The Phoenix Frequencies

The Phoenix Frequencies

By Nienke van BezooijenSociety & CulturePersonal Journals
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The Phoenix Frequencies episodes

  • Episode 7 What story do you tell yourself?

    It's two months since her mom's passing, and Nienke and her father spoke a lot at that time. Creating space to bring back memories. 
    When memories are shared over and over, they turn into stories.
    The story about the memory... Those stories can be helpful or block you. They always have deeper roots in what you liked or disliked when the memory was created. From there, you can choose to live that story and let that story run your life. Nowadays, world leaders live a story and create a world around them.
    It is up to us to stay conscious about that. 

    We are all responsible for how we show up in the world, to others, ánd to ourselves. With Phoenix Frequencies, Nienke van Bezooijen shines her light on what we can do to be the best versions of ourselves based on how we show up and what we are willing to learn. It isn't about showing the way with pretended positivity, it is the heart-based vulnerability-sharing options. It takes courage to rise. See what is for you. Or share with others.  Perfect doesn't exist; curiosity can be the stepping stone to broaden your perspectives. 

    Courage to move on from the past,
    Trust to be with the present,
    Rise to create a new future. 

    If you want to be interviewed as a phoenix, write to  heartbraincoachnienke @gmail.com

    8 min
  • Episode 6 Cut your Crap!

    Cut the Crap is, in English, a direct way of telling someone to stop saying things that are not true or not important: 'Just cut the crap and tell me what is really going on'. Playing around with words, Crabs belong to the subphylum Crustacean, the largest group of marine arthropods; most crabs move sideways, walking on four pairs of legs and holding their two legs with claws away from their body. 
    They shed their hard shell, which would otherwise prevent growth. When the safe shell becomes too tight, it is time to create something aligned with their growth. 
    Humans often don't dare to grow that way. We don't like change. When things get too tight in our emotional life, we keep moving sideways and take painkillers, food or other southing things to make us feel better. 
    In this podcast, Nienke shares how shedding what isn't serving you any longer is key to moving on without repeating yourself.  

    We are all responsible for how we show up in the world, to others, ánd to ourselves. With Phoenix Frequencies, Nienke van Bezooijen shines her light on what we can do to be the best versions of ourselves based on how we show up and what we are willing to learn. It isn't about showing the way with pretended positivity, it is the heart-based vulnerability-sharing options. It takes courage to rise. See what is for you. Or share with others.  Perfect doesn't exist; curiosity can be the stepping stone to broaden your perspectives. 

    Courage to move on from the past,
    Trust to be with the present,
    Rise to create a new future. 

    If you want to be interviewed as a phoenix, write to  heartbraincoachnienke @gmail.com

    8 min
  • Episode 5 Feeling lost or in flow

    When life seems to hit us 'again' with setbacks, pain, grief, hurt, feeling misunderstood, and alienation, we can confuse resilience, which involves powerful bouncing back, with taking response-ability. We can take a look at our patterns. What might have helped us in the past is no guarantee that the present or future will be the solution to get out of your setback. 
    In this podcast, Nienke shares the difference between bouncing back, repeating yourself, and the other choice you have. She shares her real-life examples of how she phoenixes. 
    No matter how hard life seems to hit us, we always have the choice to respond in a way that serves us now rather than what served us in the past. 
    That's the difference between feeling lost, falling through space without any grip, or flipping the coin from fear to freedom. 

    We are all responsible for how we show up in the world, to others, ánd to ourselves. With Phoenix Frequencies, Nienke van Bezooijen shines her light on what we can do to be the best versions of ourselves based on how we show up and what we are willing to learn. It isn't about showing the way with pretended positivity, it is the heart-based vulnerability-sharing options. It takes courage to rise. See what is for you. Or share with others.  Perfect doesn't exist; curiosity can be the stepping stone to broaden your perspectives. 

    Courage to move on from the past,
    Trust to be with the present,
    Rise to create a new future. 

    If you want to be interviewed as a phoenix, write to  heartbraincoachnienke @gmail.com

    9 min
  • Episode 4 Goalsetting 2025 through a different lens

    2025 started already with many dynamics, such as wildfires, ceasefires, impeachment, and inauguration in polarization. 
    In non-violent communication techniques, we can see that we act and react based on deep needs. 
    Fight, Flight Freeze or Please modes have their roots in deeper needs. 
    Sometimes, a third-party or helicopter view technique can help us see what is really going on. However, Heart-based meditation can also show us the way. 
    The fact stays: we have a choice in responding to circumstances and life events around us and in us through the inward or outward path: meditation or mediation. 
    There is just one letter different in that word from mediation, bridging with the T of towards or togetherness. 
    We all have a choice in how we create 2025. Inward or outwards or embrace both.
    Through what lens are you creating your 2025?  

    We are all responsible for how we show up in the world, to others, ánd to ourselves. With Phoenix Frequencies, Nienke van Bezooijen shines her light on what we can do to be the best versions of ourselves based on how we show up and what we are willing to learn. It isn't about showing the way with pretended positivity, it is the heart-based vulnerability-sharing options. It takes courage to rise. See what is for you. Or share with others.  Perfect doesn't exist; curiosity can be the stepping stone to broaden your perspectives. 

    Courage to move on from the past,
    Trust to be with the present,
    Rise to create a new future. 

    If you want to be interviewed as a phoenix, write to  heartbraincoachnienke @gmail.com

    9 min
  • Episode 3 Love without an agenda

    It has been weeks without time and space since December 17th 2024, for Nienke. 
    Once again, she stepped into the transition doula frequencies. 
    December 23rd, in the morning, her mom left her physical body. Very gentle and peaceful, she blew out her candle of life. 
    In the days before, Nienke saw first-hand the power of unconditional love between her parents, even in the transitional moments. 
    How her mother surrendered and relaxed in the presence of her husband. 
    Although her relationship with her mother wasn't a paved path, stepping into unconditional love facilitated its healing. 
    R.I.P. Hans van Bezooijen-Schreuder, thank you for giving my life to me.
     *18th of August 1939 - †23rd of December 2024


    We are all responsible for how we show up in the world, to others, ánd to ourselves. With Phoenix Frequencies, Nienke van Bezooijen shines her light on what we can do to be the best versions of ourselves based on how we show up and what we are willing to learn. It isn't about showing the way with pretended positivity, it is the heart-based vulnerability-sharing options. It takes courage to rise. See what is for you. Or share with others.  Perfect doesn't exist; curiosity can be the stepping stone to broaden your perspectives. 

    Courage to move on from the past,
    Trust to be with the present,
    Rise to create a new future. 

    If you want to be interviewed as a phoenix, write to  heartbraincoachnienke @gmail.com

    9 min
  • Episode 2 My Dutch DNA?

    What are the characteristics of your country of origin, in Nienke's case, the Dutch DNA? Well-known for concurring the water, creating land from sea and rivers by building barriers like 'dijken', dyks...  
    Or, during the Hanza's time, the trade line from Belgium to the Baltic states.... Trading the feminine way, exchange, non-violent. We had that culture until the first Brexit, when trading became a trick for expansion and slavery. The wealth at all costs, no matter the dehumidification of whole populations. Excuses are so hard to express; humbleness is a failure, it seems, in the Dutch DNA. 
    Nowadays, we can test what other cultures are in our DNA. We made human borders, but we are a mixture anyway. 
    What DNA do you want to let shine in your expression and your behaviour? 
    We can transform our DNA if we dare to do so.

    We are all responsible for how we show up in the world, to others, ánd to ourselves. With Phoenix Frequencies, Nienke van Bezooijen shines her light on what we can do to be the best versions of ourselves based on how we show up and what we are willing to learn. It isn't about showing the way with pretended positivity, it is the heart-based vulnerability-sharing options. It takes courage to rise. See what is for you. Or share with others.  Perfect doesn't exist; curiosity can be the stepping stone to broaden your perspectives. 

    Courage to move on from the past,
    Trust to be with the present,
    Rise to create a new future. 

    If you want to be interviewed as a phoenix, write to  heartbraincoachnienke @gmail.com

    8 min
  • Season 3 nr 1 My Lessons from Korea

    To celebrate her re-birthday, Nienke went to South Korea. On a two-week, intense trip, she met real Koreans. She saw the contradiction within the country and the people. 
    The DNA of harmony, respect, exchange, and growth is overgrown by the most toxic feeling we can have: shame. 
    The devastating effects of trying to outsmart everybody to avoid shame are the lowest birth rate in the world and the high suicide rate among elderly people. 
    But there is hope. In this first episode of season 3 of the Phoenix Frequencies, Nienke shares her perception of where she saw the signs of change. 
    Shame is a virus that circulates rapidly around the world, creating chaos and polarization that destroys more than we can predict.  
    We all can stop it by using one element, and if you do, shame can't survive. 
    Do you dare to use it? 

    We are all responsible for how we show up in the world, to others, ánd to ourselves. With Phoenix Frequencies, Nienke van Bezooijen shines her light on what we can do to be the best versions of ourselves based on how we show up and what we are willing to learn. It isn't about showing the way with pretended positivity, it is the heart-based vulnerability-sharing options. It takes courage to rise. See what is for you. Or share with others.  Perfect doesn't exist; curiosity can be the stepping stone to broaden your perspectives. 

    Courage to move on from the past,
    Trust to be with the present,
    Rise to create a new future. 

    If you want to be interviewed as a phoenix, write to  heartbraincoachnienke @gmail.com

    12 min
  • Episode 41 Create beyond the impossible

    Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Francis of Assisi. 
    Over the last year, Nienke recorded a podcast every week and is closing this year's cycle in South Korea. She followed her heart's intuition and reconnected with her mission to bring ease, listening, and connection based on the Phoenix Frequencies.
    In this podcast, her gift to you all is a heart meditation.
    Click the link to join her on the Global Coherence Initiative app for her private event on October 12th. 

    We are all responsible for how we show up in the world, to others, ánd to ourselves. With Phoenix Frequencies, Nienke van Bezooijen shines her light on what we can do to be the best versions of ourselves based on how we show up and what we are willing to learn. It isn't about showing the way with pretended positivity, it is the heart-based vulnerability-sharing options. It takes courage to rise. See what is for you. Or share with others.  Perfect doesn't exist; curiosity can be the stepping stone to broaden your perspectives. 

    Courage to move on from the past,
    Trust to be with the present,
    Rise to create a new future. 

    If you want to be interviewed as a phoenix, write to  heartbraincoachnienke @gmail.com

    10 min
  • Episode 40 The point of no return

    When history seems to repeat itself. When you see yourself hitting the same wall, reacting as always: defensive, creating your own truths, searching outside yourself to let others make you feel better, avoiding the point of no return? 
    Nienke can see life looks like a history repetition, but after her point of no return three years ago, she stopped the attitude that seemed resilient but, in reality, was bouncing back. The point of no return gave her a portal to Phoenix. While phoenixed, there is no return possible. 
    It takes courage to transform the reactor in you into the creator: the same letters, different frequencies. Either you step into it or repeat yourself—at all costs. 
    You have a choice, always. 

    We are all responsible for how we show up in the world, to others, ánd to ourselves. With Phoenix Frequencies, Nienke van Bezooijen shines her light on what we can do to be the best versions of ourselves based on how we show up and what we are willing to learn. It isn't about showing the way with pretended positivity, it is the heart-based vulnerability-sharing options. It takes courage to rise. See what is for you. Or share with others.  Perfect doesn't exist; curiosity can be the stepping stone to broaden your perspectives. 

    Courage to move on from the past,
    Trust to be with the present,
    Rise to create a new future. 

    If you want to be interviewed as a phoenix, write to  heartbraincoachnienke @gmail.com

    9 min
  • Episode 39 Let's make Peace a Verb

    Nienke is counting down the days until her trip to South Korea. Part of her trip will involve visiting the demilitarisation zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea.
    Peace is not the absence of war but an attitude toward peace. Peace seemed hijacked by happiness in the last century, but we need to elevate our Peace attitude further than that.
    In Self-leadership, the practice of pause and feeling is a skill to develop.
    To develop the courage to pause before responding. So we can respond with response-ability. Peace isn't just the SDG 16 of the UN. (Goal 16 is about promoting peaceful and inclusive societies, providing access to justice for all and building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. People everywhere should be free of fear from all forms of violence and feel safe as they go about their lives, whatever their ethnicity, faith or sexual orientation).
    We can start with ourselves, without any money investment: with the peace attitude, learning to pause and listen to ourselves and other, neutral. Leaving the hunger for applause beside you. Starting to feel grateful for what you can, with compassion for what you can't yet and care for what is to come. Be an example. Make peace a verb.   
    You can join Nienke on the GCI app and learn more about the peaceful impact you can make at any time

    Special thanks to  Sheva Carr the Fyera Foundation, Dr Scilla Elworthy, Gert Olefs and Daeyoung Kim

    We are all responsible for how we show up in the world, to others, ánd to ourselves. With Phoenix Frequencies, Nienke van Bezooijen shines her light on what we can do to be the best versions of ourselves based on how we show up and what we are willing to learn. It isn't about showing the way with pretended positivity, it is the heart-based vulnerability-sharing options. It takes courage to rise. See what is for you. Or share with others.  Perfect doesn't exist; curiosity can be the stepping stone to broaden your perspectives. 

    Courage to move on from the past,
    Trust to be with the present,
    Rise to create a new future. 

    If you want to be interviewed as a phoenix, write to  heartbraincoachnienke @gmail.com

    9 min

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