Articles being translated into to English, German and French!
It's wonderful to see some of the articles I originally wrote for Happinez magazine appear in their English, French and German editions! Like this one, on Beginners's Mind/ L'ésprit Neuf
Dubbel Interview in GezondNU
Dubbel interview met huisarts-columnist Martine Schrage over mediteren in GezondNU.
Cover Interview in Ygenwijs
Over generatie Y -en meer. Foto's door Coco Broeken.
When Your Blood Boils: on Chögyam Trungpa’s ‘for Anne Waldman’
Sometimes, there’s a poem that skips your brain and enters right into your bloodstream. Before getting it, it gets you. It becomes part of your cells and organs. You instantly forget how on earth you managed your life b.P. -before Poem.
On Habit Making (and Breaking)
I have a thing for habits, Which probably got accelerated by my studies in anthropology, and certainly by the lack of understanding of why I do the things I do. Human behavior, which is largely habitual behavior, endlessly fascinates me. I'm the kind of person who desperately wants to visit the parking lots along Dutch [...]
Anjaneyasana: Life As Asana (Part Four)
Dear Friend Who Shines like 10,000 stars, On Sunday my neurons were firing like mad and my attention span was that of a mosquito on crack.
Op Zoek Naar Genade in Happinez
Voor Happinez ging in Lourdes op zoek naar genade -met mijn moeder. Een verhaal over familie, hoop en het einde van spirituele DIY.
Animal Song: On Maya Angelou’s ‘Caged Bird’
14 and clueless, I had no idea why the caged bird sings, but Maya Angelou seemed to, so I started reading and never stopped. Her stories expanded my world considerably and ingrained in me the importance of virtue. Of dignity. And maybe most of all, a sense of inner freedom. Or at least its possibility.
The Problem with Being Right
Last week, I had an innerpreneur-relapse on social media. For some years now, my country is divided over a traditional holiday called Sinterklaas, a Santa Clause predecessor that delivers gifts to children that have been good. He’s assisted by a persona called zwarte Piet, ‘black Pete’, whose historical roots prove no mystery when you consider Holland’s pivotal role in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade from the 16th through 19th century.
My Fav Innerpreneurs: Maegan Melissa Honeybee
Innerpreneurship is a tribal thing for me. Nothing to keep me going than other people working their lives from the inside out. In this section I introduce you to the innerpreneurs that inspire me. ____________ There are different types of innerpreneurs - like there are different types of people. Some of them are goal oriented [...]