Do early birds still have the worm? A Danish initiative shows us a different perspective
If we want to have a successful day, we have to get up early, right? After all, early birds catch the worm. But one initiative in Denmark shows us a different perspective. One that ensures we can tune into our natural rhythms and maximise productivity. And one that can be good for our productivity, health, companies and schools. We spoke with Camilla Kring: This is the story of the B-Society.
Tapping therapy for mind and body: Can something this simple really work?
All over the world, there are people getting into tapping therapy. They say the East-West approach helps them with mind and body health, stress, and trauma. More and more scientists and health care professionals agree. But, tapping therapy is not yet mainstream. And that can have something to do with the fact that it’s so easy to use. After all, “something that simple can’t really work” is a perspective that feels true for many of us.
The happy and proud new ‘couch potato’. Is our stigma about staying home and spare time changing?
From the US to Australia, and from finally reading that book to taking that relaxing walk. When it comes to our spare time, many of us are becoming a proud new ‘couch potato.’ But that was certainly not always the case. Is our stigma about staying in versus going out changing?
Life from the perspective of a sensitive Rainforest Mind (RFM)
If humans are like ecosystems, some are like the rainforest, says psychotherapist and author Paula Prober. People with a Rainforest Mind (RFM) are highly complex, sensitive, and intuitive. They may be effervescent, intense, colourful, and they may be the most misunderstood. Here, Paula Prober paints us a picture: the world according to a rainforest mind.
Help, I am over 50! Could positive ageing help us?
When we reach ‘middle age,’ we not only fear decline in our minds and bodies, we expect it. We wait until our knees hurt and our memories fail us. While some of these things actually happen because of our age, can some happen because we expect them to? Can we age better if we expect better? In other words: can positive ageing help us?
Synchronicity or coincidence: Should we believe in one or the other?
Sometimes something in our daily life catches our attention, because it seems eerily related to our own experiences. For some, this is synchronicity, a sign. For others, it’s just a coincidence. Can we go beyond being one or the other? Should the two approaches be opposed to each other? We talk to four different experts on the meaning of synchronicity in our lives.
A dog is our best friend. But are we theirs? A professional perspective
In the West we all care for our dogs in much the same way. We put them in a crate when we go to work and we give them treats. We remind them now and then who’s boss. But if we all basically do the same thing, does that make it okay? According to welfare professional Judith Versluis, there is room for improvement. Says Judith, this way we can also become our dog’s best friend. This is her story.
“Being self employed is risky.” Time to shift our perspective?
Clearly there are benefits to having a regular job. Such as a steady income or health insurance. But does this mean that being self employed is automatically the worse of the two when you compare them? That seems to have been the perspective for years. But that seems to be changing. Now, more and more people say it’s time to find out for ourselves what works for us or not. Instead of sticking to an old way of looking at things.
Is a natural apple healthier than a ‘conventional’ one? Marco van Es about the bigger picture
Is a naturally grown apple really that much healthier than an apple grown under conventional conditions? We talk to Marco van Es of Bac2nature. His research foundation links crop soil, the microbiome, the quality of our immune system, and our health. Turns out, for more and more experts like van Es: It’s all about diversity, and it’s all about the bigger picture.
Is willpower really helping us? Perspectives are changing.
If only we had more willpower and self control to see things through. We would eat the right foods, exercise regularly, say no to alcohol, smoking and – god forbid – to drugs. Procrastination would never happen, and we would save money rather than spending it. We would be achieving all sorts of virtuous goals in life. We would be admirable. Right? Time to review an old perspective?
Dr. Niloo Dardashti on the power of understanding our ‘family dynamics’ at work
We are all pleasers, martyrs or avoiders. Experts say these ways of relating to other people come from previous family experiences and dynamics. What about the workplace? Would such awareness help there too? We talk to psychologist Dr. Niloo Dardashti. She is on a mission to have someone on site to help with our work family dynamics. Says the expert: business, companies, managers, employees, productivity would all improve. And it doesn’t have to be complicated. This is her story.
Surrendering: Dr. Kim D’Eramo on mind body healing, instead of fighting ill health
When it comes to poor health, we have to ‘fight it’. Sometimes this can help. But a growing number of health experts are taking a different approach. Here talks Dr. Kim D’Eramo with us about our own innate mind body healing. That there is power in surrender. And that by doing this, we can help our body’s own healing ability instead of hindering it.
Complex minds: An inside view into the highly sensitive person at work
They say our fast-paced world needs highly sensitive people, or HSPs as they are often called. What about the workplace? Can people with this complex and empathetic mind also add value here? Or are they just too sensitive. Dr. Candan Aydemir-Tam, healthcare psychologist, tells us how a highly sensitive person at work can be a key spider in the web. All it takes is trying to understand each other a little better. This is her story.
Something is growing: Two British integrative health pioneers about the best of two worlds
Should health be either about conventional or alternative ways of care? According to two British integrative health pioneers, we can have the best of both worlds. Healthcare appears to be changing, and new ideas are growing. This is their story.
Before air conditioning: Can we learn from passive cooling?
Once upon a time, let’s call it BAC (before air conditioning), we kept our homes cool in the summer without electricity. Even in the desert. Nowadays we can’t imagine life without air conditioning. Despite its electricity bills and links to poor health and, ironically, to global warming. From Indian skywells to Middle Eastern windcatchers: Can we learn from ancient methods of passive cooling?
The meaning of work: Can we change old beliefs? It seems we can.
What is the meaning of work? We used to think it was just about a salary. That work was there to give a life direction or personal identity. We called it a 9 to 5 rat race and were proud of it. But today, the meaning of work is more about corporate social responsibility and doing meaningful work. A shift not many people would have considered possible a few years ago. Are our perspectives less ”fixed” than we think, and is work showing us this?