Hello, I’m Merlijn Sluis, founder of Egowiz Coaching.

I bring together 26 years of experience in business and over 15 years of coaching professionals, leaders, and executives. I’ve worked in management and leadership roles, mostly in software development environments, building high-performing teams and organizations, with a strong focus on the individuals within them. Most of my work has taken place in high-pressure environments—tight deadlines, competing demands, and real complexity—where the way you think and respond makes a decisive difference.

Over time, my focus shifted away from surface-level solutions toward understanding what truly creates lasting change—in how people operate, perform, and experience their work and lives. Again and again, it came back to the same thing: the core. The essentials. The inner mechanics of how people relate to pressure, uncertainty, conflict, ambition, and themselves.

That is where my work is focused.

I help people develop navigational skills: the ability to stay clear, grounded, and effective in the moments that matter. Skills that are transferable across work, leadership, relationships, and life more broadly.

This work is not abstract for me. It was born out of a long and intense struggle with the world myself — and out of a deep need to understand what actually creates unnecessary suffering, and what truly helps. Over the years, that search became a practice, then a body of work, and eventually the foundation of how I coach.

Today, my work combines psychological depth, practical business experience, and a strong focus on what is fundamental rather than fashionable. My aim is simple: to help people operate with more clarity, steadiness, and inner authority — in a way that is real, lived, and sustainable.

If you’re ready to look at what truly
drives your thinking and behavior,
I’m here—ready to connect.