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Empowering Nightlife Professionals to Thrive and Succeed Long-Term
Eline Van Audenaerde is a Nightlife & Wellness Consultant, keynote speaker, and HR professional with over 20 years of experience in the music industry. As the founder of The Unicorn Mothership, Eline is dedicated to helping DJs, performers, promoters, event planners, and venues achieve sustainable success while prioritizing mental health and work-life balance in the high-pressure, unpredictable environments of nightlife.
Her journey began at age 15 when she became the lead singer of a metal band, using music and clubbing as an escape from a difficult home life. However, unaddressed trauma eventually led to a mental health crisis. Therapy and life coaching helped her rebuild her life and find balance, inspiring her to create a more positive, sustainable lifestyle in the electronic music industry. Since 2015, Eline has been at the forefront of wellness advocacy in the nightlife sector, combining her holistic coaching expertise, HR experience, and university background in Eastern Philosophies to offer personalized coaching, workshops, and consulting services.
Eline has coached and trained over 500 individuals in the industry and delivered workshops at international conferences such as Eurosonic Noorderslag and Soundcity. She is also a published co-author in the Journal of Psychology of Music and contributed to the Global Nighttime Recovery Plan. Her work focuses on empowering professionals to:
Boost motivation and creativity
Enhance productivity and collaboration
Manage stress and maintain peak performance
Safeguard mental health in the workplace
Eline offers 1:1 coaching and bespoke programs tailored to the unique challenges of the nightlife industry, helping her clients create lasting, positive change in both their careers and personal lives. She is passionate about supporting individuals and organizations in cultivating sustainable success through balance and well-being.
In addition to her coaching and consulting work, Eline has created and hosted Mind The Music, a radioshow on artis well-being for Reform Radio, and The Unicorn Mothershit podcast, sharing insights on wellness, wealth, and "woo" with her growing community. She is also passionate about equine wellness as a horse massage practioner. She continues to educate herself in topics like psychology, personal finance, and self-growth, helping professionals in the nightlife industry live fulfilling, purpose-driven lives without sacrificing their well-being.
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Eline Van Audenaerde is a Nightlife & Wellness Consultant, keynote speaker, and HR professional with 20+ years of experience in the music industry. Since 2015, she has coached and trained over 500 professionals in the nightlife sector. A certified coach and published co-author, Eline helps nightlife professionals achieve sustainable success while safeguarding mental health and work-life balance through personalized coaching, workshops, and consulting.
ELINE’S FULL CV
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MEDIA & MENTIONS
Reform Radio (Manchester)
Eline’s very own radioshow on Reform Radio explores artist well-being from a holistic viewpoint, through a series of interviews with artists, managers, meditation gurus, and more.
Jo Dargie
“When I created this blog she was the first person that I thought to invite on here for a chat because I can see so much value in her offering to DJs and producers. I literally want to sing her services from the rooftops.”
I Am Sound Radio
Ahead of the first edition of her virtual summit, the Electronic Music Wellness Summit, Eline chats to Nat Rich, host of I Am Sound Radio about the extraordinary challenge of putting together a virtual summit that’s never been done before during a pandemic. And, they also discuss her first steps into electronic music, dating and other fun topics.
Your Music Industry Podcast with Daniel Fish
Eline speaks to podcast host Daniel Fish about the first steps to wellness in the dance music industry. She also takes a dive into the concept of creative block. In this wisdom-dense podcast, we cover some fantastic approaches, practises and ideas on how you can develop your own wellness as an electronic music maker. Previous guests include David Morales, Mousse T and Nicole Moudaber.
The Spread Love Show with Angel Mel
As a part of the inspirational women in music, Eline shares her expertise and experience on how to look after your wellbeing whilst working in the high pressured world of the music industry.
She also has a candid conversation about mental wellbeing in music, including how your perceived identity and the barriers you face because of it can impact wellbeing.
(Eline’s interview starts at 1:15:49 approximately)
The 3-1-3 Challenge Podcast with Ryan Foland
Hear communication strategist Ryan Foland guide Eline through his 3-1-3 method in order to get clarity on her messaging, live on air.
They also talk about how to find work-life balance, how to build your audience as a musician, how to refine your target market and empathise with your clients, and something about bad music pickup lines.
Radio 100.7 (Luxembourg)
Ahead of her mental health in music keynote / workshop at Sonic Visions Festival, Eline appears on Luxembourg’s national radio station to chat about The Unicorn Mothership, wellbeing in electronic music and the content of her keynote / workshop at the festival.
Quantum Identity Podcast (Francis Rodino)
Podcast host Francis Rodino guides Eline through a candid conversation about her own experiences with abuse and violence and Eline shares her view on artist well-being and why her coaching framework is so unique.
Spotify for Artists
Eline shares some of her ideas to help you stay sane and thrive while pursuing your career in the music industry.
Mo* Magazine
Eline talks to Egyptian journalist Nehal El-Sherif about female empowerment in the Belgian music industry, a non-regulated sector that lacks guidelines and protection.
Out To Be (by Katie Zaccardi)
Eline discusses wellness and hedonism in the music industry and she shares her experience in the different approaches to coaching men versus women.
PUBLICATIONS
Global Nighttime Recovery Plan (January 2021)
The Global Nighttime Recovery Plan is a collaborative, practical guide for cities that are trying to determine the best way to design and execute a safe and feasible strategy to reopen and reactivate their creative and night-time economies.
Chapter 4 of the GNRP is about the people that make nightlife what it is!
Sustaining Our Nightlife Scenes, looks at case studies from around the world that focus on support models for nightlife industry workers and vulnerable populations.
"Performers of the night: Examining the mental health of electronic music artists", Journal of Psychology For Music (2021)
Despite growing popular interest for the mental health of electronic music artists, scientific research addressing this topic has remained largely absent. As such, the aim of the current study was to examine the mental health of electronic music artists, as well as a number of determinants.
The results provide a first glimpse into the mental health challenges experienced by electronic music artists and support the need for increased research as well as applied initiatives directed at safeguarding their mental health.
CONFERENCES AND TALKS
24Nation Webinar (January 2024)
Learn about best practices, programs, and practices for strengthening the well-being of hospitality and nightlife workers. You can replicate and put these to beneficial use in your city, place of business, or career.
ESNS 2024
Eline facilitates a genuine group conversation about the challenges of networking, crowdsource tips and tricks from peers on how to do it without the crippling anxiety, so you can walk away from this session knowing exactly what to do next time you attend a networking event, and feel confident doing it.
ESNS 2024
In this peer support group session, Eline aims to source ideas, information and actionable steps from the collective. Drawing from personal experiences with alcohol and substances at music events.
ESNS 2024
Eline brings on speakers and joins Joe Hastings (CEO Music Support UK), Benjamin Feyen (European Parliamant), George Musgrave, Suzi Green (Healthy Touring), Carina Sava (Watermelon Agency), and Eric Cyuzuzo (VK Brussels) to discuss how organisations can support the mental health of their workforce, what works and how to implement it.
Club Health 2023 Liverpool
Eline delivers a keynote on “The importance of safeguarding mental health in the nighttime economy” for Club Health in Liverpool.
Future Music Forum Barcelona 2023
Eline joins Marni Wadner and Andrew Kingslow in Barcelona to speak on the panel Sound Mind, Sound Career: Navigating Mental Health in the Music Industry.
Liverpool Sound City Conference 2023
Eline joins Help Musicians UK, Brighter Sound, Levina and Nordoff and Robbins in a panel discussion on mental health and accessibility in the music industry.
FFWD London 2022
After 2 and a bit years of uncertainty, frustrations, missed opportunities, we’re back to working in music - with different pressures. Here’s Eline’s Talk: 5 Tips for Working in Music Post-Pandemic.
Amplify Music 2021
Amplify Music 2021's virtual conference invited Eline to speak about wellness and mental well-being in the music industry alongside other powerhouses in this field.
Womxn In Music Panel by LPB on Clubhouse (January 2021)
Little Pink Book's first panel on Clubhouse, discussing adapting during the pandemic, our career journeys in music, the year ahead and advice for those looking to work in music.
We Should Talk (2020)
Panel talk organised by Antwerp Music venue Trix to discuss the impact of music culture and COVID-19 on the well-being of musicians.
(Dutch only)
Bright Festival Connect (October 2020)
The panel “Electronic Music Fans Wellbeing in Covid Age” discussed what we can do to help fans buy tickets with confidence, ensure artists are safe and enabled to perform and what can we do to ensure that fans enjoy the experience from beginning to end.
The Word Radio (2019)
Eline joins a panel titled “From adulation to isolation: How can DJ’s, producers and musicians achieve a balanced mental health in the often challenging electronic music landscape.” for the occasion of The Word Radio’s second birthday to talk about how DJs/producers balance the adulation and connection of a Saturday night to the isolation of a Monday morning.
Sonic Visions Festival, Luxembourg (2019)
Eline brings an interactive keynote/workshop about well-being in the music industry to Sonic Visions and teaches the participants a 4-step mindful method to cope with anything.
The European Composer & Songwriter Alliance (2019)
At the Capacity Triangle, Eline weighs in on a debate about digitalisation of music by bringing a different angle to the conversation: that of mental health and how digitalisation influences the well-being of artists.
Psst Mademoiselle (2019)
For the occasion of International Women’s Day and in celebration of 1 Year Psst Mademoiselle, Eline joins Ouhmayma Hamidi (Rainbow House Brussels) on The Word Radio for a conversation about diversity, equality and inclusion in the Belgian music industry - moderated by Emi Vergs.
GUEST BLOGS
Vice Belgium
As a guest contributor for Vice Belgium, Eline writes about mental health in the music industry.
October 2019 - Belgian DJs talk about chronic sleep problems >>>
November 2019 - Charlotte Adigéry shares why she released a meditation tape >>>
Daily Zen
Eline gets candid about her own well-being struggles related to the music industry for Daily Zen.
May 2019 - Silence can be deafening >>>
October 2017 - The pitfalls of hedonism in the music industry >>>
November 2016 - Why we blame the strong >>>
Looking to interview Eline or want her to come moderate/speak at your event?
Please send your request and relevant details to captain@theunicornmothership.com.