Specs


Name
: Joey Velberg

Age: 32

Pronouns: he/him

Vision: A world united in diversity

Mission: Moving you and your organization towards conscious being

Core values: Freedom, Creativity, Communication, Compassion, Justice, Authenticity, Leadership

Fully mastered languages: Dutch, English

Element: Air

Lifecycle

Early life

One of the first conscious decisions of my life was to grow long hair. I thought it suited me, so I went for it. Completely unintentionally, I questioned gender norms at my small-town elementary school. For children and adults alike. That is the essence of who I am: my presence brings change. 

I was a very creative child. At the age of seven I started to learn how to play the guitar. And at school I was in the top of my class consistently. Being bright and independent as I was, I was bullied for almost my entire school carrier. 

At the age of thirteen, I won a national poetry competition. I got to perform my work live on stage, in front of hundreds of people. As an added bonus, my poem got published. Not long after that empowering experience, I came out to my classmates as queer. 
 

College

After high school, In continued going to university where I started a bachelor’s in communication science. Around this time, my love for language and music coincided, and I started to write my own songs. During my master’s in urban environmental management, I was very active in student and student/staff committees, so I quickly became a well-known face on campus. 

This was a time of joy for me: things were going well, and I was excited about both the present and the future, particularly life after graduation.
 

Crash

After college, I tried a vast array of different jobs. On paper, they all sounded great.. I worked for startups, NGOs, big municipalities and consultancy firms. But they all had one thing in common: I was not allowed to live my ideals. After almost two years of giving it my best shot, I crashed. 

Transformation

What had appeared as a burnout, actually turned out to be an invitation to process lingering trauma. It took me roughly three years to recover. Those years were a very intense time. To this day, working through all that was the most difficult period of my life.

But somehow I knew that I would be okay. And that by facing my demons, I was allowing myself to make room and move closer to a life that was fully my own.
 

The world at my feet

And I was right. For the first time in my young life, I can now say that I am happy. I am free. I am where I live and I live where I am. Life is a journey, and I am a nomad. I have no idea what tomorrow will bring. But I do know I am content with today. 

Thank you for taking the time to read my story. I hope we meet each other soon! 

Cheers,
Joey

 

Education


In the course multiple decades, I have educated myself to become the Young Master that I am today. The graph below shows the progress I have made per school of thought. When a beam is not fully lit, it means I am currently working on completing a course. The adjacent list specifies the programs, in reverse chronological order per category (most recent on top). 

Intuitive Work
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University
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Group Work
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Coaching
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Body Work
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Beach
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Intuitive Work

Healing
Mentor trajectory
Being

University

Urban Environmental Management, MSc.
Communication Science, BSc.

Group Work

Intervision Methods
Train the Trainer
Organization Constellations
  
TeamWork 

Coaching

Masterclass Grief and Reintegration
NLP Master
 
Family Constellations

NLP Practitioner 
Introduction to NLP 

Body Work

Polyvagal Theory
Breath Work Instructor
Meditation Instructor
Restorative Yoga Instructor

Beach

Lifeguard – in progress
Surf instructor – 
in progress

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