In September 2020 I went on a seven-day wilderness hike in the French Alps. We were nine hikers and Gerard and Peter, the ‘trusted guides’. I remember when I arrived in Val’d Isere after a nine-hour car drive on my own that I was really tired, grumpy and had a...

It’s my third week back to civilization from a nine-week long time out. Beginning of December, I withdrew completely from the outside world and spent two months pretty much in silence with myself. Well, more or less in silence. I still went out to buy food in the...

I have decided to use this December and January differently. Since quite a while I have been feeling this strong desire to pull myself out of all the self-imposed ‘obligations’, having an empty agenda with no appointments, not having a to-do list that tells me who I...

Anna was introduced to me by a friend. One afternoon three years ago she called me and asked if I wanted to come for coffee, a friend was there and she wanted us to meet each other. She thought it was an interesting match (my friend likes to match people).I didn’t...

I love the mountains. Last sunday a friend and I went for a hike nearby to where I life in the South of Germany. It was a wonderful and very warm sunny late summer day in the most beautiful colors that nature has to offer. We walked for five minutes and then he had...

When I was about 7 years old, I started playing the piano. I really wanted it so that my parents would eventually buy me one. It was a beautiful shiny black piano. My playing turned out a little different than my parents had hoped. I lost my initial enthusiasm pretty...

Some time ago I stumbled over a video of Jay Shetty called ‚first thing I learned at monk school’, a video about learning how to breath. It really excited me. When you own your breath, nobody can steal your peace and you will navigate any situation life throws up is...

Do you know this phenomenon when you meet someone, and you instantly have the feeling that you are on the same wave length? You feel attracted to that person even though you don't know them at all and may not even have spoken a word yet? And when you talk to each...

I have tried meditation for years, but it was always more of an “on & off” mode, I never really found my rhythm. I noticed that it was somehow good for me, but it didn't really grab me. I always associated it with a conscious effort. “Come on now, it's good for...

We are social animals, it’s all about relationship and connection. The major source of healthy and fulfilling relationships, but also of friction and decline, is how we interact. It doesn’t make sense to point your finger at others with the attitude “if he/she only...