CURRENT MISSION

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference.

ABOUT ME

I am 31 years old and I like sports, culture, music, travel ... anything that keeps life interesting. I am open-minded person and I like to meet new people and get to know their culture, ideas and customs. I live in the lovely city of Gent in Belgium and I have a couch available for people when I am not travelling.

I always have some good Belgian beers and chocolate in my house (which we are Belgians are famous for) ... and I promise you that you will never taste anything better in the whole world :p

I have internet and wi-fi at my house which you can use freely if you like.

I also have tourist guides (dutch, spanish, english, french, german) and city maps (even of Antwerp, Brussels and Brughes), so I got everything you need, you're welcome !

PHILOSOPHY

Humanism
Renaissance
Mindfulness
Self-acceptance
Self-improvement
Personal development

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If you have any questions you can always e-mail me at filipvanhoute@hotmail.com or use my telephone number 0032 486 52 96 93.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Had twelve couchsurfers stayin with me and more to come. I just love to challenge my world views and search for the similarities between people instead of the differences.

Interests

Sports (Archery, Yoga, Qi gong, Fitness, Running)
Reading (ancient history, human psychology, philosophy and sociology, biology, ...), self-improvement (working on muy blog and on becoming a coach), meditation
Music (I am in a band that makes elektronic hip hop)
Stand-up comedy
Languages (English, Dutch, French and learning Spanish at the moment)

I am a teamcoach and coördinator in an organisation which tries to enhance health care in Belgium. I am writing a self-actualisation blog www.tipsforabetterlife.com and busy on doing something with lifecoaching.

• culture
• writing
• chocolate
• beer
• fitness
• yoga
• running
• coach
• meditation
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• music
• sports
• archery
• biology
• cartography
• history
• languages
• psychology
• sociology

Music, Movies, and Books

Fight Club,La Vie D' Adèle, Her, Before Sunrise/Sunset/Mightnight Trilogy, Her Alien, Lock Stock and two smoking barells, requiem for a dream, fargo, pulp fiction, eternal sunshine on the spotless mind, blade runner, big fish, blue velvet, inception, usual suspects, curb your enthusiasm, seinfeld, black cat white cat, das leben des anderen, la fabuleux destin d' amelie poulain, ....

Michel Montaigne, Alain De Botton, Milan Kundera, Sandor Marai, Michel Houellebecq, Chuck Palahniuk, Haruki Murakami, Hunter S Thompson, Philip Roth, everything about the ancient greaks, Persia, Alexander the great, Rome and great world concquerors, motivational psychology, genetics, books about happiness and growing and self-improvement (Anthony Robbins, Eckart Tolle, Rollo May, Alain De Botton, Osho, Mooji, Owen Cook, Elliot Hulse, ...)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

A new experience is always something to look forward to. With the right mindset, anything is possible !

There isn't one amazing thing, cause even the bad things were a learning experience. It's all about the journey, not the destination. I am just happy in the stage of life and the mindset I am in.

Everything is measured by the intention with with it proceeds
-Ralph Waldo Emerson -

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

Teach, Learn, Share

Open minded-people. Positive people. People who take risks, embrance change, go for opportunities, discover themselves and others. People who realize that happiness and tranquility is within themselves and that you attract what you think. Everything always changes, there is no need to categorize everything and create an identity out of it.

People who take responsability for their life.

Countries I’ve Visited

Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium