A strong inner foundation

Personal Leadership

To go forward, you must first go inward. In search of your patterns and the limits of your coping. Challenging yourself to heal and mature. And to find the inner freedom to elevate your life. This is the power of Life Foundation, a unique personal leadership programme.

A strong inner foundation

life foundation

To go forward, you must first go inward. In search of your patterns and the limits of your coping. Challenging yourself to heal and mature. And to find the inner freedom to elevate your life. This is the power of Life Foundation, a unique personal leadership programme.

● 12-day private programme to strengthen your personal leadership
● Liberate yourself from limiting patterns
● Realize your hidden potential
● Experience more vitality, meaning, freedom and authenticity
● Focus on your values, talents and needs

What is personal leadership?

Personal leadership is the capacity to bring your gifts into the world. It means presenting yourself authentically and making decisions in line with your values. It also means having deep self-knowledge and inner peace, as well as mature relationships. This makes personal leadership the foundation of a good life and a meaningful career.

What gets in the way of personal leadership?

Our talents and dreams can be limited by our mental and emotional patterns and unhealthy ways of coping. These stem from the – often painful – lessons we learned as children, e.g. about our feelings, needs, safety, attachment, boundaries, validation, trust and relationships.

We subconsciously repeat these lessons in adulthood, where they create problems in our parenting, relationships, and careers. But they also echo in our self-image and inner life. Challenges that cannot be solved through willpower and intelligence, but require deeper work instead.

The goal of this personal leadership program

The goal of the Life Foundation personal leadership programme is to address your deep-rooted lessons at their source and to develop healthy alternatives. This allows you to become freer to live in accordance with your values and talents, to build healthy relationships, to do meaningful work and to raise your children in a healthy way.

What does this personal leadership programme look like?

Life Foundation is a private programme, so without other participants. This means maximum discretion and a learning process completely tailored to you. You will be guided by Ilja or Fleur, two experienced therapists, in their beautiful office in Oosterbeek.

This personal leadership programme can be started at any point during the year and lasts 12 days. Each day starts at 09:00 and ends around 15:00. It is also an option to choose 24 half days, from 09:00 to 12:00. Between days you will work on assignments.

You complete the programme at your own pace. Many people do a session or day once every two to three weeks. This way you can easily integrate what you learn into your life. Other people want work in bursts. In this case, we divide the 12 days into three or four-day intensives, with one to three months in between.

The 12 days of Life Foundation are structured as follows:

Block 1

Laying a strong foundation (2 days)

You begin your quest for more personal leadership with a self-assessment and an in-depth examination of how life has shaped you.

How have your family of origin and school impacted you? What emotional burdens from the past do you still carry? Which past events are unresolved? This investigation reveals the underlying patterns and themes of your life.

We also identify your personality type using the MBTI and the Enneagram, two powerful tools for self-understanding. You learn why you do what you do, the price and limitations of your coping and the areas in which you need to develop.

Finally, you discover the different inner parts of yourself and the role they play in how you live your life. This is how you begin to build a new relationship with yourself and cultivate the inner qualities with which you can shape your future.

For many people this is the first time that they look at their life in such detail and see the underlying themes. This shows you how e.g. you learnt to draw boundaries, fulfil your needs, deal with conflict, express emotions, pursue goals, and behave in relationships.

Block 2

Wiping the slate clean (8 days)

In this block you work on your limiting patterns and emotional burdens. We use tools from various disciplines, with an emphasis on bodywork and your emotions. You experience, feel, heal and grow on a deep level.

Gradually, you will begin to experience the benefits of this personal leadership programme, such as more vitality, clarity and resilience. By letting go of old burdens, you will begin to develop a kinder self-image and calmer inner life.

It will also become clearer who you really are, what you really want and what potential you want to realize. And you will be able to improve your personal and professional relationships.

Due to the breadth and depth of Life Foundation, improvements in one area (e.g. emotional security in relationships) will impact other areas (say more decisiveness at work). Our facilitators will help you make the most of these changes.

Block 3

Setting a new course (2 days)

In this last block you shape your future.

Some clients want to transform their personal lives and relationships or reconsider what kind of parent or person they want to be. Others want to work on their professional mission, vision and ambitions, or explore how they can shape their business or career.

Together we create a roadmap for the next few years. At the heart of it are your values, needs and qualities, as well as the inner parts of you that are waking up. This adds new direction and momentum to your life.

After the programme, some clients periodically return for a check-in and to continue working on all the new things that life brings. We do see that the changes made during the personal leadership programme are structural. That’s why we call this Life Foundation,

Are you interested in our personal leadership programme?

Participation in Life Foundation is only possible after a personal introductory meeting with either Ilja or Fleur in Oosterbeek or online if you are outside of the Netherlands. When we meet, we will discuss your wishes, expectations and motivation, as well as the costs and other matters. To set up a meeting, call Fleur (06-44377945) or Ilja (06-47234295) or email us.

Free introduction with Ilja
Free introduction with Fleur

• Because there is just you and no other participants, you will go deeper and learn faster.
• It focuses on your most fundamental patterns and coping mechanisms, creating the conditions for profound growth.
• The facilitators are experienced therapists who go deeper than trainers who focus on knowledge and skills.
• Because the programme runs for 12 days, you take a comprehensive look at who you were, are and will become.
• You can start when you want and follow the programme at a pace that suits you.

The Life Foundation personal leadership programme is for people who are ready for a leap in their personal and professional development. Who want to break free from their patterns and limitations and who feel curious about what else is possible in life.

Life Foundation is a tough and challenging programme. It holds a mirror up to you and invites you to go to the difficult places within. This takes courage, perseverance and a strong, intrinsic motivation to grow. Your level of education or seniority at work are not a factor, this is about you as a human being.

Our practice is light, quiet and comfortable.
You immediately feel at ease.

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Our practice is light, quiet and comfortable.
You immediately feel at ease.

De tuin van In Search Of

Personal and discreet.