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A Sacred Place
"A Sacred Place" for a deep nature experience do you have to go all the way to Africa for deep nature experiences? Could it be somewhere closer? These are questions I am often asked. Are such "Sacred Places" also found in, for example, Germany, Belgium...
Who does well, meets well…
Last week Ria and I ended up on the terrace of “the House with the pillars” in Bergen after a wonderful boat trip around Alkmaar. Saartje, our Jack Russell puppy, was at our feet and we enjoyed a delicious glass of rosé. A family passed by, father, mother and...
True Attention
Every Tuesday morning I have hunting training with Bommel, our four-year-old brown labrador. Not that I hunt, but it is fun to do and great to experience such a dog's innate hunting instinct and how it can be further developed We do so....
Why grandmothers and grandfathers are important
Nenne, our neighbour, from when we lived on Torenlaan many years ago, is celebrating her birthday. She is turning 80 and has invited us to a celebratory lunch at Castle De Hooge Vuursche on Saturday afternoon. We lived next door to her for over 13 years, which was also back in...
Freedom. What can you do for someone else's freedom?
Last Tuesday 4 May, I was present at the Pauluskerk on the Brink well in time to attend the meditative moment prior to the silent march through the centre of Baarn to the Monument in Amaliapark. I lit a candle , sat down and waited in...
Ask questions
As mentioned earlier, Coaching is not steering the other person in a certain direction from one's own knowledge, but Coaching is based on asking the right questions from ignorance and listening without judgement to bring to the surface what the other person actually...
Out of formless nothingness
Summer is here in all its glory. The heat , sometimes even the heat, and the inevitable thunderstorms in the evening , puts us in different moods. The Netherlands is sweltering, football fever has given us that special feeling of connection with each other. It is nice to...
Silence and the inner being
I often hear silence in Nature. It is a wonderful, soothing silence that I experience very consciously. It touches me deeply and I enjoy it. It also makes me quiet inside, I feel silence going in, so to speak, and I am in the middle of it. I then realise that...
Message in a bottle
During the training to become a certified MMS Coach, I not only learned how to be a good coach, but I also experienced personal deepening and growth. Among other things, I started to live much more consciously in the NOW. What is happening HERE and NOW? What is unfolding...
The sea connects
Every morning when we are in Bergen, we get up early, about quarter to eight, and put our dogs in the back of the car. We put a few sandwich bags in our pockets and drive to the beach, which is about six km away. We have Donna, a...
Intuitive Intellect
An article in Elsevier last week described that scientific research into cancer cures is now no longer primarily led by doctors and oncologists or surgeons, but by molecular biologists. Instead of...
The power of inspiration
One of the goals I had in mind when I started the MMS Coach Training was to be an (even) better father/coach for our children. And it is working. I have learned to listen better, without judgement, and not to give omniscient advice, but by...