Change what you can change
My friend Anna shared with me the following poem - which can also serve as a prayer - to help me cope with the cancer diagnosis. While it...
Tune your self-talk
When is the last time that you actually listened attentively to your very own self-talk? Once you pause and really tune into your...
Living beyond limits
Just recently, I found the following inspiring TED-story of Amy Purdy. When she was 19, Amy lost both her legs below the knee. And now...
To get to a happy place
People tend to think that they cannot feel happy until every one of their problems is solved. My experience is that it can well be the...
Live without regrets
With my life's motto "live, love, laugh everyday" I believe that it’s important to live without regrets. A lifetime of making choices...
Make your dream come true
I had a dream ;-) and I took all my courage and made it happen :-) and it feels absolutely invigorating, exciting, and yes: also a bit...
The magic of great relationships
Positive relationships are the "salt" (or perhaps better: the honey ;-) of our life, and I have learnt to recognize that I get a lot of...
Love what you do
In my life's motto "live, love, laugh everyday", to love does not only refer to the love between man and wife, parent and child, loving...
Rising to the occasion
My friend Sevil once told me about the Turkish saying, “We plan and the gods laugh at us.” That’s exactly how I feel sometimes because...
From multi-tasking to making the most of Now
My quest to live in the moment challenges me to re-think my approach on multi-tasking. In the past I was really a proud multi-tasker,...