#51 | Sabine Bakkum | "Dedication meets vulnerability"

#51: When dedication meets vulnerability!In this episode, I connected with Sabine Bakkum CEO and founder of VitsAll®, whose journey moves between high performance, resilience and a very human search for balance. From growing up in a family of doctors to pursuing elite gymnastics from the age of four to becoming an entrepreneur at twenty three, her path carries both discipline and vulnerability.She trained more than twenty hours a week, broke bones, chased perfection and still believed she wasn’t good enough. Leaving gymnastics pushed her into a long stretch of identity searching. At the same time her own endometriosis was dismissed as stress for years. Through it all she built VitsAll with the same drive she had in sport, but now with a deeper understanding of what vitality really asks of us!Deep dive talking points:👉🏾Movement and meaning: how elite sport shaped her drive and her blind spots;👉🏾 Vitality at work: why habits, fun and maintenance matter more than quick fixes;👉🏾 Endometriosis: speaking up after years of not being heard;👉🏾 Identity beyond achievement: quitting gymnastics and rebuilding from zero;👉🏾 Building VitsAll: turning personal experience into purpose driven entrepreneurship;Nuggets of empowerment🙌🏾 Sometimes the bravest step is simply saying this is my limit and choosing a different path;🙌🏾 Strength without softness collapses, strength with softness becomes sustainable;🙌🏾 You can dream big and still take small steps every day. They are not opposites, they are the way forward!In Sabine’s empowering words:"Everyone has a story and it is okay to be not fine and to speak about it"Sabine’s story is a reminder that dedication can take you far, but honesty with yourself will take you deeper. Maybe the question to sit with after listening is this: 👉🏾 where in your own life is it time to stop pushing and start listening to what your body has been trying to tell you?Join Journeys of Empowerment and stay close to these weekly stories of resilience and purpose!Connect with Sabine:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabine-bakkum/ Company website: https://vitsall.com A word from our sponsor: https://neotopia.nl                  Great strategies don’t fail because of process they fail when behavior doesn’t align. Neotopia helps teams turn awareness into lasting change through behavior that moves people forward.And to all Men who want to be part of the next Women’s Health at Work session on December 3rd can find all details and registration here:👉🏾. https://luma.com/e7z1sxbv