In the Volkskrant today!
I’m really excited to share my thoughts on education, refugees, following your heart and making big (and sometimes scary) decisions in my Volkskrant profile today! You can read the full article here.
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I don’t know what I’m doing, so I cannot fail. Neither can you.
I’m trying to avoid news of the world today. Trying hard. Trying hard and failing. As I type, my phone is next to me, sending me push notifications of horrible things happening and my phone wants me to know about it right away. So I’m digging deep, focussing on my keyboard, trying to Get Stuff […]
I can’t make people love each other, but I can give you free stuff.
It’s a mad, mad world. Mad as in crazy. Mad as in angry. I’m watching my country from a distance, and I am greatly concerned. About cops murdering innocent civilians. About civilians murdering cops. About Trump worrying about Muslims. About my Muslim friends worrying about their future. So. Much. Madness. All I want, truly want, […]
My tips and tricks on 3FM!
I had the honor of helping 3FM DJ Michiel Veenstra work on his first song EVER. He asked me for feedback and advice on singing in English when it’s not your first language. Here’s his vlog about our session! I’m so proud of the final result – he did a fantastic job! #happycoach
Independence Day (and my confession)!
It was the 4th of July, 1984. Chicago. I was with my oldest friend Lisa (who is still my oldest friend today, although she is somehow still 3 months younger than I am). We had just spent a wonderful evening having a picnic in the park, and then watched the fireworks when it got dark. I […]
Highlights from a great night with Sprout!
I was honored to be one of the speakers at the Sprout event – ’25 onder de 25′ – honoring the 25 best young entrepreneurs of the country. You can see the highlights in the cool aftermovie here. It was a great evening and I had so much fun signing books afterwards!
Wait. He said WHAT on TV?!?
Wow. I mean wow. I cannot believe what happened. BREXITGATE. I love England. I studied at Cambridge and Oxford when I was younger, and I have so many English, Scottish, and Irish friends. (No Welsh friends. Not yet. Maybe Gareth Bale will want to be my friend one day. Fingers crossed.) I’ve spent a lot of time […]
How to make my favorite recipe (and not sound like a jerk)…..
Last week I was honored to give the closing talk at a Sprout event honoring young entrepreneurs. One of the topics in my talk seemed to cause a bit of a stir. It was about my favorite recipe – the Bad News Broodje. Lots of people came and talked to me about it afterwards. You see, […]
Change one word – doesn’t it sound silly now?
Let me tell you a little story, It’s one I hear all the time. However, I’m going to take out the word ‘English’ and put in the word ‘guitar’. Here it goes… I love listening to guitar music. I listen to it all the time. I watch Netflix documentaries about guitars, and I can watch […]
We’re nearly halfway there…how far are you?
I cannot believe it. It’s the 6th of the 6th in 2016. What happened to the first half of this year? I swear, I just saw it (looking desperately at bottom of purse). WHERE DID IT GO? Before you know it, it will be the summer holidays for many of you. Then the fall (and […]