A big passion-project of mine are the youth-base workshops.

On those days, when young adults meet, you can feel a huge amount of joy welling up,

because when those young people begin reading for themselves,

it generates a lot of self-confidence inside them.

It builds up a young adult's self-esteem when they hear what they are capable of,

how good they are, what their skills are,

and that's what these few days are all about, for these young adults to explore their strengths, their capabilities,

where can I go career-wise? Is a degree really something for me?

Should I rather learn a trade, or work with people? Finding out these fundamental things

are what this time is all about. Everybody for themselves, and also together.

And through that emerges this bond, a certain sense of togetherness,

that feeling when a clique has been together for years - that's exactly what it feels like.

This doesn't just make me happy myself, but that happiness spreads around and jumps from one to another.

Everyone feels comfortable, cared for and protected.

And that remains so even after those days.

At the last youth-base workshop, they started a whatsapp-group that is still active even today,

where they communicate, and support each other

and that is totally valuable, and for me, I don't want to speak about it in a humble sort of way,

but when I think about how I could have had that, how cool would that have been, how nice would that have been!

And how much it could have spared me, the one or the other degree that I started and then dropped,

because I realized that, okay, this isn't something for me after all.

I wouldn't have gone in circles, and just sensed, is this for me, does it suit me?

If the answer was no, I would've looked for something else or asked someone else.

"Hey, what's your take on this?" What should I do, or, what do I feel comfortable doing?

We can make it so much easier for ourselves, and the sooner we discover that it can be easier,

the more comfortable life becomes.

And it's so enriching to ask what it's actually about,

or to just ask, okay, I have an english exam tomorrow - what should I go over one more time?

So I can write a good grade on it, so that everything runs smoothly,

since in this case all the information is already provided for.

As soon as the teacher writes down the exam questions, they can be recalled on any occasion - unless he explicitly keeps them hidden.

Most of them don't do that.

My life changed very much thanks to MFL.

Starting with the fact that I used to feel life was hard,

or that it was something I had to master no matter what,

but it never occured to me that it can be easier and that change can happen easily...

I wouldn't have thought of that.

And this method, MFL, helped me, and moreover supports me to get to know myself better.

It supports me in that it helps me realize what kind of potential I have sleeping inside of me,

all the things that want to come out into the world through me.

And that's why it's such a big desire of mine to work with adolescents, the young people.