E40: Getting Out of Our Boxes and Getting Into Nature with Bart Scholtissen

We’re living in challenging times. But we need to go through those in order to create the new world that we want to see. It's necessary for us to transform into a new level of living –and one of the ways to achieve that level of personal development is going back to your core and going back to nature. Today’s guest is Bart Scholtissen. Based in the Netherlands, Bart is the Founder of Back To Your Nature Coaching and is a Wim Hof Method Academy instructor. With a background in neuroscience, he earned his Ph.D. degree in Neuropsychology. Feeling burned out in the field of science, he felt he needed to reinvent himself and get back to his core. But it was also through science that he got into the Wim Hof Method. Through his coaching strategy, he helps people who don’t know how to deal with the changes in their lives to reconnect to their own nature. Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation: His journey into becoming a Wim Hof Method Academy instructor How the Wim Hof method allows you to go out of your own limiting beliefs How travel gets you out of your comfort zone Why go back to nature Recognizing the dark to experience the light Why balance isn't a flatline Episode Highlights: Going Out of Your Self-Limiting Beliefs Through the Wim Hof Method and Bart’s nature coaching, one is forced to look inwards in order for transformation to occur. Being in a survival mode in nature brings you to your stress and fight mode. And in the process, you learn to embrace it and get out of your limiting beliefs. You stop fighting – and you start living. How Travel Takes You Out of Your Comfort Zone People have created this comfort zone of what life should look like. But when you travel, you go to other places. You get to experience and embrace different cultures, as well as letting yourself be embraced by these cultures so it keeps you enlightened and connected. Why Go Back to Nature Nature is more uncut and less domesticated. We have been domesticated as a Western society that we have been spoiled. And that's not good for our system. And so, going back to nature realigns you and helps you get back in touch with your superhuman powers. On Emotional Optimism Only by knowing the dark side, can one appreciate the light. If everything would be light, it would be boring. We need to hit our head sometimes and get hurt to feel alive. We need to actively seek discomfort to become more comfortable within the uncomfortable. People are afraid of dying. And by being afraid of dying, people unconsciously decide not to live. They're only paying attention to the negative stuff that is there. But even in these challenging times that we're living in now, there is so much positivity going on. You just need to open up not your eyes, but your heart a bit more. Why Balance Isn’t a Flatline Sometimes people think that balance is a flatline. That's not life. Life is ups and downs and embracing the ups and the downs – embracing the journey. Highs only exist by the grace of the lows. If the lows aren't there, the highs aren't there. This is life. Life is cyclical. It's a phase, everything is passing and everything is renewing again. And so, we better make it an enjoyable, comfortable, crazy ride. We're not here just to be innocent bystanders, leaning backward, and letting opportunities pass. Instead, you’re here to make a lasting impression. Show your gifts and lead life in a different way. Don’t just wait for things to happen. But go for it and live it!