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Stop Thinking, Start Playing Better Golf – The Non-Duality Secret with Katrijn Van Oudheusden | Mind Caddie #404

Apr 10, 2026
Katrijn Van Oudheusden, author and coach who explores non-duality and selfless leadership. She discusses how the sense of a separate self can block performance. Short practices and investigations replace mind-control hacks. Sport as a lab for noticing thoughts, the “let’s see what happens” approach, and widening awareness to access flow and freedom.
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ANECDOTE

Meeting Arnold Palmer On Magnolia Lane

  • Karl recounts arriving at Augusta and meeting Arnold Palmer as a memorable early Masters experience.
  • He describes driving up Magnolia Lane, stepping out, and unexpectedly shaking hands with Arnold Palmer.
INSIGHT

Separate Doer Is A Misidentification

  • The felt sense of a separate doer is a cultural and biological misidentification that causes chronic stress.
  • Katrijn explains humans treat a constructed 'self' as responsible for everything, creating burnout because that entity doesn't actually exist.
INSIGHT

Ambition Arises Spontaneously

  • Goals and ambition remain but are seen as arising spontaneously rather than as sole personal achievements.
  • Katrijn clarifies that success or failure is neither pure fault nor pure credit of a separate doer.
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