The Camino: An analogy of life
The Camino experience is an anology of life - a crash course in self-development. Each day is a lesson in life. On the second day of our 21.5 km walk in the Asturian countryside of steep mountains and rolling green countryside, we had our ups-and-downs. Watch our...
First day Camino: Taking it slow
On the first day of the Camino it is so important to go slow and find the right rhythm. Its about feeling into the body and mind, especially if you know you will be walking a couple of weeks. There is a saying that if you dont approach the Path with humility the Path...
Time out: Why a pilgrimage?
Next week I will be leaving for my ninth walk on the Camino de Santiago. Its become an annual must-do-event because I am convinced that such a time-out period is essential in boosting my energy, my creativity and general feeling of well-being. In our modern world our...
Feeling stressed out?
Why do so many people suffer from stress and chronic fatigue? Has the “comfortable” life made us less resilient?
Flying cars and plastic hearts
Do you bear with the pain in an increasingly difficult comfort zone of the status quo or do you take on the pain that comes with change and adaption to new circumstances?
Hamburg: Reflections on a city burning
Torched cars, running street battles and burning street barricades are scenes not uncommon in strife-torn countries with major social problems. This time however it hit the wealthy northern German port city of Hamburg during the G20 summit last week with many friends...
Do you have a weight issue?
Every third person on earth has a weight problem. Its a pandemic that is causing major health problems for individuals, societies and the economic future of many countries. The data released recently by the New England Journal of Medicine is particularly alarming...
Count your blessings – our peaceful era
Mass media influences us in a negative sense more than we think. The emphasis is mostly on deviant behavior of the "rich and famous" or some catastrophic event , mostly in a far-off place that does not directly affect us or where we have never been. How would you...
Making your enemy your best friend
The biblical saying of "turning the other cheek" is often misunderstood as being passive and weak toward those who insult, belittle and deride us. I have a different take on this: Your enemy can be your best friend if he galvanises you into action, shakes you out of...
How important is your health?
Most personal bankruptcies in the United States are directly linked to a health issue. I have seen so many good friends, leaders and experts in their fields hitting a wall with a life-threatening disease in the prime of their lives. This doesn't come overnight. In...
Walking on Edge
The Camino in Spain has in many respects been a life-changing experience for me. The lessons learned on the pilgrimage are in so many ways an analogy of life. My book "Walking on Edge", a work of fiction, takes up many autobiographical cues and is dedicated to some...
Who do you hang around with?
The famous motivational coach Jim Rohn once said that you are the average of the five people you most hang around with. This can be either good or bad. We set our parameters according to those set by our tribe. Either your tribe pulls you down or pulls you up. We tend...
Goal setting with the magical 40
Positive life-changing habits really start to manifest themselves after practising them for 40 days!
The ear to the ground
In sculptures and paintings the great teachers, like the Buddha, are often depicted with large ears to symbolise their wisdom and ability to go with the old saying of keeping, "the ear to the ground", in being fully aware of what is happening and what people are...
The myth of multitasking
In an unprecedented gaffe that saw one winner swapped for another at the recent Oscar awards, the question was obviously on everyone's mind. How could that happen? It seems a classic case of multitasking gone wrong. According to a report in the New York Times the...
