It takes courage and motivation and a certain madness to set up to achieve a goal that is challenging enough to take you out of your comfort zone. But once you have your motivation in[…]
Hygge, the Danish way to happiness
I have discovered recently “The little book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to a Happy Living” and everything I have lived for 2 years in Copenhagen came back to me: all those feelings of coziness, simple[…]
The six components of work life balance
Being quite passionate about work and life balance, imbalance, integration or the many concepts we stumble upon today, I have discovered recently the work of Jeff Davidson. He’s done a lot of research and wrote[…]
Happiness at work, a key to a balanced lifestyle
Happiness at work has long been researched and examined, and I believe experience has backed up these later results. We now have a pretty clear picture of what factors do bring and keep an employee[…]
The role of vitamins and minerals for our body
We have discussed in a previous article about the role proteins, carbohydrates and fats play for our body and how to count the calories in order to live a balanced life. Still, our body needs[…]
Count your calories: carbs, fats, fiber and protein
Either for weight loss or having healthier eating habits, we need to know how to count our calories intake. Counting these is not just a matter of how many we eat, but also what kind[…]
Reset yourself
To reset yourself means to stop from everything you’re currently doing and do something else instead for a little while. This “something else” is usually very different from your day to day activity. The reasons[…]
Facing your fears
We all have our own fears and insecurities. As kids, we were born fearless and very brave. But in time, as we grew conscious, we did experience things that led us to feel afraid of[…]
[Rant] Stay, or leave this relationship? Being alone sucks
For all the fools out there thinking they can change their partners, or hoping things will get better. To all the naive thinking anything is better that being on your own. That being unhappy, unsatisfied,[…]
Journaling and its benefits for your development
For many of us journaling meant to write down our childhood secrets and hide them away from our parents or sibling’s peeking eyes. A journal was frequently a notebook with a locker. I know I[…]
Experience life, don’t just read “how to” guides
Children offer us the best examples on how to experience life. Although driving us crazy sometimes, they don’t really listen and follow what they’re told. They’d rather do, be wrong, and learn through that. And[…]
Developing your relationships Emotional Intelligence
Relationships are hard. Until they’re not. Or at least not that hard. I believe we’ve all seen those couples who simply seem to “fit”. They go along very well, they complete each other’s sentences, they[…]