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As you heard in the episode, friends of mine have been insulted for being themselves. This unacceptable behaviour hurts me deeply. For one because it made a good day turn out bad. Then it also hurt people I care about. But lastly, it’s what happens on a daily basis in the world. Verbal insults, physical aggression, #blacklivesmatter, #metoo and similar news are all around the newspapers, TV broadcasts and of course the realm of the internet. In the article, I want to highlight why people act mean.

This episode goes well with episode 5, in which we talked about the comfort zone and the importance of a growth mindset. In order to grow you will most likely have to go through a valley of pain. This pain is different for everyone and yet, there are different types of pain. One is life-threatening the other one is keeping yourself from growing, especially your physical body. I want to emphasize further down this article how and why distinguishing between those two pains. In the end pain, in the broadest sense, is what will for your body and mind to step-up and grow.

I like to practice what I preach or in other words, I enjoy walking my talk. Previously I told you how you can turn a bad day better and this is exactly what I did after the recording. Listen to it to get an idea how down I was. This article will be about the importance of taking a step back and slowing down in life to come back stronger. (more…)

If you listened to the latest episode you could clearly hear that I felt down and slightly depressed. Those things happen and there’s no reason to beat yourself up for it. Sometimes life can be overwhelming, tiring, hard or depressing. The important thing if you have such a day is to accept it. With acceptance, you can put your mind behind it and change the view on the situation and focus on making a bad day better. In this article, I want to share a few things you can do to achieve just that.

This episode features the sun again. Last time I was discussing the importance of sunlight for our hormones in form of vitamin D production and how vitamin impacts our bodies. This time I talked about my personal benefits of early morning sunlight exposure. In short: it feels great. Yet there’s more to it, the power of sunlight. (more…)

The past couple of episodes I was talking and writing about the importance of personal growth and development. Today’s episode is a little different though. It gets a little more private and I talk about a recent health issue that appeared and how the power of magnesium helped me. In the end I share why I feel it is important to celebrate the little wins in your life. (more…)

If you have listened to the last couple of episodes (here, here and here) and read the articles that go with them, you saw a theme. We have been talking a lot about of progress, growth and mindfulness. All of those points are crucial in my point of view. They will help you on your journey of life. What we haven’t talked much about yet is how deal with setbacks. How to track that you are making progress in an overall basis. And in the latest episode I talked about using the multitude of positive tiny steps as cause of celebration. They can also be a source to help you through tough moments. The article can be seen as an extension of the episode. (more…)

This episode has been recorded shortly after I recorded episode 4. It was done not only the same day but literally done within two hours of each other. That’s why I have a similar mood and quietness in my voice. The calmness from previously still persists and helped me to go after my daily goal: being uncomfortable or rather stepping outside my comfort zone. I touch on the point why I try to step outside my comfort zone, especially in social settings. I often struggle to initiate conversations with people I barely know or maybe don’t know at all. Yet I made it a point in my life to overcome this. Besides that, the simple fact of living constantly in your comfort zone is harming you in your progress of  life. Whenever you move around in your comfort zone, you in the end only do things that you already know that you can. That’s why you feel comfortable. There is no progress in this setting, only stagnation. In my view stagnation is your biggest enemy and a huge hindrance to personal growth and development. What Is The Comfort Zone I touched it already but to set the context correctly. The comfort zone is a psychological state of mind in which you or any other person can move around with control and ease. This means those are areas in which you are familiar with your environment (work, people, hobbies). Hence you experience a low level of 1) stress and 2) anxiety. This behavioral state allows steady performance as we feel under control as we move within a state of mental (and possibly physical) security. This anxiety-neutral zone has not only disadvantageous. I will take about this further down the article. The Science Of The Comfort Zone As stated in the introduction the comfort zone stays in contrast to personal growth. You remain the same, as you constantly do the same. In order to grow you need to stress your systems with new signals. The tricky part is, that too much or too intense stress will impact your growth negatively. So what to do? The comfort of the known creates steady performance. If you wish to maximize performance, you need to enter the zone of optimal anxiety

How often do you have a sense of inner quietness, calmness and piece? My life has been very overwhelming at times and lately more and more events appeared that keep me busy. My inner peace and calmness got replaced by a very active monkey mind. And yet, today felt different and a certain sense of inner peace and calmness came back into my life. In this episode I share a little on what’s going on in my life and how this calmness feels and what the immediate results have been. In the article I have a look at the monkey mind and how I and you can tame it. (more…)

Today’s episode “Be curious” is about the art of life long learning and the importance to be and stay curious on an ongoing basis. In this episode I ponder and elaborate on why I think studying is important and ought to be a big part of everyone’s schedule. In the article I dig a little deeper into the subject of curiosity, creativity and learning. (more…)