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Ralf Bodelier is a true inspirator. With a well-crafted mix of humor, nostalgia, science, and anecdotes, he provides us with an optimistic view of our dynamic reality.
Down-to-earth facts and data. Inspiring stories. Humor. A reset of your worldview. Experience for yourself how a gloomy worldview can transform into an experience of hope and optimism within a single lecture, workshop, or inspirational talk. Learn why we often feel so gloomy. Spoiler alert: it has little to do with reality. Stop being pessimistic. Optimism takes us much further. Martin Luther King motivated his followers with ‘I have a dream’. He did not say ‘I have a nightmare’.
Dr. Ralf Bodelier is a true inspirator. He engagingly narrates the tremendous progress we are making. Bodelier takes his audience to unexpected data and statistics, to living history, philosophy, and untold stories. With a well-crafted mix of humor, nostalgia, science, and anecdotes, he provides us with an encouraging view of the dynamic reality of the moment.
About Dr. Ralf Bodelier
Ralf Bodelier is the son of a Limburg miner. He took five years to complete secondary education, followed a teacher training program in history, graduated as a theologian, and earned a doctorate at a law faculty. He is known as a philosopher and traveler. He regularly takes guests on inspirational trips to Paris, Vienna, Jerusalem, and Malawi. In ancient monasteries, he organizes Abbey sessions ‘Inspiring with hope and progress’.
35 years ago, Ralf Bodelier hitchhiked for two months through communist Eastern Europe and wrote his first book ‘Disruptions of Order’. 25 years ago, he traveled across Africa and poured his experiences into the cheerful novel ‘Atheist in Africa’. 10 years ago, he produced a web documentary with youth from African slums about the appealing aspects of life in slums.
Five years ago, he donated a kidney to a stranger: fully trusting that both he and the recipient would be fine. Four years ago, he co-founded the environmental movement Ecomodernism/RePlanet. Two years ago, he walked 4,200 kilometers from Jerusalem to Bouillon in Belgium. He reported weekly about it in the Financieel Dagblad and the Groene Amsterdammer. Recently, his book ‘Long Live Humanity. Can we manage with 10 billion?’ was published.