Reflect · Move · Explore · Grow · Connect

You can be everything you are.

You don't have to choose.

I'm Esther van Diepen, founder of Mom in Balance and author of The Movement Mindset. You lead. You grow. The Movement Mindset shows you how.

Esther van Diepen, author of The Movement Mindset, smiling while sitting on a couch in a white shirt and lilac trousers

The promise

Women don't have to choose between success, family and themselves.

Everything I make starts there. The book, the coaching, the course and the retreat all come back to the same question: how do you stay connected to yourself while you build a life that asks a lot of you? The answer lies in movement, honesty and attention to what is actually yours.

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Where are you today?

The Movement Mindset book by Esther van Diepen

Out mid-November 2026

The Movement Mindset

A book for women in every life phase, with or without children. About reconnecting with yourself through movement, and about staying yourself while living your wildest dreams.

Reflect. Move. Explore. Grow. Connect.

The five pillars

The backbone of the book, the course and every coaching journey.

01

Reflect

Look inward before you move outward. Know what is actually yours.

02

Move

Movement is the fastest route back to yourself. Daily, not perfect.

03

Explore

Follow curiosity. Your gut feeling is not random. It is guidance.

04

Grow

Discomfort is the price of expansion. Take it on with a plan.

05

Connect

Stay connected to yourself, and surround yourself with women who rise.

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