Sometimes it is precisely in stillness that you find what you need
Summer vacation is just around the corner, or for many of you it may already have begun. A period we often look forward to for months. No work for a while, no packed schedule and hopefully time to catch our breath again.
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Summer as an invitation to listen to yourself
Summer is just around the corner. An invitation to consciously make time for recovery, deepening and soulfulness. On retreat, health as a dynamic balance and the question: where do you put your attention?
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On meaning and a soulful life
As a Primary Care Doctor, I see a clear trend in my consulting room, and many colleagues recognize it. People who are medically “fine”. Good test results. No clear diagnosis. And yet tired, empty, tense or directionless.
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On mental health care
What if the problem in mental health care is not just the waiting list, but the foundation? We have organized our care so that it functions as a market mechanism. Market forces in healthcare.
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On the power of music to heal our heart
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, there is a special connection between the heart and the tongue. When our words no longer come from the heart, the heart becomes energetically unbalanced.
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On Ikigai and Japan
During a journey through Japan in 2025, when I visited my son in Nagasaki, I came across a word that stayed with me: IKIGAI. The reason you get out of bed in the morning.
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On the Covid period
For me, the Covid period is still a dark page in the medical history of the Netherlands. As a practicing Primary Care Doctor, I found it deeply distressing. With much pain, grief, isolation and loneliness.
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On the wisdom of your body
As a Primary Care Doctor, I am aware that most symptoms go away by themselves. If we rest and let the body take its own course, it usually recovers by itself.
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On the connection between your personality and your soul, on your Ba and Ka
In my work as a primary care doctor and in my coaching practice, I see that meaning is the essential pillar of our health and wellbeing. Because many people have forgotten why they live.
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On Burnout
Burnout and the call of the soul. In the philosophies of the ancient Greeks, the soul was central. For Socrates, Plato and Pythagoras, illness was seen as a ‘call of the soul’ to restore the connection.
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On ADHD
ADHD is often seen as a clearly defined disorder, but in reality we find ourselves in a large gray area. The classification says something about behavior, but not about the person behind it.
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