Steven van der Hoeven

Leading his life

Steven van der Hoeven is the survivor of a major childhood trauma. But he hasn’t let that fact hold him back.

Van der Hoeven does more than just try and forget his tragic past. He leads the way by making people aware that it is possible as an adult to pick up the pieces of a shattered childhood and achieve happiness and success later in life.

Despite the ongoing taboo on what he dealt with in his youth, he decided to share his honest and disconcerting story, for example on TEDxRotterdam.