Hi, I’m Eline

I’m the captain of this Ship, and a warrior, healer and compassionate leader. As a holistic (night)life coach, seasoned speaker & wellness consultant and soulpreneur, I am obsessed with anything wellness, wealth and woo and creating a holistic lifestyle as THE strategy for sustainable success in (night)life.

So happy you’re here. Welcome to my world!


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Let me tell you a little bit more about how I created my own mindstyle.

 
 

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been striving to create and maintain a healthy mindstyle.

You see, most of my life, I was struggling with my own mental health issues
- coping with the effects abuse, poverty and other childhood traumas, not to mention severe depression and exhaustion.

 
 
At some point, I almost lost my mind, literally. I had little to no support and I needed to figure out how to stay sane and how to survive.

I bare all in this video interview in a candid conversation about my why, what and how.

 
 

Eline had seen her fair share of hardship - coping with the effects of abuse, poverty and other childhood traumas, not to mention severe depression and exhaustion. A passionate raver and dance music enthusiast, she turned her past experiences into strength and helps others to thrive in the challenging, frequently toxic, out of this world environment of the electronic music industry.

 
 
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2 important decisions kept me safe:
1. the day I bought my first book on Eastern Philosophies at 11 (I still have that book), which later led me to study Eastern Languages & Cultures at Uni, and

2. the day I decided to join a band at 15 and in doing so, made music an integral, indispensable part of my life.

 
 

And as it turns out, those decisions literally kept me from going “mental” at 19, when I decided to go in therapy.  Months of therapy saved my life and years of guidance through life coaching restored my mind. Blogging helped me to make sense of it all. That’s where The Unicorn Mothership was born, in my mind, while finding a way to heal it.

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It started out as a blog on Facebook, an outlet for my daily shenanigans, using the character of the captain of a spaceship as an alias. The blog was a safe space to develop ideas.

By creating a made-up character and describing my struggles in a humoristic way, I slowly started to heal myself.

And then, suddenly, I felt a sense of purpose come through. I wanted to work in the music industry and learn as much as I could.

I tried out many hats in different areas of the music industry over the course of almost 20 years: being in 2 bands (metal and hip-hop, I know!), supporting the startup of an indie dubstep label, working as an artist manager, volunteering as a writer and senior editor for a music blog, hosting and producing my own radio shows and working for streaming service Mixcloud.

 
 
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I got a 360 view of this high-pressure, rapidly changing, exciting environment, the electronic music scene in particular. I got more deeply involved in the world of clubbing and nightlife, festivals, and open air parties.

 
 

I also saw the downside of working as a DJ/producer and music industry professional in that scene - the loneliness, depression, exposure to substances, sleepless nights and the pressure of always having to be “on”, touring, and so on.

I became painfully aware that mental health support for nightlife professionals was seriously lacking and I could see them struggle to figure that out on their own.

I dove back into my outer space unicorn captain alias to start writing a new story of how to create and maintain a lifestyle and mindset in the nightlife scene that can be healthy and move the needle towards sustainable success.

 
 
Everything in life is interconnected, intertwined. What’s lacking or thriving in 1 area, tends to overflow into another area of life. So try finding the smallest intervention that can have the biggest impact and start from there.
— Eline Van Audenaerde
 
 

Based on my professional coaching training and university background in Eastern Languages and Cultures, I developed “The ABC of a happy, healthy (night)life™”, my own self-coaching framework and 3-step plan for facing issues head on, no matter what it is that you face. Laying your own foundation. So you can safeguard your mental health, prioritise your wellness and achieve goals and successes on repeat. Without feeling like someone’s suddenly going to pull the rug from under you.

Today, as an evangelist of (artist) wellbeing, wellness and self-empowerment, I’ve come to a place where I can finally say I truly thrive in Iife.

And I continue to educate myself in personal development, music business and leadership, marketing and more so I can keep delivering support of the highest value for everyone involved.


Take your first steps towards prioritising your wellness today. So you can create sustainable success in (night)life. Discover how you can work with me.


 
 
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One of the incredibly effective ways to provide support, is by raising awareness for my work through speaking engagements.

 
 

I’m regularly invited to speak at conferences, as a guest on podcasts, join panel discussions at events and host debates myself on topics like wellness and wellbeing, mental health, entrepreneurship, sobriety, and inclusion and diversity. I’ve been quoted on the Spotify For Artists blog, and I’m a published co-author in the Journal of Psychology of Music. Check out more on my press page >>>

 
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I’ve trained over 500 professionals globally since 2015 with a focus on wellness, delivered keynotes and participated in panels in more than 10 cities across Europe and created workshops and curated panels for music conferences like ESNS and Club Health.

My highly empathic, resilient and restorative instincts can help you when you just don’t know what to do, my natural ability to relate to others comes in handy to figure out which approach works best for you. My strong capability to look towards the future can help you find out where to go next and my innate need for connectedness will help you understand the importance of community and support.

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I’m inviting you to explore what I have to offer on the home page of this site. And the very best way to stay truly connected and get the full tour of what’s going on in my world, is to sign up for my newsletter. Where I often share things that I just don’t share anywhere else!

And last but not least, thank YOU for letting me share my story.

I hope you’ll stick around for more …….. (True Crime, horse and cat stories, reruns of The Bold And The Beautiful, or whatever it is that tickles my interest).

Love and friendship, as always,

Your captain,
Eline