The Power of Reframing
A friend texted me while I had a light form of COVID-19 and created a decisive shift in how I felt sick. I had been out of action for a week, and although I was getting better, I liked to…
How One Poem Changed Me.
On Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016, at 9:11 a.m., a bomb explodes in a Brussels metro station. A good friend of mine, Johan, goes missing. The ripples of blind violence have just hit me, and I am devastated. Throughout that day…
I want to say this to you
Written during the quarantine of 2020, the poem should be said with an upbeat tempo, uplifting tone.
The inner critic
Who hasn't got this little voice that undermines the self-confidence through constant criticism? Sometimes in your own voice of that of someone else's (a parent, a teacher, a boss, ....) . The tone, volume, location of this inner voice may…
Good morning
A tip for having great days: imagine the positive scenario of the best day you can have, imagine the sensations, the emotions, the energy, the resilience and the balance between activity and rest, interactivity and solitude. Imagine who you want…
Flesh, Blood Love
Poetry for the Living - Gifts for the Spirits 67 poems arranged in three parts: Soham (about the "I", us as separate individuals), Namaste (about the relationship of an "I" to a "you"), Ubuntu (about the wisdom of mankind and…
Competencies at the heart of the Management Team
At the Management Team Retreat of this NGO, we identified quite a good number of competencies available in this multinational team of 7 people! Listening to each other's personal success stories and identifying key strengths deployed in these stories is…
From distrust to cooperation
Having worked together for over a decade, and after an accumulation of misinterpreted actions, the relationship between this manager and team-leader was strained, conflicting and on the verge of becoming a full-blown crisis. It affected both the morale of the…
Keep Rolling on
Inspiration comes from anywhere and may lead anywhere else!This song was triggered by the cat we had recently adopted running through the open window. The basic text and musical line of the song were immediately present. With Jo Toudje and…
My Box
This poem was inspired by a couple of comments made by friends while making or discussing music. In my boxIn my boxI make musicAll day longIn my boxYou don't see meYou don't hear meIn my boxAll day long.I am not…
