♀︎zusterschap.nu

"Humanize your ideal especially in the midst of all those other co-creators, disguised as human beings, and you will find that your stay on this planet can also be cozy". Diederik Van Rossum

Zusterschap.nu has emerged from a joint path of two women who have explored & experienced the importance of a deep and heartwarming kinship that has matured over the years. Being connected and intertwined because you want both of them is not as obvious as it seems and it turns out to be a choice that is made at an effort. Such a relationship is of great importance and value.

What do we believe in?

We live in a time when essential kinship between women is necessary and topical and of value in everyday life.

When women can be there for each other, know themselves supported and supported, we can wake up more of what we are in each other. Coming to life, creating and creating together in what we, but also the world around us, needs.

That what lives and resides in all of us may be expressed for the benefit of the greater good. That our brave hearts may be open-breaking so that what is present in our depth may see the light of day; We need each other's HART.

For whom

For all the women who are looking for a place where they can 'come to story' and be themselves. Wanting to feel connected again as a woman and remind both yourself and others of the feminine origins and forces with which we can be present and meaningful in the world.

What do we want to make a difference in

The motto is "by women for women".

Our initiative is a service to all those communities and partnerships that we are part of. We hope that it will spread like an oil slick and that women will feel called to join to further propagate this initiative within their own environment or community.

The human image of Psychosynthesis and its approach to man as designed by Roberto Assagioli and taught by the Institute of Psychosynthesis in Hilversum, is our source of inspiration and ground from which we work and are present.

Sisters ‘at heart’

Péronne and Isis met in 2002 and gradually developed an intensive friendship, which over the years has turned into a substantially felt kinship. They have experienced and experienced many highs and lows and experienced each other and got to know each other as they know themselves deeply.

The relationship they have entered into with each other in life and work has proved to be a meaningful encounter and created opportunities that they alone would not achieve. They have gradually come to realize that not only do they need each other and are needed for each other, but that every woman needs one or more other important women and that women are needed ‘as sisters’ for the world.

Isis Vonsee

Isis works as a mental health practitioner and provides training in the field of personal growth and mental well-being. She studied Social Work in Rotterdam and Psychosynthesis in Utrecht.In her work she guides and supports people in their search for their own answers to existential questions in life and work.

Her areas of focus are the functioning of the Will and the connection with the heart. Working together and the relationship with the other are important aspects in her work and life. Her dedication and ability to start over with an open and curious gaze are characteristic.

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Péronne van den Driessche

Péronne works as a psycho-social care worker in the MENTAL Health Service. She studied at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and followed a number of years of study at the Institute for Psychosynthesis. Within the professional context, she works from the idea that a person is more than his illness and looks at the human being as a whole, which gives meaning and meaning to her work.

She wants to stay open and remember what is important to her: the relationship with the other, being connected. Characteristic is her big heart, her willingness to work together and her ability to be ‘present’.

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“If we can open up a little bit more to each other and share our stories, our real stories, that’s what breaks down barriers. Be vulnerable. Dare to be vulnerable.” Michele Obama, Becoming

From the stories of women we have spoken, there was always the lack of places in their own environment where they can come together on the basis of equality & respect, to be able to tell and share what is going on in, middle and round them in everyday life.

The purpose of this women’s workshop is to create that place and context where women can come to each other’s company on stories.

Coming to the story is……

Imaginary sitting around a fire and telling each other ‘what matters to you’ without having to make anything else out of it; to be seen and heard for who you are for.  It is also becoming curious again and exploring the ‘pearl in pain’, which can make a crisis seen as an opportunity and opening to a new situation that gives meaning to what is going on in your life.

This can be done if the other person is listened to, the other person is close and if the right questions are asked. That’s the key that can open the door. A gate that leads to a deeper layer within yourself where you can experience a coherence again in the right company. Reconnection and engagement rather than loneliness and segregation. The facts don’t change, but you do change your view of them, which makes what you’re suffering from become more bearable and you can relate to those facts differently.

The workshop

We work with small groups of women, both in solid and continuous form. The meetings take place online or physically, depending on your wishes and the covid measures in force. There are no costs associated with participation. For more information see our calendar.

“I believe that woman is evolving perhaps more rapidly than man… Society
needs women to contribute the higher aspects of their femininity – altruistic
love, compassion, the sense of and respect for life… The psychosynthesis of
humanity is possible and needed and within our reach – for not only is it very
beautiful – it is very human”

R. Assagioli