Reading Time: 2 minutesI have a soft spot for chestnuts. There’s something grounding about the ritual:you cut, you bake, you peel, you eat.It feels earthy, rewarding, almost meditative. But today, as my fingertips were burning from peeling the steaming-hot shells, something clicked. Chestnuts…
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The Strongest parts of You are invisible
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe had beautiful weather this weekend, so we spent hours in the dunes — a magical natural reserve nearby. I spotted a tree with roots visible above the sand — wide, strong, unexpected. I stood there for minutes in silence…
Aurora of Presence
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis morning’s walk was special. Only two minutes from our home, I saw something I never expected here in the Netherlands — the Aurora Borealis. A silent dance of colors across the sky.Soft, fleeting, and almost unreal.In the most light-polluted…
The inner lens of Leadership
Reading Time: 2 minutesI walked past this dementor-looking statue in someone’s garden — and I laughed at first.But then it hit me: we all carry a version of ourselves we can’t quite see… until the light hits us differently. I train mostly at…
How to fail in 60 seconds
Reading Time: 2 minutesA few days before a business networking event, I found out that everyone would get 60 seconds to introduce themselves. Perfect, I thought.Sixty seconds to make an impression. Sixty seconds to show what I stand for.So I spent hours crafting…
We moved for a Vision — and found ourselves in the Mess
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlmost three years ago, we packed our life into a van — 3 kids, a cat, and a vision.After 14 hours on the road, we arrived in the Netherlands. Tired, anxious, full of hope. And this is how it looked:…