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The Plant You Forgot to Water

Most people have this one corner in their “life garden” they don’t touch. And more often than not, that corner is money.

We avoid it. Outsource it. Tell ourselves we’re “not good with it.”
Or that we’ll get to it later.
Or that it’s just not who we are.

But here’s the thing: the part of your life you avoid the most?
That’s usually the one that’s most ready to grow.

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Money Is Not Just Money

Money can feel like a big, unsolvable mystery.

It’s everywhere. It’s flowing or stuck. We love it, hate it, chase it, fear it. We say it doesn’t matter, but then why does it shape so much of our lives?

Most of us never really got a chance to understand money. Like truly understand it. Inflation, interest rates, housing bubbles, what the Fed or the European Central Bank are doing, Bitcoin, recessions - what does any of that mean, really? And how does it affect your day-to-day life? Honestly… most of us are just nodding along in confusion.

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Financial foundation for a life change (read this before you quit your job)

Financial stages explained, absolute must-knows and absolute no-gos. Like it or not, money matters. All the more if you would like to quit your job and follow a completely different career path, move abroad, start “digital nomading” or just take a few months off to figure things out. If you’re planning a big life change, it is super important to know where you’re at financially.

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Manifestation, Snow White and the secret to success (Part 2)

I am gullible. You are gullible. We’re all gullible. It is a fact of life. We are humans. We fall for nonsense sometimes. And manifestation is mostly nonsense (if you missed Part 1 of this series, find out why here). We want to believe something. We want to be part of the club who knows the secret. Who has insights that no one else has. We want to feel special.

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How Yoga saved my ass

And why it’s great that your body keeps the score. Maybe you have read my introduction, maybe not. If you have, you already got a glimpse of the dramatic circumstances that changed my life. Not immediately, but eventually. And what role the mental and physical training played in all of that. Here’s the full story of why Yoga will always have a special place in my heart.

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Why you should read James Nestor’s famous book “Breath”

Here are the five most interesting findings. Nestor has made it his life’s work, after a life-altering breathwork session, to unearth the mystery behind this lost art. He talked to a lot of scientists, physicians, breathwork gurus, did an admirable amount of (sometimes awfully painful) self-experiments and distilled it into the following findings.

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Why personal growth sucks

Ever cringed when you look back at old pictures or posts on social media from five years ago? Or are you sometimes a tiny bit embarrassed about how passionate you were about this one thing that you couldn’t stop talking about and how it now no longer feels true?

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You are not traumatized

How overusing psychological language does more harm than good. Already triggered? Great. Education about our own psyche and our own nervous systems is amazing. We should all know more about how humans function, how communication works and what it actually takes to be healthy, mentally and physically and how these two go hand in hand.

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How to pick the right course

What to look for, what to ignore and my best tip to make aligned choices. Online trainings have kick-started my entrepreneurial journey, my career change and my drive to build a completely new life. So it is fair to say that I am pretty enthusiastic about this new world of education.

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