Summary of Trusting Myself in the Pain | Jan Willem van der Heiden | FABxBali

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Jan Willem van der Heiden discusses how trusting himself has led him to overcome some of his challenges in life. He talks about how he became involved in a fight club as a means of developing the skills necessary to protect himself, and how he eventually met a therapist who wanted to use eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy on him for his trauma from when his mother became sick. Van der Heiden candidly discusses his experience with cancer, suicide, and a forest fire in Australia. He discusses how this experience helped him learn to trust himself and to be in control of his own safety.

• 00:00:00 Jan Willem van der Heiden discusses how trusting himself has led to him overcoming some of his challenges in life. He talks about how he became involved in a fight club as a means of developing the skills necessary to protect himself, and how he eventually met a therapist who wanted to use eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy on him for his trauma from when his mother became sick.
• 00:05:00 Van der Heiden candidly discusses his experience with cancer, suicide, and a forest fire in Australia. He discusses how this experience helped him learn to trust himself and to be in control of his own safety. He tells the audience that he wants to share this message with others so that they can learn to trust themselves, too.
• 00:10:00 Jan Willem van der Heiden discusses the importance of trusting oneself in the pain of life. He advises listeners to be open to their own emotions and to not be afraid to experience pain. He explains that pain is a sign that something is alive and that it is necessary to let go of things that no longer serve us.