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Groeien is geen automatische piloot, maar een beloning na inzet en doorzettingsvermogen. In deze blog deel ik een inspirerend voorbeeld uit mijn workshop in Port Elizabeth.
Verrassingen overkomen ons onverwachts – soms aangenaam, soms ontwrichtend. Maar ze zijn altijd toekomstimpulsen die ons dwingen tot verandering en nieuwe keuzes. Hoe ga je om met onverwachte wendingen in je leven? Ontdek meer in deze blog over de impact van verrassingen op onze toekomst.
Roepingstijd verkent hoe toekomstsignalen uit onze jeugd—zoals inspirerende docenten of onverwachte ervaringen—onze loopbaankeuzes beïnvloeden. Ontdek hoe terugblikken kan helpen om je ware roeping te vinden. 🔍✨
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Sharing my thoughts at ACVV Khayalethu Child and Youth Care Centre's Breakfast with Friends was a truly meaningful experience. Together, we explored the seven-year cycles of life, the challenges and transformations that come with each stage, and the power of embracing change.

I had the privilege of kicking off the leadership development journey for the newest intake of iGems students — future engineers with big dreams and unstoppable determination.

Boekscout has launched my book, A Lifetime of Personal Power, in Holland and Belgium!

Meeting conference participants still chatting with animation during their refreshment break at the tail end of a jam-packed, two-day conference is not to be taken for granted!

Mieke is an early-twenties adventurer from South Africa who spent 2 years au pairing in the USA. We settled in by the fireside for a long chat about her experiences there, her learnings, and the huge impact this time overseas has had on her life.

Dr Tim Pittaway captures the mood while post-grad participants are boarding Teams for our research workshop. The two screens are active, the reserve batteries are ready should the power go off, and everything is double-checked to be functioning… We will be online for many hours…

We had our cake ... and we ate it! at my first open house. 12 business women + Werner's delicious menu + Lindi's Bonnievale Wine + a little stoking of the fire ... just the recipe for connecting and building relationships through shared experiences. I'm looking forward to the next one!

On 5 March I had the pleasure of presenting one in a series of work-readiness workshops to these 2020 matriculants, now engineering students in phase 2 of the Unity for Africa Foundation’s iGems programme. We worked through practical steps to develop positive, objective self-knowledge to foster insight and skill in managing their careers. They responded with such confident and enthusiastic presentations (as you’ll see in the photos), it was a truly happy day for this educator. A big thank you to Berenice and Babalo from the #UnityInAfricaFoundation for creating this great opportunity.
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
I would like to take the time to thank you personally for YOUR tremendous support towards the Mr PE uberMANn campaign of 2018. Mr PE uberMANn strives not only to impact the lives in our community but our vision also entails to strive for excellence, because perfection is God’s business. I thank you dearly for your partnership in the great movement to change lives across South Africa. We change lives! I will never forget the wise words spoken at our first workshop during the first 9 weeks of Mr PE. I still have my notes where I wrote tips on how to present myself and how to introduce myself. I will never throw away that page and I will never allow myself not to give myself the chance to be the person I really am. Thanks to you, Dr, I could express myself throughout the campaign in a more formal and successful manner. THANK YOU. Thank you so much yet again for your input into this great campaign. Ofentse and I look forward to working with you in the near future.
Dr Janin Vansteenkiste takes you on a journey through live stages. The book is written in language the ordinary reader can engage with easily, filled with short retellings of things happening in people’s lives as illustrations. Yet, it is clearly backed by good sociological academic research. Well worth the read and a re-read. Inspiring and motivating.
I would recommend this book to anybody between the ages of 18-100. The author has used a lifetime of coaching experience on the pages. Read it in one sitting.
We had a fantastic first networking session for 2021 and we were honoured to have Dr Janin Vansteenkiste, our BNI Ambassador, with us as our Keynote Speaker today! Thank you for your wonderful and inspiring message of hope, grit, determination and never giving up! Your words resonated strongly with us and have set a strong and optimistic tone for the year!
Ek het natuurlik dadelik na die afdeling vir 63+ geblaai. Ek het nog net geloer, maar ek is gek oor jou lewensfilosofie. Baie, baie dankie vir die boek! Dis ‘n wonderlike geskenk. Ek sien uit daarna om veel meer te doen as loer en blaai Boonop gaan dit my met my skryfwerk ook help. Dis moeilik om te onthou hoe mens byvoorbeeld in jou 30’s was.☺ Nou het ek die regte agtergrond vir my jonger karakters.
A briljant book, written by a sociologist with a high level of empathy and feeling for helping people. The book’s real life examples are drawn clearly from the author’s context: Belgium and South Africa. Read it to learn more about yourself and of others.
Congratulations again – this is a marvelous contribution to the inquiry about life phases.
Dr Janin has supported me for the past 15+ years as a life coach to make personal and professional decisions. It started as coaching sessions at her fireplace, but then transferred to online coaching sessions across continents and time zones.
Dr Janin delivered a SUPERB address to a packed audience at our Siembamba Preschool High Tea. The ladies were absolutely thrilled with her lively, warm and practical delivery. The audience gave excellent feedback about how her talk made them reconsider unhelpful life attitudes. They were inspired, excited and motivated. She did all this in a very natural and warm way, making everyone relax, laugh and face their future as moms and women with renewed enthusiasm.What a privilege to had her as our Guest Speaker of Honour!
The course was WONDERFUL! Felt as if things could become possible!