Our brain is one of the most amazing organs in our body. Still not completely explored, it is responsible for our entire system to function properly and remains therefore one of the most interesting organs for scientists. Over our life span, our ...
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Sweet Addiction – How to Get Your Sugar Intake Under Control
Sweetness is a nice thing. We call babies sweet, lovers call each other honey and we wish each other sweet dreams. The word sweet is such a fundamental part in our language with an essential attribution to mostly positive things. Nothing bad can come ...
Creating Serenity in Uncertain Times
When a couple of weeks ago our life was at the edge of turning upside down, it dawned on me that many things would change in a drastic way. Lockdowns and physical distancing regulations literally changed the way we live our lives in order to fight ...
Resilience in Uncertain Times
Resilience is probably one of the most powerful skills to cultivate in order to get through these challenging times. The virus named SARS-CoV-2 (also known as Corona Virus) has hit humanity with an unexpected force. None of us could have ever ...
Sleep Tight, Tiger – Eight Tips for Better Sleep
Sleep. It’s something that we all need and rely on. We need sleep and we need lots of it. The longer, the better. The deeper, the better. Unfortunately, we live in a society in which many are sleeping too little due to a variety of reasons: Work, ...
The Planetary Health Diet – A Global Solution to Feed the World
The EAT Lancet Commission introducing the Planetary Health Diet Whenever we travel, we learn. We discover places, meet new people and generally expand our horizon in many different ways. When I travelled to Australia in February 2019, I learned ...
The Healing Powers of Nature and Gardens
Back when I was a child, I used to go to our garden with my family almost every day. It was located at the other end of our village and offered a million different things to play with. My sister and I would use soil, water, plants and all the garden ...
Healthy Morning Routines for a Happy Body and Mind
Whenever it comes to starting healthy habits, we love to say “tomorrow”. Yes, tomorrow is a great day to start something new, refresh our intentions in terms of healthy choices and simply refocus on a healthy lifestyle. It all starts with small ...
Have a Drink? Why I Turned Water into my Favorite Drink
When I was a child, I resented drinking water and tea. I associated tea with sickness, as my mom forced me to drink tea whenever I had a cold, cough or stomach bug. As for water – it simply was the most boring thing to drink on earth, at least for ...
An Ode to my Diary
Dear Diary, It was back in 1997, I was only ten years old, when I received a little blank booklet with a violet hard cover as a Christmas gift from a dear friend. I immediately decided to make this book my very first diary. Little did I know how ...