Meet:

Emma Landstra

Trainer

BACKGROUND

Consultant at HR Consultancy, Sales and HR at specialist cheese shop.

UPDATE

MSc Psychology and Body-oriented (psycho)therapy  

HAS WORKED WITH

PON, FD Media Group, UWV, Rituals, KPMG, Mazars, BDO, Rabobank, Private Equity investors, KNMP, Wageningen University, Gazelle 

Bruun Beenker

UPDATE

MSc Psychology and Body-oriented (psycho)therapy  

HAS WORKED WITH

PON, FD Media Group, UWV, Rituals, KPMG, Mazars, BDO, Rabobank, Private Equity investors, KNMP, Wageningen University, Gazelle 

We are for real

Growing myself up I enthusiastically did for the first 30 years of my life. My way of staying loved. Until I realised that by doing so, I was actually keeping people at arm's length. How much richer the contact is when I confess colours, including all the uncomfortable. I have great understanding for the armour people wear and at the same time deep respect for anyone who takes it off (for a while). It opens doors. 'We can cut the crap' and get to what actually matters.  

We are of the wall

I grew up in Russia, Japan, Mexico and a village in Groningen. Culturally, these are far apart. With each move, my concept of what is 'normal' went haywire. I now know no better than that normal does not exist. My heart leaps at the sight of 'deviant' behaviour. There is often genius hidden in deviations.  

We innovate for tomorrow

In our profession, we are our own instruments. I find that the more attuned I am to myself, the better I can tune in to what is needed by the person(s) I am with. Herein lies my drive for renewal. In my experience, our body is a good counsellor, which is why I trained as a body-oriented (psycho)therapist.  

We float like a butterfly and sting like a bee

The intentions behind my words make or crack this DNA value for me. As soon as I try to change someone, what I say doesn't come across well. Changing the other person is not my job (I still have to tell myself that sometimes). As soon as I accept someone as they are, the message comes in. I see that it then touches, stills and often gives peace. It is given back to me that I can be warm and sharp.  

We score without compromises

The question "why do we/you actually want this?" constantly plays in the back of my mind. Making the question behind the question explicit is necessary for me to be not only cognitively but also emotionally hooked on to a development process. With the added bonus of being right on target.