Journal

Look around. Have you ever noticed that you are surrounded by incredible creativity, great bravery and yes, a little madness?  Everything you see in our world right now, every building, every item you use, every single thing, has once been the crazy idea of an imaginative human who was …

Perfectionist are very good at obsessing about small stuff, exclusively focussing on their own or someone else’s shortcomings and they are accomplished procrastinators because the fear of failure and self-doubts are firmly strung around their own hands. Are you a perfectionist? You’ve come to the right place.  I, too, …

“Appreciate what you have” is all over social media and part of every yoga or meditation class. It’s good advice but only half the story. Do you ever feel guilty when you wish for more than you have? If yes, you’ve only heard half the truth. Are you ready to hear the full story of appreciation?

I recently had a great conversation about true strength with a leading expert in this field: a bamboo forest. Bamboo is crazy strong. It is said to be even harder than concrete.  Since we humans often confuse strength with being hard on ourselves or others and believe strength means …

Tap into your potential and unleash this energy burning inside your heart, longing to express itself. Sounds great? Why don’t you? Because the mind does something incredible: It makes you stand in your own way. Find out how to dissolve doubts and worries to make your dreams your reality.

Positive emotions like cheerfulness and enthusiasm enhance the effectiveness of your body’s defenses. Worries and absorbing yourself in negative thoughts, however, diminish the efficiency of the immunocompetent cells. Since the mind-body interaction is that strong, we can create a big, positive impact with a little thing: a smile.

ou are not your thoughts. You are not your body. You’ve heard that a million times. However – and here’s where things become a little weird – your body is not all you. Whaaat? Read this if you ever feel small and insignificant!

Balance is a brilliant word. It tells us exactly what health is: a state between too much and not enough. However, we tend to have too much stress and too little recovery. We are quite aware that being under constant stress doesn’t aid our wellbeing, but did you know that this imbalance directly affects your immune system?