“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne Lamott Ye A couple of days ago, I had a computer problem and could not sign out for some reason. A colleague told me to just, “hit CTLR+ALT+DEL…
Scene 1 (signing up at Tinder): She entered her twenties and wanted to live a different life with the freedom to travel, no children, sunbathing on the beaches of Tulum, kissing a partner outside of the Moulin Rouge in Paris, and have a career. She…
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” —C.S. Lewis Throughout my adult life, I have spent many minutes that have amounted to many hours and maybe even days thinking about…
My son started prefacing his requests with this phrase: “I know you are probably going to say no….”. One day I was standing in the kitchen, denying his request for more chocolate for the 9 millionth time, when it hit me: I say no to…
“Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.”…
“You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.” – Kahlil Gibran When I started this journey of simplifying my life, I realized how much more freedom, joy, and balance this brought me.…
I had an amazing weekend even though it was also a bit sad because my parents left. I just worked an hour on an email to all the parents in my son’s class because I am actually the “Elternvorstand”, meaning I am the liaison between…
Monday, 7th of September 2020, was the first day of school for my son and it was very emotional to me. My little boy is growing up so quickly. But then again, kids are finally back at school and there is some sort of routine…
“A healthy outside starts from the inside.” Robert Urich A lovely summer is slowly coming to an end. I realized this last night when I actually needed a thicker blanket and felt how the air and warmth of the sunlight changed. There are many things…
“It’s always weird to see people talking about meditation for relaxation while it’s embedded in systems of belief in the East. The same thing happens with mindfulness sometimes.” – Dat Tran, an awesome friend. What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is the art of bringing attention to…
