The2nd Life Strategies offers individual sessions and a self-paced, on-line program to master the new competencies needed to navigate today's challenging times and retake charge of the direction of your life and work. Who is The 2nd Life Program for? If you know in your soul that in order to thrive and greatly reduce stress, you better transform. You just don’t know how. What is The 2nd Life Program about? Understanding and learning how to use your power to make wise choices that serve the whole and, thereby you! How will The 2nd Life Program help you? The Future Proofing Your Life (FPYL) Method offers structure and practical guidance, in concert with opening up to a bigger reality. From this perspective issues and solutions will make much more sense and the way forward becomes actionable and obvious. And actionable and getting results is what I am about. I started my career with solid academic-level work in environmental science, becoming especially fascinated by how our natural and cultural environment shapes us as humans, and vice versa. At the hight of my career, Michiel worked for the International Panel on Climate Change when it was awarded the Nobel Price for Peace (with Al Gore). More recently, I have been focusing on systems-oriented approaches such as sustainable Circular Economy for communities and organizations. I have authored numerous publications and two books, one in Dutch, and one in English: The Mantis and the Mirror. I have lectured at two universities, NC State and Webster University. I live in North Carolina and have worked in the Netherlands, Germany and the Caribbean. And I have three lovely grandchildren.