Kiki Bosch is a dutch ice-water free diver.
In this episode, she shares her story.
She speaks about her experience as an ice freediver, about her role as an ambassador of nature and a body awareness coach and upcoming WHM instructor.
Freediving is impressive. Ice freediving is absolutely insane! Talking to ice freediver Kiki Bosch, you will realize that freediving in ice water is not just a hobby or an athletic challenge – it is a way of life.
What makes this episode unique and extraordinary is that Kiki and Dina discuss their own experiences of sexual abuse and how the cold as a force of nature can support overcoming trauma.
Epiphany Corner
- How Kiki became an ice freediver
- What things to keep in mind and prepare for
- Her very special experiences underwater
- How the cold can help overcoming trauma
Thank you Dina and Kiki for sharing your stories of abuse. As a man and human being, I am both very sad and very angry that we – the society, all of us – have not been able to create a society in which everyone is and feels safe. Before metoo, I was not aware of the extend of the problem. That makes it so important that everybody who has been abused speaks out and fights back against the abusers. Being abused is never your fault, but being silent about it somehow does make you part of the problem. Abusers have to be stopped in order to prevent more cases and more victims. Thank you, again, for speaking up.
Regarding the podcast: You find really great guests, but after listening the last two podcasts, me personally, I missed hard facts. There must be a lot of science on the effects of freediving vs. yoga vs. WHF. Are there studies on rebirthing? On its effects on the brain from a psychological and physiological standpoint?
Personaly I’m rather disapointed. Abuse is a terrible think, don’t get me wrong, but on the other hand this podcast is supposed to be about WHM. Hopefully there will be some science next episode.
Hi Daniel,
your comment is giving us the opportunity to clarify some things here. Thank you for that.
If you think science is only about hard facts, you are wrong.
More and more scientists noticing that the measurable part of the world is simply the part of the world that can be measured, but it is not all there is.
Thus, the subjective experiences of people have to be part of science as well and have always been (qualitative research).
So, yes this is a podcast about the science behind the Wim Hof Method, and as you can see in the Facebook group, many people using this to overcome trauma.
This is therefore highly relevant.
Hi Matthias
Thank you for your reply. However: I didn’t say that science is only about hard facts. I said that I missed hard facts. This is also true with regard to overcoming trauma: Are there data on the success rate of Wim Hof Method (or Ice Freediving) in order to overcome trauma? If so, do we have a hypothesis on why and how WHM works (or doesn’t) in these cases? The scientific community should ask these questions and not start mistaking anecdotes for (qualitative) evidence. If I want stories, there are more than enough other podcasts out there.
Cheers, Daniel
Hi Daniel,
since the WHM has only recently been investigated by science how can there be such studies?
And by the way: a lot of the breakthroughs in medicine are based on anecdotal evidence! These are highly important.
The mixture of interviews with scientist and people experiencing the method first-hand is how we want to keep on going.
Honestly, I am a bit shocked, that someone is complaining about a podcast, where people put obviously a lot of work into – and is completely free!
Instead one should thank Dina and Matthias for their podcast on such a high level – thanks guys, I really appreciate your work and enjoy listening to it!!
The comments appear even more cynical, as one really listens to the stories that are shared in that episode.
Sorry, but this has to be said.
Dina, Kiki, and I are very grateful for your kind words.
Thx,
Matthias
A thought provoking podcast! I am inspired by Kiki’s story. Her video is beautiful. With all of the noise on the internet, I am thankful that I was able to see this.
Thanks so much for this comment!
I was also disappointed by this podcast. I loved the information about the ice exposure and even the parts about how it helped the guest heal from trauma. But the rest of the meandering conversation was somewhat lacking
I loved specially the end of the episode… How deep you girls got and how brave and bold you were talking about the abuse. Wow.
“Use the paper cup once in a while”
Thanks!
Great Headline. The Podcast was very emotional though. I liked the conversations about the society and how them expect us to be and what we’re expecting from the society. Well, mastering your own anxieties is an amazing gift, but it has to be discovered. Thanks for this episode.
Great episode! Loving this podcast. Thank you for all your work into putting this together.