Zoe was born in The Netherlands, where she showed interest in horses as soon as she could crawl towards the neighbor’s pastures.

From age 16 to 26 she ran her own boarding and training stable, where she learned not only how to properly care for her own, but her boarding horses as well.

Under organic stable management, pastures to roam for the horses and the beautiful green scenery of Eastern Netherlands, the place began to grow into a small but unique refuge for not just horses but people as well.

After having a lot of run-ins with problem horses, she decided to take on rescueing and rehabilitating abused horses more often. Along with taking care of her boarding business, lessons and group trail rides to people on vacation, going to school and modeling, it was a lot to juggle at the time.

Luckily, the boarders, volunteers and interns that showed up over the years formed a well-bonded team over a short period of time. 

When Zoe’s own horse came back to her after being sold the year before, she didn’t recognize the sweet, gentle gelding she once bought as a one-year old. It soon became clear he’d suffered serious physical, mental and emotional trauma. It was then she took on lessons in Straightness Training, Centered Riding, and taught herself whatever she could find about Natural Horsemanship and Equine Behavior.
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Combining all these different types of training, she succeeded in getting her own horse back on track.
Now that she had her own horse back, she realized that things were different between them. Their bond was stronger, their communication more clear. That’s when she again started to expose herself to things like Liberty (working in freedom) and Freestyle (bridleless) riding.

Combining this latest addition to her existing methods, she noticed the horses flourished under the physical and mental freedom they experienced while being ridden tackless. A lot of problems (mentally and physically) that seemed unrelated to each other to  the horse’s owner before, now faded away. Giving the horse their true sense of “self” back.

Within a year, she was working with different horses that needed physical, mental but mostly emotional “rehabilitation” - a word she feels describes best what they go through. From green ponies to educated but injured sport horses, she took on every case. And with every horse and succesfull rehabilitation, her empathy for the abused and neglected animals only started to grow. 


In 2014 she started fostering dogs, from – mostly – Romania. Altough cats, birds, hedgehogs and other animals also seemed to find their way into her home. 
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After moving to California in 2017, she became a licensed Integrated Energy Therapy practitioner. Something that fits perfectly with her being Highly Sensitive (HSP). IET is another wonderful and unique tool to use when working with traumatized animals, clearing blockages on all levels (Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual) and restoring the right balance. 

In short, it’s all about tuning in with the right frequency of the horse, where words are not needed to communicate. It’s only the horse, and it’s feelings. Everything the horse feels, you will feel. And from there on, it is about releasing what no longer serves us. 


Being able to integrate and rebalance the areas of the horse is not just an amazing concept, it also can be done from afar. Making it a safe tool to use when dealing with wild or “dangerous” horses. ​​

It’ll come as no surprise that these cases are the closest to her heart. To be able to really break a horse’s walls down with compassion, empathy, patience, trust, respect and understanding is a concept lost to many. It is heartbreaking how many horses (not just in the US) are being used, abused, mistreated, neglected. There is too many ignorance about horses in the world, with many useful and important knowledge from our ancestors forgotten. ​​

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"Hopefully, more people will let themselves be inspired by their horses and listen to what they really have to say and share. Once you've bonded on that kind of level, it's hard to ever go back to whatever your perception of "normal" once was. The horse comes first."