Studio Stijn: Inspirerend Leiderschap

#97 Bart Weetjens is a Belgian ZEN teacher and a celebrated social entrepreneur. In 1995 he founded the non gouvernmental organisation Apopo which saves human lives by training rats to detect landmines and TBC. Since 2015 Bart has been involved in ‘the wellbeing project’ which aims to catalyze a cultures of inner wellbeing for change makers. He founded ‘La grand terre’ a permaculture /wellbeing centre in the French ardennes. Bart has been practising ZEN for more then 30 years and is an ordained monk in Sotoshu tradition. Since the coronacrisis his focus is in giving workshops and coachings on innerpreneurship inspirated from his spiritual practice. In this podcast you will be inspired by the extroordinary life of Bart as a social entrepeneurs, and the challenges that that brings, for a leader. Also you will learn more about his ZEN practice. You will learn about the importance of self- care and selfdevellopment. He explains why a collective approach towards problems is far more valuable then the western indivudualism.

#96 Byron Katie is one of worlds most inspiring people if you want to know more about selfreflection and personal devellopment.Out of an life changing epiphany in 1986 she devoted her life to what is called ‘The Work’. She wrote many international bestsellers. Her workshops and seminars are organised all over the world. She has been called a true inspirator, a blessing for the world, a life changer by Oprah Winfrey, Eckhart Tolle, Wayne Dyer and is honored by many more influencing figures in the area of personal and spiritual development. She described her epipfanay as follows: 'I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn't believe them, I didn't suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment.' This was for me a reason to sent her an email to ask if she wanted to be my guest in my podcast. She accepted and it is with great honor and appreciation that can announce this latest episode with Byron Katie. In is this podcast you will learn more about changing long-held beliefs. How you can reduce your suffering by 4 simple questions and how through self-inquiry you can discover a less-known capacity of your mind can end your suffering. Byron Katie shares her life story and her great energy for a better meaningfull life. From the bottom of my heart: Enjoy! Stijn

#95 Henning is an experienced Civil Ingenier and Enterprise Architect working for major compagnies in Denmark. Recently he wrote a bestseller book ‘You create your life’ Quantum physics explains how. Henning gives lectures for international compagnies over Europe on how Quantum Physics can change not only your life but a complete compagny. Food for thouht for all leaders, CEO, managers and all of us. In his work he combines his passion for IT/technologie with his love of people and relations. In is this podcast you will learn in a very straightforward language what Quantum physics is about? He will clarify the work of Einstein, Bohr and others in a very understandeble way. He explains why the way we think is crucial to our lives and how emotions and feelings can support us in our daily life. We dive into the topic of self-love and how you can help others when you love yourself first. #stappenmetstijn #studiostijn #bewustleiderschap #succes #inspiratie #leiderschap #ondernemen #energie #verandering #humor #kracht #ondernemerschap #innovatie #authenticiteit #quantumintelligence #consciousness

#94 Prof Steven Laureys. In this podcast you will learn what medition can do for your mental health. What happens with the brain when you medidate? How does meditation help you to get more focus and deal with your emotions? How does it help you with your personal and professional leadership? Steven is a neurologist, neuroscientist, author and keynote speaker, recognised as a leading physician & researcher in human consciousness. With his team, he has published over 560 scientific articles on the workings of our brain and is the author of 6 bestselling popular books including “The No-Nonsense Meditation Book” and The No Nonsense Sleep Book. Steven explains in a very clear and understandable way the scientific research behind meditation. He encourages everybody to start a meditation practice as it is possible at any age. You just pick a method that suits you. He explains why meditation is so difficult to start with and how you can overcome your monkey mind. 'In the beginning you get overwhelming thoughts. It is a transition phase, you can overcome it'. 'Braintraining is essential for your overall health. You can do it in any position of with any methode at any age. Adapt your practise to your body and start small. That way you stay sharp in everyday life.' explains Steven Enjoy this new episode of Studio Stijn!

#93 Gido Shimanski: How can you improve your flow in your professional and personal life? What stops flow in life and how can you overcome these blockages? Why leaders in compagnies or any organisation it is important to be in flow? Gido has had a fortunate international career on stage and screen as a dancer and actor. He figured in James Bond movies, played leading roles in several Broadway musicals like Cats. Gido now works as an international teacher and coach with senior executives, professional footballers, musical theatre actors and the occasional pop-star. Gido has worked closely with The Royal Academy of Music in London, The Voice College, as well as Fusion5 Performance in Germany. He was co-founder of The Network for Transformational Leaders and a founding member of The Change Makers. In recent years Gido has specialised himself in the flow of Life and how you can create your own flow that brings out the best of you. 'We constantly block ourselves in our growth. I was a good actor, yet a lot of self-sabotage kept me from discovering my true self. So I worked on it for many years. Last year I had the main role in the musical My Fair Lady. For the the first time in my career I could play the part with a clear role and no judgements in my head. The monkey in my head that called me a fraude disappeared. It was my best performance ever, according to many people'. Others allways see the greatness in us. Yet we often refuse to see it in ourselve. We stay with our thoughts in the head of others. We do what we think that they think what's the best for us. Who choose his study because he was advised to do so by the schoolteacher or parents? How can we be the needle in the compass of our life? Where can we adapt our inner GPS so the destination we set of for will be reached. Gido Shimanski shares beautifull insights in how flow works, how patterns and preconditions in our mind can be changed and how you can really grow as a person! 'When we get rid of preconditions, hindering thoughts we can get access to our true gutfeeling, our intuïtion, what causes the flow of life'. Gido explains how 'forgiveness' plays an important role in the process. Beside you will learn more about the steps to get more in flow in life!

#92 David Gershon. How does a person grow? What is the process that one can evolve to a higher form of conciousness? What is possible for you, your business, the world and how can we create that? These are the deep questions David asked himself at the beginning of his career and are the fundamentals of his work. 'Have a clear vision of what you want, don't focus on the past. It will transform itself on the way.' David is the co-founder and CEO of Empowerment Institute and has been called “the number one expert on social change" in the world. He has been a global leader for four decades in applying behavior change, community empowerment and transformative social change methodologies to address humanity’s greatest challenges and opportunities. 'There are 4 major questions to ask in transformation: What do you want? What new kind of behavior do you want to see in yourself and/or your employees? Where are you now and what to you need? Most of all: are you willing to grow and go to the most uncomfortable places of yourself?' A major academic research study has described their methodology as “unsurpassed in changing behavior. He has been working with all major companies all over the world like Coca cola, Unilever, American Express and many more. Over the past four decades the initiatives he’s designed have won many awards and achieved much recognition. David is author of twelve books, including the award-winning Social Change 2.0: A Blueprint for Reinventing Our World and the best-selling Empowerment: The Art of Creating Your Life as You Want It. He has lectured at Harvard, MIT, and Johns Hopkins and served as an advisor to the White House and the United Nations on empowerment and second order change. David has dedicated his life to empowering humanity to believe we can create the world of our dreams and designing the strategies and tools to help us make this a reality. In 1986 he created a worldwide march for peace called the Torch of Peace in which 25 miljoen people and 45 head of states participated over 62 countries. Out of this succesfull event he created his latest project World Peace in 2030. A truly transformitve game that anyone who wants to be part of a better the world can play. More info on peace2030.earth Thank you so much David for your remarkable carrier, your deep insights in personal and global transformation.

#91 James Bampfield: A deep and inspiring conversation about the true self as a leader of the future. Managers, entrepreneurs and actually every human being needs to find their unique self in order to evolve - from homo armor to homo amor! That is the new story that we need to tackle all the challenges of a world in transformation. Let love rule! Now who is James? It a question that he has poundered on In India for 4 days, 18 hours a day… The only answer at the end of that exploration was a blank page. ‘That is the ‘true self’ aspect of me’, James says. 'When someone asks me how I am doing, I often don't know what to answer. As a father I might be doing well, but as a friend I might be very sad. We don't have a genuily unified self'' Yet of course in real life, whatever that might be, James studied at Cambridge University travelled the whole world for many years on a personal quest, learning the school of life. At the age of 33 he finally decided he wanted more stability, and started my work as a coach and facilitator, giving workshops and trainings both in organisations and in open format to enhance transformation and chance for a better world with more pleasure. He is the founder o Quinx, an international consultancy agency. He is a master in meditation, host of the podcast Spirituality for today and co-founder of a very exciting new project The Crossing on which we will talk more. Leaders of the future need to go through 3 phases. They need to wake up, grow up and show up and this on various areas in life. If they show themselves in the world as who they really are they will succeed in life. 'Vulnerability is a key element to showing up as a leader. It is often associated with weakness. Yet true vulnarability is leaving behind all fears, shame, rejection.... It does not mean you have to share them to the whole world.' Vulnerability is not showing or sharing your past, it is showing up in the now. If you have doubts you can share the actual doubt. Still we have to make the decision weather you share this information with others. James also explains how we can go from homo armor to homo amor as a true guidance for a new life and how The Crossing, an inspiring and transformational event in Holland assist you with that. Furthermore we explore how you as unique self can show up in the world and how you relate to the rest of the world. 'We don't stand on ourselves! We need to get out of closed tribe to find solutions for the problems of today'. To get more information about the crossing: www.thecrossing.be Thank you James for sharing your beautiful insights and wisdom. #stappenmetstijn#studiostijn#consciousleadership#positivity# inspiration#authenticity#personaldevelopment#power#bewustleiderschap#succes#inspiratie#leiderschap#ondernemen#energie#verandering#humor#kracht#ondernemerschap#innovatie#authenticiteit#quantumintelligence#consciousness

#90 Ted Wallach. Discover why relationships are what thrives us as humans both professionally as in our personal lives. In the first place the relationship with what we need and what is good for us. To enhance our relations with ourselves and others we need to learn how to communicate in a more profound deep and intimate way. Ted shares his unique insights and wisdom about the evolution of relations in mankind! In his early years Ted was a movie director and producer in Hollywood, Bollywood, The Middle East and Europe. A global man you could say. After his moviecareer he became the creative director for WeWork to launch social campaigns. He was the CEO of TimeRepublic a global digital time bank were he discovered his passion for guiding colleagues through obstacles and supporting others to reach new heights. So Ted decided to begin a clinical practice in feeling management and manifestation combining multiple disciplines he had studied over the years (Taoism, Quantum Mechanics, Psychology, Restorative Justice Circles, Design/Systems Thinking) When he became a visiting scolar at Stanfords Peace Innovation lab he dove into the topic of Man and masculinity where he created the Quantum Warrior, an organization to scale the reach of men’s circles and spread the lessons learned from this work. He brought these Circles to the United Nations Global Help Desk . To get in contact with Ted Wallach please mail; [email protected] Get inspired to inspire!

#89 Linda Keen is an American healer, author, and teacher of metaphysics, as well as a professional musician. She is the author of in total 7 books. Her international bestseller: Intuition Magic: Understanding Your Psychic Nature is a fundamental book for all who want to explore more about the power of ones intuition. In 1987 she was the cofounder of one the largest schools in energy management and intuition in Holland before she moved to the US in 1993 where she has been living and working since. The most striking realization Linda had in the course of her work was how each and every human being has full access to his or her own elaborate body of spiritual information. That is if only they have the interest to seek and find it. This access is one of the lesser-known and/or acknowledged gifts of the remarkable human psyche. In this podcast Linda and I will elaborate more on the topic of intuition,how it works and how you can benifit from it. We elaborate on the human spirit and how energy can help you to life a life that is in service of you and others. Where true happiness and contentment is found despite the many challenges we might face in our daily lifes.

#88 Dr. Marc Gafni. In this episode Marc Gafni shares his ideas about Conscious business, Conscious Leadership, purpose and the importance of developping yourself as a conscious leader, manager and, in fact for any human being, in order to serve others. He elaborates on the idea of 'The Unique Self for leaders and their business in todays world'. Marc is a visionary thinker, spiritual teacher, social activist, passionate philosopher, and author of ten books, including the award-winning Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment. He holds his doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University, is a rabbi and had a talk show on Israelin television. Together with John Mackey , CEO of Whole Foods Market and entrepreneur Kate Maloney he brings revolutionary ideas on how business should and can be meaningfull far beyond the individual benefit but serving for the better of society and the world. Marc is known for his rare combination of brilliant mind and overflowing heart. He is a leading public intellectual and has been called a trail-blazing visionary in opening up new possibilities for love, Eros and relationship. In that regard he is the co-founder and president of The Centre of Integral Wisdom and at the end of August he will be in Belgium leading a retreat called the ‘Eros mystery School’. If you want to attend his retreat: you can use this link: https://www.erosmysteryschool.com/?affiliates=11 Thank you Marc for sharing your wisdom and insights