Not many of you know I put together an anthology of Thomas Berry’s works, which I translated into Dutch. Ervin Laszlo, the great philosopher and systems thinker wrote the foreword. Here in English.   The last time I saw Thomas Berry was in Mexico in the late 1990s. He remarked that he sees himself as […]

I am interested in new, evolved approaches to todays wicked global problems. After all, I wrote a book about it, The Cosmic Lens. I believe we are on a precipice; there now is urgency as many of the world’s systems are about to reach tipping points. This means they will shift in unknown ways and […]

Many of us are hearing a noble calling Many of us are hearing a noble calling and are answering this with our hearts. We are reaching a level of higher consciousness and authenticity. We see with more clarity and feel more connected to the Whole, an all-pervasive Love. We do so with genuine gratitude and […]

People often ask me where I feel more at home, in the Netherlands or the United States. I don’t have a straight answer, and perhaps there is no answer, because of the question. Firstly, I wasn’t born in either country. I was born on Curacao in the Caribbean. While I find the island attractive and […]

What does that mean for coaches, counselors, and clients? Many counselors and life-coaches will have to adapt and evolve if they want to optimally heal and serve their clients because the nature of trauma has changed. With COVID, we have entered a new reality. A reality that requires us taking on a new perspective that […]

Around this time last year, I was staying at a retreat center in rural Netherlands. The area is called Riverland and that is totally apt. In the middle of the Netherlands the Meuse from France and the Rhine, from Germany make their way to the North Sea, by then swollen to mighty rivers that flood […]