Petra Velzeboer - Bet On Yourself

When I ask most guests on Better Under Pressure when they first experienced pressure, they normally say it was from either parents or school in exams or on sports day, but when you’re born into a notorious cult where you’re raised knowing the world is ending and you are one of god’s endtime soldiers, the pressure is on a whole other level.

Petra Velzeboer managed to escape from the cult in her early twenties, and started a family and working, only to find the latter not too dissimilar to those original pressures of the cult - which is why - to use her phrase - she crashed.

So it’s no wonder that, when she managed to very consciously extract herself from that second cycle, Petra became a psychotherapist and champion of mental health support with her organisation - PVL - combatting psychologically toxic cultures and promoting mentally healthy work environments.

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Outline 📍
00:00 Intro
02:12 What is your relationship with Pressure?
03:23 How do you navigate increasing pressure in your life?
06:47 Can you remember a moment when you were deep in the darkness?
16:11 What would you say has been the most difficult pressure?
22:27 Insight 1: Lessons learned
26:39 What do you see as the biggest source of unhealthy pressure in your field?
28:59 How do you keep yourself steady?
32:44 How would you advise a leader supporting team members with less capacity for pressure?
38:22 Do you feel you have enough healthy, invigorating pressure in your life right now?
39:32 What 2 pieces of advice would you pass forward to people listening?
46:23 Insight 2: Lessons learned
46:54 Outro

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