Van der Heijden is candid about a difficult period in her life. “My husband left a week after my father passed away. My mother passed away a few months later. At the time I really had the feeling: now I am nobody’s anymore. The feeling of being alone. No longer able to mirror. No more hearing that someone loves you ”, says Van der Heijden.
Near death experience
After this difficult period, she started to make a full career. To show: don’t let it get you down. I think it was partly a flight, because then I didn’t have to deal with my grief. ” But in the end she ran into herself.
Van der Heijden was admitted to intensive care with an infection of her pericardium and lung membranes. “I heard everyone saying I wouldn’t make it. I had a near death experience, then all the pain was gone and there was a sense of peace. You literally look at yourself. I also had resignation that I would go. ”
Stars on the Canvas
Van der Heijden was not affected by all this. Now she enjoys working on television and on her books. And she is far from planning to stop: “I hope I can inspire people that there is no age limit. If people are happy with what you do, you should keep doing it. ”
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“Is anything missing now?” Akyol wonders aloud in the interview. “A lot of people mean: are you missing a partner? Or a man in your life? No. I’m not looking, ”says Van der Heijden. “The rest is also a coincidence, so maybe that man too. Or not. I have enough beautiful sweet things around me so I don’t miss that. ”
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