Sparkles Expressed

The other day I was in Athens. The taxi driver who picked me up from the airport told me of how the Greek are told an important ‘truth’ from childhood, which is: Turkey is the enemy. It made me think: what if our parents told us a different story? Then what would happen?

Based on history and experi...

Today we cried, both of us. Of despair, hope, love, (dis)connection and (mis)understandings. All together..

If there is one thing I could say about a conscious relationship is that it takes courage, commitment, honesty and transparency to go beyond, over and over again, to make it work. Michiel ...

It is not often that I am truly touched by a business, but it happened. On a grey evening I came across a Dutch documentary on television about Lightyear One, the first solar powered family car. I called my son of 12 to come and watch it with me, because I know this kind of stuff has his interest.

She was only 16, and I was 21 years old. I was working as a representative for a youth holiday company in Spain. She was a participant. One of her friends came to me for help one evening. "My friend Marjolein has awful nightmares. She was raped a couple of years ago. Everything comes back to her now...

I have the privilege to work from a Mongolian Yurt in my garden. A space which we have created to tune into our essence, surrounded by nature. Big trees, birds, butterflies, flowers and the sound of the neighbouring sheep are all around...in the city.

Of course when I was younger and didn't have...