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Moving on

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By: Anja Uitdehaag

Earlier this week I finally managed to visit “Huys van Roosevelt” in Oud-Vossemeer, a small village in the Netherlands.

Huys van Roosevelt” is a restaurant that was on my to-do list already for over nine months.

Not because of the Rich history of both the village and the restaurant (The ancestors of the well-known former presidents of the USA, Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his spouse Eleanor Roosevelt, are originally from Oud-Vossemeer. The rich history of these world leaders comes to life in the brasserie and restaurant through beautiful photos and inspiring quotes, the Roosevelt Information Center, the ‘The Four Freedoms’ monument, the Dutch Reformed Church and the place where the ancestors of the legendary world leaders used to live) but because I was eager to catch up with Bas, the restaurant owner. Bas is an ex-colleague from a big International Company, who made this very interesting career move from factory departmental manager to restaurant owner after the company closure 2 years ago.

I was curious to see how he was doing.

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Brené Brown, “The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are”

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Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. She has spent many years studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame.

Brené is also the Founder and CEO of The Daring Way – an organization that brings her work on vulnerability, courage, shame and worthiness to organizations, schools, communities, and families.

Brené’s 2010 TEDx Houston talk, The Power of Vulnerability, is one of the top five most viewed TED talks in the world, with over 19 million viewers.

 

 

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