A PRACTICAL STARTING POINT / CHANTAL VAN KEMPEN

How do you help people break familiar patterns?

First make a pattern recognisable. Explore what it offers and what it gets in the way of. Then choose a small experiment that opens up a different perspective without deciding the outcome in advance.

Personal development does not always begin with more explanation.

Sometimes you understand your behaviour, but a different environment or activity helps you notice something new. Storytelling, play and reflection can offer a way in. Participants do not all need to have the same experience. They need room for their own choices and for deciding what they want to share.

Four starting questions

Choose a specific pattern, such as automatically agreeing or repeatedly postponing an idea.
Explore when the pattern helps and when it limits you.
Design a small activity that invites a different choice.
Reflect without forcing a correct outcome, then choose a next step.

AN EXAMPLE FROM MY WORK

Changetrek & Ondernemen met Ballen

For Changetrek, I contributed to a personal development journey using storytelling and reflection. As co-founder of Ondernemen met Ballen, I developed workshops and action-focused experiences around courage and entrepreneurship. This work connects personal questions to something participants can explore for themselves.

Explore my projects

Who is this for?

For programme designers, educators and organisations commissioning a personal development experience. My offer begins with a shared design challenge for a group or programme; this site does not offer a fixed individual coaching programme.

Which pattern would you like participants to explore?

Tell me about your situation. We’ll explore whether an experiential approach fits and what preparation and follow-up would be useful.

Let’s explore your challenge ↗