A sentence by Werner Erhard, the famous founder of EST and the Landmark Forum, has impressed and influenced me to this day. He said something along these lines: “If you want to make a difference in life, you need to take a stand – even if no one applauds.” Don’t
“We need to create a safe space.” What’s the first image that comes to mind? Perhaps it resembles a place where mutual appreciation, non-judgment, kindness, and spaciousness prevail. A space where one can freely express thoughts, knowing they will be heard. I’ve experienced such spaces, but over
It’s a VUCA world and we like it, because we choose to see the potential and possibility within a given context. A context we don’t necessarily would chose or particularly like but one we can’t change. One of Victor Frankl’s key teaching is the insight, that
One day I woke up and decided to delete my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Account. I closed every group and site I had created, left every Group I was part of and deleted the accounts for good. I wanted to do this for a long time, but I always had
Learning to be well and take care of my own wellbeing to me is a combination of radical self-empowerment, self- responsibility and self-reeducation. I had to teach myself, unlearn, retrain almost everything and explore how to unfold from the inside out. I came to understand, that career, success,
When I read this article: None of This is Normal. The Boiling Planet. The Pandemic. The Dying Planet. The Collapse. The Fascism. None of This is Remotely Normal by Umair Haque, I came to realize, how absurd my effort is, to go “Back to normal”. We are living through and
The answer to the question about life’s purpose is so simple, so obvious, so close that it is almost impossible to see. After years and decades of questioning and studying all kinds of wisdom traditions, taking therapy including psychoanalysis, working as coach and consultant and living a life of
2020 was a year full of challenges and new situations for all of us. No matter whether we liked it or not: we all had to learn new skills and capabilities to navigate a situation we neither chose nor liked. Being forced to stay at home, keep a social distance
Begeisterung ist Inspiration von Innen – ganz im Gegensatz zu Motivation von Außen. Es geht nicht mehr darum, etwas Bestimmtes in der Zukunft zu erreichen, zu haben oder zu werden, sondern um ein Zustand im Hier und Jetzt, der als erfüllend, bereichernd und mit Freude erlebt wird. In einem Artikel im
When people tell me they are “going into consulting” after they have left or lost their jobs, I often think they are not aware of what that possibly means. Whenever I meet some of these people later on many of them tell me they had imagined it would be far
Each crisis is a chance: This can sound really cynical in the face of people dying and losing their economic existence. Some life situations don’t feel like a chance but more like a huge threat, filled with anger, anxiety and frustration, many times for a good reason. And still,
Wir alle kennen diese Situationen, die – letzten Endes – alles verderben. Auch wenn es bis dahin – vermeintlich – gut war. Und umgekehrt kann ein gutes Ende alles Schwierige, was davor war, viel positiver und wertvoller erscheinen lassen: Ende gut – alles gut. Die schlechte Gegenwart verändert die Vergangenheit oft schlagartig, dazu möchte ich