Yet another NLP Trainer's testimonial

‘Dear Joost,
Thank you for a dozen of unconventional educational days. You often confused our conscious, but it turned out that subconsciously we were capable of learning a lot more and much easier than we thought. In my opinion, during the last days it was remarkable how much progress everybody made with the techniques, the language skills and the Enneagram. Easily. And what I (and I think everybody else) especially learned ‘in some inexplicable way’ is ‘attitude’. Confidence, guts and curiosity. So, clients? Yes! Get yourself on the market? Yes! And again all in a relaxed, effortless and unforced manner.

I experienced Dr. Richard Bandler in Edinburgh, but also Joost Dr. ‘Feelgood’ van der Leij is Amsterdam was what you could call ‘amazing’!

After your explanation and demonstrations during the course, I read your clear and enticing book in one go. I am enthusiastic about how you cleverly combine NLP and Enneagram. I’m curious about the results in daily practice and will start using it!

Matthijs den Besten”


“HI Joost,

I would like to respond to your request, a long Christmas holiday ago, about writing a piece for the Master’s course.

After the practitioner course I was happy that I had learned so easily and pleasantly how to apply so many skills and techniques. And I was surprised with the courage you had aroused in us, to use what we had learned and help clients. I smugly wondered what the master course could add to that.

Now, after completing the master course, I have found out that I have learned so much more than I could have suspected in advance. Even more fascinating new skills, like creating a deep trance. But moreover, there is another major lesson that the institute for unconventional wisdom’s master course taught me. The lesson that in fact I know nothing at all.

And that is not a discouraging insight, I have noticed. On the contrary, because what you offered us in the days during the master course is a profound trust in creativity and our subconscious’ powers of perception . So even if I don’t know anything, my subconscious will know what to do. And indeed, while improvising, with an open mind, observing and experimenting, wonderful things happen with my clients and with me.

For that wise lesson, that you have transmitted with yourself as an example, with your stories about trance and with your informal, provocative approach, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Because discovering the power of the subconscious has put my life on a totally new track.

In short, I can recommend your master programme to everybody that practices NLP and is looking for true depth…deeper and deeper…hip, hip…hurray for cocky Joost!

Kind regards,

Matthijs den Besten”