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Het hart achter de hoed<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Vinet Coetzee is moeder van twee geweldige dochters, kinderboekenschrijver, workshopbegeleider en ervaren onderzoeker op het gebied van menselijk gedrag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ze behaalde een PhD in de psychologie aan de University of St Andrews en heeft meer dan twintig jaar ervaring met onderzoek naar menselijk gedrag en gezondheid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haar academische loopbaan leerde haar om grondig in onderzoek te duiken, de juiste vragen te stellen en ingewikkelde wetenschappelijke inzichten te vertalen naar iets wat begrijpelijk en betekenisvol is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sinds de start van Joy Garden zet ze diezelfde nieuwsgierigheid in om zich te verdiepen in emotieregulatie, omgaan met moeilijke situaties en de strategie\u00ebn die kinderen en gezinnen kunnen helpen bij het omgaan met grote gevoelens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vroeger schreef Vinet vooral heel serieuze wetenschappelijke artikelen. Tegenwoordig schrijft ze ook verhalen waarin onderzoek, levenservaring en een vleugje fantasie samenkomen. Zo ontstaan speelse idee\u00ebn die kinderen kunnen begrijpen \u00e9n gebruiken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Met haar boeken, workshops en cursussen helpt Vinet kinderen ontdekken dat ze veel van de wijsheid die ze nodig hebben al in zich dragen. Soms hebben ze alleen een beetje hulp nodig om die te vinden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Waarom ik Chit-Chat, mijn babbelhoedje heb geschreven<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dit boek is ontstaan vanuit iets heel persoonlijks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Als ouder vroeg ik me vaak af hoe ik mijn kinderen het beste kon helpen om te gaan met grote emoties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tegelijkertijd kon ik er niet omheen hoe uitdagend het is om op te groeien in de wereld van nu. Een wereld die sneller is, luider, en vol zit met constante afleidingen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ik herinner me nog rustige momenten uit mijn eigen jeugd. Liggen onder een boom, kijken naar de bladeren die bewogen in de wind, en het zonlicht dat door de takken flikkerde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maar zoals bij iedereen werden die momenten minder naarmate ik ouder werd. Mijn gedachten drongen zich steeds meer op en ik vond het vaak moeilijk om ze tot rust te brengen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toen kwam ik iets tegen in De Kracht van het Nu van Eckhart Tolle<\/a> dat me altijd is bijgebleven. Ik besefte dat ik niet mijn gedachten en gevoelens b\u00e9n. Ik ben iets diepers: degene die ze opmerkt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dat simpele besef, gecombineerd met een paar praktische mindfulness-technieken, hielp me om mijn gedachten stil te krijgen wanneer ik dat wilde, en om rust en vreugde te vinden. In het begin was dat maar voor korte momenten, maar hoe meer ik oefende, hoe makkelijker het werd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Het was zo\u2019n krachtige verandering dat ik wist dat ik dit op een kindvriendelijke manier moest doorgeven, niet alleen aan mijn eigen dochters, maar aan alle kinderen, overal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dat is waarom ik Chit-Chat, mijn babbelhoedje, heb geschreven. Chit-Chat, mijn babbelhoedje<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Het verhaal laat kinderen op een milde manier kennismaken met het idee dat ze zich niet hoeven te laten leiden door hun gedachten en gevoelens. In plaats daarvan kunnen ze leren om er simpelweg naar te kijken en ze stap voor stap stil te maken wanneer ze dat willen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naast het verhaal bevat het boek eenvoudige mindfulness-oefeningen die kinderen helpen om dit zelf te gaan ervaren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want als kinderen al vroeg in hun leven leren hoe ze rust kunnen vinden, krijgen ze iets gouds in handen: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Een gevoel van innerlijke stabiliteit en vreugde waar ze een leven lang profijt van hebben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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