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Wendy Van den Bulck (\u00b01974)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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I help people dare to move in the direction of their choice<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\r\n

My expertise<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

My focus is on leadership <\/strong>and communication<\/strong>. From 2010 to 2014 I mainly coached groups within the Flemish and Federal government, since 2014 my work area has mainly been within the academic world<\/strong>. I guide workshops, team coachings and individual coachings within different ‘layers'(Professors, Postdocs, temporary mandates, PhD students, administrative & technical staff) in various universities and research institutes:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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My expertise<\/strong> is coaching people who are so passionate about their job that they (risk to) lose themselves in it:
\u2022 Researchers who, in order to grow as scientists, have to expand their group and thus end up in a people management role in which they do not always feel comfortable;
\u2022 Doctors, psychologists, therapists,… and also veterinarians,… struggling to find a healthy balance between caring for others and caring for themselves;
\u2022 People in a management role who feel like having to be ‘the spider in the web’ that has to keep all the threads together<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Insights from natural horse behaviour and an experiential approach through working with the horses are particularly helpful in guiding people to new insights and new habits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Red thread <\/strong>in all my coachings – and in my life – is the Solution Focus<\/strong> approach (Steve de Shazer & Insoo Kim Berg). Horses taught me the core essence of this valuable approach, and I continuously deepen my knowledge and experience through trainings, workshops and conferences in Belgium and abroad, by following and guiding workshops and presentations. Since 2016 I have been an active member of the SOL World Community<\/strong> and I’m a co-organizer of the yearly international Solution Focus Summer Retreat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In 2019 I wrote my first book<\/strong> with a solution focused approach, in English<\/a> (\u201cConnective Clarity. When Horses Invite You to Take up Authentic, Solution Focused Leadership\u201d)\u00a0<\/em>and in Dutch<\/a> (\u201cVerbindende Duidelijkheid. Als paarden je uitnodigen tot authentiek, oplossingsgericht leiderschap\u201d)<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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My story<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

My expertise<\/strong> lies in guiding people who are passionate about their job and (risk to) fail in this respect:
\u2022 Researchers who, in order to grow as scientists, have to expand their group and thus have to take up a people management role in which they do not always feel comfortable;
\u2022 Doctors, psychologists, therapists struggling to find a healthy balance between caring for others and caring for themselves;
\u2022 People in a management role who feel like having to be ‘the spider in the web’ that has to keep all the threads together.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Horses<\/strong> have always been a passion, since I was a child. However, I’ve walked a long path to arrive at getting into contact with the real nature of horses and how we can learn from them. A horse trek in the French Pyrenees (in 2002) was a key moment: in actually living together with the horses I\u00a0finally found what intuitively\u00a0I had always linked with them: contact, togetherness, trust, authenticity, respect, clarity, peace\u2026 The search for where I could find those qualities somewhere closer to home brought me to Terra Natura\u00a0in the Netherlands, where I started a training\u00a0with Pieter Baalbergen in 2004. After Pieter’s death in 2006 I continued to give direction to this organisation for a couple of years, together with some colleagues. With Equoia I am now walking my own path.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Working with people<\/strong> is another thing I’ve always been attracted to. It fascinates me to bring about something in people. At first this\u00a0took shape in leading a musical ensemble, later on when I got my master’s degree\u00a0in Germanic languages, I was a language teacher for 14 years. Gradually I evolved towards training and coaching, thus finding what I really wanted to do. In 2010 I stopped being a teacher and I became a self-employed trainer and coach.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

More and more, horses play a large part in my coaching and training, combining my passion for horses with my passion for working with people<\/strong>. In February 2012 my late husband Kristiaan and I started to develop a centre in which we help people and horses to find their way to use their core power. Working with horses once began as a favourite pastime,\u00a0it has since become an enriching path that I walk with passion<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Little Clown<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The Connective Clarity model<\/strong> is based on a tumble clown<\/strong> I came across in January 2012, when I was looking for a meaningful gift for a good friend. I was immediately touched by Little Clown: he was – and still is – the summary of what I have learned from horses about (self)leadership<\/strong>, and he symbolises who I want to be and what I want to (re)awaken in people:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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  • He shows that, when you are in contact<\/strong> with your core<\/strong>, circumstances can have an impact, but you always feel the reflex to stand up again and you know (rather than hope) that this will happen indeed.<\/li>\r\n
  • His joyfully spinning head indicates the importance of being in touch with the world around you, having an overview, being 360\u00b0 aware <\/strong>of everything going on around you.<\/li>\r\n
  • And he shows us how important it is to hear the music in life, in yourself and to keep loving Life with a broad smile<\/strong>, whatever happens.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n

    Little Clown accompanies me in all my coachings, mentoring and leadership programmes and has already inspired countless people.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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