Yasmin Vantuykom

"Who’s the boss? You or your notifications?"

Summary

At the height of her entrepreneurial career—running teams across three cities, generating millions in revenue, and seemingly "having it all"—Yasmin Vantuykom found herself in a traffic jam, overwhelmed and in tears. That moment sparked a powerful question: “Am I still living my own life, or am I being lived?” What followed was a radical reassessment of her relationship with work, technology, and attention.

In this keynote, Yasmin brings a relatable and timely story about the mental and emotional cost of being constantly connected. Drawing on her personal 100-day experiment to change her screen habits—documented in her second book Scrollaholics—she explores how digital tools, while useful, often dominate our time, energy, and peace of mind far more than we realize.

She unpacks the hidden psychological and physical effects of our screen behavior—from the dopamine-driven design of reels and social media to the impact of notifications on our focus and sleep. With insights from experts in stress, neuroscience, and digital health, Yasmin shows how our everyday choices—like checking messages late at night or never setting meeting boundaries—slowly erode our attention and increase our stress levels.

But this keynote isn’t a plea to quit tech or delete your apps. It’s a call to reclaim leadership over your attention. Yasmin shares how simple, intentional shifts—such as creating meeting-free days, turning off notifications after 5 p.m., or setting healthier norms at work—can lead to more clarity, stronger relationships, and better decisions. She argues that focus is becoming the most undervalued resource in modern life, and that regaining it is less about restriction and more about conscious design.

At its core, this is a story about taking back control. It’s about recognizing the addictive pull of digital tools, while still using them wisely and intentionally. Yasmin invites audiences to reflect, reset, and lead by example—because people don’t follow advice, they follow behavior.

A keynote on energy, attention, and the power of conscious digital choices—offered with honesty, humor, and practical insights from someone who’s lived both sides of the screen.

Biography

Yasmin Vantuykom is a 38-year-old entrepreneur and founder of Quyet, a new venture focused on building a healthier relationship with screens. Quyet combines a physical interior product with expert-led content to promote digital flow and more mindful smartphone use.

In line with her mission at Quyet, Yasmin wrote her second book, Scrollaholics—a 100-day guide to reset screen habits. As a self-declared digital addict, she combines personal experience with expert insights to explore the impact of screen use on our brains, sleep, stress, and relationships. The book offers practical, guilt-free tools for a digital detox.

Yasmin also hosts the Scroll-A-holics podcast, a space for anyone ready to take back control of their digital life.

She is also the founder of Efluenz, an international influencer marketing agency with offices in Paris, Lille, and Brussels, which she sold to media group Rossel in 2024.