This work employs ideas that may not be new to some, but the Six Step process is an extremely effective way at tackling your 'upsets' in a powerful & useful way. I find the work liberating because the power is completely mine. What I like About Choose Again in comparison to other work in this genre is that it allows for love to flow through. Some types of processes are all cerebral, however we are multi-faceted beings and ignoring Spirit/Self/Love/Source/God means the work is incomplete.
Another bonus is that Choose Again starts right where you are. You have an upset about getting stuck in traffic, we can talk about that and go from there. We share together, in a circle, and there is better place to start where you are. The facilitators also share because everything is a gift to all who participate. It is extremely inclusive! 

-L. H.

I wanted to let you and the rest of the team know that my time at El Cielo was life changing. I know that I have only been home a couple of weeks but I have been using the tools and feel so free. It is amazing how taking responsibility for my own happiness and giving up responsibility for anyone else's can flip the world upside down.
I have had no symptoms of anxiety or depression since I arrived in Costa Rica. I feel like a different person.

"I went to El Cielo in 2014 when I was fifty-eight years old. I had been receiving talk therapy for PTSD and Asperger Syndrome, which provided a measure of symptomatic relief, but I wanted more: I wanted my self-relationship to be healed.  I spoke with Diederik on the phone to ask whether Choose Again might be appropriate for me. I look back on that conversation with bemusement because I know now that Choose Again is an appropriate course of learning for anyone (irrespective of the name he gives his unhappiness.)  The daily 

Dear Diederik,
I want to share with you what I consider great news. Since the second of the two workshops I attended at Les Labadous in August and September of 2016, I have come to realize that I too more and more naturally look for the light, it wasn't always so. With light I also mean love, a means to -- and outcome of -- forgiveness.
I am therefore pleased to report that I'm doing better. Last August, at the end of the first workshop, I told Stacy about the possibility of me starting on medication for depression as I felt stuck in a survival mode and didn't see a way out.
The transformation I have experienced this past year since attending the two workshops feels real in a sense:

​“The 6 days workshop “Finding Meaning in Life” I followed in Les Labadous has made a great turn in my life. I’ve learned how to recognize disturbing feelings and hooked-on beliefs – and more important how to process this, to turn the upsetting feelings into a peaceful feeling. The techniques Choose Again offers are very profound and do-able, a healing process. I am so very very grateful to have experienced this week, a start of a continuing experience for the rest of my life, to feel peaceful, to be Love, and to be whole.” - Patricia

​“The kind of freedom and inner peace experienced through these workshops is amazing. It is a process – when applied to daily life – which leads to even more freedom.”

​“I learned to open up myself and no longer be afraid of my feelings, share them and find out what beliefs about me stand behind the feeling (what does it say about me). Once I found my core beliefs I can correct them, heal them. They are not the cause in truth I am Love. I can take total ownership of my experiences, it’s only my thoughts that hurt me.
In the circles I do forgiveness process with the other people (Six Step Process), we discuss things, do readings. We meditate, go on walks, do holotropic breathing etc. It’s a wonderful, healing experience!”

​“The Six Step Process has changed and improved my life profoundly and radically, it’s a wonderful tool that helps me every day since I discovered it 3 years ago. Diederik taught me to handle my triggers of devastating rage and anger which had ‘killed’ all my relationships before, privately and professionally. Through all this my life has changed toward a more and more peaceful and enjoyable life which never even seemed possible before.”

​“The Six Step Process really works! It has improved my life in all directions very much!”

"The impact of Choose Again has been huge in my life.  I have been involved with Choose Again for ten years, and can honestly say life is getting better for me all the time!"  - DH

"​The Centre in Costa Rica is located in a very lush tropical and incredibly beautiful area. The staff were very professional, accessible and caring. The accomodation is simple but clean and comfortable. The food was very good, healthy and made from scratch, a lot of vegetarian meals. There are ongoing activities which keep you busy which is great. I enjoyed our Tuesday outings to the hot springs and kayaking. The daily walks/hikes were fantastic.  I felt fantastic when I was at the centre!" - K