Episode 01: Candice Mama

" Candice forgave her father's murderer "

In this talk I speak with Candice Mama about trauma, recovering and finding your way in life. Her work in forgiveness, reconciliation and trauma began after her story of forgiving apartheid assassin and her father’s murderer, Eugene De Kock, made international news. Now she is one of Vogue's Magazine top 33 most inspiring women alongside Michelle Obama and Malala. Beside that Candice is named in the top 20 most inspiring women by The UN. But above all she is an amazing human being. I recommend everyone to read her book forgiveness redifiened.

Episode 04: Elisa L. Iannacone

" Elisa faced the beauty and evil of humanity "

Elisa endured a horrible traumatic experience. Not a decade later she wrote the book: The Spiral of Containment: Rape’s Aftermath. Sharing her experience as a rape survivor healing trauma alongside 24 fellow survivors. In this video we will speak about healing trauma, the process of moving on, dealing with your environment and finding back your self-confidence. Elisa L. Iannacone worked in 30 countries across six continents and faced the beauty but also the evil of humanity. Covering challenging environments, from the Rabaa massacre in Cairo, to domestic violence within Iraqi refugee camps. She worked as a journalist and documentary cinematographers and worked with National Geographic, BBC World News, Newsweek and Vice. 

Episode 07: Simone Mark

" Touch is a necessity of life "

In our conversation, I spoke with Simone about (dis)attachment and fysical contact. What are the consequences in the development of children of losing contact within a society bearing Covid19? How do we make sure not to lose contact with ourselves? And what changes occur from a neurological, physiological, and socio-emotional level due to the infliction of contact loss? Simone Mark is founder of the Center Pedagogical Contact and author of the book Pedagogical Contact. Her lectures and master classes are about the quality of the contact between educators and children/young people. Simone worked for years in special education, studied pedagogy. She is also a certified trainer for the Reporting Code for Domestic Violence and Child Abuse. She also worked as a trainer for the Child Protection Board, the Ruud van Nistelrooy Foundation and the KNVB

Episode 10: Laura Overbeek

" wife, mom... widow before 30"

Laura and Renee were best friends and lovers from their teenage years. When they were both in their early twenties, they bought a house and not much later became parents for the first time. A year and a half later, they welcomed their second miracle into their arms. In their twenties, young parents and a happy life ahead of them. Until one morning when Renee unexpectedly died. From that moment on, Laura literally had to survive. Sailing on her intuition and motherly love, she dragged herself through this process. In this interview she candidly tells her story. A story about unexpected loss, motherly love, mourning, heartache, surviving and living again.

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After an accident with her bicycle, Kim suffered brain damage. At first it seemed to be just a concussion, but then the symptoms persisted and it became clear that there was more to it. Kim's life was turned upside down and after rehabilitation, she had to reinvent herself. What could still be done and what not? What was the impact on her sons and husband? What other changes would come her way? What was her new identity? In this podcast you will hear how a powerful woman transforms an accident into opportunities and sees chances where others would see obstacles. Kim shows what the power of vulnerability means.

In this podcast Simone Boersma talks with Dr. Richard Schwartz about the method of Internal Family Systems. Richard Schwartz began his career as a systemic family therapist and an academic. Grounded in systems thinking, Dr. Schwartz developed Internal Family Systems (IFS) in response to clients’ descriptions of various parts within themselves. During the conversation Simone and Dr. Schwartz talked about the parts, the Self, the eight C's and most important making a connection and awaken curiousity.