Because the problem isn't you. It's the system you learned to survive in.
Hey, I’m Yolande.
I’ve always been drawn to silence.
Since I was young, I’ve felt a deep connection to silence. Not because
I had nothing to say, but because silence often reveals more than words ever could. Not silence as the absence of sound - but the kind of silence that reveals what’s real beneath the noise, performance, and conditioning.
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1800+ professionals
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Quiet Provocateur
in Health Recovery and Multidimensional Guidance.
Since 1989, I've explored the evolving edges of holding space, recovery, and multidimensionality. My being, life, and work are grounded in silence, curiosity, integrity, and authenticity - and in the courage to question systems and patterns that disconnect people from their deepest truth.
Some people experience me as deeply calming.
Others experience me as confronting.
Both can be true.
I’m not here to tell people who to become.
I’m here to hold space for resonance, for what is already waiting to emerge, and for remembering what was never truly lost.
You’re holding everything together.
The team. The targets. The emotions no one else wants to touch.
And somehow… you’re the one running on empty.
Yeah. That’s not you.
That’s what happens in work systems that quietly
expect you to carry it all - and call it leadership.
You & Me. No figuring it out alone. 🤝
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You don't need to figure it out alone. This kit shows you exactly where you
are - and gives you one practical action to start reclaiming your energy.
I help women leaders stay steady - without losing themselves in the process.
Not with more tools.
Not with another 'fix yourself' plan.
But with anchors.
The kind that actually hold.
Yolande, your guide & rememberer
Because anchors create hold.
And hold creates stability.
I didn’t learn this from a book.
I learned it in boardrooms where everything looked fine - until it wasn’t.
In work environments that slowly drain you while you keep performing.
In moments where everything you built… falls apart in a single meeting.
Yeah. I’ve been there.
35+ years.
Thousands of women.
Four countries.
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Not bad for someone who started with a tuning fork and a quiet conviction that work could be better than this.
Thousands of women...
Back to themselves.
One small step at a time. 🌱
Here’s what I see 🧭
You don’t need fixing. The system does. But until that changes - you need something that holds you.
Walking the Path Together
Even when you’ve done everything right… some steps still feel shaky. It’s normal. Annoying. But normal.
My first recovery launch made €288. Not a typo. 💸
I’ve worked in 3 toxic environments that acted like emotional escape rooms. Nobody told me I was in one.
In Vienna, I lost a key account and with it, 20 jobs for people with special needs. One meeting. That’s all it took
So yeah… fun times.
What did that teach me?
Not a polished 'lesson learned' thing. More like: impact and intention don’t always show up in the same room.
But showing up matters. Even when it’s messy. I’ve walked the hard paths too, so I don’t stand above this stuff.
I walk with it. And with you.
Meet your guide & rememberer
Signs of the future me
Maybe I should have known earlier.
That the young woman navigating sailboats across the Dutch lakes, learning how to stay steady in changing winds - was already practicing what I teach today...
guiding women through their own storms.
That I'd trade boardrooms for a quiet bakery.
Working with my hands.
Kneading dough.
Feeding fire.
Helping burnt-out women slowly rise again:
kneading sourdough, stoking the flames, baking
bread in a wood-fired oven.
Healing hands dusted with flour, hearts a little
lighter with every loaf.
And somewhere along the way… I found my way back too.
These days?
Some days I’m in Vienna, sitting in a quiet Kaffeehaus, letting strong coffee and old memories do their thing.
That city still holds me, still calms me. I return as often as I can.
Other days I’m at my desk, with Sullivan's Crossing playing in the background, thinking about simple ways to make work feel human again.
Okay. Deep breath. Let’s get into the real stuff.
THE YW QUIZ
1. If I could eat one meal for the rest of MY life it would be:
2. THE BEST TITLE I HAVE IS:
b. Disability Employment Specialist
c. Motivational Trainer
d. Professional Napper
e. Other
3. Most likely to binge watch:
b. Make Up Your Mind
c. Virgin River
d. Kopen Zonder Kijken
4. If you could meet one person dead or alive, it would be:
5. My drink of choice is:
b. Flat White
c. Rooibos tea
d. Caramel Frappucino
6. ON MY DAYS OFF, THE FIRST THING I DO IS:
7. MY GO-TO OUTFIT IS:
b. Jeans and T-shirt
c. A romantic lace dress, boots & cowboy hat
d. Anything from H&M
8. Someday I want to:
9. my favorite song
b. Sing Hallelujah - Dr. Alban
c. It's Raining Man - Weather Girls
d. Gold Dust - Jonathan Jeremiah
10. MY beloved CAN BE DESCRIBED AS:
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- a weekly dose of clarity in a world designed to drain you.
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Yolande Waasdorp
I'm an Intuitive Sensitive, bestselling recovery program educator, ex-corporate girl, and the woman who decided that broken work deserves a better answer.
Within The Tuning Fork Flock, I guide women back to themselves.
Authenticity has been my thing. Dodging small talk since my first words - I'd rather talk about what truly resonates.
Welcome to my virtual captain's cabin. Grab a seat, and stay a while, won't you?
