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If you want to fly high,give up everything that weighs you down...

Diederika Tasma

The flying Dutchwoman with the Tasmanian explorer gene

Diederika Tasma is the founder, owner, and instructor at TASMA Aviation Training, a product of Tasma Life Balance. Her more than 25 years of professional career in the airline and travel industry have been exceptionally varied. She had the privilege to work with many cultural groups in different areas of aviation.

In 2008 Diederika joined the Etihad Airways SAT Care Team. Since then she started to follow her passion: training and supporting people to overcome stress, anxiety, conflict, trauma, and grief, but also to increase performing skills in daily life or business. Diederika has a considerable level of experience as an instructor, trainer, and coach in many different areas. As a trainer for fear of flying seminars at flugangst-berater.com, she is often confronted with the stress levels not only of her clients but also of flight crews on board.

In 2018 the idea came up, to set up a new and unique programme specialised in pilot support and flight crew mental health.

Discover your world!

«Crossing stormy oceans, venturing new paths and following the stars - this was the life of the famous Dutch seafarer Abel Tasman (the first European discoverer of Tasmania & New Zealand in 1642)). Like him, I also live out my passion for exploring the unknown. “No wonder,” my family would say, after all, the adventurous Abel is a great-great-great ancestor of mine. The explorer flair must be in the Tasma blood. My travels are not only about the external world, much more I love to explore the human internal world.

As Abel Tasman, I know how much beauty this world has to offer. I like people to discover new places and new boundaries of life, keeping up the passion for flying and keeping flying safe so that each one of you can have a relaxed flight and go on its own discovery trip!

In many areas of the airline industry it's all about improving the technology and efficiency of an aircraft to keep flying safe.
But there is more about it and we should not forget the people who make it possible.

Therefore it was my personal issue to develop a unique programme for civil and military pilots and cabin crew, that is based on improving motivation, performance, and mental health within a short period of time. I hope that with this programme I can help to lower the bad stigma around mental health in aviation, by supporting especially flight crews like a mental trainer in sports to overcome performing stress, and fatigue and help them to keep their passion for flying».

Education & Skills

I am a licensed member of the ECA (European Coaching Association e.V.) and have international recognition at the highest possible level as:

  • ECA teaching coach / teaching trainer - Expert Level *
  • ECA Coach for neuro-based short-term concepts (Master Comp.) - Expert Level *
  • Cert. Train the Trainer SVEB1 - adult education
  • Cert. Airline Special Assistance Team / Care Team - Etihad Airways, Abu Dhabi
  • Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies - Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. at Trauma Research Foundation, Boston USA
  • Cert. Trauma Sensitive Yoga TSY® Practitioner - Institute for Traumatherapy Switzerland
  • Cert. Basic qualification in psychotraumatology GPTG - Society for Psychotraumatology, Trauma Therapy and Violence Research
  • Cert. Hypnosis for Trauma & PTSD - Drs. Carol Kershaw and Bill Wade USA
  • Cert. Trauma and grief support for hidden grief and delayed grief processes - Bureau Funale, Netherlands
  • Cert. Work Health Balance Coach for systemic short-term concepts DIN EN ISO 9001 **
  • Cert. Energetic Psychology: EFT Level 1 & 2 and Practitioner Level 2
  • Cert. wingwave® Instructor - Besser-Siegmund Institut **
  • Cert. wingwave® Coach - Besser-Siegmund Institut **
  • Cert. Imaginative family and organizational constellation, reimprinting **
  • Cert. Magic Words®-Trainer and Magic Words Online- Besser-Siegmund Institut **
  • Zürcher Ressource model **
  • wingwave Beter Sleep **
  • Humanonline with NeuroRessources® **
  • wingwave® Online-Coaching **
  • Charity Coaching Butterfly at Home **
  • Certificate Managing ADHD in School
  • Cert. Integral Coach ECA *
  • Dipl. Emotion Coach ECA *
  • Dipl. TASMA® Life und Mental Instructor/Coach ECA*
  • Dipl. Quality Coach Level 1, Quality Program Switzerland Tourism
  • Studies for TMA Touristic Management Assistant, Schoevers FHS, Netherlands

** Recognition by the Society for Neurolinguistic Coaching e.V. and the ICF (International Coaching Federation)
* Recognition by the ECA (European Coaching Association)

Work Experience

  • >25 years of experience in the aviation and tourism industry
  • >16 years of experience in the field of attachment and developmental trauma with a focus on hidden grief and delayed grief processes
  • >14 years of experience as a trainer and course & seminar leader
  • >14 years of experience as a fear-of-flying trainer
  • TASMA Aviation Training, Bern / Owner & TASMA® Instructor
  • Tasma Life Balance, Bern / Owner, Coach & Trainer
  • flugangst-berater.com, Bern / Trainer & Coach
  • Bern Airport, Bern / Deputy Marketing Manager
  • Etihad Airways, Geneva / Senior Sales Executive Switzerland & Member SAT Care Team
  • Emirates Airlines, Zürich / Reservation Sales Support Agent
  • SkyWork Airlines, Bern / General Management Sales & Marketing
  • Air Business Consultants, Bern / GSA Sales & Privat Jet Broker
  • Swisswings Airlines, Bern / Sales Support for CH/DE/NL/ENG
  • KLM Alps/Air Engiadina, Bern / Reservation Sales Support Agent & Member Care Team
  • BIZZ Travel BV, Groningen / Travel Agent
  • BBI Travel BV, Groningen / Travel Agent

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