Our story

Meet the founder of Mom in Balance: Esther van Diepen. Mother of four kids, successful entrepreneur and fanatic athlete. Together with her husband and children, she lived in New York for a while and was introduced to the culture of sporting (soon to be) mothers in city parks. That's how she came up with the idea for Mom in Balance! In collaboration with various experts, she laid the foundation for our unique sports program, which was launched in 2008 in the Netherlands.

In 2017 Vanessa Calem von Muhlen, who has a Dutch father and a Portuguese father, moved to Lisbon to follow a dream to live and work in Lisbon. After discovering there was a potential to offer women outdoor workouts in Lisbon, Mom in Balance was launched in November 2018.

We provide outdoor workouts for pregnant women, recovery training after delivery and total body workouts for women. Our workouts help you to become stronger and improve your fitness, but they also give you energy and a positive mindset. Research has shown that sport goes beyond the physical. Exercising makes us more social, more confident, able to focus better and empathize better with others. Exactly what you need in the first years of motherhood! You can handle more and stay in balance through sport.

Mom in Balance trainer course is recognized by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and by the Athletics Fitness Association of America (AFAA) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider.

The trainers of Mom in Balance are internally trained by our professional training team, where practice and theory are alternated. All trainers do an internship, after which they receive an official certificate from Mom in Balance. Also, we see all trainers every six months where their knowledge is expended with the latest developments.

Do you want to become a trainer? We are always looking for new trainers for the Netherlands, but also for our international locations. Click here for more information.

Mom in Balance is recognized as an approved sports organization by The Netherlands Knowledge Centre for Sport & Physical Activity. There are many different lifestyle organizations, and it is not always clear what quality and effects they provide. By assessing these different organizations, the wheat is separated from the chaff, and the quality and effectiveness of the organizations can be shown.