Deidré Baatjes

20/11/2025

Check out Earthchild Project bracelets in Wellness Warehouse stores. The perfect Christmas stocking filling that also supports our team's impactful work in marginalised communities! 💚

05/11/2025

WOMEN IN MIDLIFE: An Opportunity, Not a Crisis

✨ As part of my Corporate Wellness offering, I had the privilege of presenting on Women’s Health & Hormone Awareness today. For confidentiality, I’ll keep the organisation unnamed, but I’d like to share the compassionate reframe we explored together.

Too often, midlife changes — in energy, hormones, and emotions — are seen as problems to manage or symptoms to medicate.

And to be clear, this season can be genuinely challenging. Many women feel overwhelmed or unsure of what is “themselves” and what is shifting beneath the surface.

Yet, these changes are also signs of a natural physiological transition.

During midlife, long-standing patterns — emotional, cognitive, and behavioural — often rise to the surface.

Not to punish us, but to be seen.

This creates a rare and powerful opportunity to understand ourselves more deeply and to make shifts where we feel called to grow.

At this stage, the brain is also in a period of enhanced neuroplasticity and behavioural flexibility.

This means we are especially able to:
• shift habits that no longer support us
• soften old survival patterns
• cultivate new ways of responding
• step into a more aligned way of being

It may be tender.
It may require support.
And it is also full of possibility.

💛 If you’d like to explore this perspective for yourself or your team, I’d love to connect.

Link in the comments

27/10/2025

MAKE A WISE CHOICE 🌿

Why not start planning now for next year — so you can truly rest and recharge over the festive season?

It’s the wise thing to do.

To give yourself the gift of foresight and ease.
To allow all the grace that comes from a little effort and planning now.

Being proactive means you can:
✨ Start 2026 feeling clear and confident — not frazzled and behind
✨ Use this last stretch of the year to reset and refocus your energy
✨ Enter the new year with a calm nervous system and grounded plan

I have a few spots for 1:1 Therapeutic Coaching® — a 6-week journey designed to help you finish this year feeling centred and supported, and step into 2026 with clarity and intention.

🌟 Start: Early November
🌟 End: Mid-December
🌟 Format: Online sessions (60 minutes, any timezone)

If you’ve been meaning to invest in your well-being but haven’t known where to start, here’s a gentle invitation:
💫 Book your FREE 30-minute Therapeutic Coaching® experience.

Feel for yourself how supportive and empowering these sessions can be — without pressure or obligation.

If you decide to continue with the 6-session package, special 2025 introductory rates will be honoured.

✨ Link in the comments.

26/10/2025

THE YEAR ISN'T OVER YET! 🌅

There’s still time to:

🌟 Prioritise your well-being

🌟 Reconnect with what really matters

🌟 Finish 2025 feeling grounded, clear, and supported

I have space for a few more 1:1 Therapeutic Coaching® clients for a 6-week journey:

🌟 Starts: Early November

🌟 Finishes: Mid-December

🌟 Sessions: Online, 60 minutes, any timezone

I understand it can feel like a big commitment — of time, energy, money and trust.

So, I warmly to invite you to take a gentle first step: book your FREE 30-minute Therapeutic Coaching® experience.

Feel for yourself how supportive and empowering these sessions can be without pressure, or obligation.

If you choose to continue with the 6-session package, special 2025 introductory rates will be honoured.

Link in the comments.

02/10/2025

✨ A new adventure is about to begin… 🌍

I won’t share all the details just yet, but let's just say it’s something close to my heart — and is deeply connected to the Brighter Days Fund.

Every contribution you make helps light the way forward, not just for me, but for others longing for brighter days.

If you’d like to be part of the unfolding story, please support at the link below 💛

24/09/2025

✨ Happy Heritage Day to my beloved South Africans ✨

Our country’s story is a rich tapestry — woven from our many cultures, languages, faiths, foods, landscapes, and also from a complex history that carries both trauma and resilience. 🇿🇦

In my work in corporate wellness, I honour this diversity by creating client-centred spaces — sometimes that looks like mindful movement to cultural music, or guided meditations in one of our 13 official languages. Because wellness is never one-size-fits-all. 🌱

When we celebrate our differences and at the same time remember our shared humanity, we create workplaces that are safer, stronger, and more connected. 💛

✨ Wishing you a joyful Heritage Day.

Let’s keep rediscovering our resilience together.

17/09/2025

🌿 How Unemployment Affects the Employed—and How We Can Support Them

In SA, 33.2% of adults are unemployed, and youth unemployment sits at 45.5% 📊.

This doesn’t even count those who’ve stopped looking, or who are sidelined due to age, disability, illness, or mental health. Nor those working fewer hours than they need.

For those fortunate enough to be employed, the pressure is immense. Many cling to jobs they can’t afford to lose, often enduring conditions that are unsustainable—sometimes even exploitative.

I hear stories of:

Boundaries being ignored—late nights, weekends, “always on” 🕰️

Silent recruitment—picking up tasks from frozen roles 💼

Presenteeism—physically there, but emotionally drained 😓

Constant fight-or-flight—on edge, reactive, burnt out ⚡

Part-time roles carrying full-time demands 💡

Employees don’t overextend because they want to. They do it to survive—to pay bills, put food on the table 🍽️, and keep a roof overhead 🏠. Often, they’re also supporting extended family.

🌱 Here’s the hope: even in tough times, there are affordable, effective ways to care for employees who keep businesses afloat and economies running.

Wellness initiatives—coaching, stress-management, and thoughtful workshops 🧘‍♀️—can begin shifting workplace culture.

When wellness is woven into the fabric of work, it:

Reduces burnout 🔥

Boosts engagement 🎯

Strengthens resilience 💪

Builds trust and belonging 💛

Above all, it’s about weathering the storm together—showing employees they matter not just for what they do, but for who they are 🌟.

Wellness isn’t a band-aid 🚑—it’s a cultural shift. It’s about creating spaces where people can thrive and honour boundaries ⏳.

If you’d like to explore how to bring this shift into your workplace, let’s connect 💬.

17/09/2025

20/08/2025

I’m delighted to be guiding TRE and yoga as part of a women’s wellness retreat in beautiful Napier this weekend! 🌿

A few spots are still open—perfect if you’re craving a winter reset and some heartwarming sisterly connection. 🥰

Details in the comments—come join us! 🥳

01/05/2025

So many factors affect our mental health positively. I'm curious, what stands out above all else for you?