The person behind Viva Mentis
Daniël Beerdsen
Performance and vitality coach for athletes with a serious goal and a full life. I help turn broad intentions around sleep, food, planning and recovery into agreements that fit an actual week.
Training advice and medical care stay with the professionals qualified to provide them.
Why this work matters
A training schedule does not exist on its own. It sits next to work, study, family, travel, meals and sleep. Generic advice often becomes difficult to use as soon as a week gets crowded.
My work starts with that full week. We map what is already happening, choose a small number of actions and review whether they were useful and realistic.
I draw on coaching, behaviour change and broad lifestyle education. These perspectives help structure the conversation. They do not replace a diagnosis, injury assessment, individual dietetic treatment or a training plan.
Viva Mentis is for athletes who want practical support around the schedule they already follow.
My approach
Four things I know for sure
1.Start with context
Training is one part of a full week. We put the schedule next to sleep, food, planning and other commitments before choosing what to work on.
2.Keep the scope clear
Coaching can help with habits, planning and reflection. Medical symptoms, injuries and individual nutrition treatment belong with a doctor, sports physician, physiotherapist or sports dietitian.
3.A plan should fit your life, not the other way around
Work, study, family and other commitments all count. An agreement is useful only when it can survive the kind of week you actually have.
4.Insight is the beginning, not the end
Knowing what to do is one thing. Trying it, noticing what happened and adjusting it is another. That is where coaching can help.
What I do
Who I coach
I work with dedicated athletes who also have a full life. People who run, do Hyrox, play football or prepare for a triathlon alongside work, study, family or other commitments.
Some order an Analysis: a personal report with a four-week action plan, then continue independently. Others choose a twelve-week Plan or fourteen weeks of coaching. These are separate choices, not required steps in a ladder.
I'm based in Barneveld, the Netherlands, but everything runs online, in Dutch or English. Contact via daniel@vivamentis.nl or +31 6‑23933875.
Experience
3 years of performance coaching
Approach
Research-informed
Location
Barneveld (NL) · Online
Sport
Goalkeeper, SDV Barneveld
Next step
Does this sound like the approach you're looking for?
Book a free 20-minute intro call. We'll talk about where you are, where you want to go, and whether I'm the right person to help.