BARBARA VAN DEN BOGAARD✨your shot of evergreen #inspiration from Global Regenerative Voices who really have something to say

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Name: Barbara van den Bogaard

Company / Institution: Global Storytellers

Title: Initiator; Storyteller; Filmmaker; Writer

Website: www.globalstorytellers.global

LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbaravandenbogaard/

Country of origin: The Netherlands

Country you currently live in: The Netherlands

Your definition of Regeneration:

I always look at regeneration in relation to storytelling.

Stories are regenerative in their essence. They might grow a new beginning, a new ending, a new phrase or chapter. Regenerative stories have a strong core and are malleable in their subtleties. They adapt to shocks and changes if they need to. And as I see it, it is this talent of stories and storytellers that is much needed in today’s world.

Other words for regenerative are rebirth, reconstruction and transformation. Regeneration means the regrowth of a damaged or missing organ part from the remaining tissue. In my storytelling practice, I learn that stories have the same abilities of rebirth, reconstruction and transformation. And looking at our current world we can see that stories regenerate parts of society that are injured, lost or forgotten. Voices that long have been unheard are getting stronger.

I wish our stories to be perceived as tangible and open to transformation, evolving with the journey this planet and all living creatures on it are travelling.

Main business challenge you face: Finding funding for the good initiatives that are undertaken around the world so people working in the field of change and transformation, storytelling and communication, healing and regeneration can live a decent life while continuing their good work.

Main driver that keeps you going: Hope.

The trait you are most proud of in yourself: Curiosity.

The trait you most value in others: Curiosity.

Passions & little things that bring you joy: My wolfdog, my family and friends, being in nature.

The Inspirators who determined you to take the regenerative path:

• Daniel Christian Wahl
• Laura Storm
• Charles Eisenstein
• Bayo Akomolafe
• Lyla June
• Giles Hutchins
• Nora Bateson and many others.

A starting point for companies or professionals that are beginning the regeneration journey: Try joining the Regenerative Leadership Journey by Laura Storm and the Cards for Life by Tom Mansfield! Also, read the work of Daniel Christian Wahl and Giles Hutchins.

Most used and abused clichés in sustainability that bother you: Using the word green or using the color green for all that is called sustainable.

An honest piece of advice for young people who lose hope: Be a stubborn, kind, naïve, optimistic idealist.

Read the stories of Indigenous Cultures. For example, the essays of Lyla June who communicates to us that we do have the wisdom to sustain life and that we have already done so for a long time. I just love this essay by Lyla: “I am asking you to sing with me. No matter what color of skin you have, no matter what language you speak or where you are from, you are my family. When we remember this, we will finally come upon the wealth of our ancestors: the wealth of joy, the wealth of love, the wealth of fulfilment, the wealth of laughter and the wealth of health. Human beings, we were made to love.”

Books that had a great impact on you / Must-Reads for any regenerative professional:

This is a must-read for every person alive: Women who run with wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes

Movies / Documentaries you would watch all over again: Human

Websites / Podcasts you visit frequently: This TED talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (The Danger of a Single Story) has been life-changing to me!

Music that makes you (and your heart) sing: The Wailin' Jennys - "Light of a Clear Blue Morning".

Places you travelled to that left a mark on you: The forest near Breda where I live.

Global Regenerative Voices you recommend us to follow:

Victor Ochen, African Youth Initiative Network

Trends in Regeneration we should keep an eye on: Regenerative Communications and Storytelling (I’m currently co-authoring a book, and in 6 months I'll be able to share more about).

Reasons to feel optimistic about our future in 2030: There is no other way than to be optimistic! Through my work on a global scale, I just know that there are many, many, many people working to make the world a better place for all.

Reasons to feel pessimistic about our future in 2030: Witnessing too many older men being elected or self-elected as “leaders”, that look at the world and life on earth through the lens of war.

Regenerative Leadership qualities much needed today: Creativity, listening, loving, slowing down, focus.

The Inspirator(s) you are endorsing for a future edition:

• Barbara Lima
• Jean-Phillippe Steeger
• Cedar Wood
• Victor Ochen
• Bayo Akomolafe
• Lyla June

The quote that inspires you:

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom. (Clarissa Pinkola Estes)

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