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Eight chapters on perception, with the senses as the way in.<\/p><p class=\"p\">The English edition is being translated. The book is available now in Dutch; the English edition follows.<\/p><div class=\"knoprij\"><a class=\"cta\" href=\"#english\">Tell me when it is out \u2192<\/a><\/div><p class=\"mi\">Paperback, 208 pages \u00b7 foreword by Alan Seale \u00b7 Invicti<\/p><\/div><div class=\"hv\"><img class=\"beeld\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/De-zin-en-onzin-van-zijn.webp\" alt=\"The Sense and Nonsense of Being by Steven Stephania\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ss ss-adem\"><p>The senses are the gateway.<span>Presence is the ground.<\/span><\/p><\/section>\n<section class=\"ss ss-sand\"><div class=\"wrap\"><p class=\"k\">What it is about<\/p><h2 class=\"h2\">Not by knowing more. By looking differently.<\/h2><p class=\"p\">We never perceive neutrally. The same eye sees differently at rest than in fear; the same ear hears differently in connection than in vigilance. The senses are the gateway \u2014 but who goes through it, and in what state, determines what appears.<\/p><p class=\"p\">That is less abstract than it sounds. Think of a meeting you walk into with your own unrest still in your pocket, and how you notice the room moving with it. Or of that one conversation in which your presence is so steady that the other person dares to say something he has never put into words before.<\/p><p class=\"p\">Each chapter explores one sense \u2014 not as a biological mechanism, but as a portal. Rooted in personal stories, deepened by contemplative traditions and by what we now know about the nervous system. Each chapter closes with one exercise and one question.<\/p><p class=\"p\"><em>Presence is not a soft skill. It is the most fundamental leadership competency there is.<\/em><\/p><p class=\"mi\">From chapter eight<\/p><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ss\"><div class=\"wrap\"><p class=\"k\">Eight chapters \u00b7 six senses<\/p><h2 class=\"h2\">Seven questions. One per chapter.<\/h2><div class=\"herk\"><div class=\"hi\"><h3 class=\"h3\">Eye \u2014 The art of truly seeing<\/h3><p class=\"p\"><em>\u2018What do you see when you are not looking to confirm what you already know?\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/div><div class=\"hi\"><h3 class=\"h3\">Ear \u2014 The resonance of being<\/h3><p class=\"p\"><em>\u2018What do you hear when you stop listening for what you already know?\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/div><div class=\"hi\"><h3 class=\"h3\">Nose \u2014 Memory of origin<\/h3><p class=\"p\"><em>\u2018What do you smell when you stop filtering what you are willing to receive?\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/div><div class=\"hi\"><h3 class=\"h3\">Tongue \u2014 The art of tasting<\/h3><p class=\"p\"><em>\u2018What do you taste when you stop swallowing what you would rather not receive?\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/div><div class=\"hi\"><h3 class=\"h3\">Body \u2014 The intelligence of touch<\/h3><p class=\"p\"><em>\u2018What do you know when you stop forcing your body?\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/div><div class=\"hi\"><h3 class=\"h3\">Heart \u2014 The whisper of the heart<\/h3><p class=\"p\"><em>\u2018What appears when you stop regulating your emotions and listen to what they want to tell you?\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/div><div class=\"hi\"><h3 class=\"h3\">The ground \u2014 You are how you perceive<\/h3><p class=\"p\"><em>\u2018From which state do you perceive \u2014 and what becomes possible when you recognise that?\u2019<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ss ss-sand ss-kort\"><div class=\"wrap\"><p class=\"k\">Read before you buy<\/p><div class=\"cit\"><blockquote><q>What Steven offers is not a technique. He enlarges our capacity to perceive.<\/q><footer>Alan Seale<span>Founder of Transformational Presence<\/span><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div><p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-top:26px !important\">Whoever finds value in it finds value in it \u2014 whether or not it was paid for.<\/p><dl class=\"feit\"><div class=\"fr\"><dt>Alan Seale\u2019s foreword<\/dt><dd><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/de-zin-en-onzin-van-zijn-voorwoord.pdf\">Three pages \u00b7 pdf, in Dutch<\/a><\/dd><\/div><div class=\"fr\"><dt>The workbook<\/dt><dd><a href=\"\/en\/workbook\/\">Five exercises per sense, free of charge<\/a><\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ss ss-night\" id=\"english\" style=\"scroll-margin-top:96px\"><div class=\"wrap\"><p class=\"k\">The English edition<\/p><h2 class=\"h2\">In translation.<\/h2><p class=\"p\">The Sense and Nonsense of Being is currently being translated into English. 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Seale<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"fr\"><dt>Binding<\/dt><dd>Paperback<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"fr\"><dt>Pages<\/dt><dd>208<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"fr\"><dt>Language<\/dt><dd>Dutch<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"fr\"><dt>Edition<\/dt><dd>First<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"fr\"><dt>ISBN<\/dt><dd>9789083720203<\/dd><\/div><div class=\"fr\"><dt>Published<\/dt><dd>24 August 2026<\/dd><\/div><\/dl><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ss ss-sand\"><div class=\"wrap\"><p class=\"k\">About the author<\/p><h2 class=\"h2\">Steven Stephania.<\/h2><p class=\"p\">Steven Stephania works as an integrative coach. He accompanies people in entrepreneurship, work and life who long for lasting change in the way they meet themselves, others and their role.<\/p><p class=\"p\">His work does not centre on performance or optimisation, but on the question of how you are consciously present \u2014 in yourself, in your relationships and in your leadership.<\/p><p class=\"p\">With <em>The Sense and Nonsense of Being<\/em> he brings his integrative view together in book form for the first time. A personal, scientifically grounded and contemplative invitation to stop searching for connection and to learn to recognise it again.<\/p><div class=\"knoprij\"><a class=\"cta cta-l\" href=\"\/en\/why-work-with-me\/\">Why work with me \u2192<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"ss ss-kort\"><div class=\"wrap\"><p class=\"k\">Alongside the book<\/p><h2 class=\"h2\">Where this work becomes practical.<\/h2><p class=\"p\">The book describes a way of perceiving. In my practice in Utrecht that is not an idea but a two-hour conversation \u2014 for the person behind the role, because clarity does not come from thinking harder. Illness. Burnout. An acquisition. Growth that outpaces what the organisation can carry. A conflict that stopped being about the content long ago.<\/p><p class=\"p\">Not everyone who reads this book is looking for a coach. If you are, this is where it begins.<\/p><div class=\"knoprij\"><a class=\"cta cta-l\" href=\"\/en\/my-approach\/\">My approach \u2192<\/a><a class=\"cta\" href=\"\/en\/contact\/#introduction\">Book an introductory call \u2192<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1630,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2609","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Sense and Nonsense of Being | Book by Steven Stephania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eight chapters on perception, with the senses as the way in. 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