The Blue Collared Woman
Can you be the same person that you are at home? Before brushing off this question, pause and reflect. Why should you even ask yourself this? Why shouldn’t you be able to be yourself at work? Why should this be important, after all? Workplaces are spaces in which we spend a whole lot of …
Are You an Imposter?
Do you doubt you live up to people’s expectations of you? Do you tend to belittle your own successes? Welcome to the club of many. Sometimes we call it modesty, sometimes we speak in the name of realism, sometimes we claim to acknowledge the support of others. But frankly: oftentimes we simply cannot accept …
Luck or fate? No success comes by chance.
Are you holding open the door for fate to enter or do you push it close? Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. Sometimes we hit obstacles, sometimes miracles lift us across them. In this episode, musical theater performer Romeo Salazar shares his experience of losing the stage to perform on during the Covid pandemic. In …
Fear of Not Being Perfect Is Costly
How much are you willing to sacrifice in order to hide your „imperfections“? We all do it at times. We throw our energy, time, and an impressively creative charade of excuses onto the things we feel insecure about, ashamed of, or „not ready yet“ for. We willingly trade our dreams, opportunities, and belief in …
How to Find Humility and Dignity on the Journey to Fertility
Did you know that up to 1 in 4 recognized pregnancies end in miscarriage? This is something few know about. In school during sex education, we learn how to avoid pregnancies. However, the other side of the medal is rarely spoken about: How to deal with not being able to get pregnant or the …
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Loving 2-4-1
Can you imagine sharing life with more than one partner? Find the love of your life, get married, buy a house, have kids. This default notion of a desirable, successful path in life is a common theme in society. In this picture, a monogamous “escalator” type relationship plays a central role. However, vowing sexual …
Challenge Is a Given, Attitude a Choice
Have you ever questioned feeling pity for someone with a disability? This conversation might make you do just that. Kara Scott had been confronted for years with strange neurological symptoms and vague diagnoses that would make a spelling champion break a sweat. Her life changed for good when, on the flight home after a …
Higher Quality Questions, Higher Quality Answers
Does your way of asking questions get you ahead or does it set you back? We pose questions all the time, out of a desire to understand, to connect, to get clearer on a course of action, to challenge others, and a million more reasons. Questions are such a basic component of our linguistic …
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