INSPIRATIONAL INTERVIEWS

We learn about life through the voice of a South African healer and Sangoma. Fortunate Rakgomo shares how dark her life started out. She was seven years old when she was raped. She had never shared this story with anybody until she was an adult. Along the journey this incident manifested and when she was a young lady she tried to commit suicide. All the stories on the show are inspirational and empowering. Take a moment to forget your own life and be inspired by ...

With the current war in the Ukraine, I felt so strongly that I needed to reach out to someone from the Ukraine and have them on the show. It was just too dominant in my heart to keep sharing life stories and not hear a story from the Ukraine. Join me in listening to Olga Williams life story. Olga is from the Ukraine, moved to London and met her, now South African husband. They Moved to South Africa and started to raise a family here. Her whole family lives in the Ukraine.&nbs...

A spark of authenticity and light. For me this was just a wonderful, and most interesting conversation. Speaking with Creative souls is always a music to my ears. When someone commits their life to a creative process, and they are truly immersed, mind, body and soul into what they do, this for me, is the sweet spot of all life stories. Join me in meeting Alun Richards, a South African Internationally Recognised, Multiple Times Award Winning Film and Television Composer.https://www....

Eve Solomons, the winner of Mrs Johannesburg - South Africa, talks to us about her life story. Why would someone want to become a Mrs.... Pageant? What inspires a mother and wife to enter the Mrs Johannesburg and win! Eve Speaks with a smile on her face throughout the conversation. It was a delight to have her in the studio with me. Find Eve Solomons here https://www.instagram.com/eve_solomons/Always find me on my fav social platform Instagram: Inspirational Interviews, its my way...

The most extraordinary conversation with a clairvoyant. Katherine Lee-Kruger shares her life story with me. When she discovered that she was a clairvoyant, and how she navigated this rare gift throughout her life. This is a profound conversation about love, loss, spirituality, just being normal!! Insecurities, suicide, trauma, and doing what you love in life. All Inspiring! Katherine also opens to her own vulnerabilities, and the loss of her entire family all through multiple suic...

All Inspiring to hear how Greg Jacobsen turns his life around. He was addicted to Drugs and Alcohol and Lies. One day, his suicide attempt failed horribly, and there was no further down the rocks he could go, He was at the bottom. We hear how he had to face the truth, and from that point on, start to see and feel the magic of life. Now Greg heel others who need it. As I always say, I would far rather receive help from someone who has been there and got the T-shirt. ...

Nico Van Niekerk had a motorcycling accident. He woke up five weeks later from his coma, to find he only had one leg, and one arm. I was just so inspired by the ease at which Nico approached this traumatic incident. He just like you and me have dreams to make this life time count for something, find out in the two part series how Nico looks back on the past and how he is going to be brave now in this predicament with one arm and one leg and still make his dreams come true!&nb...

Nico Van Niekerk had a motorcycling accident. He woke up five weeks later from his coma, to find he only had one arm, and one leg. I was just so inspired by the ease at which Nico approached this traumatic incident in his life, and still continues to do so. He, just like you and me, has dreams and ambitions to make this lifetime count for something. In this TWO PART EPISODE, Look back with us on Nico Van Niekerk's life before the accident. Discover the challenges h...

Changing career doesn't always have to be complicated! Chris transitioned into a completely new career from a logistics and technical environment to becoming a Bush Guide. Moving From a career in the City to a career in the Bush, otherwise known as Safari Life .Normally change can be so scary! Be inspired by a certain level of ease at how Chris approaches the change. Look Chris up here:https://www.chrisbatessafaris.com/Follow me on my Instagram Page, let me know you have...

How do we snap out of this victim mindset? Move From Corporate to Creating Your Own Creative Purpose In Life? We can hold onto our negative past or grab onto everything that's out there. Meet Nolan Pillay, he failed school, and feeling so ashamed, he tried to commit suicide. Thankfully, he survived and got a second chance. But then, what do you do? Walk around with your tail between your legs? Or, out there, rain or shine, and be grateful for what...

We all have a past. Some of us are desperate to put it behind us and be the person we want to be, and not the person we were born into being. Some make it, some don't! Why? What does it take to remove yourself from your past and create the person you want to be?Try something you have never done before, run away from abuse, face the music from long ago, to enjoy the music in the present! A most candid, raw, transparent and Beautiful Life Story with...

Meet Jeffrey Morse. He suffered an aneurysm. After days of migraines, he saw the doctor and he was told he had 25% chance of living. After being rushed into the hospital, the next thing he knew, he woke up paralysed! Like any life story, there is always so much more to a person than just one story. We learn how his childhood could have led Jeffrey to make the wrong choices in his adult life, especially at these times when he needed a solid base and people he could trust the most!&n...

All he wanted to do was to compete for his country. He made one wrong decision, going against his gut instinct , and he ended up upside down, in a car, paralysed! Meet South African Fitness Sportsman, Marco Pietrowski, now, a walking quadriplegic. Find out why some people who do end up paralysed, do in fact start to walk again. Marco shares his whole life story with us, giving us a beautiful picture into a life lived, fully, painfully, tragically and magicall...

How do you cope with life, and climb to the top of your ladder when your dad is murdered and your brother commits suicide! How do you cope at all? Meet a "Burnt Chef" Halima Ferreira - works as a Private Chef for the richest of the rich. An unfiltered and enlightening conversation with a Burnt Chef - Halima Ferreira, who shares her life story. Beware, there is no filter to this discussion about the chef industry! Sex, Drugs, the Rich and Famous and Park Benches!If you are in it, pe...

"At one point I thought, this is it, and I was ok with it, I guess. I knew this was going to be dangerous"But then I thought, I didn't come here to NOT make it back from this dive, so hold on, lets reevaluate this situation."Meet Karen van den Oever, South African, World Record, Deep Water Cave Diver. Breaking the world record at 236 Meters. She Lives to Tell Her Courageous Tale, where others didn't. Its Braveheart's like Karen who can teach us so much about ourselves, about ...

Being truly open is not easy. Most people fear the natural flow of a conversation because it can lead to certain truths which can scare and shock them. Known Artist, Linsey Levendall is a brave and enlightened soul who shares his turbulent and beautiful life story. Hearing him talk about growing up on the poorer & rougher side of Cape Town, to moving to Canada as an adult, we are absorbed and educated in his story, and we feel like we have a friend in his willingne...

We all have dreams, but do we go to all measures to make them come true? Regardless of the people around us? Kenneth's dad left when he was a little boy. This had a major impact on his perception of the word. He got into a lot of trouble throughout his life. But, he had a dream, and we learn how in persisting to make this dream come true, that dreams do come true, but in his case, it got really messy! How did he make this all right again? Looking at hims...

Magda is a true gem! Growing up in Indonesia, she was one of eleven siblings. After they were separated from their father, their mother and them were all put into the Japanese Concentration Camps in Indonesian, and thankfully, they all survived. Learning to brave the harshness of starvation, and having to learn to cope with life in war- Magda Cramer shares her whole life story with us. We learn her wise approach to life and death, and hear her elegant wisdoms she's lear...

Dedicating your life to something that speaks directly to your heart and the minds inquisition is outstanding and brilliant! To then be ostracized and bullied away from doing what you love, because your brilliance and transparency starts to threaten powerful countries and people in power. China, this is a big pill to swallow! What do you do next? Become Vulnerable? Fight Back? Or use your mind in a different way and create something new! Just Wonderful! ...

Leslie Robinson's mother attempted to kill her a couple of times when she was small. With this fate in life, it's Leslie's responsibility to heal the wounds of absent love and find the one thing that we all need in this world, at least one person, who we can fully and completely entrust our lives with, and who loves us 100 percent ! Find out how Leslie does it, overcomes panic attacks, multiple personality disorders and all the heart aching affects such a sadness brings into one's life. What ...

Car Crash, Everything Changes In An Instant! "They" say, you are never going to walk again, I say, "Watch Me"You Are Paralysed for the rest of your life. You need help going to the toilette, you need help wiping your nose? Do you say, poor me? Or do you say, F*ck it! This is not how it's going to be!!Meet Mark Charlesworth! It appears the most stubborn man I have interviewed to date. "They" said he would never walk again, He said, "Watch me."An all inspiring life story!...

Human Beings All Go Through Dark Times! The question is, how do we get out of them? How do we allow ourselves to get through the swamp and find the clear? Find the path of least resistance, and Choose a landing that resonates with our soul. Meet Jarette Petzer of #Imstaying and Move One Million. He speaks about the power of manifestation, and how your heart needs to be open for it. He also sing's the praises of the teachings of Abraham Hicks, and how her principals helped sha...

Chris Morgan is a Wildlife Host, Ecologist, TV Presenter, Podcast Host and Conservationist. He Dedicates his life to keeping the bear species alive protected and growing. He also hosts a podcast show called The Wild.https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/the-wild-with-chris-morgan/id1455418690?l=enChris Morgan encourages the Coexisting of animals with human beings. When Chris was younger his whole path changed because of one Summer Camp Adventure. What life experien...

How can I find the motivation. How can I achieve a goal? Do something great, feel like what I am doing actually has relevance ? Male Suicide Prevention is one of Sarah Bilko's whispers, which jerked her into to putting her trainers on, and take on her own challenge of climbing the Scafell Pike Summits in England, 100 Times consecutively in 34 days.This is the full story of Sarah Bilko. Find out why she did it. How she achieved her goal, and why she never gave up! ...

Hi Guys Please enjoy SEASON TWO and all the interviews to follow...INSPIRATIONAL INTERVIEWS IS A RAW-NOT RESEARCHED-REAL LIFE STORIES PLATFORM. I interview people blindly. The aim is to discover who my guests are and why they are on this earth! How they found their Truth!Bigger purpose - To Inspire!The Conversation can go anywhere. Sometimes it may be a bit awkward, searching and intense. You can't just get to the truth with a straightforward question.Tune In, Share and Subs...

INSPIRATIONAL INTERVIEWS IS A RAW-NOT RESEARCHED-REAL LIFE STORIES PLATFORM. I interview people blindly. The aim is to discover who my guests are and why they are on this earth! How they found their Truth! Bigger purpose - To Inspire! The Conversation can go anywhere. Sometimes it may be a bit awkward, searching and intense. You can't just get to the truth with a straightforward question. Tune In, Share and Subscribe. Say Hi!MOSTLY PLEASE ENJOY ALL THESE WONDERFU...

Life Story and Interview with Jeffrey Deskovic. A man who at 17 years old, was wrongly accused, convicted and jailed for a rape and murder which he did not commit! Be Inspired by his Life Story and the Ability to Never Give Up! How did he eventually get out of prison? How come other wrongly convicted prisoners don't?How would you handle being wrongly accused?Going to jail? Having your freedom taken away? How about the freedom in your own mind?Are you in the jail of your ow...

Finding Purpose and meaning in the bigger picture of our life, involves love and relationships and the dynamics each one brings!We all want to be happy in life and find our purpose and do what matters. We can't go through life's journey without falling in love at least once. These love relationships all add up to who we become and where we end up, and what we want to become.These love relationships mould us and shape our future. Love affects everything. Our choices in our careers, the a...

Searching for Truth! Living in a tin shack -An orthodox priest and Artist who does not profess to be holier than thou! In fact Justin is a breath of fresh air.Join us in this third part of Justin Venn's life story! It's insightful, fun, real and deeply inspiring. Not sure what to do with your life, listen how a man goes on a quest to find truth and the deepest possible inner and spiritual alignment and connection with self and God.

A Search for truth!Join us in the second part of Justin Venn's Life story. Feel like you are on a search for truth, for something deeper in your life. Perhaps a better connection with self, or even a closer connection to God, a God, any God... but you are not yet quite sure what, or how. Be inspired by Justin Venn's (practically) full life story in this three part series, on how he found his calling and as close a connection to truth and meaning. It's so much fun and what's more it's rea...

A man's search for purpose and meaning. Justin Venn is an Iconographic Artist, and an Orthodox Priest. His journey till today has traveled mountains, and across the seas. He has seen much darkness and a lot of light. His search for meaning has experienced a life lived in Spanish caves. He has become a living resident in a famous Parisian Book shop. Where he literally slept between books, sleeping and dreaming from genre to genre.This is a truly beautiful story of how a man c...

Meet entrepreneur, single mom, yoga teacher, and truth seeker, Mariah Mansvelt Beck!She is the co-founder of Yoni the organic tampon brand.Her story inspires the listener to tune into the world around them, and to listen to their inner thoughts.To know when change is calling, to obey the signs, and deal with the consequences. Most importantly to feel safe and confident in the knowledge that answering to our hearts desires will ultimately bring us a life of truth, peace and joy.Wonderful and i...

Chris Morgan, a Wildlife hero, Ecologist, TV Presenter, Conservationist, Filmmaker, Author, Public Speaker, and Podcaster! He is also what I call, The Bear Man!Chris dedicates his life to keeping our Bear species alive, protected, and growing. Most importantly, he encourages the coexisting of these amazing animals, with human beings. Not separate or apart from!Chris promotes and teaches that we must find a way to live together with our animals, see the possibilities and the ...

Dwayne Fields is an Explorer, Adventurer, TV Presenter, and a Naturalist. He is a self made hero!He faced the worst of its kind-being rejected by both parents his entire life.When he stepped away from the bad energy in his life, and moved out of his comfort zone. This is where his wonderful story began.Dwayne was born in Jamaica, he moved to London when he was six years old. He grew up on Council estates in London, and at a certain point found a gun to his head. Later he was kicked out ...

Infertility, a father's suicide, and how to cope with life.Infertility is a wishing woman’s worst nightmare. Debbie and her husband tried to fall pregnant for years. They took all the options medicine offers, and money can buy. They desperately wanted this dream to come true. But it never did.Until today, and over fifteen years later, Debbie now being in her forties, she has had to accept that childbirth is no longer on the cards.To add insult to injury, Debbie’s depressed father committed su...

Leen Zevenbergen is a serial entrepreneur. He believes in following your passion. Working hard, is not hard work when you do what you love. Most importantly, do business for good, for the betterment of our community and making the world a beautiful place.Leen Zevenbergen is the co-founder of the European B Lab. Leen is constantly thinking what is the future of business, what is next?Interested in business in anyway shape or form? Working for a company as an employee? Interes...

Oliver Sinclair has Multiple Sclerosis. Living with MS does not define who is he is and what kind if life he lives! This is a conversation about triumph, facing denial, love, passion, truth and adaptation!We don't always have control over what happens to us, but we have control over how we deal with it.Be inspired by Oliver's life story. Oliver had a dream to work in the African bush, and this is how he started off his career, as the head game ranger for a renouwned South African bush lodge.&...

Clarissa Ward, a Mother and Journalist, and one of CNN's Senior Chief International Correspondents. She is a multiple times Award Winner. She has just recently given birth to her second child and she is also a recent author, of a book called "On All Fronts" The Education of a Journalist.Clarissa speaks about her life growing up and how this and motherhood has shaped her to become the journalist she is today. She shares her experience as a mom, and what needs to be in place so that she can be ...

Inspiration to keep going and never give up. This conversation is a simple monologue for you, my listener. I recently encountered a little issue which costed me ten hours of work, and long story short, no interview to present. There were so many times I could have given up on this journey, and this time was one of them.We have become so reliant on technology in this day and age, and when it does not work, in short, we have a problem and a reason to say, I'm out. I beli...

Kim Wolhuter is a wildlife filmmaker and Producer. He is the grandson to the late, and famous, Harry Wolhuter. The First Game Ranger in the the Kruger National Park, and author of a world knows Autobiography, "Memories of a Game Ranger".Since the early start in Kim's career, he has been traveling Africa, capturing what we see on the various wildlife documentaries, and television wildlife series. It is fascinating hearing his many tales. Kim talks about the ominous and harsh ...

Meet Kim Cramer, a dedicated hard working human being, mother, scientific researcher, partner, daughter and friend.Kim wants to make the world a great place!Kim is using her scientific research background, and communication and psychology expertise, to touch and change people's lives.She is the founding partner of a product called 23plusone and a company called BR-ND People. 23plusone is a scientific method to create connection and stimulate positive action. It influences behaviour, both in b...

Life Story of Ellen Windemuth, founder of Oscar Winning Production Company, Off the Fence. Ellen always knew what she wanted out of her career, and she went for it. Like any path in life, it's never straightforward. We have to overcome obstacles, leave our current jobs, and a boardroom of wide eyed, short sighted men. Today, her creative team have been recognised by more than 80 awards. Ellen and her team are about to launch WaterBear Network, a lifelong dream of Ellen's. Every sto...

Trish Eksteen is a professional OCR athlete. She has just achieved her goal, and broken a world record, in running one hundred half marathons, in one hundred days.Like many people who do something profound in life, there is a story which drives us, motivates us and inspires us to achieve our goals.Trish explains her reason to take on this personal challenge in support of mental health.She shares a tragic story with us, which changed her life forever.Like everyone in life, we alway...

Marc Bennett is an Adventure Cameraman, Cinematographer and Director of photography.He is inspiring, and a breath of fresh air.From breaking into his school, and then working in bars...receiving rejection letter after letter, we find out how he finally secured his first job in the filming industry.We are truly inspired by his open hearted, informative and fun life story.Fast forward till today, Marc has won two Emmys, and nominated for many more. He has filmed in around 30 seasons of Survivor...

This is a story about a man who discovered a dream by following a feeling, and letting his parents in on his life's work.Ozzy Yerlikaya is from Turkey, and now lives in Cape Town.He started off his career as a professional diver. He guided travellers in the depths of the most beautiful locations in the world. At a moment this didn't feel right anymore, he took another step.Ozzy then started working as a travel agent in South Africa, connecting the Turkish market to South African. Feelin...

You have to go through the process of “becoming”, to then become what you ultimately want to be. Meet Kate Brooks, a Photojournalist, Film Director, Conservationist, and a super cool woman in general!Kate's professional journey started literally with her bum in the frying pan! With her camera, this brave lady went straight into an orphanage in Russia, known as a death house - and made bad things, turn to good! Fast forward, Kate has since been working in the line of fire in the Middle Ea...

This conversation with Ed Stafford is all about personal discovery. Road mapping the steps Ed has taken on his life journey, Join us for an Up, Close, and Personal venture into Ed's mind and soul. Ed has lived an exciting and adventerous life. Ed decided to take a camera with him into the Amazon Jungle, and document his entire Guinness World Record breaking walk. This scanned the entire length of the Amazon Jungle and took over two years. Since then, Ed has been working in the television indu...

This inspirational story is all about following your truth, doing what you love, and living where your heart beats the loudest-under blue skies, where the pace is slower, life is more simple and yet all at the same time, so inspiring. This is also a story, which is all about family and keeping a legacy alive. Meet Justine De La Rue, an international woman, from Zimbabwe. She is an artisan, specialising in making leather belts, with a signature stone embedded in each buckle. Each story holds a...

Margot Raggett, a conservationist and wildlife photographer known for, "The Remembering Wildlife Series" shares her life story with me.Wonderful journey about change and finding more truth and meaning in life. This Podcast conversation has twists and turns. Find out the steps Margot took to go from working in Public Relations, an industry, geared toward consumerism, driven by materialistic goals. This industry, also known as a fickle industry pushing the wrong ideas onto a fragile world. In t...

Meet Kevin Richardson, AKA, The Lion Whisperer. This is a beautiful life story about triumph, fighting for what you believe in, the struggle to there, and how each opportunity opens doors you can never imagine. Kevin shares his life story with us, and demonstrates also that each one of our life journeys, is an evolutionary process. Discovering that sometimes, yes, you need to climb mountains to protect what you believe in, and love.Join Kevin and myself in this Podcast conversation. Learning ...

When you start off again, or change careers later down the line, so that you can do what you love, it will involve sacrifice! There are no two ways about it and no getting around it either. Firstly, you will probably take a salary cut, a change of lifestyle, kids might have to go to a different schools, you might have to move into a smaller apartment or house. Because of this, you most likely won't be going on those glam holidays that everyone else is going on...for now. I repeat for now, to...

At six years old he dreamt of living abroad. Doing what...it didn't matter. His dream was to travel the world, and live in another country. Did it come true, of course it did! Meet Kuniyoshi Ohtawara. He grew up in Tokyo, and while growing up, he watched in admiration, his close companion and cousin, who is a professional dancer, travel the world for her dancing. This inspired him to want to also get out of Tokyo and explore the world This story is not about traveling abroad per se, it's abou...

Are you living in a dream bubble, selling a dream bubble... aspiring to a dream bubble? Where are you at with authenticity in your life? Marjan lived the high life in Amsterdam, left it behind-changed her career completely, and moved to Bali to run a little farm and cafe. She was running an advertising agency, lived in the best suburbs, lived with the love of her life, had the dog, shopped the luxury brands, but something was not quite right. Since moving to Bali, she has had to l...

He was a couch potato, and one day he joined a swimming squad, for no reason other than a friends suggestion. Before he knew it, Ryan Stramrood was swimming from the famous Robben Island, to Cape Town's main land. Within a just a couple of months of joining the squad. Little did he know then he would be swimming from Europe to Africa, Alcatraz Island to Main land San Fransisco, the Serbian Lakes at 0.1 Degrees, Antartica at -1Degrees for 32 minutes breaking records! Taiwan to China. The list ...

Meet Jasmine Bongaerts, a mom, a mover and a shaker and a super persistent determined woman!Jasmine knew she wanted to have her own company and she went out and started one! Of course her life story does not just start and stop there. Learn how Jasmine found her calling for this time of her life. In fact it's an hilarious story, that actually made her realise that she HAS TO start an amazing kick ass eyewear business for children!! Often our brilliant ideas come from ridiculously awful situat...

Hi my beautiful listeners. So here's the deal. If you are connecting with your truth, click pass. But if you are not and you hate your day job, and you know there is something out there for you, this is a little conversation to simply trigger some thoughts. My recordings are unscripted, so - as the interviews this is raw, not researched and simply a real life, story and perspective in real time. I recorded this straight after interviewing Ryan Stramrood, an amazing, and courageous open water ...

This conversation oozes openness, pride, love for family and friends, a strong sense of connection and control, and a major amount of zest for life!Meet Paul Gardiner, CEO of Mantis, a luxury group of hotels and eco-lodges and waterways. Son to the owner and founder, Adrian Gardiner. Paul, the conservationist, globe trotter, international / eco innovator, shares his life story with us in the most humble and down to earth way! Paul is part of an organisation so many people would just love to b...

Evelien is this little power house of wisdom and positive energy. Evelien shares her life story with us. She practices Reiki, Craniosacral Therapy and Acupuncture on her patients. The book which she is about to publish "Zoals een boom" (Just Like A Tree), has come from the many a consultation with her patients, where a methodology naturally came to the surface. Evelien shares all the wisdoms taken from within her, but which are of course in the book as well, and which she shares and heals her...

This is a story about a man who is going to ruffle up some feathers ...where a little bit of ruffling is necessary! A highly educated Doctor in Religious studies, a Priest and an Educator, is going out there with his imminently published book, to talk about and address, questions, which most people are afraid to ask. This book will address masculinity through the eyes of the bible...encouraging that men should be, and are free, to choose their sexual identity without judgment or s...

This conversation is fun, real, hilarious and vulnerable. Meet Debby Mulholland the founder of the biggest English speaking acting school in The Netherlands. How does someone from a small town in New Zealand go out there and start the biggest English speaking acting school in Amsterdam, probably Europe?How and why create a life with hundreds of people always around you, live in a gorgeous Amsterdam apartment, and then, leave everything behind - all the fun and the vibrancy, the community buil...

An award winning Portuguese videographer living in Amsterdam. Meet "Joao M B Costa" Recognised by his confident beard and tattoos. Always to be found somewhere near a stage, in front of a musician or a band, and always behind a camera! Listen to this humble quiet natured down to earth man's life story! Collaborations and awards at film festivals, creating a local brand name in Amsterdam, and would you believe - once upon a time - he worked crazy hours in one of Portugal's local posh fishing...

International globe trotter, Award Winning Artist (Print, Films & Animation, Media, Stained glass, Sculptures ) When you're at school, some people stick out so much, because they are just so brilliant at something - well, in Ree Treweek's case it was art. She was know to be one of the best artists who attended our school! How is it that some people succeed and others don't, even though they are equally good at the same craft? This amazing conversation will teach you exactly why. Listen to...

Tamara Hanley recently wrote and published a book called "Within Me, every Childs secret to living an awesome life". Tamara is the Founding Director of Tribe Within, a self help platform, for adults alike to live an awesome life and be their best selves! In this conversation we explore the principals from her book. The three characters which she has created as tools to empower younger children to get a grip on emotionally challenging situations! Tamara was working at a Tony Robbins semi...

This story is about a man who lived the perfect life. The perfect job, the house, girlfriend, home, and a proud mama! Everything was going well. He realised at a certain moment is this it though, because its perfect now, but what if there is more. What if I press the reset button?Hear Dutch born and bred Thijs van Bokkem's story of how he left everything behind and pressed the reset button and changed his whole life. Thijs and I talk a lot about values and dreams and how important it is to un...

In this Episode I provide you with ideas taken from how I think about the home. Everyone who steps foot into my house always has something complementary to say. I love interior. I love styling, I love all things "home and beautiful" so its a pleasure to share with you little ways I make my home look nice and also how I started to express myself and create a home that aligns with me, my character, my passions and my interests. It's a personal conversation with you. I hope you like it and would...

This interview is all about an ambitious high flying woman, Mildred Hofkes. She was born in The Netherlands, and grew up with a close-nit family, and a doting grandfather. Mildred creates her career and world around a set of skills which her beloved grandfather once pointed out to her, would steer her in a true and right direction - Research!She developed an impressive and affective research and analysis model at university, which she has been using in all her businesses and seminars. Her am...

Sebastiaan Bremer is a self made and taught artist! Born in The Netherlands, he is from Amsterdam. As a young boy he worked in comic book stores, and it was there, that his love for drawings and the art world started to emerge.This is a story about a man who wanted to leave his home city and become an artist, and he did. www.basbremer.comSUBSCRIBE & Watch the full life story on our First YouTube Channel https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCgXTTjtQHWL5zGpOsbnGNfQand see the "Straight to t...

Marleen Basart, founder of the successful Amsterdam food company, Bites we Love, is an entrepreneur and a mom and a life partner. She is one big fabulous blended smoothie of all these delicious gifts in life.She has a deep love for food. She plans her whole life around food in fact, and well...what do you do when you have an entrepreneurial spirit and a love for food, and a partner who is also a chef? You start your own food business.This conversation is very open, informative, light and insp...

Pieter and I, in conversation about life, psychedelics, coaching, and the belief that all human beings are apart of the same, big ocean. Meaning, we are all one, and we are all connected.Pieter shares his life journey with us, from childhood till now. He shares how having a bipolar mother opened his world to the power of the mind. He is inspired to live a journey, inspiring others to connect with the universal "one" and ultimately creating a conscious connection between human beings. We explo...

This conversation will nurture and support every single parent (mother and father collectively) and child!Sophia is a dedicated Homeschool mother and Educator. She has dedicated her life to creating a beautiful "learning rich" environment within the home, and a wholesome loving home.She places all her emphasis on habits and skills, these being the most important elements, before a curriculum even, for raising children of the world. In her words; "let a child be a child because they are ...

Jen Rodd, the host shares how you can find your calling in life! She talks about the philosophy she lives by, to discover what you really love in life. Need a change of career? Find your calling? discover your truth? I share with you how to go about testing the waters, so that you arrive at the best calling in life...for you! Normally I am the interviewer. Due to the Corona Virus, one week ago I had to cancel my whole podcast schedule for the month of March, beginning April. It was essentia...

This conversation is all about happiness. Keeping life small and simple. Wiegert works in the publishing world. His father passed away when he was eighteen years old, his mother passed away just before his kids were born, and one of his daughters was born with an open spine (Spina Bifida) and had to be operated when she was just 6 days old, not even knowing if she would make it. This conversation is for EVERYONE, who is in search of happiness! Wiegert, salt of the earth, share...

Jade, was born an artist. From three years old, she was identified as a someone with a special artistic ability. At around age ten, Jade won an art competition, and sold her first painting. She grew up in the countryside of the Netherlands, close to a beautiful and creative, seaside town, called Bergen. In conversation, Jade reflects on a memory, she talks about sitting around big campfires in the garden with her younger brother, parents, and their friends, and her two pet geese ...

A few weeks back, I went into Axel's gorgeous coffee bar in Haarlem in The Netherlands, called "Ax Specialty Coffee". I knew that this person was so connected to their craft. The energy in his tiny coffee bar was calming, filled with love, passionate, real, authentic. The coffee was just perfect!. I knew I had to get this person into the studio with me, and find out what their life story is. SUBSCRIBE & Watch the full life story on our First YouTube Channel https://m.youtube.com/chan...

Sarah was born in Iraq, and in her early teens, she fled with her mom, her dad and two siblings, across the mountains and lands of Iraq. Through to Russia, and eventually they arrived in The Netherlands. Sarah had to quickly integrate, learn the language, study hard, and find her place in The Netherlands.SUBSCRIBE & Watch the full life story on our First YouTube Channel https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCgXTTjtQHWL5zGpOsbnGNfQand see the "Straight to the Point" clips on our second Channelhtt...

Inspirational Interview with Ray Gibson, is a singer, a song writer, an artist, and an Entrepreneur. The first company he co-founded became listed on the stock exchange. Ray is a devoted father and husband. In this interview you can learn how Ray discovered that he has a voice that is stage worthy. What do you do with this natural talent? You can find out how he started and lost a company on the stock market. While at this intersection of his life, learn how Ray saved the mortgage by starting...

Professional singer, dancer, performer and artist - on the verge of a new phase in life. What's it going to take jo to get where and who she wants to be?Jorinde Kuiper is a mom of three, a teenage daughter and two younger children. She stopped working after her two younger children were born so she could be there for the family, now she's finding that she has to completely find herself again, as a professional, but as a completely new person, peeling away and cherry picking the layers which s...

This is a beautiful story of self discovery, life exploration, connection with the world, community, self and the soul! Roel shares his journey as a marine, and how he became a photographer. In this conversation we explore the importance of goals and the reason behind the goal, what drives us?Roel shares his experiences of his motorbike trip seeing the world and learning about other cultures, also how working as a marine, he shares how his curiosity for life allowed him to see"war" and challe...

"That's something I recommend to everyone, just to have time on your own because then the greatest ideas come up"Fast paced, full of energy, razor sharp in her vision-a power house for women. I had the pleasure to meet with entrepreneur, author, motivator and coach - Esther van Diepen of “Mom in Balance”.Mom in Balance is a International company & community for women from all over the world. It accommodates over 8000 women training outside per week, and hosts over 400 staff - contract and...

Casual monologue from Podcast Host, Jen Rodd of Inspirational Interviews, addressing her beliefs on men and women, and human beings in general. " Im not a feminist, I love men and women" Get to know the talk show host, Jen Rodd more intimately.

Lawyer decides to make his food dream a reality, starting two restaurants..we find out where things went right and were they didn't go so right...Is it the easy life - the predictable day job, guaranteed stability that makes us grow, ultimately be happy?.. What do human beings need to truly live a fulfilling life? Rikard was a lawyer working in the corporate world. He wanted a life with transparency, so he could easily demonstrate to his daughter what he does in his day! He always loved food ...

An inspiring life story is not about the details-it’s about the reasons we do things, the connection with self and the understanding of what is important in life. Hardships and challenges can (if we want) point us in the right direction! Stanley has this quiet natured courage, deep strength, and clarity of truth with self. It's incredibly inspiring and refreshing to hear his story. At 26 he has conquered so many of his ambitions this far. A difficult youth has not stopped Stanley from going f...

This is a story about a man who follows his heart. But its not just plain sailing. We learn about the love a man has for his music and how he has always stayed close to this truth while living and growing up in Cuba. Now he lives in the Netherlands, in a foreign country, and he has to forge new friendships and grow a new network so he can still make his dream come true while growing a life with the woman of his dreams. Orbe Yorgenis shares the deep sense of love he has for his birth family -h...

"We all have such an amazing opportunity to find out our own story, and to tell our story and to find out our own truth by going out and doing things, putting that effort in, knowing that there will be a reward at the end of it" Stuart Acker HoltStunning story about a man who follows his curiosity. He uses his creative potential as a vehicle for connecting with other people, honouring the one's he loves, grows, and learns about life. Since Stuart finished his music studies, he has been f...

"Take everything you can, try everything you can. Don't sit and wait because you have to do it yourself - You have to go out and find your chances and your opportunities" Marion 82 years old, is a professional Musician and Artist, from The Netherlands. When Marion finished school, she went to the Conservatorium in Paris. After her studies, She travelled the world and played music professionally, until she was 72 years old. paving her own path, creating her own opportunities. Arthritis got the...

In this conversation with learn about triumph. How a woman works her way through undesirable circumstances, and ends up creating her own little empire. Marnella openly speaks about her challenge to create a new life in a foreign country, where everything works differently. She speaks about her love for cooking and how this passion, started to show her the way, and how it connected her with others. Marnella talks about how she took on bizarre jobs, just to take her mind off of her own life. Ho...

Bjorn van Beek started his furniture import business when he was 24 years old. He imports Authentic Vintage Furniture from India and now he combines all his passions; authenticity, vintage furniture, travel, interior design, and photography. In this Podcast Interview, we find out how a young man of 24 years of age, got to making the steps to start his own business, and from the moment when the penny dropped, what happened next? So how did he actually make it happen? Bjorn, shares how lo...

Stella is a mermaid, blogger, singer, performing artist, “subtitler”, translator and producer. She studied language, culture, and dance; recently married in Tuscany, and has gone back to “the books” and now studies classical music.Stella says, she’d far rather create a life doing EVERYTHING she loves than doing - just ONE thing - as society kind of dictates! I found this idea so inspiring, because let’s face it, human beings are good at more than one thing, we get joy from more than one skill...

Richard Derks is a Marketing - Advertising- Restaurateur. Richard spoke about all the other career choices he had made in his life, and it was fascinating to link the dots and have the privilege of a mirror perspective based on Richard's life experience. Where does all this drive come from Richard? What’s the ambition? Where’s the source ? What about the story about the start up - peer to peer sharing platform, Kazaa? All these questions and so many more. Richard has lived a fu...

Wendy is an artist based in Rotterdam. What a powerhouse - sets her heart and mind on something and goes for it!! Wendy was running her own cosmetics house, and at a certain moment realised she was sitting more behind a computer managing the company, and not actually being creative anymore. So she decided to sell out of the business, and become a professional selling artist! Wendy's story is one of determination, never giving up, being clear about a vision, using tools to keep motivated, stay...

What a beautiful mind; Meet Alice, a mother of two, wife, owns her own beautiful little consultancy. ” I don’t need more, I'm happy with the way it is, it’s good, if I die tomorrow , it’s ok” These are Alice’s words. Hear Alice's story - of the love she has for the business she has created, her beautiful little consultancy, Handig Communicatie, which supports companies to have a valuable mission statement, not just for themselves, but for society as a whole! Alice talks about the tools she us...