There are moments in the day when something quietly shifts. Your shoulders drop without you meaning to.Your breath deepens and for a second, things feel a little less tight — not because life suddenly became easy, but because your body found a brief sense of ease. These moments are often so subtle that we barely register them. Yet for the nervous system, they matter deeply. In a world that moves fast, demands a lot, and rarely slows down for our biology, these small pauses ca

How Light, Circadian Rhythms, and Bodily Processes Carry Us Through the Seasonal Cycle — and What That Means for Your Well-Being IIn our culture-shaping narrative, the year begins on January 1st. Yet for our nervous system, the seasonal cycle has already started long before we write down our first resolution — and it doesn’t end with the first birdsong in spring.The reality is this: our nervous system is seasonally attuned . It responds to light, temperature, and environmenta

Life can be incredibly hard sometimes — unfair, painful, and for some people far more so than for others. Is that fair? No. And it’s also something we often have little to no control over. At the same time, life can be breathtakingly beautiful. I consider myself lucky in that sense, because my neurodivergence allows me to experience moments with great intensity. Yes, that means I can hurt deeply — but it also means I can heal and enjoy deeply, too. I can take in a situation w

Dear friends, colleagues and clients, 2025 was not a year of quick fixes for me. It was a year of noticing.Of acknowledging.And – to be honest – a year in which my own mental health kept catching up with me. I don’t want to write this article to tell a success story. I want to make something else visible: What learning, healing, and self-understanding actually look like. Not linear. Not tidy. But honest. Anxiety, Panic – and the Misunderstanding of “Having to Function” Anxiet

Neuroscience of flow, dopamine, and emotional regulation — explained in accessible, poetic There’s a moment — subtle, almost sacred — when your hands start moving, your mind softens its edges, and something inside you remembers what it means to be fully, vibrantly alive. Whether you’re painting, gardening, scribbling in a notebook, rearranging furniture, or stirring spices into a pot of soup, a shift happens. Your brain exhales. Creating isn’t a luxury. It’s not a hobby. It’s

The Advent season is a special time of year – full of lights, traditions, and moments of reflection. At the same time, it can challenge us with stress, busyness, and endless to-do lists. For highly sensitive individuals , but not only for them, this period can become a real challenge. Between gift lists, year-end tasks, and social obligations, there is often little space for what truly matters: time for ourselves. This is exactly where the opportunity lies: Advent can be a mo

To me, there is something truly sacred about this time of year. As autumn deepens, nature invites us to slow down, to turn inward, to reflect. It reminds us of cycles, endings, and the quiet wisdom that comes with letting go. For many of us who experience the world deeply — the empaths, the intuitives, he ones who seem to feel more deeply — this season feels like home. Having a more finely tuned nervous system myself — what science calls Sensory Processing Sensitivity (SPS)  

Why We Should Take the Concept of High Sensitivity Seriously – and Look at It Differentiatedly High sensitivity has long outgrown its niche. On social media, in self-help books and podcasts, the topic appears more and more often – often wrapped in a gentle touch of mysticism and the promise of being “different.”Yet somewhere between Instagram self-tests and scientific research on sensory processing lies a large grey zone. While many people recognize themselves in the term, th

In many organizations, there’s an unspoken rule: “Don’t rock the boat.” Criticism gets swallowed, conflicts are postponed, and those who dare to call things by their name are quickly labeled as “difficult.”But this silence comes at a cost – psychological, emotional, and structural. Because behind apparent calm often lurks chronic stress.When people constantly monitor what they’re not  allowed to say, it doesn’t create team spirit – it creates pressure to conform.And that pres

Let’s dig into some pure Rebel energy and challenge the status quo! When mental health at work is discussed, the focus is often on the individual : build resilience, practice mindfulness, manage stress. Then comes the leadership  angle: lead with empathy, build psychological safety, model healthy boundaries. And yes, all of that matters, But if we stop there, we miss the bigger picture. Because no amount of breathing exercises can fix a broken system. No leadership workshop

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