Heleen Olland
My life as a digital nomad
After working irregular days and hours for 15 years in the airline industry, I made a switch to a career as an Executive Assistant. I worked in several different industries and companies in the Netherlands, but basically still wasn’t happy. I needed more freedom in having my own company and therefore I started Olland Accurate Secretarial Interim Support-OASIS in 2018 to offer freelance secretarial services. During the Covid pandemic I discovered the convenience of working from home.
As I wanted to follow my heart more, working as a virtual assistant and travel, this became reality end of 2023, as an ex-colleague advised me to check out house and pet sitting abroad while working remotely. This lifestyle became key and a starting point of an amazing journey up to now travelling to a lot of places in the world, meeting great people, learning and growing so much in every aspect!
Why The Intuitive Eating Coach?
About 10 years ago, I started working on my personal development. After doing several trainings, I started BalanZEN in 2017, where initially I offered massage. As of the end of 2025, I’m happy to announce the launching of a new concept with BalanZEN:
The Intuitive Eating Coach for Women
Since my youth I was kind of struggling with food due to emotional eating, with focus on dieting all the time, craving, not having a positive body image and therefore not happy.
Due to my personal development over the years, I triggered my intuition increasingly. At a certain point I became aware of my eating patterns which had to do with emotional issues, which were not addressed before. I believe that working on these emotional issues was key and I see it as the first thing and the foundation of my recovery to be able to feel good again.
Secondly I found out that some food was hard to digest or my body couldn’t cope with well in the form of a bloated stomach, a running nose, sneezing, etc. I got myself tested on food intolerance and allergies, which gave me great insights. As I did some adjustments with food that my body can absorb easier and have a good understanding of the labels on food products, I even felt better than before, experienced a good digestion and didn’t have these issues anymore.
And last but not least, I was introduced to intuitive eating and finally the puzzle pieces came together as I listened to my body even more. The feeling of hunger and fullness came back after years, which felt like a relief. At first, I had to get used to eating as soon as I feel hungry, stop eating as the body signaled it received enough energy. And more importantly by not getting in the diet modus again, which took some time. But I didn’t want to get hard on myself either.
Step by step I enjoyed eating again in the right portions also with food I restricted myself to for a long time. And the funny thing is that I didn’t overeat or had cravings!
It’s my passion to help other women too to be able to feel good again. I can’t wait to help them getting a balanced lifestyle with mindful intuitive eating and having a positive body image to feel so much better and have a happy life!
Virtual Assistance Services
If you’re looking for a Virtual Assistant with years of experience, I can help you with all kinds of secretarial tasks for instance; office-support (calendar and mailbox management and more) text editing, taking minutes, support with events, hosting of webinars and being a sparring partner.
Please contact me in what area of your business I can help you, for you to have peace of mind.
I invite you to have a look at some testimonials of ex-colleagues I worked with in previous assignments.
Happy House & Pet Sitter
I have been happily pet and house sitting since November 2023 on a complementary basis. It started as the perfect solution to be able to work and live as a digital nomad.
Though, as of 2026, I will start offering pet and house sitting as a paid service. If you want an experienced, reliable and lovable dog or cat sitter, I’m happy to have a video call with you to get to know each other a bit more. I’m an open communicator and keep in contact with the owners regularly during their time away from home.
I invite you to have a look at some pictures and the reviews given by the owners of the pets I took care of previously.
Guest blog Working Remotely
For Working Remotely I wrote a guest blog about my remote life after the coaching of Alieke Ingerman:
Working online and pet sitting: the remote life of Heleen