Reconnecting with nature – 8 point health plan
Our immediate environment has an enormous impact on how we feel.
Employee vitality – the human factor
Its a common fallacy that technology alone and the cost factor are key ingredients on the global corporate playing field. Yet when looking at highly successful companies its the vitality and positive-mindset of its people who have that slight but crucial edge. These...
8-point plan to improved health
Most of us have good health as a top life priority. We know that we need to adopt a certain lifestyle to stay healthy. The information is all out there. We read about it almost daily in the glossy lifestyle magazines and self-development books. But why do so many...
South Africa on the brink?
South Africa on the brink?
There is a saying that a country is as good as its leader. South Africa was an example to the world during Nelson Mandela's presidency during the 1990s when it showed the world how to reconcile different ethnic groups in a new democratic rainbow nation. Sadly, South...
Thoughts on South Africa
Some 21 years ago I covered as a reporter Nelson Mandela's inauguration as president of the new democratic South Africa. For a while during the election it was touch-and-go whether the country would plunge into civil war or proceed into a peaceful multi-racial...
Back from the Camino – what now?
Its been some weeks since we returned from our hike on the Spanish Camino and I'm still astounded at how much the experience still resonates in our lives. We have just heard from Jim who walked the entire Camino Frances from Jean Pied de Port, arriving in Santiago...
Stress Is Your Brain Trying to Avoid Something
Figure out what that is, and you’re halfway to feeling better. Source: Stress Is Your Brain Trying to Avoid Something
Following the path of the Holy Grail
Nestled in a rock face near the Spanish city of Jaca is the ancient monastery of San Juan de la Pena. It dates back to the ninth century and by the 11th century became the spiritual and intellectual centre of the Kingdom of Aragon. According to legend the Holy Grail...
Encounters
The magnificent churches and cathedrals along the Camino are shrouded in mystery and legend. Overlooking the town of Estella is an impressive modern Basilica. It is built on the hilltop where in 1085 shepherds were attracted by a cluster of stars. Hidden in a...
Days on the Camino
We've been on the Camino since July 30th, starting our walk along the Arles Route from Lourdes. We have met some fascinating people on the Way, while walking through drenching rain, searing heat and spending nights in Albergues with 30 strangers in the same room. Its...
Reconnecting by walking the Camino
Tomorrow my wife Alyce and I are starting our walk on the Camino from the French town of Lourdes. Its time to walk things off again and to reconnect on many levels after a more than challenging year. For centuries, if not longer, countless people have walked these...
“Glücks-erlebnis” – es kommt darauf an, wofür wir unser Geld ausgeben
Unser Glück ist das was wir an positiven Erlebnissen haben und nicht das was wir an materiellen Gütern besitzen oder haben wollen
Nutrition and cancer
Nutrition and cancer
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." - Hippocrates By Alyce and Reino Gevers The sad truth about conventional cancer treatment is that little attention is being given to how big an influence nutrition and acidity in the body has on the outbreak of the...
