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

Vinet Coetzee is de moeder van twee geweldige dochters en reist graag. Ze houdt ervan om nieuwe plekken te ontdekken en nieuwe mensen te ontmoeten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vroeger schreef Vinet uitsluitlijk super-serieuze wetenschappelijke artikelen. Tegenwoordig schrijft ze ook graag verhalen om hartverwarmende wijsheden te delen met haar meiden \u00e9n met alle andere kinderen over de wereld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Met haar boeken laat Vinet jonge lezers zien dat ze de kaart naar de schatten van het leven allang in handen hebben. Haar verhalen helpen kinderen om in hun eigen zakken te tasten en de wijsheid te vinden die ze vanaf het allereerste begin al met zich meedragen.<\/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 schaarser naarmate ik ouder werd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mijn gedachten werden hardnekkiger, en ik vond het vaak moeilijk om ze tot rust te brengen omdat ik nooit de handvatten had gekregen om die innerlijke rust levend te houden.<\/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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