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Teenage Stroke: When Recovery Feels Like Losing Yourself Benjamin Miller was 16 years old and playing football in Texas when a carotid artery dissection changed the course of his life on September 22, 2017. He didn’t know what a stroke was. He didn’t know that the word would come to define the years that followed not because of what it took from his body, but because of what it took from his sense of who he was. Teenage stroke recovery is not what most people picture. The standard narrative runs like this: young brain, high neuroplasticity, rapid recovery, inspirational outcome. And in some ways, that’s true. The motor and language systems that stroke damages can rebuild quickly in an adolescent brain. But there’s a part of recovery that neuroplasticity doesn’t touch, and that’s identity. Who Was Benjamin Before the Stroke? He was a football player. In Texas, that means something. It means a community, a future, a sense of place in the social architecture of a town. When the stroke took that away, it didn’t just end a sport. It ended a version of himself that he hadn’t finished becoming. “My soul was torn in half,” Benjamin said in this conversation with Bill Gasiamis. It’s one of those phrases that stops you not because it’s dramatic, but because it’s accurate. “My soul was torn in half.” — Benjamin Miller, EP422 The stroke forced him to grieve something most 16-year-olds don’t have language for: the future self they were building toward. When that future collapsed overnight, he was left with a present he didn’t recognise and a past that no longer pointed toward anything. Why Teenage Stroke Is Different Teenage stroke recovery carries a layer of complexity that adult stroke recovery doesn’t always share. Adolescence is the developmental period in which identity is actively constructed; it’s not a fixed thing waiting to be restored. When stroke interrupts that process mid-construction, the survivor isn’t returning to who they were. They’re trying to become someone they haven’t yet figured out how to be. Benjamin’s experience of turning to substance use during his recovery wasn’t a character failure. It was, as he articulates in this episode, an attempt to manage an identity fracture that nobody around him had the vocabulary to name. When the pain doesn’t have a name, people find their own ways to survive it. This is one reason teenage stroke recovery deserves its own conversation separate from paediatric stroke outcome data, and separate from the adult recovery narrative. The emotional, psychological, and social dimensions are specific to this life stage. You might also recognise elements of this in other episodes: the identity rupture that follows sudden stroke in a young person surfaces in Young Stroke Survivor Recovery and Identity Loss After Stroke. Benjamin’s story adds a dimension that’s less often named: what happens when the loss of identity happens before you’ve finished building one. When the Brain Heals Faster Than the Self Can Here’s something worth naming a phenomenon the clinical literature notes but rarely centres in recovery conversations. Adolescent neuroplasticity is real. Benjamin’s brain had the capacity to rebuild physical and linguistic function faster than an older adult’s would. But neuroplasticity is a structural property of the brain. It doesn’t extend to the psychological work of integrating a traumatic experience into a developing sense of self. The result is a gap, sometimes a wide one, between the physical recovery that others can see and the internal recovery that isn’t visible at all. Benjamin appeared to be “doing well” in many respects while internally carrying a fracture that hadn’t been addressed. This gap is one of the least-discussed aspects of teenage stroke recovery. If you’ve experienced it, or watched someone you love experience it, it may be the most important thing in this episode. The Road Back And What It Actually Looks Like Benjamin’s memoir, Ed and I, available on YouTube, traces this journey. What comes through clearly in his conversation with Bill is that the path forward required him to walk through the things he’d been managing around the grief, the identity loss, the fracture itself. Recovery, in his telling, doesn’t take you back to who you were. It takes you through who you are now. That reframe from restoration to transformation is one that many stroke survivors eventually arrive at. Bill’s book The Unexpected Way That A Stroke Became The Best Thing That Happened documents ten tools for exactly that kind of recovery. For more episodes touching on identity and recovery: Emotional Recovery After Stroke Mistakes, Identity After Stroke — Cassie Jewell, Stroke With No Warning Signs — Tom Ballo, Losing Confidence After Stroke, and Stroke Brain Healing Neuroplasticity. Listen to EP422 This episode doesn’t pretend that recovery is a clean arc or that there’s a single turning point you can point to. What it offers instead is something more honest: the lived texture of finding yourself again when you’re not sure who you’re finding your way back to. Listen to EP422 of the Recovery After Stroke podcast wherever you listen. If a stroke or any trauma has made your world feel smaller, Bill’s new book Your World Doesn’t Have to Stay This Small is a practical guide to rebuilding your life, even when you’re not ready. Find it on Amazon at mybook.to/yourworld. If this show has helped you, you can support it at patreon.com/recoveryafterstroke. This blog is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your doctor before making any changes to your health or recovery plan. Benjamin Miller on Identity, Substances, and Finding His Way Back “My soul was torn in half.” Benjamin Miller had a stroke at 16 and lost more than football here’s how he found his way back. Highlights: 00:00 Introduction – Teenage Stroke09:01 The Day of the Stroke11:56 The Loss of Identity17:12 Coping Mechanisms: Alcohol and Escapism22:37 COVID-19: A Blessing in Disguise28:57 The Journey of Healing Begins32:40 Facing Uncomfortable Emotions38:45 Spiritual Awakening Through Adversity42:34 The Power of Breath and Movement47:35 Building Community in Recovery55:39 Finding Belonging and Understanding59:12 Creating a Path for Self-Healing Transcript: Introduction – Teenage Stroke Benjamin Miller (00:00)when I was told that by my father that. It felt like my soul was torn in half, because like I always saw myself as a student athlete and the bigger part of that was the athlete. And now I lost half of my identity and. I just didn’t know how to as a. 17 year old now like how to move forward with life and I didn’t know who I was and the only thing I defined myself as was taken away from me So now I was just like in this weird place where I felt like I was drowning on a day-to-day basis. Bill Gasiamis (00:33)hello, everybody. Welcome back to Recovery After Stroke. I’m Bill Gasciamas. My guest today had a stroke at just 16 years old, a carotid artery dissection that ended his football career and cracked his sense of who he was, right at the age when most people are just beginning to figure that out. Before we get into it, if you’ve been finding value in this podcast, my new book is out now. It’s called Your World Doesn’t Have to Stay This Small. A practical guide to rebuilding your life after trauma even when you’re not ready. You can find it on Amazon by searching my name or you can click the link in the show notes. Now it’s on to the episode. Bill Gasiamis (01:14)Benjamin Miller, welcome to the podcast. Benjamin Miller (01:16)Sir, thank you for having me. Bill Gasiamis (01:19)Tell me what’s regular life like for you before the stroke? Benjamin Miller (01:26)Yeah, I mean, when I had my stroke, I was 16 years old and I was in my third year of high school. So it was really comprised of just school, going to school every day and then playing sports after school. Like through the school, would play American football. I played baseball earlier in my life. And then towards the end of my high school, I just continued to play American football because I had the goal of following in my two older brother’s footsteps. for playing football, American football, in college at that time. So I just saw myself as following their path and going to play college football. And that’s what I was chasing throughout high school. Bill Gasiamis (02:09)How long ago was that? The stroke? Benjamin Miller (02:12)It was 2017, the fall of 2017. So Bill Gasiamis (02:16)Okay. Benjamin Miller (02:16)coming up on nine years on the 22nd of September. Bill Gasiamis (02:23)I I expect that stroke is the last thing going through the mind of a sixteen year old and the family of a sixteen year old. So Benjamin Miller (02:34)Yeah. Bill Gasiamis (02:34)w do you have any recollection of what it was like on the day of the stroke? Was there some kind of sign, was there anything that gave you an inkling of something being wrong before everything happened? Benjamin Miller (02:53)maybe like right before, because just playing American football, you’re always hear about head trauma and just CTE and concussions. And that’s always the biggest worry for playing football. But it was during the game that Friday night, it was the second game of our football season. And it was in between the first quarter and second quarter. And I came over to the bench and like in between going back on the field, our coach like brings the offense or defensive units together and we like talk about any in-game adjustments and I came over and sat down on the bench and I just noticed my balance like start to tip like I was having to stare down at my feet in order to stop myself from falling over and Yeah, just from there like I like grew up in a Society like especially in football. It’s I don’t know if I surround football is the same but just no pain no gain so Bill Gasiamis (03:51)Mm-hmm. Benjamin Miller (03:51)you’re always pushing yourself to your limits and That was like a saying that I grew up in if you’re hurt you can walk off the field if you’re injured you can so unfortunately, I played until I go back on the field and The first or second play of the next series I help my teammates make a tackle. get back up to my feet and then I collapsed face first and at the ground. And from there, I, I’m able to like the trainers obviously come on the field and help me to the sideline and they’re running concussion tests, asked me, what’s your name? Where are you? What are you doing? And I’m answering every question. But even at that early stage, I mean, it was just like, that’s like when the initial carotid dissection happened. It was probably in the guy, my teammate I was playing next to actually, he went on to study pre-med and he saw my aphasia on my face and he’s told our other teammates that Ben is having a stroke, but who’s going to listen to a 17 year old kid? And like we had a team doctor on the sideline, the trainers, no one really knew what was wrong with me. They just thought it was a severe concussion. So that’s what it was treated as. So I spent probably 20 to 30 more minutes on the sideline. And before I was, yeah, it was just like a, just a failure on the part of the adults around me at that time. And yeah. Bill Gasiamis (05:28)Yeah, rough. The dissection that happened do you think it might have been from a collision during the game or what what’s the thinking behind the cause of the stroke? Benjamin Miller (05:42)Yeah, that’s something like a question that I’ve like both my parents and myself as I’ve always had, but it just never could be answered. Whether it was just from like one hit. saw a chiropractor for the first time at the beginning of that week, like the Monday before the injury. So maybe like a neck adjustment caused it or maybe like it could have been genetic. So like that’s what my parents’ biggest concern was, was having my two older brothers still playing college football at that time. That if it’s genetic, is there a chance that it can happen to our two other sons? But they Bill Gasiamis (06:19)Yeah. Benjamin Miller (06:20)just… Bill Gasiamis (06:21)Sorry, Ben, I was gonna say yeah, it I know what you mean about genetic in that sometimes people’s carotid arteries for no reason do dissect. and sometimes I’ve heard the connection with chiropractic, there’s been a few well, it’s very well documented people going for adjustments. The thing about the adjustment is it’s never known whether or not the person was feeling something in their neck because of a dissection. They went to the chiropractor, they had an adjustment, and then it caused the situation to get worse, or do you know what I mean? Like it may not have totally been linked, but I get that. I’ve met people who have had dissections who had no injury, had no adjustment, They just had a dissection. So that’s a thing. when you went to the chiropractor for the neck adjustment the week before, was it because you had an issue that you needed to deal with? Was there some kind of pain that you were experiencing? Benjamin Miller (07:29)Yeah, I mean, I was actually dealing with lower back pain. So one of my teammates recommended me to a chiropractic, but he adjusted my whole back all the way up to my neck. So it wasn’t like, I wasn’t going there for a neck adjustment, but he just happened to do one while I was in there. Bill Gasiamis (07:47)Yeah, which is pretty standard procedure for a chiropractor. If you go there, you get your neck adjusted. Okay. so then you’re sitting on the sideline for another twenty or thirty minutes, and then what happens? How do they finally decide something’s not right? The Day of the Stroke Benjamin Miller (08:06)Yeah, so just after that time period, the team doctor called my parents down to like in Texas, like we play in like massive stadiums even as kids. So he called my parents down to like the railing of the stands to the field and told my parents to bring our family car so they could take me to a local clinic. And as I’m walking out of the stadium, I Like there’s like a incline up to get out of the stadium because it’s kind of like a bowl shaped and I can’t walk up like a 15 degree incline. Like I started like tipping over to my right side. So then they have to bring a athletic cart. They sit me in the cart and there’s like a trainer sitting behind me, holding me upright so I don’t slump out the side of the cart. And it was probably like a 15 meter ride to my parents’ car. And my parents saw me from there and drove me straight to the emergency room at a bigger hospital. And from there I was, I would say in the emergency room prior for like two, three hours and they were running CT scans of my like base of my skull up. So they didn’t see the actual carotid. Bill Gasiamis (09:16)What Benjamin Miller (09:17)Yeah. So it was like with everything, how everything happened, like I’m so lucky to be here and be able to move and be able to speak and. But yeah. So then probably I probably got hurt around. 8 p.m. and it was around 12 a.m. where they finally called downtown to the bigger hospital in Houston, downtown Houston and a neurosurgeon on call that night said he’s having a he had a carotid artery dissection so then they life flighted me down and on the life flight down to Houston to downtown that’s when I lost consciousness in the helicopter so Bill Gasiamis (09:54)Mm. And then at some point you wake up in hospital, Benjamin Miller (10:00)Yeah, I woke up in the ICU probably, this happened Friday night, I would say maybe Monday morning. So I was unconscious for a couple days. Bill Gasiamis (10:11)Mm-hmm. And then after that, what are you dealing with? You wake up, you’re told you’ve had a dissection, a stroke, and then what are you dealing with physically? What’s not happening for your body? Benjamin Miller (10:28)lost all use of the right side of my body. So it was just immediately starting rehab, rehab. And Bill Gasiamis (10:36)Mm-hmm. Benjamin Miller (10:37)yeah, I mean, I was just going from like being on the verge of being a higher level athlete to my right side, going back to like, I was always describing it as like a newborn. Bill Gasiamis (10:49)Mm-hmm. Benjamin Miller (10:49)I didn’t know how as a 16 year old to really handle that. I mean, it took like In the beginning, it was easy because I was so focused. Like I believed I was going to play American football again. So I was just like so committed to the rehab and doing therapy multiple times a day and just really just with that goal of getting back on the field. So the really the early days are really driven by that want to get back on the football field. The Loss of Identity Bill Gasiamis (11:20)Was there a moment you had the realisation that it’s not going to happen and what was that like? Benjamin Miller (11:27)Yeah, probably in June of 2018, I had a follow up with my neurosurgeon and before we went in to go see him, because I was supposed to, I got hurt September of 2017. So about nine months later and my parents sat me down and told me, Ben, when we go see your neurosurgeon tomorrow, he’s going to tell you after retire. And that was, yeah, that was like a very, I didn’t know how to deal with that as a 17 year old. Like very soon after that I fell into alcohol use and then, yeah, just progressed from there. Bill Gasiamis (12:04)Got it. And by nine months later, were you up on your feet? Had you recovered the deficits or were they still there? Benjamin Miller (12:15)Yeah, I mean, I was lucky that I was 16. So my brain was still very plastic and I recovered like really I was in a wheelchair for the first day. Like September 23rd, I was in a wheelchair. I mean, like probably like just one day after. And then I was up and walking on day two and just like my strike pattern of the ground wasn’t correct. Like I would swing my leg and have drop foot as many stroke people patients suffer with. but I wasn’t gonna let the stroke, like the people around me seeing me as still struggling from the stroke. So even like the early days in the hospital, I just hide it from everyone. Anytime my parents or my friends or anybody, my brothers would ask, how am I doing? I just tell them, I’m okay, I’m fine. You don’t need to worry about me. Which then led to me needing to find a release in alcohol later on the line, so. Bill Gasiamis (13:10)The whole I’m fine, you don’t need to worry about me was so that you can convince yourself perhaps and them that you’re good to go, you’re ready to just slide back into life exactly the way that you were. Benjamin Miller (13:24)That’s definitely it. Bill Gasiamis (13:27)Yeah. But you clearly weren’t okay if you’re we’ll talk about the alcohol in a moment, but you’re clearly not okay. What are you experiencing psychologically or emotionally that you’re hiding from them? Like what’s actually happening in that moment? Benjamin Miller (13:44)Yeah, Maybe just. It was more so from the retirement from football. It felt like when I was told that by my father that. It felt like my soul was torn in half, because like I always saw myself as a student athlete and the bigger part of that was the athlete. And now I lost half of my identity and. I just didn’t know how to as a. 17 year old now like how to move forward with life and I didn’t know who I was and the only thing I defined myself as was taken away from me and along Bill Gasiamis (14:21)Mm. Benjamin Miller (14:22)with like missing a whole semester of school. It was just like I just stopped caring about school too. So now I was just like in this weird place where I felt like I was drowning on a day-to-day basis. Bill Gasiamis (14:36)Setback after setback. It’s not that you become unwell and then you wake up in the morning and you just can’t play football. It’s also you’ve missed school, so you’re gonna go back and probably repeat that. Your friends have moved on. They’re doing what you know, seventeen year olds do, playing football, going out, doing their studies, who knows what they’re doing. You’re You have to pick up the pieces and there’s a lot of pieces to pick up, right? There’s so much. The alcohol did it was it something that you did before this incident in in that had you as a sixteen year old had alcohol before? I know most kids would have at some point in America, in Australia, by the time they’re sixteen, they’ve had a drink. Had you had a drink before that? Benjamin Miller (15:29)I didn’t actually just with the role models that my brothers were, were very straight edge guys, like just focused on the goal of Bill Gasiamis (15:38)Mm-hmm. Benjamin Miller (15:39)college football. And so like I was very much the same way, but after just the injury, being around my friends and not having like those same like level of role models in the same house that I fell into the, just down the wrong path. I won’t. say it’s my friend’s fault because it was… Bill Gasiamis (15:59)Yeah. Benjamin Miller (16:00)yeah, but it was… Bill Gasiamis (16:03)Sounds like it’s still tough talking about it. Benjamin Miller (16:07)Yeah, at times. Like sometimes it’s easier, sometimes… Bill Gasiamis (16:12)Hmm. With the I’m not sure. I’ve never I’ve drank and I’ve drank a lot to be drunk and I’ve drank too much where I’m completely gone and I don’t drink since the stroke. What’s the what’s it helping you do when you have a drink? Is it helping you forget? Is it helping the emotional part of it? What is it kind of putting a cloud over or And kind of stopping from coming forward. Coping Mechanisms: Alcohol and Escapism Benjamin Miller (16:46)Yeah, it was just, I mean, I would drink to escape, to be honest. It was just like my way to stop feeling the stress of how much I have to recover, the stress of how do I get back? How do I show people that I’m fine, that the stroke didn’t affect me? And it was just like a couple hours out of the night where I could just not feel any of the stress of me trying to hide the… Just the emotional pain of not knowing who I was and not knowing how to move forward with my life without football, without sports, without like the level of a student I used to be because I was just very, I was a perfectionist growing up and had to make the best grades in class, had to be the best on the football field, had to be just the strongest in the weight room. So I just didn’t know how to move forward without. trying to show everyone I’m still this perfect version of myself and just as Ben, the not perfect kid, the one who’s still fighting from what Bill Gasiamis (17:51)Mm. Benjamin Miller (17:51)he’s been through, but he’s not perfect anymore, even though. Bill Gasiamis (17:55)You never were perfect, but you at least were more capable of pulling off the facade, you know, because you did have good grades, because you were an athlete, because you always worked on improving things. So the th the the time that you were drinking gave you a little bit of relief from all the things that were kind of happening. in your head that you needed to kind of quieten down. And then did that escalate? Did it go from a small amount to a larger amount and then and then kind of how bad did it get? Benjamin Miller (18:38)Yeah, I mean, over my senior year of high school, it did escalate to abuse. I go solely on the weekends, like Friday night, Saturday night. But then beginning university and the fall of 2019, it was five, six nights a week. I would be drinking till I would be most nights just blocking out. So I didn’t remember what happened the night before. And then even waking up in the morning, it was. That’s the only thing I could think about was just making it back, getting through class, making it back to the nights where I could drink till I wouldn’t feel anything. And that continued through the end of 2019 and into the beginning of 2020, I joined a fraternity. And that’s when I noticed myself like really start to spiral, started to get into, like tried cocaine a couple of times, like was still drinking every night. And like that’s why COVID was like a lifesaver for me. that I could go home and, you know, because like I was on a very bad path at school. Bill Gasiamis (19:45)So you’re already heavy drinker, then you join a fraternity. Benjamin Miller (19:50)you Bill Gasiamis (19:51)You’re the perfect candidate for being in an in a fraternity, right? And you Benjamin Miller (19:55)Yeah, it was a mess. Bill Gasiamis (19:57)can yeah, you can see why that would escalate it because already the culture is about drinking, about partying, about being loose or crazy or whatever. And it makes sense that it would escalate and get really bad and get worse and then you try other things. And then COVID happens. And then that gives it the opportunity to have a bit of a break in the cycle. Benjamin Miller (20:27)Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (20:28)Your studies up until COVID, even though you were drinking heavily and probably parting too hard, were the studies being affected or were you still able to put out good work? Benjamin Miller (20:42)I won’t say good work, but just grades that were good enough. Like not failing classes, but not excelling. just like Bill Gasiamis (20:49)Mm-hmm. Benjamin Miller (20:50)B’s and C’s, maybe one or two A’s. just like for like the stand, like my perfection standards that I used to have, like just like kind of skating by. Bill Gasiamis (21:02)I l I love the sound B’s and C’s skating by. Dude, if I was getting B’s and C’s when I was at school, my God, that would be amazing. but I it gives me a good insight into like what the expectation of yourself is. I totally get it. Okay. So you’re skating by, you’re getting your grades. Does anyone n realize how bad things are? Like people in your periphery, your family going Ben, we’re concerned about you. We think we need to talk. Was it any of that stuff or were you hiding it? Benjamin Miller (21:36)I was very good at hiding it from everybody. really like, I didn’t let anybody at that point, like that early on in the journey, like anybody see what was going on underneath. Cause I didn’t understand it I didn’t have the ability to verbalize what I was going through emotionally, what I was going through mentally. So it’s like at that point I was even hidden from myself. I’d go that far. Bill Gasiamis (22:02)Wow. You had to saved yourself in thinking that everything is normal, perhaps. Benjamin Miller (22:07)Yeah, I just thought like the more time that goes by like Everything will be okay without me having to do anything especially like at that time COVID-19: A Blessing in Disguise Bill Gasiamis (22:17)Mm-hmm. And then COVID happens. Why is that a blessing in disguise? How did it change things for you? And then we’ll talk about what what you have to deal with after that. But at the ma in that moment COVID comes along and it changes something for the better. Benjamin Miller (22:37)Yeah, in March of 2020, I go back to Houston from I was at school in Chicago, Illinois. And from there, it’s just like just being at home with my both my brothers are back at home and in our old house. It was just nice the first time since like 2016 since my oldest brother left for school. That we’re all together again, and I could just get out of that environment that I knew I was spiraling and I still wasn’t in a better place at home. I’ll still. struggling with like I started using performance-answersing drugs at the beginning of that year too. Just to, I thought that if I big, like built my muscle and strong, like really strong, that my effects from the stroke would also heal. So I just spent like two, an hour to two hours every day in the gym just, yeah, just like over that period of time from March of 2022, December of 2020. just going to the gym every day and just trying to put on as much muscle as possible because I thought that would help me heal. And yeah, it didn’t. Bill Gasiamis (23:52)It didn’t Did you get bigger? Benjamin Miller (23:56)Yeah, I mean, I was I don’t know. And I would say I got up to like 100 kilos, like 220 Bill Gasiamis (24:02)Okay. Benjamin Miller (24:02)pounds. Bill Gasiamis (24:04)Yeah. So you got bigger you achieved that thing, so visually it may have looked like you were achieving something, but you didn’t feel better. So Benjamin Miller (24:15)So. Bill Gasiamis (24:16)what what did it feel like still? What does it feel like in your body when you’re gone back home, everyone’s together, you’re hitting the gym, you’re using performance enhancing drugs. What does that feel like? Does it feel like a letdown, a disappointment, or I’m not quite there yet? What what does it feel like? Benjamin Miller (24:37)I would say like, I’m not quite there yet. Like just always chasing a ever moving goal that like, as soon as it got closer, just like move further away. But I never like step back to like actually look at what I was chasing and realize that’s not what I’m supposed to be chasing. I need to be just turning around to my internal world and focus on healing myself from the inside out versus trying to do all this, put on another mask. do another substance, put another thing in my body, chase another goal, external goal, to try to heal versus turning around and looking inside. So that took many years. Bill Gasiamis (25:19)Hmm. I love that flip that you said healing from the inside out instead of putting on another mask. And that’s really profound to get to that stage where you when you realize that. and at the same time when you were hitting the gym, getting bigger, your right side, is that feeling different? Do you have deficits on that side still? Benjamin Miller (25:47)Yeah, I would say at that time, yes, I was still very tight through my whole right arm and right leg. Still, like anytime I went up a stair, I got hit my right foot on the top of the step. So it was like, and I just thought the more like just being a no pain, no gain mindset stuff, I’m in pain Bill Gasiamis (26:08)Mm-hmm. Benjamin Miller (26:08)and I’m going to be recovering. I’m going to be gaining. And yeah, it just was. And like the more muscle I put on the tighter it became because just the range of motion wasn’t right through my shoulder and through my hip. I was still swinging my leg, still shoulder hiked forward versus like pulling it back and letting gravity work, like working with gravity instead of fighting it. So that was. Bill Gasiamis (26:33)Yeah. Yeah. I know what you mean because when I’ve been to the gym after the stroke, it’s I I tend to kinda achieve one thing and then the muscles get so tight that I’ve got to go and have a massage and try and loosen them up and try and get them moving again. And then it’s like that one two day recovery after you do your arms, for example, and your chest takes four or five days and it’s like back at the gym already. And I still haven’t overcome or recovered from four days ago. And it’s really challenging and frustrating. It kind of makes it kind of makes it harder to go back to the gym. You’re all I’m always thinking about, I’m gonna go there and it’s I’m gonna just tighten everything up and I’m gonna put myself in that situation and it’s not gonna recover. And I’m gonna have to get massage again. And it’s just this whole loop of. It’s very it’s very helpful, but it’s also something that has to be managed completely differently than it used to when you go to the gym and you recovered for two days and then you’re back again. and before we move on to the kind of the next phase of the conversation, I also wanna kinda understand this perfectionism in you on the field, off the field field, at school. Where did that come from? What Do you have like a sense of how that started and why it was a thing that you adopted and ran with? Benjamin Miller (28:12)I would say that just watching my two older brothers grow up and seeing like in my like kid eyes, they were like the perfect human being, like the perfect role models. Like I just tried to be like them in every way. And I always thought that they were like so up here and like, didn’t know like, I was three years and two years younger than them. So they hit puberty before me. just at the time that my oldest brother, Alex left for school, I would still be like, at his like chest level, always like looking up to them. So they were just like gods in my head. And I always would ask myself, how do I measure up to them? And because they were perfect in my eyes. So was like, I to be above perfect to The Journey of Healing Begins Bill Gasiamis (28:57)Mm-hmm. Benjamin Miller (28:57)be recognized as like their brothers. I got, it’s like always the bar I was chasing and yeah. Bill Gasiamis (29:08)And now you know they weren’t perfect, they were just bigger and older than you by three years and two years. Yeah. so then you have this realization that the healing has to start from the inside, but that’s gotta Benjamin Miller (29:26)Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (29:26)be is that a relief that you work that out? Is that what what am I gonna do now? How how do you gr grapple with that? Benjamin Miller (29:37)Yeah, I’d say like, I had the, I know if I hit rock bottom, but I had to go even lower before I came to that realization. So I mean, yeah, like 2021 was probably the one of the lower lowest points. So it’s a, so like going back to school in January of 2021, I got into stimulant use at the same time as the performance enhancing drugs at the same time as alcohol and then marijuana came into the picture too. So I was just using like a cocktail of drugs just to get through a day. And I ended up that winter quarter, I did make the Dean’s List at school. was like the top performer, but I remember just like looking at that email and like, I have like all the external achievement again. And I was even more, like I was lower. I got a lower place emotionally and mentally and like felt so empty inside that I knew that this isn’t what I’m supposed to be doing at this point in time. So I went on medical leave from school like pretty soon after that. And that’s where I would say where the healing process really began was in the summer of 2021. And yeah, I mean, it’s been, I thought it’d take like in the beginning, the healing process would be like six months, but it’s been around five years that it’s taken me to be honest. So four years of just. sliding down and I would say like I might have like and like the healing process too has been like trying to make it up and then still falling and going back up. So it’s never a straight line for Bill Gasiamis (31:19)Never linear. Benjamin Miller (31:20)me a long time to recognize that let’s focus on the trend. Bill Gasiamis (31:25)Never linear man, far out. you you still make it on the Dean’s list, that’s cool. But I I get like it even under duress, you know, you still make it on the Dean’s list. And then you have this realization and it’s like you hear that analogy, you know, things are gotta get worse before they get better. Benjamin Miller (31:48)Yeah. Bill Gasiamis (31:50)Dude, like how much worse can they get? Why should they get worse? Why can’t we just start improving from here? But is it’s for you the worst part? Was it about reconstructing from the beginning and then you therefore you have to get to the bottom because you can’t kind of reconstruct from b you know, above the bottom? Facing Uncomfortable Emotions Benjamin Miller (32:13)Hmm. Yeah, I mean, I would say in a way like I would say like the first over that summer of 2021, I just focused on like I was doing a lot like yoga almost every day, and that was the first time I started meditating in my life and working on like that’s really where my rehab started was just a lot of breath work, a lot of meditation, a lot of yoga, just to. begin to be able to sit with the emotions and the mental states that I couldn’t tolerate. And like at that early point in time, I still couldn’t tolerate it. still like so uncomfortable that I still had to go use marijuana just to get through the days. But it was just the beginning of that process of being able to tolerate what I had been running from through alcohol, through stimulants, through performance enhancing drugs for so long that like I was still inputting a substance into my body, but I could begin that process of sitting with it, even if it was for a minute. And those early days, two minutes, three minutes became 10, 15, 20, which then continued to expand longer. And the more just times I came back to sitting with those uncomfortable states. Bill Gasiamis (33:26)Yeah, wha what is it about being uncomfortable that people can’t handle? Do you think maybe you can tell me from your perspective? because you hear that, it’s almost ridiculous to hear somebody saying, I have a thought, it’s making me uncomfortable, I have to get that thought out. Yeah, I’ve b I’ve been there, so I’m not saying that Benjamin Miller (33:47)Thank you. Bill Gasiamis (33:49)people shouldn’t be doing that, but it almost does feel crazy, doesn’t it? Because it’s a feeling and a thought that makes you uncomfortable doesn’t necessarily put you in danger. But Benjamin Miller (34:01)Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (34:02)we can’t do that. Like, do you have a any inkling as to why why philosophically that might be the case? Benjamin Miller (34:13)I mean, would just like our autonomic nervous system, a danger, like a physical danger versus a mental danger. can’t, our physical body can’t tell a difference. So they’re treated the same. And I would say like this. Yeah, so like just like uncomfortable, like state of mind or uncomfortable thought. just as humans, we prefer to be in a place of comfort, a place of safety. And so anytime something is uncomfortable, we tend to run in the opposite direction back towards what is known, what is comfortable, what is safe. And it’s like, that’s something I always like ask myself, like, how do I make my, what can I do today? That’s uncomfortable, but not like to the point that I lose myself and I just go off the deep end and where I’ve been. So just like a weird and like, feel like that place changes every day. It’s just like a balance that’s always, yeah. Bill Gasiamis (35:16)I get what you’re saying. So a a thing that is scary and dangerous, a physical thing, a bear, a tiger, you run. You can run away from that. If you’re lucky, you’ll outrun it, right? And then Benjamin Miller (35:30)Thank Bill Gasiamis (35:30)you’re safe. And then there’s no bear around and there’s no tiger around. So you’re good. You’re good to go. You can just move on with life. But when the body is confusing thoughts and feelings with the same type of Imminent danger, and you can’t run away from it, and it’s still there. You have to find a way to either escape it, which is short-lived because we’re harming ourselves to escape it, or you have to remind your body and yourself, your mind, that in fact you’re not in imminent danger. There’s nothing to run away from. This is An obstacle that I can tackle and overcome. Like it might just be on the path to, you know, that walk in the wilderness instead of a bear, it’s actually just a fallen log. A tree fowl, it’s an obstacle. I’ve just got to find a way around it, under it, over it, whatever. And if you’ve never used that muscle, then you don’t know how to do it. And then you get stuck behind something like a log that should not be as debilitating as it is. It should be something that you can find a way over. At 16, that’s understandable that, you know, most people haven’t dealt with real exponential life problems, you know, that just keep getting worse and worse. That changes your identity. They haven’t dealt with that. So they haven’t developed the skill. So could it just have been a case of you were a little premature? just from age an age perspective that y all you needed to worry about was playing football and and and studying and now you’ve got to deal with these existential issues, you know, that most people aren’t equipped to deal with at sixteen. Benjamin Miller (37:38)Yeah, mean, yeah, that’s like one thing in March of 2018. So about six months after my stroke, my mom took me to a neurosurgeon and he said, the good thing is that Ben is young and the bad thing is that Ben is young. And both of us didn’t really understand what he meant at that point in time, but just like the spiritual and existential journey that the stroke has taken me on. It’s that’s like been like both like the scariest and most comforting piece of the journey. Just because like I was never a spiritual person and not like in terms of religion, but just like believing in something higher, something bigger than me, some energy source that’s larger than us as human beings. And that’s been like the most like the biggest part of the journey, like the emotional side, the mental side, the physical side, we’re all. And like, I’m still on those journeys, but just like the spiritual side of it has been, yeah, just something I wasn’t expecting. Spiritual Awakening Through Adversity Bill Gasiamis (38:45)Yeah. It is kinda good that you discovered it early, but the path to discovering it is, man, so hard to have to go through what you went through to to have these learnings and understandings. and then to learn that if you tackle the thing that you’re most afraid of, you can actually conquer it. You can overcome it. Benjamin Miller (39:10)Mm-mm. Bill Gasiamis (39:11)And If you get good at doing that, you can overcome most things. And you can also recognise when it’s time to live in the pain and discomfort, the suffering, whatever it is, to live in it temporarily and then Benjamin Miller (39:27)Thank Bill Gasiamis (39:29)r find a way through. What other than yoga and meditation, what else was it that helped you go on this other journey, this recovery or growth journey. Benjamin Miller (39:45)I would say there were a couple things. I don’t know if you ever heard about internal family systems. It’s Bill Gasiamis (39:50)No, tell Benjamin Miller (39:54)a theory from Dr. Richard Schwartz. He wrote the book, No Bad Parts. And that was in 2022 after going on another medical leave from school when I first discovered that book. And it was just talking about the different parts of the mind, like, and how different we get stuck through our history at different points in our life. The Power of Breath and Movement And we have to like there are parts of our brain like different voices like speaking to each other and they are some are trying to protect us some are trying to move us forward some are trying to keep us where we are and it just like developing a conversation between those parts because there was a lot of traumas I suffered from the stroke and being in the hospital and then just like post stroke to just like trying to hide my spasticity. from everyone, not showing my parents, not showing my friends, not showing anybody I was struggling at all. And just starting to understand the different voices in my head and even the young perfectionist Ben could always be trying to push me to be beyond perfect and just beginning to have a conversation between those different voices in my head and allowing them to speak instead of just repressing emotions, repressing, repressing until they’re like. bubble up and I need to go get drunk or high or need to use something just to survive during the day. And the biggest other big piece for me was I started to practice Tai Chi in 2022 and that was as big of it physically was for me. It was just as big spiritually. Just that’s what I, when I first learned just like the… how to start being like water and going with what is today and not trying to force. Yeah, just like force myself to be able to do every single Tai Chi movement and, but yeah, and that’s like still a thing I struggle with is like this past month, I pushed myself too hard in the gym and now have tendonitis in my right ankle. So I haven’t been able to train for the past two weeks and it’s frustrating, but it’s just like, I can look at it as a frustration or just something to learn from. And I can recognize I wasn’t being like water over the past month. Instead of resting immediately, I just let the injury build and build and build day by day until now I can’t train. So yeah, but the Tai Chi, like the breathing, the Tai Chi breathing technique. So that was like another thing. It’s like yogic breathing. You inhale and expand your belly. Then when you exhale, you contract. But in Tai Chi, it was as you inhale, you contract. And as you exhale, expand. So that was like something I was never aware of. So like whenever I’m meditating now or just like trying to relax, I’ll do a yogic breathing. And whenever I’m like doing something active, working out on a walk or just like moving around, like I’ll be like Tai Chi breathing. So that’s something I got to work with stroke patients in 2023 than last year and earlier this year. And I got something like I always stress with them was learning how to breathe because like I feel like as we never actually learn how to breathe it’s just like something we do unconsciously from the time we’re born and just like going back to that most basic step of being a living being of learning how to breathe I was like Bill Gasiamis (43:24)I it sounds like it was real insightful. A lot of people breathe incorrectly as well, and they haven’t realized that shallow breathing, you know, or the opposite of shallow breathing and therefore it puts them into a different physiological state. You know, shallow breathing can create anxious experiences and then and then the opposite can create hyperventilation, those types of experiences. So it’s like you can alter how you feel, even if your goal is to not worry about the thinking, or even if your goal is not about what you’ve been suppressing, even if you just get rid of all of the things that we could possibly help us resolve or overcome or grow from or be like water, even if we get rid of all of that and you just change your breath. And jumped on a YouTube video and found somebody that was doing a calm meditation for whatever purpose. And even if you just did that and you had no other agenda other than to just experience a different breath right, you Benjamin Miller (44:39)Thank you. Bill Gasiamis (44:40)some people will have a profound experience from doing that, wouldn’t they? Benjamin Miller (44:45)Yeah, I 100 % agree. I just, I know to this like, yeah, I say that’s just like where it started was just like the recovery journey for me started with my breath work and relearning how to breathe and just like learning a bunch of different techniques of breathing and just like seeing what worked best at what times and it’s just like a trial and error type. Just as like life after a stroke is, feels like you’re just trying things out and see what sticks, see what doesn’t. And tomorrow’s a new day. We’ll see if this still works today. And then if it doesn’t, we’ll find something else that just. Bill Gasiamis (45:24)Yeah. Curiosity seems to be a massive Benjamin Miller (45:28)Mm. Bill Gasiamis (45:29)thing for you right now. Is we’ll try this, see what happens, try this, see what happens, see what sticks. If it doesn’t stick, well then we’ll just move on. Tai Chi, how did you stumble across that? Like what made you start trying it? Benjamin Miller (45:44)I was seeing an acupuncturist in Houston actually when I came home on a medical leave and he recommended me to his Sifu or teacher and his teacher had from chemotherapy because he had cancer but he would get like the toast plasticity and he like so I knew he understood like the first time I walked in to meet him we were at a coffee shop and he told me you look calm cool and collected but I can tell you’re a raging fire on the inside. I’m like, okay, he just walked past every mask, everything I tried to show to the public and he could see what, how I actually feel. So it was just like that instant connection. And from there he started to train me. Like I could go to his house and we train in a private session twice a week for like a year really. Like I still practice every day by myself, but he just was the first person that I didn’t have to wear like this fake face to. And I could like go in and like, it was like more like talk therapy. Like we’d be doing Tai Chi, but I could just like tell him I was really feeling that I was still struggling with marijuana at that time. This was around 2023. And that was like the biggest thing like in my substance recovery journey was what he told me. He’s like, I don’t care what you do outside of. this training, but the fact that you’re showing up here today shows me that you’re trying to move in the right direction. And I know that the fact that you’re still showing up, that you will be eventually moving in the right direction. Don’t worry about where you are today. Just focus on where you’re going and the trend of months, years, and especially in substance use. you get, I mean, in stroke too, you get so caught up in the day today. Bill Gasiamis (47:35)Yeah. Building Community in Recovery Benjamin Miller (47:35)How am I gonna survive today? And just to start looking more long-term was a very, it’s a very hard. Yeah, it’s so hard. Bill Gasiamis (47:46)I love I love the acknowledgement of right now you’re in Tai Chi. Everything’s fine. You’re doing great. It shows me that you’re moving forward. And people forget to do that to themselves as well. Like how far have I come? Six months ago, I wasn’t walk walking. Six months ago, I couldn’t speak the way I’m speaking now. Even if it’s not perfect, it has changed. There’s signs of improvement. And all that kind of thing. It’s kind of the same conversation that you had with your trainer who was just saying, Yeah, we’re here, we’re doing it. And that’s another rep that is going to benefit you down the track. If it doesn’t feel like it’s benefiting you now, that doesn’t matter. It matters that you’re here and that you’re putting the work in and you’re turning up and the whole lot matters. one of the interesting funny things that came up in my head about Tai Chi, it’s a martial art, right? And Benjamin Miller (48:50)Mm-hmm. Bill Gasiamis (48:52)and there was a meme on one of the socials where somebody was walking down the street and they were mugged and during the mugging they broke out into Tai Chi you know, to defend themselves or to stop the person stealing their bag. It was the epitome of you know like it’s probably not useful to stop the guy but calming Benjamin Miller (49:19)Yeah. Bill Gasiamis (49:21)and getting yourself grounded and being okay about it was just a real cool thing to sort of to sort of see in that in that moment in that in that time it is a it’s a it’s a it’s a martial art but for a different purpose. It’s not for defending yourself or taking somebody down. It’s the exact opposite of what you were doing on the field as well. Benjamin Miller (49:53)just felt like refinding yourself in like the chaos of everyday life. That’s like how I describe it. Like it just allows you to come back to like your center line and just, just be. like, it’s like thinking of the Tai Chi versus a robber. Like that’s why I continued like from Tai Chi. started to go, I lived in Thailand in 2024 for a couple of months and train Muay Thai. as like the next stage to go from like super slow to start speeding everything up. And I was lucky enough to go live in up in Northern Thailand and Chiang Mai and train Muay Thai for a couple of months and have been back. And yeah, I’m actually going, my mom and I are to Bhutan where my mom is from at the end of October. And then I’ll go spend a little bit of time in Thailand before I come back home. So. Yeah, life is… Bill Gasiamis (50:51)I I I think about people going in practicing getting in the ring, MMA, Muay Thai, all that kind of stuff. It’s like, dude, how can you do it? How can you get in the ring and know that you’re going to get hurt? Benjamin Miller (51:09)I don’t, I won’t fight. just like, sparring is like very like just tap sparring. So it gets like all timing and rhythm, but Bill Gasiamis (51:17)Yeah. Benjamin Miller (51:17)like I had to retire from contact sports. So it’s just like more of like a therapeutic, like Bill Gasiamis (51:22)Okay. Benjamin Miller (51:23)beating my body up and learning how to throw kicks with both my right leg and left leg, throwing Bill Gasiamis (51:27)Okay. Benjamin Miller (51:28)punches. So yeah, I’m not going to go fight. Bill Gasiamis (51:31)I okay, good. That’s fine. I mean, even if you did, that’s fine as well. But that’s immediately when I what I went to when you said Moi Toy, like I’ve seen those dudes, they’re mental and amazing athletes, but they hurt themselves. And I saw how can you put yourself in that kind of danger? Even though that’s what you’re training to do. It my mind doesn’t go there, you know, it can’t physically make me do that. Of course I’ve defended myself in fights before if I’ve needed to. not as a fifty year old, but I probably still could, but getting in the ring is a completely different thing. So you’re not getting in the ring. That’s cool. so you worked with stroke survivors. How did that come about? Why did that come about? Benjamin Miller (52:19)Yeah. I was, like a guinea pig, like early patient at a stroke clinic in the Netherlands. And I, my, one of my mentors who’s co-owner of this clinic, Linda Radezdad, she wrote two books now, Stroke Rebell, Bill Gasiamis (52:37)Yeah. Benjamin Miller (52:38)Stroke Rebell 2, and just had the ability to go there and attend the clinic. And while I was there, I mean, they treated me like family. It was the first time, this was in 2022, so about four and a half years since my stroke, the first time I ran in four and a half years. And they just wanted me to come back and volunteer at their clinic. Cause I opened another one in Cyprus and that they just did last year one in South Carolina in the U S and then earlier this year in Florida. So I got to go out to Cyprus in 2023, then South Carolina last year, then Florida at the beginning of this year. And they just, mean, they just always treated me like family. And I’ve been so grateful for her and her partner, our young Kipers. Both of them have treated me like their own son, invited me into their house. I stayed with them after Cyprus, going back where they live in Germany and got to go to the clinic with them every day for two weeks while I stayed with them. And yeah, I I don’t know what I’d Bill Gasiamis (53:45)Yeah. How amazing. Benjamin Miller (53:47)do, but. Bill Gasiamis (53:48)I’ve heard of Linda and her partner. I’ve heard of them for many years and I don’t really understand what they do. Linda had a stroke, is that right? Benjamin Miller (53:58)She had two strokes in 2017 and at the beginning of 2018 I want to Drunk. Bill Gasiamis (54:03)Uhhuh. Okay. And now they run is it retreats? Are these clinics full time? and d do they see only stroke survivors or do they see all sorts of people? Benjamin Miller (54:16)I know Arjan when he ran his chiropractic clinic in Zutphen, the Netherlands, it was like he would see people with TBIs and strokes and just anything brain related. But now I think they’re focused on strokes and they host like two week retreats multiple times a year. I don’t know their website, but Yeah, they do them in Cyprus and Sweden in the summer. And then now they’re starting in the U S so it’s. Yeah, I don’t know what their end goal is, like how like what’s next for them, but I know they’re retreat. Like at least when I went in 2022, it was like. The amount of attention I got for. 14 days straight was nothing I’d ever experienced in any hospital or any. outpatient or inpatient rehab. It was something that I’ll forever be grateful for them for. But Arjan Bill Gasiamis (55:16)What’s the Benjamin Miller (55:18)just wrote his book. I couldn’t tell you the name of it, but Arjan Kuyper’s. Yeah. Bill Gasiamis (55:25)Yeah, we’ll look it up. what did you gain from it, that first r retreat that you attended after fourteen days? W when you left, what did you feel like you left with? Finding Belonging and Understanding Benjamin Miller (55:39)I’d say the biggest thing was just like the mental and emotional piece that I didn’t feel alone for the first time in five years. I felt like I could walk into that clinic and just be Benjamin the stroke patient and not Ben this other guy that Ben this party kid and college Ben this wannabe bodybuilder. But I could just be the stroke patient who doesn’t know what he’s doing and just wants to recover further, but doesn’t know how to move forward. Yeah, that was like the biggest thing for me was just finding like a group of people for the first time in four and a half years. Bill Gasiamis (56:19)Yeah. I know that feeling of almost like belonging, but being understood and not needing to pretend and all that. That’s so good when you go into a room where people have been through what you’ve been through. It’s completely different because they get it and you don’t even have to talk. You just know that they get it and they know you. and it’s interesting that you said like what you got out of it was Like all emotional and kind of more more along the lines of things that are unspoken rather than I walked out better or I my muscle was better or this was better or that was better. That’s definitely a goal. That’s definitely something to work towards and always find a way to try and optimize. But you’re talking about I I left feeling better, thinking better, clearly more understood, more all these things. People don’t realize that the gravity of that experience and how profound li i it can change their life and put it on a different trajectory in a good way. Benjamin Miller (57:35)Yeah, I would say like even going back and volunteering, like helping work with stroke patients. It was the first time many of them would be around a group of people who they could just be themselves. could just like, they could struggle together. They could celebrate their wins, little wins together. Cause like, just like watching people walk for the first time. And I don’t know how like probably since their stroke and it was just, yeah. And like, they like just felt like, the level of community that they’d build and even though they’d known each other for one week, two weeks, so it was a really beautiful thing just to watch humans, like human beings in that way. Just like how I, I know how isolating at post stroke it can feel that no one understands like why me? And then just seeing people who feel the way that we felt and then finding that same level of community and home. Bill Gasiamis (58:31)Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. so it’s twenty twenty six, we’re near the end of twenty twenty six. How are you these days? How are you feeling? Benjamin Miller (58:42)Yeah, doing, I mean, been really well, to be honest. Had a great summer, great spring, just really on a upward trajectory right now. I wrote my memoir, Ed and I, available on YouTube and am working on self-publishing my workbook that I kind of built over these years called Self-Healing. Creating a Path for Self-Healing Just like a, I want it to be like a pocket size guide that can take anywhere. And just for anybody who just after for myself being through too many psychologists and psychiatrists to count on my hands and toes, that I just wanted to create a all inclusive guide to what helped me recover mentally and emotionally and be able to integrate. Like, I don’t think recovery is just like. You’re not recovered, you’re broken, then you’re healed. It’s just like a constant every day, check, check, check in, check in, check in, check in. Sometimes we start off the path, then we come back. We refine our center and it just, I don’t think it’s ever just a end journey. So just kind of created a workbook off that and I’m working on a website right now to have that. And we’d like to start public speaking, least around the United States right now. And I just see where we go. Bill Gasiamis (1:00:11)Yeah, man. It’s such a good place to find yourself. And I know the feeling of leaving the psychologists behind, you know, and the counselors behind and everyone behind and saying, Well, I don’t I think I’m good. I don’t need you now. I was probably seeing a counselor from the age of about twenty seven and still do, but there are lots of gaps in between sessions now where there previously wasn’t. There needed to be more regular sessions, sometimes weekly, and then every two weeks and then monthly. and then once or twice a year. But now I’m kind of back into the regular monthly. Benjamin Miller (1:01:00)you Bill Gasiamis (1:01:01)And it’s been like that for about a year. And it’s just because life has changed. Things are different and I’m reassessing and changing direction and all that type of thing. And I need somebody who’s got my back. Not not Benjamin Miller (1:01:20)Enough. Bill Gasiamis (1:01:21)that everyone around me doesn’t have my back. They do, all my family, my wife, everyone, they’re amazing. It’s just not their job to take go on the journey with me. Like they’re doing their own thing. It’s their own journey. So I I sort of seek out support. from an independent person to just be fully even though they’re getting paid to be fully on my journey with me to support me through that. And it’s so good to be able to go back to something like that, to reach out to somebody that has been left behind for a little bit. I’m gonna venture on my own, you know, I’m a big boy now. I’m gonna go and see what the world’s like. the world has thrown me a curveball. Okay. I’m gonna manage that, but also I’m gonna reach out and get

In deze VI ZSM blikken Arjan van den IJssel en Kalum van Oudheusden terug op de laatste persconferentie van Oranje, voorafgaand aan de wedstrijd van vandaag: Nederland - Duitsland. Bondscoach Xavi Hernandez schoof aan, evenals aanvoerder Virgil van Dijk. Laatstgenoemde had het hart op de tong. Verder ook kort aandacht voor de jeugdopleiding van AZ, die hofleverancier zijn bij Jong Oranje.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dames en heren jullie zullen het bijna niet geloven, maar na 6 jaar proberen is het ons dan eidelijk gelukt om de waterrietzanger te vinden. Vanaf het eerste seizoen proberen we steevast elk jaar om deze zeldzame dwaalgast zelf te ontdekken en tot nu toe gingen we elk jaar met hangende pootjes weer terug naar huis. Maar het eeuwenoude adagium van de aanhouder wint blijkt toch op te gaan. Om de waterrietzanger te scoren heb je een time window van 2 weken begin augustus. Arjan had het helemaal uitgezocht en vond een rietkraag waar die nog nooit gevonden is, maar waar die zomaar eens kon zitten. Dus met goede moed vertrekken we in de vroeger ochtend. En ja hoor. Na een uur struinen langs de rietkragen wordt ons geduld en ons doorzettingsvermogen beloond. En hoe! Misschien wel de spectaculairste ontdekking van de Vogelspotcast gezien de tijd die we erin hebben gestopt. En wat een prachtige vogel!Partnerships:Vogelbescherming Nederland - Word lid en draagbij aan een vogelrijk Nederland - klik hierMeer vogels in je tuin? Check onze vogelspotcast productlijn - klik hierZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ds. Arjan Markus ( vanuit Pelgrimvaderskerk ) over 1 Samuel 1 vers 1 t/m vers 20.

Na de zeetrek aflevering van vorige week liepen we door naar het Vogelmeer. Dit is de local patch van vriend van de show en befaamd vogelaar Lars. Elke dag dat hij kan loopt hij er een rondje in de hoop iets spannends te ontdekken, maar deze dag kon hij niet. Dus een uitgelezen kans voor Arjan om iets voor zijn neus weg te kapen. Zo zijn vogelaars nou eenmaal onder elkaar ;) Maar hoe dan ook zit er een vogel die Gip nog moet voor zijn Big Year, namelijk de geoorde fuut. En tja, dat target moet gehaald worden.Partnerships:Vogelbescherming Nederland - Word lid en draagbij aan een vogelrijk Nederland - klik hierMeer vogels in je tuin? Check onze vogelspotcast productlijn - klik hierZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ds. Arjan Markus ( vanuit Pelgrimvaderskerk ) over Psalm 101.

Hier begon het ooit mee voor Arjan: zeetrek vanaf de pier van Scheveningen. Als kind was hij niet weg te slaan van die pier. Hij keek zelfs neer op landtellers. Urenlang turen over een oceaan. Hopend op een Jan-van-gent, of nog mooier, een vale pijlstormvogel. Zeetrektellen vergt geduld en een stoïcijnse instelling. Het is dus de perfecte manier om samen met iemand te filosoferen over het leven. Zo kwamen we op de discussie van AI en vogelen. Gaat AI je nou een betere vogelaar maken of niet? En misschien belangrijker: verrijkt het de ervaring of verarmd het eigenlijk. Wat is nou het doel (de telos) van het vogels kijken? Aristoteles zou zeggen; het kijken en ontdekken zelf. Maar aan de andere kant helpt Merlin je ook weer ontzettend... Of we tijdens het filosoferen nog nieuwe vogels voor Gip's Big Year zien? Wie weet!Partnerships:Vogelbescherming Nederland - Word lid en draagbij aan een vogelrijk Nederland - klik hierMeer vogels in je tuin? Check onze vogelspotcast productlijn - klik hierZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ds. Arjan Markus ( vanuit Pelgrimvaderskerk ) over Markus 10 vers 13 t/m vers 27.

Welkom terug bij 'Helende gesprekken', dé video-podcast (kijk voor de video op YouTube: @stephaniekaars) waarin ik om de week in gesprek ga met iemand die een bijzonder verhaal te vertellen heeft dat hoop, licht en inspiratie brengt. Zestien jaar, zo oud werd Mees, de zoon van Anemoon Elzinga en Arjan Berkhuysen, mijn gasten in deze aflevering. Anemoon en Arjan trouwden tweeëntwintig jaar geleden en kregen zoon Mees en dochter Lente. Namen uit de natuur en dat is niet voor niks, want de natuur was altijd al belangrijk voor hen. Maar na het verlies van Mees in 2021, die al fietsend werd aangereden op hun geliefde waddeneiland en woonplaats Terschelling en daarna overleed, werd de natuur nóg belangrijker. "Het verdriet was zo groot, daar móesten we mee naar buiten", zegt Anemoon.En dus liepen en liepen Anemoon en Arjan; stil, pratend, huilend, lachend, maar in ieder geval: sámen. 'De natuur leerde ons hoe dood en leven, verlies en groei met elkaar zijn verweven. Het bood ons ander perspectief. De nachtelijke sterrenhemel deed ons beseffen dat we onderdeel zijn van iets groters. We stampten in de duinen zonder dat we ons beoordeeld voelden. Het mos ving onze tranen op. In de zee voelden we weer veerkracht opborrelen. En oude bomen lieten ons zien dat er levens voor ons zijn geweest en ook weer na ons zullen komen.' Deze prachtige tekst staat op hun website https://www.walkofgrief.nl, want dit rouwpad hebben Anemoon en Arjan ontwikkeld: een vijfdaagse pelgrimstocht van 75 kilometer door de natuur van Terschelling, bedoeld voor mensen in rouw. In dit helende gesprek vertellen ze over Mees, op wie ze zó trots blijven en die ze nog altijd kunnen voelen, en hun missie om mensen te helpen om wandelend in de natuur ruimte te maken voor verlies. Ook benieuwd naar mijn verhaal? Luister dan de tien afleveringen van 'Mijn helende verhaal' op dit kanaal, plus de toegift van mijn dochter Sterre. Laat alsjeblieft een review achter en abonneer je op deze podcast als je niets wilt missen. Liefs, Stephanie (https://stephaniekaars.nl)

Het Coornhert Lyceum in Haarlem heeft sinds 1 augustus een nieuwe rector: Arjan van Waveren. Hij begint na een roerig jaar, waarin de twee vorige rectoren in november opstapten na een vertrouwensbreuk met het personeel. Van Waveren zegt daar zelf weinig van te merken. "Ik merk heel erg aan het personeel dat ze ook gewoon aan de slag willen met elkaar", vertelt hij in Haarlem Vandaag op Haarlem105. Volgens hem hebben ook leerlingen en ouders er vorig jaar weinig van meegekregen, behalve wat er in de krant stond. Onderwijskoepel Dunamare liet extern onderzoek doen naar de situatie op de school. Daar wil Van Waveren niets over zeggen: hij was er niet bij betrokken, en het is niet aan hem. Ook de bezuinigingen die aan de onrust ten grondslag lagen, zijn volgens hem nu niet aan de orde. Van Waveren wil vooruit. Zijn doel voor dit schooljaar is vooral organisatorisch: de school heeft een nieuwe structuur gekregen en er zijn twee nieuwe schoolleiders begonnen. "De bedoeling is natuurlijk dat je een soort geoliede machine op de school maakt." Ook moet de school volgens hem aan ouders beter uitleggen wat ze doet. Zelf werkt hij zich nog in, onder meer in het Daltononderwijs waar het Coornhert een paar jaar geleden op overstapte en dat nieuw voor hem is. In de eerste weken ging het hem er vooral om zichtbaar te zijn: langs de ouderavonden, en in de hal staan als de school volstroomt. "Kinderen vind ik belangrijk dat ze weten wie hun rector is."

In deze aflevering gaan we opzoek naar de kwartel. Deze prachtige vogel is zeldzaam en laat zich zelden goed zien. Zo heeft Arjan hem nog nooit zelf ontdekt en dat zegt wat. Ook is net zoals de roerdomp een vogel die je eerder hoort dan ziet. Deze aflevering doet overigens denken aan de roerdomp aflevering. Het is een mooie zomeravond. De schemer doet langzaam haar intreden en onder het zachte gekrekel van de sprinkhanen gaan we opzoek naar deze toch wat magische vogel. Gelukkig hebben we een warmtebeeldkijker mee die ons hopelijk gaat helpen.Partnerships: Vogelbescherming Nederland - Word lid en draagbij aan een vogelrijk Nederland - klik hierMeer vogels in je tuin? Check onze vogelspotcast productlijn - klik hierZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Het is traditie: in augustus maken we een zomerspecial met Bram Agema als gast. Ieder jaar verdiepen we ons in treinreizen in een ander land en dit jaar zijn dat zelf twee landen: Denemarken en Zweden. Een bijzondere brug zorgt ervoor dat het bijna voelt als één land. Arjan brak zijn enkel tijdens een treinreis door deze landen, Elger mist de veerboot naar Duitsland en Arno wil vooral heel veel weten. Genoeg om een uur over vol te praten dus!Linkjes:Volg de Spoorcast op Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spreker: Ev. A.C. (Arjan) BaanTekst: Efeze 6:10-20Thema: Basisprincipes in de strijd tegen de boze Bron: https://downloadpreken.nl/4761/basisprincipes-in-de-strijd-tegen-de-boze ★ Support this podcast ★

In aflevering 89 komen Nicol Tadema en Arjan Elbers praten over hun nieuwe boek 'Het geheim van de meest aantrekkelijke werkgevers'. Een boek over employer branding, maar de term 'employer branding' kom je er heel weinig in tegen. Aan de hand van 8 voorbeelden van aantrekkelijke werkgevers omschrijven ze het geheim in 3 onderdelen. In deze serie interview ik mensen die te maken hebben met het vakgebied arbeidsmarktcommunicatie. In gesprekken van ongeveer een half uur praten we over wat zij voor interessante dingen aan het doen zijn, en bespreken we ook hoe ze met AMC te maken hebben en er tegenaan kijken. Ik spreek met werkgevers, AMC-bureaus, recruiters, employer branders, recruitment marketeers, data-analisten en nog veel meer. Iedere keer weer een goed gesprek over een mooi vakgebied. Want ik werk zelf al 20 jaar in AMC, en ik vind het echt elke dag weer mooi. Je kunt de show-notes en meer info bekijken op www.hierisamc.nl

How do you execute scheduled IT maintenance on a 24/7 production environment with over 150 interfaces—without risking missed orders, downtime, or a flood of false error alerts? In this episode we sit down with Petra Mooijer (Expertum), Bart van de Kamp (Ecotone), and Arjan de Mol (Ecotone) to explore how they solved this exact challenge using SAP Business Technology Platform (SAPBTP).What started as a VNSG SAP BTP Hackathon finalist case has evolved into an "Autonomous ALM" solution built to simplify interface operations.Key takeaways from the session:The Challenge: Moving away from legacy systems (like BizTalk) meant needing a safe, automated way to undeploy and redeploy 150+ SAP Integration Suite iFlows without manual error.The Technical Stack: Combining SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP), SAP BTP Job Scheduler, process automation, and natural language control via Joule.Intelligent Downtime: Using metadata tracking and automated deployment plans so only the exact interfaces affected by maintenance are paused and safely restored.Future-Proofing ALM: How extending AI into Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) shifts IT management from reactive firefighting to proactive automation.Whether you are managing complex cloud integrations or exploring practical AI/automation use cases on SAP BTP, this conversation offers plenty of real-world insights!Link to Arjan's notes for DemoJam.Link to DJ's videos on CAP and MCP.Your HANA Café NL hosts: Jan Penninkhof and Twan van den Broek

Ds. Arjan Markus ( vanuit Pelgrimvaderskerk ) over Jeremia 28 vers 1 t/m vers 9 en Jeremia 29 vers 1 t/m vers 14.

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Spreker: Ev. A.C. (Arjan) BaanTekst: Hebreeën 12Thema: Jagen naar heiligingBron: https://downloadpreken.nl/1632/jagen-naar-heiliging ★ Support this podcast ★

Man darf experimentieren, aber die Erlaubnis reicht nicht. Ein Team braucht die Freiheit dazu auch selbst, immer wieder, gegen die eigene Organisation verteidigen. Genau darüber spricht Christina Grubendorfer in dieser Folge mit Arjan Kozica, Professor für Organisation, Führung und Personalmanagement an der ESB Business School und der Universität Reutlingen. Arjan forscht seit Jahren zu experimenteller Organisationsentwicklung und hat unter anderem mehrere Experimentierräume bei der AOK Baden Württemberg begleitet, von Selbstorganisation ohne Teamleitung bis zum Fünf-Stunden-Tag. Links zu Arjan Kozica: LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjan-kozica/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arjan-kozica/) ESB Business School Profil: [https://www.esb-business-school.de/die-esb/personenverzeichnis/person/arjan-kozica](https://www.esb-business-school.de/die-esb/personenverzeichnis/person/arjan-kozica) Kostenloses Online-Probeabo der ZOE: [https://zoe-online.org/form/paket/probe-print-digital-jahresabonnement](https://zoe-online.org/form/paket/probe-print-digital-jahresabonnement) Und für alle Hörer*innen des becomebetter Podcasts gibt es ab sofort 15 % Rabatt auf die Neulandprodukte mit dem Code “becomebetter”. Hier geht es zur [Website von Neuland](https://www.neuland.com/) Melde dich jetzt für Season 6 des Zertifikatskurses an, der im Februar 2027 in Berlin und remote startet. Hier findest du mehr Infos dazu: [https://become-better.org/zertifikatskurs/](https://become-better.org/zertifikatskurs/) Wenn du Fragen zur Fortbildung hast oder dich anmelden möchtest, dann wende dich gerne per Mail an academy@become-better.org oder [Christina Grubendorfer über LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-grubendorfer/). Mehr Infos zu unseren Gästen und alle Links zu dieser und allen anderen Folgen auf unserer Podcast-Seite: [https://become-better.org/podcast/](https://become-better.org/podcast/) Hier kannst du dein Buch-Exemplar von Christina Grubendorfer und Christina Ackermann bestellen: [The Real Book Of Work](https://www.amazon.de/Real-Book-Work-Organisationen-umdenken/dp/3800671549) Regelmäßig Neues von becomebetter erfahren?! Einfach unseren Newsletter abonnieren: [https://tinyurl.com/lea-newsletter](https://tinyurl.com/lea-newsletter) oder uns auf LinkedIn folgen: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3925422 Christina freut sich über deine Kontaktanfrage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-grubendorfer/ Wenn dir der becomebetter Podcast gefällt, unterstütze ihn gerne: Hinterlasse eine 5-Sterne-Bewertung (z. B. auf [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/organisationen-entwickeln-der-lea-podcast-f%C3%BCr-zukunftsf%C3%A4hige/)) sowie eine Rezension und abonniere ihn.

Max Verstappen stond weer op het podium. Niet op het hoogste plekjes, want dat is dit seizoen voor een jonge Italiaan, maar derde. En daarmee keerde de rust weer enigszins terug bij Red Bull. Na de Grand Prix op Silverstone waren de woorden van Verstappen stof tot napraten en genoeg speculaties. De derde plek in België bracht rust en vertrouwen in de wagen. In de AD Formule 1 podcast bespreken Etienne Verhoeff en Tim Hartman het raceweekend.Beluister de podcast nu via ad.nl, de AD App of jouw favoriete podcastplatform. Kijk voor het laatste nieuws en de verhalen van Arjan en Tim op www.ad.nl/sport. Support the show: https://krant.nl/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In de nieuwe aflevering van VI ZSM blikken Arjan van den IJssel en Jarno Verweij terug op de halve finale tussen Argentinië en Engeland. Verder ook aandacht voor opvallende veranderingen die FIFA doorvoert tijdens dit WK.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In deze VI ZSM blikken Arjan van den IJssel en Kalum van Oudheusden vooruit op de kwartfinale op het WK tussen Marokko en Frankrijk. Verder ruime aandacht voor Ajax-trainer Míchel en de visie waarmee hij gestart is. Verder komt ook de uitreiking van de Rinus Michels Award ter sprake, die dit keer niet werd gewonnen door de trainer van de landskampioen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Dan sits down with "Competitive Success" author Arjan Singh for a fast, fun, snack-size masterclass on how to future‑proof your business with corporate war games. Arjan explains war gaming as a “dress rehearsal” for strategy, where teams role-play competitors, regulators, and customers to stress-test big moves before they go live. You'll hear how his sessions predicted Apple TV, learn his nine-step Competitive Success framework, and dig into a pharma case where a preplanned FDA “disaster” scenario helped save a future $5 billion product. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nee, maak je geen zorgen Arjan blijft nog voorlopig nog gewoon als number one gids en mentor van de Vogelspotcast. Maar we hebben dit keer wel een speciale aflevering. We gaan namelijk op pad met Waldemar. Waldemar is 13 jaar en een van de jongste fans van de Vogelspotcast. Als klein jongetje ging hij al mee op excursies met ons en nu zit die al op de middelbare school. Wat gaat de tijd toch hard. Maar Waldemar is niet zomaar een hobby vogelaar. Hij vertoont dezelfde trekjes die Arjan op zijn leeftijd had; het liefst voor en na school vogelen, elk moment van de dag met vogels bezig zijn, al zijn vakanties staan in het teken van nieuwe soorten en hij werkt al langzaam aan zijn zelf ontdek lijst. Kortom, de nieuwe Arjan in de dop. Ook volgt hij Gip's Big Year op de voet en hij zag dat hij nog een paar soorten miste die hij veel ziet op zijn local patch. Dus heeft die ons benaderd om een aflevering op te nemen. Nou dat konden we niet afslaan. En sterker nog het was zo succesvol dat h et een dubbele aflevering is geworden. Gip heeft iig weer wat soorten op zijn lijst en daar gaat het per slot van rekening om dit seizoen.Partnerships: Sprinklr is dé pionier in het aanbieden van biologische tuinplanten en werkt met maar liefst 17 biologische kwekers samen om het grootste aanbod gifvrij geteelde planten aan te bieden. Met de kortingscode VogelspotcastBio krijg je 5 Euro korting. Ga naar LINK en bekijk het prachtige aanbod. Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Fluent Fiction - Dutch: Unexpected Allies: A Day at Utrecht's Market Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/nl/episode/2026-06-22-22-34-02-nl Story Transcript:Nl: De zomerzon scheen helder over de kasseien van de markt in Utrecht.En: The summer sun shone brightly over the cobblestones of the markt in Utrecht.Nl: De lucht was gevuld met het geroezemoes van stemgeluiden en de geur van versgebakken broden en kruidige worsten.En: The air was filled with the murmur of voices and the scent of freshly baked breads and spicy sausages.Nl: Jasper, een jonge koopman, stond bij zijn kraam vol potten en pannen, zijn blik vastberaden ondanks de zorgen in zijn hart.En: Jasper, a young merchant, stood by his stall full of pots and pans, his gaze determined despite the worries in his heart.Nl: Hij moest deze dag goed verkopen, voor zijn gezin.En: He needed to sell well that day for his family's sake.Nl: Zijn grootste angst was dat hij niet genoeg verdiende.En: His greatest fear was not earning enough.Nl: Terwijl hij klanten begroette met een glimlach, voelde Jasper plotseling een golf van misselijkheid.En: As he greeted customers with a smile, Jasper suddenly felt a wave of nausea.Nl: Het zweet brak hem uit.En: Sweat broke out on him.Nl: Hij kneep zijn ogen dicht, vastbesloten om door te zetten.En: He squeezed his eyes shut, determined to push through.Nl: Arjan, een bevriende koopman, stond naast hem.En: Arjan, a befriended merchant, stood next to him.Nl: Ze begonnen te onderhandelen over de prijs van een bronzen kandelaar.En: They began to negotiate the price of a bronze candlestick.Nl: Maar terwijl Jasper sprak, tilt de wereld om hem heen.En: But as Jasper spoke, the world tilted around him.Nl: Zijn zicht werd wazig en voor hij het wist, viel hij op de grond.En: His vision became blurry and before he knew it, he fell to the ground.Nl: Mensen rondom hem grepen naar hem en riepen om hulp.En: People around him reached for him and called for help.Nl: Arjan knielde naast hem, bezorgd en niet zeker wat te doen.En: Arjan knelt beside him, concerned and unsure of what to do.Nl: Femke, de genezeres van het dorp, haastte zich door de menigte.En: Femke, the healer of the village, hurried through the crowd.Nl: Ze had hem zien vallen en wist dat hulp snel nodig was.En: She had seen him fall and knew help was needed quickly.Nl: Ze knielde naast Jasper en controleerde zijn pols.En: She knelt next to Jasper and checked his pulse.Nl: "Rustig blijven," zei ze sussend, "je hebt rust nodig."En: "Stay calm," she said soothingly, "you need rest."Nl: Arjan hielp Jasper overeind en samen met Femke brachten ze hem naar de rand van de markt, weg van de drukte.En: Arjan helped Jasper up, and together with Femke, they brought him to the edge of the market, away from the bustle.Nl: Femke gaf hem wat kruiden en hete thee en bood aan om naar zijn kraam te kijken terwijl hij bij haar huisje op krachten kwam.En: Femke gave him some herbs and hot tea and offered to watch over his stall while he recovered at her cottage.Nl: "Maar mijn verkoop," stamelde Jasper, bang om een daginkomen mis te lopen.En: "But my sales," Jasper stammered, afraid to miss a day's income.Nl: Femke glimlachte geruststellend.En: Femke smiled reassuringly.Nl: "Ik help je wel," beloofde ze.En: "I will help you," she promised.Nl: "We zorgen samen voor de klanten."En: "We'll take care of the customers together."Nl: Die avond, toen de zon onderging en de markt tot rust kwam, keek Jasper uit het raam van Femke's huisje.En: That evening, as the sun set and the market calmed down, Jasper looked out of Femke's cottage window.Nl: Hij zag haar druk in de weer bij zijn kraam, Arjan had zich ook aangesloten.En: He saw her busy at his stall, Arjan had joined too.Nl: Samen verkochten ze nog een paar potten.En: Together they sold a few more pots.Nl: Jasper voelde dankbaarheid.En: Jasper felt gratitude.Nl: Hij besefte dat hij hulp kon accepteren, dat hij niet altijd alles alleen hoefde te doen.En: He realized he could accept help, that he didn't always have to do everything alone.Nl: De gemeenschap stond klaar om hem te steunen, en het was een les die hij nooit zou vergeten.En: The community was ready to support him, and it was a lesson he would never forget.Nl: De band tussen mensen was zijn grootste rijkdom.En: The bond between people was his greatest wealth.Nl: En zo leerde Jasper dat de echte kracht soms ligt in het accepteren van hulp en het vertrouwen op anderen.En: And so Jasper learned that true strength sometimes lies in accepting help and trusting others.Nl: Terwijl hij dat besefte, dreven de zorgen van de dag langzaam weg, zoals de zon onderging boven de oude stadsmuren van Utrecht.En: As he realized this, the worries of the day slowly drifted away, like the sun setting over the old city walls of Utrecht. Vocabulary Words:cobblestones: kasseienmurmur: geroezemoesmerchant: koopmanstall: kraamdetermined: vastberadennausea: misselijkheidsweat: zweetbefriended: bevriendenegotiate: onderhandelenbronze: bronzencandlestick: kandelaarblurry: wazigconcerned: bezorgdhealer: genezerescrowd: menigtepulse: polssoothingly: sussendbustle: drukteherbs: kruidenrecovered: op krachtencottage: huisjestammered: stameldereassuringly: geruststellendevening: avondgratitude: dankbaarheidbond: bandwealth: rijkdomtrusting: vertrouwendrifted: drevenwalls: stadsmuren

On today's episode we answer your questions about love, why we are the way we are, karate, moving to Australia and finding our replacements.Follow us on socials:IG: https://www.instagram.com/nobodyaskedpodcast__/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nobodyaskedpodcast1Watch FULL EPISODES on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NobodyAskedPodJoin the Nobody Asked Secret Headquarters Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/19QXHhHEGt/Send us a question, story or words of affirmation through the FAN MAIL LINK here: https://forms.gle/GQk7RFUb7AHLMYvM600:00 It's a QnA Episode!01:00 Arjan from London is super nice02:20 Edan's psychic matchmaking powers05:20 Romance is too hard07:30-08:40 Is it ok to fart at the urinal?11:30 A real soul sucking job12:20 A degree in karate14:15 Which classic Aussie Ice Cream is the best?15:10 Why are we the way we are?20:30 The Rizzler vs The Mormon Wives23:30 Where to not move to in Australia24:30 Favourite Sex Position26:40 Picking Our Replacements Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In deze aflevering schuift Arjan van den IJssel voor het eerst aan bij ZSM. Samen met presentator Kalum van Oudheusden bespreken de heren het laatste voetbalnieuws, met speciale aandacht voor Feyenoord en Ismael Saibari. Verder ook aandacht voor de WK-wedstrijden Spanje-Kaapverdië en België-Egypte.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

De tweede dag Lauwersmeer staat in het teken van hard werken voor je waarnemingen. We gaan namelijk een geheel rondje Lauwersmeer fietsen en dat is maar liefst 50km. Maar de sfeer zat er direct goed in, want we waren nog geen 20 minuten onderweg of we werden getrakteerd op het prachtige geluid van de wielewaal. En dan is het zoeken geblazen, want ook al is de vogel knal geel met zwart hij blijft verdomde lastig. Een typisch gevalletje; je hoort hem wel, maar zit hem niet. Maar er staan nog meer knallers op het dagprogramma. Zo moet Gip de Blauwborst nog en de mooiste vogel van Nederland: het baardmannetje. Kortom er is genoeg te beleven met als kers op de taart een vogel die menig deelnemer nog niet op zijn of haar lijst had. Arjan is overigens weer zo fanatiek dat hij zelfs de groep geen koffiebreak gunt, maar gelukkig steekt mooi-weer-vogelaar Gisbert daar een stokje voor. Het moet leuk blijven. En dan nog iets anders: De Vogelspotcast bestaat 5 jaar en dat vieren we met prijzen. Hiep hiep Hoera! Om deze prijzen te winnen vragen we ± 5 minuten van je tijd om een vragenlijst in te vullen. We zouden graaag beter weten wat jullie leuk vinden en wat misschien beter of anders kan. Met jouw antwoorden help je ons om de Vogelspotcast te verbeteren én om meer mensen dichter bij vogels te brengen. Je vindt de vragen lijst op www.vogelspotcast.com/vragenlijst - Alvast heel erg bedankt voor jouw hulp!Ps. Al ruim 700 mensen hebben de vragenlijst al ingevuld! Echt geweldig. Onze dank is gigantisch. Partnerships:1) SNP Natuurreizen gemaakt. Wil je ook op Vogelvakantie. Klik HIER voor hun aanbod2) Vogelbescherming Nederland. Het gaat niet goed met de Steenuil en dat is niet best. Daarom halen we met Gip's Big Year zo veel mogelijk geld op om hier wat aan te doen. Jouw donatie zou enorm helpen. Ga naar www.vogelbescherming.nl/bigyear om te doneren. Alvast heel erg bedankt voor uw steun.Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode of The Agency Rocket Show, Liz Hunt sits down with Arjan Visser for a deep conversation about creative leadership, vulnerability, burnout, and the growing tension between management systems and human creativity. The conversation also explores Liz's upcoming book, The 9 Types of Creatives, including the “Visionary” archetype, a creative profile centered around high-level thinking, leadership, innovation, and future-focused vision. Together, they discuss: Why traditional management structures often fail creative teams The importance of relational safety in leadership How insecurity impacts both creatives and managers Recognizing patterns in creative personalities and teams The tension between predictability and innovation Why leaders need peer groups outside their organization The danger of self-sacrifice in leadership How creative archetypes can become tools for understanding instead of labels This episode is for agency owners, creative leaders, entrepreneurs, managers, and anyone trying to build healthier, more human-centered teams.   Interested in learning more about future-focused leadership and identity-driven strategy?  Check out LEAD THE FUTURE: 7 Steps to Expand your Identity, Strategic Foresight, and Vision by Arjan Visser on Amazon   Connect with Arjan Visser on LinkedIn 

Analisti i njohur, Arjan Curi, ka qenë i ftuar në emisionin “Live From Tirana” me Ronaldo Sharkën, ku ka komentuar protestën që po zhvillohet në Tiranë kundër projektit të Zvërnecit. Jo vetëm kaq, pasi ai foli edhe në lidhje me qëndrimin që mban kryeministri i vendit, Edi Rama.

We zitten inmiddels in de zesde maand van Gip's Big Year en er staan nu 210 soorten op zijn lijst. Je zou zeggen dat hij goed op schema ligt, maar zo werkt het natuurlijk niet helemaal. Een vogel per dag is in het begin relatief makkelijk, maar het glazen plafond nadert snel in de vogelwereld. Want waar vind je zo snel eigenlijk zeldzaamheden als een woudaap, grauwe kiekendief of smelleken? Gelukkig maken we dit jaar twee buitenlandreizen met SNP Natuurreizen die flink zoden aan de dijk zetten. En in Nederland is ook nog genoeg te vinden, waren we het al snel over eens met hen. Daarom gaan we samen met de Dwaalgasten op Nederlandse vogelreis naar het befaamde Lauwersmeergebied om daar 4 dagen met elkaar te vogelen. De weergoden zijn ons goed gestemd en er zit volgens Arjan een hele bijzondere vogel op ons te wachten!En dan nog iets anders: De Vogelspotcast bestaat 5 jaar en dat vieren we met prijzen. Hiep hiep Hoera! Om deze prijzen te winnen vragen we ± 5 minuten van je tijd om een vragenlijst in te vullen. We zouden graaag beter weten wat jullie leuk vinden en wat misschien beter of anders kan. Met jouw antwoorden help je ons om de Vogelspotcast te verbeteren én om meer mensen dichter bij vogels te brengen. Je vindt de vragen lijst op www.vogelspotcast.com/vragenlijst - Alvast heel erg bedankt voor jouw hulp!Partnerships:1) SNP Natuurreizen gemaakt. Wil je ook op Vogelvakantie. Klik HIER voor hun aanbod2) Vogelbescherming Nederland. Het gaat niet goed met de Steenuil en dat is niet best. Daarom halen we met Gip's Big Year zo veel mogelijk geld op om hier wat aan te doen. Jouw donatie zou enorm helpen. Ga naar www.vogelbescherming.nl/bigyear om te doneren. Alvast heel erg bedankt voor uw steun.Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this episode, Arjan Hannink, Partner at Keensight Capital, explains how their growth buyout firm structures hands-on value creation support across a portfolio of B2B software and IT services companies. Learn why Keensight built an internal team of close to 40 value creation professionals—including in-house CPO, CTO, CMO and CRO functions—and how that team operates alongside management rather than above it.Hear about an approach to prioritizing growth initiatives when there is always more to do than bandwidth allows, why an all-you-can-eat resourcing model avoids the wrong incentives and how embedding value creation expertise into the deal process leads to faster execution post-close.The information contained in this podcast is not intended to constitute, and should not be construed as, investment advice.

Deze aflevering begint met een telefoongesprek tussen Arjan en Gisbert. Arjan is natuurlijk razend benieuwd wat er allemaal gebeurd in zijn aanwezigheid ook al houdt hij Gip's lijst nauwlettend in de gaten. Daarna begint de dag met een geweldige wandeling van 10km. Voor de een doorgewinterde Camino wandelaar een "piece of cake", maar voor Christien een helse tocht. Ze houdt namelijk niet echt van wandelen... (best weird, maar prima). En of het een mooie wandeling was en ook nog eens prachtige waarnemingen. Wat wil een mens nog meer?!De volgende dag gaan we naar DE vogelplek van de Extremadura genaamd: Pena Falcon aka de Gierenrots. Deze plek is de natte droom van menig vogelaar en de parkeerplaats is dan ook al aardig vol als we arriveren. En geen woord gelogen. Zodra we uitstappen zijn de eerste zwarte ooievaars al gespot en is het een walhalla aan gieren. Maar ook de kleinere vogeltjes laten zich zien en zo komen we oog in oog met de befaamde blauwe rotslijster. Het is niet beter samen te vatten dan dat het: ontzettend, geweldig mooi is. Luister maar mee!Partnerships: Deze reis is mede mogelijk gemaakt door SNP Natuurreizen. Wil je nou ook naar Extremadura? Kijk dan op de website van SNP en boek deze fantastische vogelreis of naar een andere reis uit hun veelzijdige aanbod natuurreizen. Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Rianne van der Linden en Arjan van der Linden maakten een podcast over identiteitsfraude en Arjo Kraak vertelt het verhaal van een roofoverval en moord bij hem om de hoek, maar dat zich in 1934 afspeelde. 

Na de voorpret aflevering gaat de reis nu echt beginnen. Direct na het ophalen van de busjes, gaan we op weg naar onze eerste bestemming Trujillo waar we de eerste 3 nachten verblijven. Maar tussen het vliegveld en het hotel zijn genoeg plekken om even te vogelen. Zelfs bij de eerste tankstop blijven we 20 minuten staan omdat we de eerste gieren al zien in de verte. Ja mensen, we zijn begonnen. Daarna volgen er nog een aantal stops waarbij Gip's eerste doelsoort wordt gezien: de kleine torenvalk. En ook al was de reis een tikkeltje vermoeiend, dat heb je nou eenmaal met reisdagen, ploffen we met met een voldaan gevoel en een aantal nieuwe soorten in een zalig bed dromend over alle vogels die we deze reis gaan ontdekken. Het is natuurlijk even wennDe volgende dag bewegen we ons naar het steppengebied rondom Trujillo. Dit prachtige natuurgebied biedt huis aan een paar van de topsoorten die je moet zien, namelijk: Spaanse keizerarend, grote en kleine trap, wit- en zwartbuik zandhoenders, bijeneters en Iberische klapekster. Wel is het even wennen voor Gip zonder Arjan op stap, een deelnemer merkt scherp op dat hij toch een beetje onrustig is. Maar gelukkig is onze enige echte Christien mee als content manager en het blijkt als snel dat ze een waardig vervanger is. Ook laten we deze reeks Arjan niet geheel buiten beschouwing. Gip belt elke dag getrouw met zijn leermeester om de dag te bespreken en tips op te halen. Hoe dit gaat zul je allemaal meemaken in de komende afleveringen, maar we kunnen je een ding beloven: het belooft een spektakel te worden. Partnerships: Deze reis is mede mogelijk gemaakt door SNP Natuurreizen. Wil je nou ook naar Extremadura? Kijk dan op de website van SNP en boek deze fantastische vogelreis. Je gaat er geen spijt van krijgen ;) Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Arjan Visser is a human-centered futurist and business strategy architect with over 20 years of experience in executive leadership development. He has worked extensively with business leaders, governmental departments, non-profit organizations, and family-owned businesses across the world. His unique approach blends strategic foresight with personal growth, helping leaders align their future vision with their authentic identity. Arjan is more than a coach or a peer-mastermind host; he is a dedicated travel companion on the journey towards future leadership.Personal:Married with Sascha for over 28 years, we run live and business together. We got three studying sons (20 and twins of 18) We live in the part of the Netherlands which is not flat and without tulip fields and windmills.Contact Arjan Visser:Businessrevivalists.comYOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@thefuturist-businessrevivalistBOOK: Book.businessrevivalists.comPODCAST: Podcast.businessrevivalists.comACCELERATORS:alt.businessrevivalists.com/dialogueMastermind.businessrevivalists.comEvents:Every Thursday - A.L.T. dialogue -> weekly Linkedin event on https://www.linkedin.com/company/businessrevivalistsEvery Friday - Peer-Mastermind -> weekly Linkedin event on https://www.linkedin.com/company/businessrevivalists8. Social Media Site Profile links: Facebook LinkedIn Instagram X TikTokhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/apvisser/https://www.facebook.com/BusinessRevivalhttps://www.instagram.com/humancenteredfuturisthttps://www.threads.com/@humancenteredfuturisthttps://x.com/APVisserDr. Kimberley LinertSpeaker, Author, Broadcaster, Mentor, Trainer, Behavioral OptometristEvent Planners- I am available to speak at your event. Here is my media kit: https://brucemerrinscelebrityspeakers.com/portfolio/dr-kimberley-linert/To book Dr. Linert on your podcast, television show, conference, corporate training or as an expert guest please email her at incrediblelifepodcast@gmail.com or Contact Bruce Merrin at Bruce Merrin's Celebrity Speakers at merrinpr@gmail.com702.256.9199Host of the Podcast Series: Incredible Life Creator PodcastAvailable on...Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/incredible-life-creator-with-dr-kimberley-linert/id1472641267Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6DZE3EoHfhgcmSkxY1CvKf?si=ebe71549e7474663 and on 9 other podcast platformsAuthor of Book: "Visualizing Happiness in Every Area of Your Life"Get on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4cmTOMwWebsite: https://linktr.ee/DrKimberleyLinertThe Great Discovery eLearning platform: https://thegreatdiscovery.com/kimberleyl

Voor een nieuwe aflevering in onze reeks 'Kunst in de Kijker' nemen we jullie dit keer mee door de prachtige Mesdag Collectie in Den Haag. Het voelt dan ook erg vertrouwd en het knisperende geluid van schelpjes in de tuin brengt ons direct terug naar onze jeugd op Scheveningen. Maar ook de collectie blijkt een trip door memory lane te zijn. De 'origin-story' van zowel Arjan en Mesdag hebben te maken met een stormachtige Noord-Zee. Daarnaast huist het museum verschillende werken uit de Haagsche School en De School van Barbizon; die het begin van schilderen in de buitenlucht inluiden. Veel natuur dus. Maar ook heeft het museum een prachtige collectie aan werken uit het Orient en een authentieke Gobelin zaal waar veel vogels te zien zijn. Kortom, het is eigenlijk gek dat we er nu pas langsgaan. Let op: De tijdelijke tentoonstelling "Isaac Israëls. In de ban van Van Gogh" is nog te zien t/m 7 juni 2026. De podcast bespreekt echter werken die in de permanente tentoonstelling te zien zijn, dus daar heb je nog alle tijd voor ;) Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Het is eindelijk zover de reis in samenwerking met SNP Natuurreizen gaat van start. Op het moment van luisteren bevinden niet Arjan en Gip zich in het vliegtuig, maar is de eerste vervangen door Christien... Gip moet namelijk zijn Big Year wel halen en in Nederland alleen gaat dat niet lukken. Samen met begenadigde gidsen en een schare fans gaan we dus ons geluk beproeven in Spanje. En we maken er een heus podcast seizoen waar [tromgeroffel...] Arjan gewoon bij is. Door de moderne techniek van tegenwoordig kunnen wij op hoge kwaliteit podcast opnemen op afstand. Zo kan leermeester Arjan voldoende instructies geven zodat er minimaal 60 soorten op Gip's Big Year lijst komen. Kortom, het wordt ouderwets genieten. Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Deze keer: het nieuwe Nederlandse minderheidskabinet in Europa. Premier Jetten reisde de afgelopen weken wat af: van Brussel naar Parijs, Berlijn en Kyiv. Hoe doet hij het in zijn gesprekken met politieke sleutelfiguren als Merz, Macron en Zelensky? En lukt het hem om onze beschadigde reputatie in Brussel te herstellen?Ondertussen worstelt Jetten met de reactie op de oorlog tegen Iran en Trumps dreigingen om de NAVO op te blazen. Overleeft het kabinet deze geopolitieke storm?Annette van Soest bespreekt het met Arjan Noorlander, politiek duider voor Nieuwsuur, en Stefan de Vries, Europa-verslaggever voor onder meer BNR, Pauw & de Wit, Haagsch College en stamgast van het café. Tips en verwijzingen uit deze aflevering: - Annette tipt de aangrijpende documentaire ‘Politzek' https://www.youtube.com/watch?...]- Stefan tipt ‘On the psychology of military incompetence' van Norman Dixon https://www.penguin.co.uk/book...- Arjan tipt het satirische boek ‘Five on Brexit Island' door Bruno Vincent https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/f/fi... Annette van Soest is host van Café Europa en presentator voor o.a. Haagsch College en omroep HUMAN. Stefan de Vries is Europa-verslaggever voor o.a. Pauw & de Wit, BNR, Haagsch College en vaste duider voor Café EuropaArjan Noorlander is politiek duider voor NieuwsuurDe podcast Café Europa is een initiatief van Haagsch College en Studio Europa MaastrichtDeze podcast wordt mede mogelijk gemaakt door Nieuwspoort.

Na drie keer ongeveer dezelfde biotoop uitgekozen te hebben richt Gip zijn pijlen ditmaal op zee. En waar moet je zijn als je zeevogels wilt spotten? Juist, de Pier van IJmuiden. Weten jullie het nog? In aflevering #30 gingen we opzoek naar de The Big Five van IJmuiden. Nu staan we er weer, maar hopen op nog iets extra's, of nog beter; iets onverwachts...Deze podcast is mede mogelijk gemaakt door:Vogelbescherming Nederland - Wil je een gratis magazine uit de aflevering? Ga dan naar vogelbescherming.nl/tijdschrift en meld je aan.Sprinkl - Voor iedereen met groene vingers en die biologisch wilt tuinieren. Bestel je planten dan bij www.sprinklr.co/ en krijg eenmalig 5 Euro korting bij een bestelling van minimaal 30 Euro met de code VogelspotcastBio SNP Natuurreizen - Wil je mee met Arjan en Gip naar Cyprus in september. Wees er dan snel bij. Ga naar SNP CyprusDwaalgasten - Lid worden van de leukste vogelcommunity van Nederland? Word lid van de dwaalgasten via Petje AfLuistervinken - Wil je niks missen van Gip's Big Year? Luister dan ook de extra afleveringen via Petje AfZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What happens when you hand a 13-year-old an AI coding tool and zero instructions? In this special episode, Paddy hosts his son Arjan for a hands-on look at vibe coding — the AI-powered approach to building software using nothing but natural language prompts.Together they walk through Dolphin Quest, the fully functioning 3D game Arjan built using Replit Agent in roughly a week — complete with combat mechanics, an in-game economy, AI-generated dolphin artwork, multiple worlds, achievements, and boss battles. No coding experience required.Whether you're a product manager, business analyst, developer, or just curious about AI, this episode shows what's possible when you combine human creativity with the latest AI tools.What vibe coding is and why it's gone mainstream in 2026Live demo of Dolphin Quest — a 3D game built entirely by a teenager using AIHow Replit Agent plans, builds, tests, and debugs its own codeThe prompting techniques that worked (and the mistakes to avoid)Why creativity and domain knowledge matter more than coding skillsPractical tips for anyone wanting to start vibe coding todayTimestamps00:00 Introducing Arjun and Vibe Coding02:35 What Makes a Great Game03:31 Early Creativity and Dolphin Obsession06:30 The Vibe Coding Experiment Setup08:53 Tool Choice and Prompting Tips14:35 Dolphin Quest Demo Begins16:21 Worlds, Chests, and AI Dolphins18:22 Submarine Speed and Cheats Testing21:18 Achievements and Boss Combat26:21 Build Time and No-Code Reality30:06 Refinements and Vibe Coding Advice31:47 Wrap-Up and Final Thoughts⚡️ In each episode, Paddy Dhanda deep dives into a new human Superpower to help you thrive in the age of AI.Host: Paddy DhandaPaddy works at the largest Tech training organisation in the UK and is passionate about helping tech professionals build human skills to thrive in the age of AI.Contact Paddy: paddy@superpowers.schoolSubscribe to my newsletter:

Wat is vogelen eigenlijk ontzettend moeilijk! Gip heeft dan misschien wel 250 soorten op zijn Nederlandse lijst staan, dat krijg je als je autoles krijgt van Max Verstappen in een Ferarri, dat gaat snel. (flashback aflevering #01) Gelukkig begint hij na vijf jaar niet helemaal bij nul, maar vogels in vlucht herkennen blijft rete lastig. Maar goed, we wisten waar we aan begonnen en de lol zit er flink in. De Biesbosch een gouden greep, want de lijst is flink gespekt. Welke soorten er precies bijgeschreven konden worden hoor je in deze aflevering. Partnerships:Vogelbescherming Nederland - Wil je een gratis magazine uit de aflevering? Ga dan naar vogelbescherming.nl/tijdschrift en meld je aan.SNP Natuurreizen - Wil je mee met Arjan en Gip naar Cyprus in september. Wees er dan snel bij. Ga naar SNP CyprusDwaalgasten - Lid worden van de leukste vogelcommunity van Nederland? Word lid van de dwaalgasten via Petje AfLuistervinken - Wil je niks missen van Gip's Big Year? Luister dan ook de extra afleveringen via Petje AfZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Spontaan vertrekt Gip in de middag richting OVP waar Arjan een excursie heeft geleid. Het kwam even zo uit, dus niet tot in de puntjes uitgedacht zoals een vogelaar met een missie zou moeten doen... Maar tja in de Oostvaardersplassen is vast genoeg te zien om aan de nu al befaamde lijst van Gip's Big Year (GBY) toe te voegen. En ja hoor. We zijn nog maar 100 meter onderweg of het is al raak. Maar er wordt er ook eentje gemist. Later in de Petje af aflevering komt Gip er wel op terug en kan alsnog de rover op zn lijst aanvinken.Partnerships:Vogelbescherming Nederland - Wil je een gratis magazine uit de aflevering? Ga dan naar vogelbescherming.nl/tijdschrift en meld je aan.Vivara - Meer vogels in je tuin? Koop dan nu vogelvoer en vogelhuisjes van onze eigen vogelspotcastlijn en voor je het weet zit je tuin vol vogels. Check vivara.nl/vogelspotcast voor het assortimentSNP - Wil je mee met Arjan en Gip naar Cyprus in september. Wees er dan snel bij. Ga naar SNP CyprusDwaalgasten - Lid worden van de leukste vogelcommunity van Nederland? Word lid van de dwaalgasten via Petje AfLuistervinken - Wil je niks missen van Gip's Big Year? Luister dan ook de extra afleveringen via Petje AfZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

We gaan naar de Groene Jonker. En nu is dat op zichzelf niet zo bijzonder, we zijn daar immers al een aantal keer geweest met de podcast, maar het is de eerste keer dat Gip zelfstandig een locatie heeft uitgekozen. Op basis van tips van Arjan en uitgebreid onderzoek (not..) is hij met deze plek op de proppen gekomen. Z'n gedachtengang; veel water (dus eenden en ganzen) en riet. Zijn eigen hoop is dat hij minimaal 10 nieuwe soorten op z'n lijst kan bijschrijven. Arjan is kritisch: is dit wel de beste plek.. je gaat het horen!Partnerships:Vogelbescherming Nederland - Wil je een gratis magazine uit de aflevering? Ga dan naar vogelbescherming.nl/tijdschrift en meld je aan.Vivara - Meer vogels in je tuin? Koop dan nu vogelvoer en vogelhuisjes van onze eigen vogelspotcastlijn en voor je het weet zit je tuin vol vogels. Check vivara.nl/vogelspotcast voor het assortimentSNP - Wil je mee met Arjan en Gip naar Cyprus in september. Wees er dan snel bij. Ga naar SNP CyprusDwaalgasten - Lid worden van de leukste vogelcommunity van Nederland? Word lid van de dwaalgasten via Petje AfLuistervinken - Wil je niks missen van Gip's Big Year? Luister dan ook de extra afleveringen via Petje AfZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Het begin van Gip's Big Year moest en zou natuurlijk in het Vondelpark zijn. Weet je het nog, de eerste stapjes, Gisbert nog zo groen als gras en als doelsoort de grote bonte specht. Maar ook de halsbandparkiet, de meerkoet en verschillende andere vogels passeerde toen de revue. Nu zal het vast niet anders gaan, maar met het enige verschil dat Arjan ze niet mag aanwijzen. En de doelsoort is ook veranderd en wel een hele bijzondere soort, namelijk Ronnie. Het zal de fanatieke vogelaar niet ontgaan zijn, maar afgelopen winter huist er een roerdomp in het park en laat dat nou ook de lievelingsvogel van Gip zijn. Dus als de cirkel nu niet rond is, weten we het ook niet meer.Partnerships:Vogelbescherming Nederland - Wil je een gratis magazine uit de aflevering? Ga dan naar vogelbescherming.nl/tijdschrift en meld je aan.Vivara - Meer vogels in je tuin? Koop dan nu vogelvoer en vogelhuisjes van onze eigen vogelspotcastlijn en voor je het weet zit je tuin vol vogels. Check vivara.nl/vogelspotcast voor het assortimentSNP - Wil je mee met Arjan en Gip naar Cyprus in september. Wees er dan snel bij. Ga naar SNP CyprusDwaalgasten - Lid worden van de leukste vogelcommunity van Nederland? Word lid van de dwaalgasten via Petje AfLuistervinken - Wil je niks missen van Gip's Big Year? Luister dan ook de extra afleveringen via Petje AfZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Note: This episode was recoreded in Dutch and can be listened to in English and other languages on the Physiotutors App. The next episode will be in English again! Summary In this episode, we discuss the journey of Ajan Elshof, a former physiotherapist who transitioned to a care-intensive advisor role. We explore the reasons behind his departure from physiotherapy, including changing perspectives on care, the challenges of practice management, and the relationship between physiotherapists and insurers. Ajan shares insights on the future of physiotherapy, the importance of innovation, and the need for collaboration in the healthcare sector.   Chapters 00:00:00 Intro and the big question: why does a passionate physiotherapist leave the profession? 00:03:42 Why physiotherapy was chosen: sports background, injuries, and early motivation 00:05:13 Workload, balance, and no burnout 00:06:40 Sponsor: Premium membership 00:07:17 From patient care to management: views on efficient, hybrid care and the right care in the right place 00:10:24 Overtreatment vs insured sessions: ethics and clinic policy 00:12:06 Ambition, ownership, and scale of impact 00:14:27 The purchasing plan: from the first years to the concrete process 00:16:09 Why the purchasing failed and business lessons learned, market fit, agreements, transition period 00:19:17 Considered paths, education, research, own practice, and the choice for a health insurer to increase impact 00:22:29 Sponsor: WriteUpp practice management software 00:24:20 Low rates, productivity, and admin work: the health insurer's view 00:27:29 Relationship between health insurer and therapist: shared goal and trust 00:30:53 New role at Zilveren Kruis: tasks and the value of a physio background 00:33:23 Clinic vs office: differences in workday, focus, and downtime 00:36:20 How do we keep passionate professionals? Perspective, career paths, and regional primary care cooperation 00:37:43 Sponsor: Physiotutors online courses 00:39:18 Career outlook and conditions for a possible return 00:41:21 Advice to the next generation, including his own children, about physiotherapy 00:42:30 Closing message: working together toward sustainable, accessible, local care 00:44:15 Closing   Thanks to our Podcast Sponsor Writeupp! Level Up Your Learning And Streamline Your Practice. Sign up at the link below and enjoy 3 months free of WriteUpp's practice management software. Sign Up at https://writeupp.com/physiotutors   Bonus Material Download the referenced transcript including PubMed Links and a high-resolution infographic on this episode as part of your Physiotutors membership on the Physiotutors App. Download the Free App now   Follow our Podcast on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts  

Ray and Dave discuss the amazing biota of the Mazon Creek Lagerstätte with Arjan Mann, Assistant Curator of Fossil Fishes & Early Tetrapods at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois