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Podcast Description
I’m Heidi, Founder of Heidi Coaching & Training. This podcast delivers practical career tips, inspiring stories, and expert insights to help you make thoughtful decisions about your career and workplace.
Each episode focuses on one specific work-related theme, explored in-depth over multiple episodes through interviews with Dutch or English-speaking experts or individuals with firsthand experience.
This podcast provides answers to questions like:
* How can I find work that aligns with my personality, talents, and values?
* How can employers promote Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace?
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers various themes surrounding career development, including finding work that aligns with personal values and talents, promoting Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace, and entrepreneurial inspiration. For example, episodes include topics like 'Giftedness in the Workplace,' as discussed by Dr. Sabine Sypré, and practical advice for managing personal finances while building a meaningful career.
I’m Heidi, Founder of Heidi Coaching & Training. This podcast delivers practical career tips, inspiring stories, and expert insights to help you make thoughtful decisions about your career and workplace.
Each episode focuses on one specific work-related theme, explored in-depth over multiple episodes through interviews with Dutch or English-speaking experts or individuals with firsthand experience.
This podcast provides answers to questions like:
* How can I find work that aligns with my personality, talents, and values?
* How can employers promote Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace?
Voor NL samenvatting, zie onderaan ⬇️
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Susan Osenga (49) works as a physician in social medical advisory services and only discovered later in life that she is gifted.
In this episode in Dutch on Giftedness in the Workplace, she openly shares her story – with a touch of humor.
🔎 What will you discover in this episode?
✅ Why she mainly remembers the hallways and principals' offices from her elementary school days
✅ How challenging her search for answers was
✅ Why this discovery came with a grieving process
✅ Practical tips for schools and employers to better support gifted people
✅ How she ultimately found peace – both personally and professionally
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NL samenvatting
Susan Osenga (49) werkt als keuringsarts en kwam er pas op latere leeftijd achter dat ze hoogbegaafd is.
In deze aflevering in het Nederlands over Hoogbegaafdheid op de Werkvloer deelt ze haar verhaal – openhartig én met een vleugje humor.
🔎 Wat ontdek je in deze aflevering?
✅ Waarom ze zich vooral de gangen en directeurskamers van haar lagere scholen herinnert
✅ Hoe moeizaam haar zoektocht naar antwoorden verliep
✅ Waarom deze ontdekking gepaard ging met een rouwproces
✅ Praktische tips voor scholen en werkgevers om hoogbegaafden beter te ondersteunen
✅ Hoe ze uiteindelijk rust vond – privé én professioneel
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Missed Episodes 1, 2, 3 and 4 on Giftedness in the Workplace?
– Episode 1: From Architectural Engineer to Doctor in Psychology & Entrepreneur | Dr. Sabine Sypré | Giftedness [001] (NL): https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UdcxI0Iulkoxv6ix5DP9v?si=B40IWjlJQ8-GNiLon3C9uw
– Episode 2: Discovering You’re Gifted… Because of Workplace Conflicts? | Dr. Noks Nauta | Giftedness [002] (NL): https://open.spotify.com/episode/1FYiRH8DO7Zke41csi84xs?si=K-3YDD8lSPOOr9KDjtwOBQ
– Episode 3: Gifted People & Workplace Conflict: A Desire for Change? | Ido van der Waal | Giftedness [003] (NL): https://open.spotify.com/episode/37DLmZVl1tYMhVRfCEcJf2?si=mT90o1j7TxqrGDYz6gO_0A
– Episode 4: From Bored at Work to Business Coach for Gifted Entrepreneurs | Wilma Kaptein | Giftedness [004] (NL): https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TdVkVZkn8dBNIgYTIUKgk?si=fv3MHMsATb-RcZfZQ-TS-g
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Organisations, Events and Books Referenced:
– Instituut Hoogbegaafdheid Volwassenen (IHBV): https://ihbv.nl/
– Mensa: https://www.mensa.org/
– HB-cafés: https://hb-cafe.nl/
– Nationaal HB Congres on 11/03/2025: https://rijkaantalent.nl/
– HB huiskamer in Amsterdam: https://www.renatevanderveen.nl/hb-huiskamer/
– Webb, J. (2013). Searching for Meaning.
– Van der Waal, I., & Nauta, N. (2025). Hoogbegaafden in conflict.
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Contact Susan Osenga:
– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-osenga-58374b152/
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Contact Heidi Coaching & Training:
– Website: www.heidicoaching.be
– Book your free call here (EN/NL/FR): www.heidicoaching.be/contact
– LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/heididelanghe
– Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heididelanghe/
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