Aging with Grace:
​Event Recording Now Available!

A Choose Again Special Event
​with Diederik Wolsak, RPC MPC,

​ Recorded February 4, 2026
On February 4th Choose Again held a special event Aging with Grace, with Diederik Wolsak. In this very moving and profound conversation, Diederik explored questions of self-worth and identity in the midst of loss, change, loneliness, and the raw-but-real perspective that comes with getting older. ​

If you missed the event, you can now access the full video!

Aging with Grace - full video recording: $39.49 US/ $55 Canadian
"I had been struggling for some time now with the aging process and my experience was transformative. I felt such peace after that conversation."

"So wonderful to hear of others experiences regarding a anxious perspective on the aging process." 

"My husband has health and mobility issues I now have the opportunity to look at him in a different way."

"The event was fabulous! I really needed connection with other people my age and seeing Diederik again, which always brings me joy and happiness and hope."

"I think I took five pages of notes! I was on a high the whole day afterwards."

"Such an appreciation Diederik for you choosing this topic which has helped me have a different perspective on the aging process. So much less fear!"
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Aging with Grace - full video recording: $39.49 US/ $55 Canadian
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About Diederik Wolsak RPC MPCP

Diederik is the founder and program director of Choose Again. Diederik’s journey started in 1942 on the island of Java, Indonesia. He spent the first three years of his life in Japanese concentration camps. Many of his core beliefs were developed during that early, potentially traumatic phase. At age 8 he was sent to a foster home in Holland and by the time he rejoined his parents and brothers two years later he was filled with self-hatred and fear of the world around him. This self-hatred, fear and guilt translated into prolonged alcohol and drug abuse till finally at age 50 he reached that point where he realized that there had to be a better way or there would be no point in continuing. While his self-hatred drove him to be a successful businessman and international athlete, it allowed him little joy.

Following the fork in the road where something had to change, Diederik entered upon a spiritual path of deep healing. This path eventually led to a fulfilling career as counsellor in private practice. He is a masterful therapist. Every client recognizes immediately that they are being trained to become independent of their counsellor, that they are worthy of respect and that they have their own answers. Diederik is there to assist in finding and removing all blocks to happiness and peace in a most gentle and loving way. Clients also sense that Diederik has been in many of the dark places they see in themselves; he has personal knowledge of deep depression and substance abuse. He has personal experience of what they are going through and has largely transformed his life. However, he will be the first to tell you: “I am a work in progress.”

Diederik is the founder and program director of the Choose Again Attitudinal Healing Centre. He is the lead facilitator of both the Vancouver and Costa Rica arms of the organization. He is an international workshop leader, public speaker and relationship counsellor with years of experience in group facilitation.