Image by Eleanor Smith I have a little heart-shaped, green stress ball on my Standsome standing desk. It says in Norwegian «Hva banker ditt hjerte for?» which in English means something along the lines of «What does your heart beat for?» or «What are you passionate about?». Why am I telling you this? Let me [...]
Image by Eleanor Smith I have been meaning to write this article for some time now. It is about the healing power of nature in my life especially in this strange year of a continuing global pandemic. We all have mental health – What helps you? Just last week, Bergen, Norway, also went into lockdown, [...]
Original image by Finn on Unsplash Today is World Mental Health Awareness Day. As a volunteer with the Bergen Red Cross helping people every week who struggle more than the average person, I am reminded of its importance for our wellbeing on a regular basis. I feel very strongly that we all must take care [...]
Image by Clark Tibbs on Unsplash Next week, on 5 September 2020, it will be the UN International Day of Charity. These World Days are in my opinion useful opportunities to be a part of the public discourse in one way or another. We can all do something to raise awareness about causes that we [...]
Image by Matt Collamer from Unsplash This week is World Mental Health Awareness Week, hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, and the theme is kindness. What acts of kindness have you been doing for yourself and for others? Do share with me in the comment section. I have been focusing on the arts, which you [...]
Original Image by Dimitri Karastelev on Unsplash If you are reading this, chances are that you too are one of the lucky ones. Whether you are a volunteer in a local charity or whether you are just someone who cares about the less fortunate in our highly unequal societies, times like these are ripe with [...]
Original Image by Sumanley xulx from Pixabay What was intended as one article quickly turned into two. This first one covers how I feel about the current situation and how it impacts my life. The next one will be about my concern over how it may be impacting the lives of others, who are far [...]
Image by Klimkin from Pixabay Over the years, you learn that time and energy are very precious. Here is how I am setting goals and working smarter, not just harder. As you all know by now, I work in the area of communications and for those of you who do too, I am sure you [...]
Image by Andrew Martin from Pixabay Today I left my crutches at home. On the last day of my holiday, I managed to injure myself. I was again trying to fit a pint into a half pint glass, burning the candle at both ends. This is the story of what happened to me, why it [...]
Image by Oli Lynch from Pixabay I have been thinking quite a lot about languages over the past few days. Today is the first day of my holiday and I have been looking forward to coming back to Belgium for weeks now. What does this have to do with languages? Well, for those of you [...]
