We can prepare and train ourselves by using virtual reality, a simulator of reality. Like pilots learn to act in all kinds of situations. We all use our human simulator as a re-living play. We act in real time based on what we have learned in the past. Or we pretend that how we show up for others is real. How many VR filters do you put on, an Instagrammable life? We can also use our human simulator in another way. Just add a T to it: a tool, training. In this podcast, Nienke share...

This is the 80th episode of the Phoenix Frequencies podcasts, exactly on my fourth anniversary of my re-birthday. It has been an intense ride and inquiry to learn who can stand ánd stay with me. Who can resonate sincerely or pretend by pleasing? Who can hear what I see, even without fully understanding the impact? And the people who can't or couldn't, I can be grateful for the mirror they gave me. I can feel remorseful for the times my view was blurred and I acted as if I was, not what I am, ...

On International Peace Day, Nienke recorded a special podcast on peace again this season. The elements of peace encompass both internal, personal qualities, such as patience, compassion, and inner tranquillity, and external, societal conditions, including justice, freedom, equity, and well-functioning institutions. Achieving "positive peace" requires a commitment to these factors, rather than just the absence of war, "negative peace". Tuning into the internal elements, she took the angle of e...

In our drive to feel secure, if we know 'for sure' what is going on in all kinds of areas in life, we like to analyse and have a diagnosis from that. Then we want to ensure that we foresee what happens next: A prognosis. A prognosis is a healthcare term that refers to the likely outcome or course of a disease or injury based on a patient's medical condition, available treatments, and other factors. It is a prediction of what might happen, such as the chance of recovery, re...

In the Heart Ambassadors group, Karen refreshed our memories by reminding us of the acronym for AHA moments in life. You might know them as they pop up in unexpected moments that cannot be forced to happen. In the powerful situations of slowing down, they come. Awaresness But if you leave it like that, the AHA moment disappears as quickly as it came. Honesty If you take an honest moment to look closer, the magic can happen. Action However, only if you turn it into an action will t...

In our dictionary, justice is defined as the condition of being morally correct or fair. What is fair? Fair is a perspective. People were sentenced to death, saying the world was round, not flat..... Round earth a conspiracy theory! And people are judged because they don't have the same 'level' of consciousness and therefore they get labelled as stupid or underdeveloped so not worth existing in freedom. We can feel safe and satisfied when we are acknowledged as being 'right'. The loudes...

Striving to learn more, know more, reach a high level of... just name it: for the sake of reaching is never long-lasting fulfilment. A quick high and another diploma or certificate on your wall or on your desk. It is searching outside to feel good, be applauded or be respected through your new level of knowledge. Nothing is wrong with learning new things, but is it worth taking a look at your motivation before you fall into the business of training and education, creating a feeling you ...

Sometimes we are given an opportunity to learn. In the moment, we can't always see the real value of the lesson. It could have been very different. It was remarkable how clear my mind went at 5 AM, split seconds to decide what to do and how to stay safe. In the end, what really makes the difference is a broader perspective: who else can we help, and do we see who needs help too? What we take for granted isn't to be taken for granted....... Lesson taken, thank you! We are all respo...

Recently, Nienke attended a workshop with HeArtist Hannie Wiering in Belgium, titled "Painting Straight from the Heart." She shared this with her HeartAmbassador Heartbuddy, Michael Drummond Davidson, who also loves creating art. In their share, Michael suggested creating a Phoenix Frequencies podcast episode from it. What is art, what is beauty, what does beauty do for the world? All deep questions to investigate, like all HeArtists can relate to, and be judgment-free, calming our inner cr...

Unchain my heart, let me be. Unchain my heart, set me free.... Joe Cocker. In this episode, Nienke sheds light on what we want to emulate from our parents and what we can leave behind. On their 61st wedding anniversary, her mother gave her husband back her wedding ring, deliberately. Because she wanted him to receive from a warm hand, not a cold, dead one. Six days later, she passed away. Nienke's father chose to take off his ring too, after she died and asked a goldsmith to create some...

It's happening more and more in the keynote and TEDx speaking world: the use of AI, such as ChatGPT, to create talks and keynotes. Many people think it sounds more professional, slick, smooth or attractive. In the E.A.S.E. Method, Nienke and her team use for coaching speake...

If trauma is the result of your capacity to handle life events, we can all see traumatic scars within ourselves. The triggers, the behaviours to feel and stay safe. Working hard to cover up the painful results. That's not wrong, that's trying to handle storms, big ánd small, in our lives. Trauma can be piled up and stored in a box in the fridge (or even deep freezer) until we are ready to be with it'... But our bodies respond. It can lead to dis-ease, illnesses, and mental and emotional...

In this episode, Nienke shares part two of her interview with Guru Lama, who has possessed an extraordinary ability to heal and uplift those around him since childhood. It took nearly a decade for him to find his right teacher, or guru. Not all are a right fit, many people see themselves as a guru, but from a high spiritual ego. Guru Lama also shares how to prepare ourselves to be without the internet. To trust, we can communicate with our ancient proven style: our inner Bluetooth, or a...

From Ghosting to Hosting, a powerful conversation is just a change of one letter. Ghosting is used as a skill to control a situation through social (non)interaction, aiming to dominate or overpower it. However, people who think they need ghosting as a solution simply haven't yet discovered the social and emotional intelligence toolbox. Ghosting is in the same field as naming, framing, blaming or shaming: creating social pain to feel like a winner. What do you do when the hea...

Nienke and Guru Lama met each other through the TEDx Fiesole event and instantly noticed that they both serve through frequencies. From that moment, they stayed in touch. Nienke and the Monk had a long conversation that Nienke made into several episodes op the Phoenix Frequencies Podcasts. Guru Lama often gets the question 'What religion are you from? He answers with a smile: Our religion is compassion. He followed his soul's mission, his Karma, as he left his successful professional life to ...

What if we can see people pleasing as a smart protection mechanism rather than a weak character? With the sugarcoated behaviour, it's a way to feel and stay emotionally safe. Often learned by painful life experiences. It looks good, it feels better than reality. Like a painkiller. But what are you suppressing and at what cost? Health, relationships and feeling drained...... Nienke grew up in a people-pleasing environment and found her way out: cold turkey. She found out that what she wanted a...

Experiencing pain is always a message. Often, we don't like the way pain communicates. We are conditioned to get 'rid ' of pain, soothe pain, or kill pain with painkillers. Or we over-identify with pain, like with tiredness or diseases. I am tired, I am ill. No, you're not. You feel tired, you feel dis-eased. What if pain is not an enemy but an ally? In this podcast, Nienke shares the different options for trying. To be at ease with dis-ease. To be partnering up...

Over the last few months, Nienke has worked with 20 people to prepare for their TEDx Talk. To be Heard to be Heart at the same time. BE ready. Staying with your true message and true to your authentic self wasn't easy for all. Going into their topic, their story as a deep dive was an unexpected gift for many of the speakers to rise above the past. But life had a personal gift for Nienke as well, she shares in this podcast. We are all responsible for how we show up in t...

This week, Nienke tunes into the sudden death of her energy work role model and old friend. At first, there was a massive magnitude of shock, grief and pain. Why her, not me? That question isn't to be answered nor relevant. It just is. Grief. Soon, that shifted: D showed she wasn't 'gone', and the connection didn't change. The overwhelm shited into gratitude. Grief and gratitude are on the same page; they are bridged by Love only. Unconditionally. Sometimes, the loss of a friend, while...

Today, exactly five years ago, in the first week of the total COVID Lockdown, Nienke started her 25 sessions of radiation therapy—a team collaboration to freeze the brain tumour growth. Everything has changed since. But this year, a friend reminded her of this five-year win. This year, it wasn't part of her life anymore, and thát was worth an even bigger celebration. Nienke imprinted herself for years, TEDx coaching wasn't her strength anymore, despite the hundreds she supported to the red d...