About Jolanda, recovery mentor

Hello Lovely

Hi! I am Jolanda Bolt, and I am your Body & Soul Recovery Mentor. I live in the Netherlands with my husband.

I work with people who want to become more steady in their recovery journey and are willing to do the deep work for it, because they are fed up with being held back by their relapses all the time.

I feel that most recovery programs only provide you with a quarter of the solution. Binge eating recovery asks for an overall solution with several elements. Having severely struggled with binge eating and having been very overweight I *know* that it is about more than abstain from flour and sugar. That is only 25% of the solution (maybe even less).

Why I became a recovery mentor

In 2007 I weighed in at 130 kg (almost 300 lbs) and I was lost in the woods of restriction, binge eating, and bulimia. All I hoped for was that I would find a diet that would make me thin, beautiful, intelligent, and acceptable.

But I needed to go deeper than that. I needed to recover from restrictive dieting, learn to become more assertive and stand for my cause. I needed to take responsibility for all the reasons that made me eat. I also needed to follow my heart in what I wanted to do with my life.

I Messed up Many Times

I struggled with daily binges and bulimia for over 20 years. As soon as I’d come home from work the binges would start and would go on until I would fall asleep exhausted from eating and purging. I searched for help but could not find anyone who could help me. Because of this, I had to repeat my story many times. Too many times – and it made me anxious that my binge eating would rule the rest of my life.

Long Story Short

Over the years, “the light went on,” and I haven’t switched it off anymore. I started to understand that I had to work on everything besides eating right. I had to look at many emotional hang-ups: relationship issues, career decisions, and learning to follow my intuition. All this had nothing to do with weight loss or recovery (as I thought was necessary). Eating healthier helped me to lose 52 kg/115 lbs. I am so proud I was able to make those changes.

But still, there were so many questions – especially about why I kept doing what I knew was not helpful. As I am also a tarot reader, I started to do tarot readings on these questions, and I quickly understood what was missing on in my personal approach. I found the underlying problem of my binges (severe restriction and diet mindset). I was able to turn around my strategy and reduce the number of relapses dramatically.

The freedom it gave me is something I want to share with you as a recovery mentor.

My Expertise as recovery mentor

Because I have worked with tarot cards for so long, I have learned to trust my intuition in asking the right question at the right time, to channel insights from my spirit guides on the matter, and mentor you in the right direction.

I read cards, but I also just stand beside you, holding your hand if needed. I can do this because I understand what you are going through. This helps me to provide you with a different form of recovery coaching. It goes beyond the mental level, it goes straight to your emotional level – exactly where it needs to be.

Besides being a recovery mentor, I am also a nutritionist, I can also guide you and explain to you why certain foods are detrimental to your binge eating recovery. So I can also take care of the physical level of your life.

Lastly, as a tarot reader, I help you to access the spiritual level as well, so you can also work with that information on your journey. I believe that having access to all levels is super important because recovery is more than just following a food plan.

My expertise lies in the combination of all those things – the use of tarot cards makes my approach unique.

I Understand You

If there is one thing that you can count on it is that I understand what you’re going through. I know when you need a virtual shoulder to cry on, but I also know when you need a firm kick in the butt. This is because besides being sad about the mistakes we make, we also sabotage our desire to be free of food. Sabotage often happens just below the level of consciousness. Often we only recognize it after it happened.

I will help you recognize sabotaging behavior and thoughts. Even when the stories you tell yourself sound really good, you need to unmask them as possible sabotage. As a result, you not only become more conscious of your habits, your feelings, and thought patterns but also about your yearning to be authentic.

I do not provide a “do this and you’ll lose 25 lbs.” solution. That is not what I do as a recovery mentor. The mentoring I offer goes deep and this can be confronting. But it gets you where you need to be. I do it all in a gentle and loving way, without ignoring the elephant in the room.

I give you the chance to grow as a person and get rid of what no longer fits you. What I know is that you have dreams and a strong desire to fulfill those dreams. It is time to take ownership and develop an inspired approach to your eating habits.

If you are ready to talk to me about how I can help you, then please fill out the form below to send me a message.

What I have to offer

Hello Lovely

Why I became a recovery mentor

I Messed up Many Times

Long Story Short

My Expertise as recovery mentor

I Understand You

What I have to offer

Binge Eating Recovery Tarot Reading

Binge Eating Mentoring Feed Your Soul

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