The truths I found on my path to mental peace. — Stress comes from within. Not from work, from friends, or circumstances. It comes from the expectations you set for yourself. It comes from building an alternate reality in your head which you think “should actually be the case”. If you get your facts right and ethics in place, it feels…

and how he saved my work, purpose, and sanity. — Every country I set foot in told me that fear is my right. That as a lone young woman, fear is the logical response to most things. So when a frail old man stumbled out of the taxi and hit the ground I did not jump to help. …

Leaving your country for a good life is not fun. — In one gut-wrenching moment in the documentary “Cuba with a Cameraman” a four-year-old girl in New York gets to go to see her grandmother in Cuba for the first time in her life. The girl’s mother breaks down in tears of joy on reuniting with her mother. They were Cuban…

Online dating in Ingolstadt — Before the pandemic, I was ever on a dating app for about a whole hour. More out of curiosity and as a joke. My first time on the app was 5 years before that, as a student, hardly with an intention to find someone. …

And what to do when you can’t. — The most interesting moments in life are those of transition. Working resolutions, changes, places, new hobbies, new love — These things keep your mind alive, and you feel relevant and important, and most of all — Meaningful. What happens when you settle in and wait? What happens when things are…

If you live in Ingolstadt or Munich, here is how you can help. — A free land is being taken. Ukrainians are not real people, Ukraine is not a real country, Putin declared. For nearly 80 years, Europe has lived in peace. This could change soon. Unless YOU do something. On Saturday 26th February, Ingolstadt gathered at the Paradeplatz to show Solidarity to Ukraine…

vs. my nearly-real self. — PS: My YouTube Channel of the same name has nothing to do with this article. She talks about hair care and she is really cool :) This is about my Insta-persona. Hi. Nice to meet you. I am ganz_normalermensch (That’s German for a very normal person). The girl in those…

I walked like I was free until I looked back. down at my feet, I was held still. still by the love I gave and took, by need and want, by like and despise. I wriggled and writhed, to break free, to see what comes next. When the struggle stopped, I…