Academy, I feel empowered to live my passions and help others do the same.

Today, my life is infinitely more fulfilling, and I shine brighter than ever before. My mission is to help YOU shine brighter every day—as a person, professional, and leader. I aim to help you find your focus, define your values, and live courageously. Let's embrace life, dance through it, and enjoy every move instead of merely tiptoeing around it.

Credibility

I strive to be the best coach I can be, dedicated to helping my clients thrive and shine personally and professionally. I am an accredited coach through the renowned International Coaching Federation (ICF) and certified through the High Performance Institute. Committed to continual learning, I am pursuing further specialized training at the ICF, Coach Masters Academy, the High Performance Institute, and beyond.

Experience

My professional journey spans across multiple fields and countries, providing me with a rich understanding of varied contexts. Here are some highlights:

Lawyer/Barrister

With six years of experience as a lawyer and barrister for an international law firm in the Netherlands, I am well-acquainted with the thrills and stresses of the corporate arena. Specializing in employment law, I collaborated closely with HR professionals, business leaders, and CEOs of blue-chip international companies.

Entrepreneur

After relocating to Australia, I ventured into entrepreneurship by starting an import/export business, bringing European children’s fashion to the local market. I identified and filled a market gap, gaining invaluable business-building insights along the way.

Events Organizer

In Queenstown, New Zealand, I owned an events business that organized inspirational events, leveraging the breathtaking natural beauty of Queenstown to uplift and energize participants.

Author

Writing stories that inspire children to live more consciously is a passion of mine. I have authored books like “Feel Your Way Through Life,” “Oliver and his Magical Cloud Paradise,” and “The Lonely Christmas Tree.”

Acting

While living in Sydney, I graduated from the Actors Centre Australia and Screenwise, two leading drama and screen acting schools. I have performed in numerous plays and remain actively involved with the Remarkable Theatre Company in Queenstown.

Giving Back

Giving back has always been a significant part of my life. During law school, I volunteered at Ronald McDonald House, and after university, I dedicated time to helping drug-addicted street children at Papa Juan XXIII in Bolivia. Currently, I serve on the board of my son's charity, "The Cancer Lion," which supports children with cancer, ensuring they have a better journey towards remission.

Workday Meditation Library

🧘‍♀️ Reset in 3 minutes

Short guided meditations to reset, refocus, and reconnect throughout your day. These mini-practices are designed to support high-performing professionals in staying grounded, present, and intentional—no matter what your day brings. Listen anytime you need a mindful pause.
🎧 All meditations available on iTunes, Spotify and YouTube.

🌞 Morning

Morning grounding & flow meditation

Begin your day with calm, clarity, and focus. This short practice helps you ground your energy and move through your to-do list with greater ease and intention.
Length: ~4 minutes
Listen on iTunes

🕘 Midday reset

Confidence booster

Step into your power with this energizing mini-practice that reconnects you to your strengths and inner calm.
Length: ~3 minutes
Listen on iTunes:

Back to calmness

A steadying breath to help you reset and return to center. Use this when emotions run high or you need a moment of peace.
Length: ~3 minutes
Listen on iTunes

Tap back into love

Shift from stress to connection. This gentle meditation brings you back to an open-hearted space—grounded in kindness, care, and presence.
Length: ~5 minutes
Listen on iTunes

Rockstar initiation

Shake off self-doubt and reconnect with your boldest, most alive self. A quick activation for energy, courage, and fun.
Length: ~5 minutes
Listen on iTunes

🌙 Evening wind-down

Evening meditation

A gentle meditation to release the day and support restful sleep.
Length: ~14 minutes
Listen on iTunes

✨ How to use these meditations

Listen with headphones for a more immersive experience.
Choose a time you’re likely to be uninterrupted, even if just for 5 minutes.
You can repeat your favourites daily or mix them based on your emotional needs.

Meditations

Videos with quick tools for daily balance

Mindfulness, movement, and mindset support—right when you need it.

This series of short videos offers practical tools to help you reset, recharge, and show up as your best self throughout the workday. Whether you're looking to improve your posture, connect with your voice, shift your mindset, or simply unwind, each video is designed to be simple, effective, and easy to fit into a busy schedule.

Workday mindfulness tips

As a professional your workday is busy. It may seem that there is no time to practice mindfulness and meditation during your time at the office. In the video below you will be shown practical ways to weave in quick and easy mindfulness practices into your workday.

Workday mindset tips

Would you like to lead from your heart with grace and corporate elegance? Then you need to keep a loving mindset during your workday. The video below offers simple instructions on how to put this into practice.

Workday posture tips

Small shifts in posture can lead to big changes in confidence, energy, focus, and overall wellbeing. In this short video, you’ll learn simple, practical tips to help you maintain healthy posture throughout your workday—whether you’re at a desk, in meetings, or on the move.

Workday voice tips

Your voice is a powerful tool for connection, clarity, and confidence. In this short video, you’ll discover simple, practical tips to care for and strengthen your voice throughout the workday—helping you show up with presence whether you're speaking in meetings, on calls, or giving presentations.

Evening stretching routine

Unwind, release tension, and reset your body and mind at the end of the day. In this short video, you’ll be guided through a gentle stretching routine designed to help you relax, improve flexibility, and support deeper, more restful sleep—so you can wake up refreshed and perform at your best. No special equipment needed—just a few quiet minutes for yourself.

“Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.”

Audrey Hepburn

Video Tips

Webinars

Explore powerful insights to support your personal and professional growth. This space features recorded webinars on a variety of topics designed to help you deepen self-awareness, navigate relationships with clarity, and lead from your heart with presence and purpose.

Growing ourselves, deepening our marriage/relationship

True change begins within.
This heartfelt webinar explores how personal growth can deepen the connection we share with our partner. Join us as we reflect on what it means to grow ourselves—with awareness, courage, and intention—and how that growth can create more trust, joy, and intimacy in our relationships.

Stepping out of your comfort-zone

Change begins at the edge of comfort. This webinar explores how embracing discomfort can be the catalyst for profound growth and transformation. Learn how to lean into uncertainty with confidence and curiosity.

Staying calm in times of overwhelm

Overwhelm is part of life, but it doesn’t have to control you. Join us to learn mindful strategies that help you stay calm and focused—even in the busiest, most stressful moments.

Do hard things

The hardest things often lead to the greatest rewards. This webinar explores why leaning into difficulty—and making wise, thoughtful decisions in adversity—is essential for transformation, helping you make doing hard things a habit, not a hurdle.

Heart-brain coherence

Unlock the power of heart-brain coherence. Learn the basic science behind this vital connection and practice a three-step technique to enhance your inner calm, clarity, and the way you share your heart with those around you.