What makes us truly happy? In the past months, I’ve been experimenting with this and other happiness-related questions and shared my experiences with you in eleven blog posts. What did I find out? Did I find the key to happiness? Let me share my conclusion and left questions in this post.
Do we need to be always in a good mood in order to experience happiness?
What do you imagine if you think of happiness? Naturally, we think of smiling, enthusiastic, energetic people who live their life to the fullest.
Is this true happiness? Is this what we all long
In this blog, I will explain what flow is and dive deeper into my personal experience with flow in everyday life.
Forgiveness helped me to let go of bitterness about past relationships and become open to new ones. Most of us have experienced forgiveness in some way, but do we understand the concept and its benefits? In this post, I will dive into the power of forgiveness and outline how the practice of forgiveness will support you in starting 2021 with a fresh, healed, and open heart.
Let’s define Forgiveness
Buddhist teacher Jack Kornfield describes the act of forgiveness as “giving up all hope for a better past.” Forgiveness is a way to move on. It is an internal process in
Creativity is about bringing quality into the activities that we engage in. Every human can imagine, dream, and act in a creative way. The problem is that we tend to deny our creative qualities. So what can we do to capitalize on our innate creative abilities?
What characterizes a grateful person? What are the benefits of approaching life with a sense of gratitude? I will address these and other questions in this week's blog post of the happiness self-experiment.
The global pandemic has brought significant changes to the way we live. Surely, it has been a confronting year with an increase in fear, anxiety, and other uncomfortable emotional responses. One important element to stay centered amidst the storm around me was to align with my purpose. Purpose is not a destination, suggests research, but a journey and a practice. In this week’s blog post, I will share some tricks & tools that are useful to live a purposeful life.
Values
As on every journey, it is important to plan and take the right equipment with you. A good starting
When I wrote my master thesis in 2017 about the role of self-awareness in leadership development programmes, something profound happened. Something that goes beyond the academic experience of writing a thesis. I found my way into conscious living. What exactly led to this shift in my life? I can’t boil it down to one factor, to be honest. It could be the empowering and liberating way I got raised by parents who immersed in spiritual and therapeutical work for many decades; the first encounter with meditation; my first coaching experiences; or just my genuine curiosity to try new things. In
Locking oneself for a few weeks while avoiding as much physical contact as possible (i.e. social distancing) is not very common for most of us. The current uncertainty about future decisions such as job applications and travels makes it even harder to calm down and relax. At the same time, the overload of disinformation on social media creates additional fear and anxiety. So what can we do in these turbulent times to stay calm and grounded?
I have good news. We can learn and grow from the current situation. Let me share five simple activities that will bring you gratitude
I organized my very first Circle of Trust. Let me share some lessons learned with you...
Did you find yourself feeling controlled by your emotions? Then this blog post might be a nice treatment.