It’s not just a lucky number
Do you know that feeling when you're celebrating success and people are amazed at 'how lucky you are'? Or when they say 'things fall into your lap'? What if [...]
Authenticity: the courage to be yourself
As you know by now, I have started working at the company I did my graduation assignment for. LEF Recruitment and LEF Green are recruitment agencies and one of [...]
Chasing Dreams
I have explained my interest in sustainability and how it has led to making an impact professionally. And that was the initial focus of my graduation project. In the [...]
Imagine connection – what does it feel like and how can we build it?
“Is human nature separatism, tribalism and passionate distrust of the ‘other’? Or is it co-operation, recognition and, provided basic needs are met, a live-and-let-live attitude to all? What’s your [...]
Play-Fight practice: a journey of connection
In the autumn of 2019, I participated in the Movement Immersion camp organized by the Formless Arts collective. This is where I first encountered the Play-Fight practice which proved [...]
Can we learn from our past instead of repeating it?
In this article I mean to share some personal thoughts that arose after watching ‘Landscapes of resistance’ (2021), by Serbian director Marta Popivoda. The movie touched me and triggered [...]
Dancing to change the world – the role of embodiment and performing arts in societal transformation
Picture from an embodiment workshop I facilitated for a group of Performatory students together with Suzan Lindhout. In the search for my own practice as transformative social innovator, I [...]
Rebelling for Regenerative Cultures
For an Extinction Rebellion (XR) protest about a year ago, I was asked to give a speech about regenerative cultures. It was recorded through a Facebook livestream video which [...]
Sympathy Sucks
Okay, not always. But hear me out, sympathy will not lead to the needed radical transformations in society. Empathy will. How would you feel about getting hit by [...]
Climate justice – what is it and what does it make us feel
(Extinction Rebellion Netherlands, 2021) One of the topics that is important for me as a transformative social innovator is climate justice. The climate crisis is an issue I feel [...]