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And yes, I love tomatoes but I'm currently on a non-nightshade-eating protocol (FYI: potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, bell peppers are all in the nightshade category and some people with autoimmune issues react to them badly with inflammation like yours truly here). So the new kid on the block stepping in for me to enjoy Summer food to the fullest are berries! Yesterday I just made a huge pot of rote Grütze which basically is a berry pudding. I did some research and there is an

Mayonnaise isn't just a condiment - it's a lifestyle! At least if you grew up in Germany or Eastern Europe where salads get drowned in mayonnaise and then people call it a salad. Or fries and mayonnaise also go hand in hand. Especially those pool fries in Summer that you grew up with. Every time you hang out at one of those public outdoor swimming pools, you of course don't leave there without eating fries with ketchup and mayonnaise. Ketchup is good stuff as well but that ai

Some random guy had the audacity to write an article about “the worst content being human and not AI generated”… Mentioned my 3 AM LinkedIn poll in his boring article, stating “we can do better than Facebook, this is a professional network” in his comment below my post and dropping his article in the comment section of my tiramisu pizza breakfast post saying “this is nothing personal” 🤷‍♀️😳 Right, the most obnoxious and most arrogant and most passive-aggressive comment ever

Are you suffering a bit today? From the heat, the cold, food poisoning, your cat waking you up vomiting at 3am - or just the typical existential life crisis that keeps kicking in from time to time? I certainly am today. The usual stuff: the existential life crisis, worrying about things I absolutely cannot control, hormones. But at least I got very good sleep. Those are the things that make us human. But that also make us suffer from time to time. And being the creative perso

I love ballet deeply. I loved it so much as a kid that I was allowed to start classes being 3 years old. Even though normally no kids younger than 4 were allowed into this. But somehow, my teacher saw me and decided to make me the exception. And here the journey began. I did ballet as a kid for 6 or 7 years. Until I reached that age where I thought I wouldn't love it any longer. Instead I tried horseback riding. Needless to say that this was never my thing. Maybe it was some

I'm a firm believer that our dreams and goals are nothing random. They speak for a part within ourselves - what our soul is craving. And very often our dreams overlap with our talents and skills. That's the best case scenario. In the past I always worked in jobs I never wanted to work in at the first place. They just happened. Those jobs were the only things the conservative German job market had to offer for me. And those jobs burned me out and made me sick physically and em

So lately I have changed my way of eating a bit in order to reduce inflammation. I have some massive dental work coming up and with an inflamed body things get difficult. I did not even plan on doing a temporary anti-inflammatory lifestyle. It just kind of happened. And now you might wonder what that means for me? Everyone has different approaches and this here is mine. Basically I wanna focus on eating a mainly pro-metabolic Ray Peat inspired diet which is what I have been d

Nothing makes you feel as good as a good night of deep sleep, right? But often we want to sleep but that deep sleep doesn't want us it seems 🤷‍♀️😳 And finally I figured out a very effective and affordable way for better sleep - and it is so simple that you wont't believe it! 2 - 4 pieces of dark chocolate are my sleep cure! Eaten in the evening and I sleep for hours without ever waking up. Must be the magnesium calming down my nervous system and that bit of sugar filling up

Currently I'm pouring all my energy into creating my amazing online-shop with fun products like posters, tote bags and hoodies to begin with. It's a print on demand shop which means that once a customer orders the order goes to the closest printer nearby who's part of the network and then the product gets printed and shipped to the customer right away. Which is great for me because I can solely focus on the design part without having to worry about logistics and shipping. So,

I gotta admit, as a kid and teenager I was quite messy. And later on I dove deep into the work of Marie Kondo and then I also learned that this is not exactly a surprise since most of us growing up never really learn how to really tidy up and clean. Yes, it's a grown-up skill everyone expects you to have but obviously it's one that is rarely taught at home or at school. I always loved tidy and clean spaces and always felt overwhelmed by chaos but still I struggled for a long

Who would've thought that the tiny word 'no' often is the hardest one to use whenever something just feels off. It took me a long time to finally learn that saying no is not just good for my wellbeing, that it is my right to say no to whatever feels off and that saying no is actually really powerful. Because whenever you say not to something that doesn't feel right, you actually say 'yes' to yourself and with that you don't overstep your own boundaries anymore. In the past I

Maybe you're like me and can relate to a mind that sometimes seems to go absolutely nutters! You just can't stop thinking and overthinking and in the worst case your brain comes up with horror scenarios that are very unlikely to ever happen if we're being honest. Well, I've been dealing with a super busy and hypervigilant mind and nervous system the majority of my life now. And good news is there are a few simple things that usually help to calm down. What pretty much always

Cleaning is a super powerful act - and there's a reason why we get so fond of cleaning when a new season starts. Like now Spring! You might wonder why, right? Because now we let go of all the literal dust of the past. Of the cold, of Winter...and literally open our space for something new. Fresh air, fresh flowers, sunshine! And that is a powerful act! I find it comparable to taking a shower after a bad day. You literally wash everything off that has been weighing you down an

If you've been following along for sometime, you might remember that I've been dealing with tons of stress in several different areas in life. Health issues, a major burnout, dealing with awful bureaucracy, my financial existence and income got destroyed so I'm putting all my energy into creating a new income stream.... Needless to say that this can feel incredibly overwhelming and draining. As soon as i get back on my feet again, something else happens that I have to react t

If you're like me then you exactly know the feeling after a long Winter once the world seems to wake up again after darkness and cold. Flowers on the streets start blossoming, the birds start chirping in the morning and there's a lot more light and sunshine. And for me it is such a magical time of the year since I really can't stand the cold and darkness. Being able to sit in the sun again and enjoying a coffee or an Aperol Spritz while soaking up the warmth of the sun rays.

I've been dealing with a lot for someone trying to recover from a massive burnout that has been going on for years. Health issues, financial burdens all while trying to create new businesses and income streams. A government treating me like their personal ATM doesn't really help here - in fact, this has been a big contributor to my years of burnout. Unfortunately, as someone not working as an employee you're seen in this country as an infinite source of money going straight t

Not everything is bad about a burnout for being honest. Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom as a reminder that your life isn't going into a direction any longer that serves you. And for being honest, I have not just been burnt out since November 2025. That burnout started a lot earlier - years earlier. But only now I finally had the guts to face reality and to to see that I am extremely burnt out. It took a long overdue dentist visit to get it confirmed from someone in the

I don't know how you feel about mornings but for me they're truly magical. I love getting up super early and to start my day with energy and productivity after a night of good sleep. My motto pretty much is what gets done in the morning gets done. Because I know my biorhythm - the later it gets, the less energy I have. So it truly is morning glory for me. Laundry, cleaning me dishes, preparing sourdough for baking, writing, designing, creating, learning my 5 minutes of Hebrew

Breakfast - I admit it. This turned into a love-hate-relationship for me. Until I was 14 or so I ate breakfast effortlessly, it was normal part of my daily routine. But all of a sudden I just couldn't stomach breakfast anymore. I suppose that was exactly when all my autoimmune thyroid issues started due to puberty and hormonal changes. And from then on breakfast pretty much became the hardest meal of the day. So hard that I never ate breakfast again for the rest of my school

I've only realized that I never really took consciously time to rest. Apart maybe from one Sunday occasionally but even those I rarely used for resting. As a freelancer I was always available and when my freelance teaching income got destroyed, I was so desperate that I started working in a low-wage job on weekends and kept on freelance teaching during the week. Oh boy, that wasn't a good decision. Working 7 days a week for very little money just ain't worth it. It's only a m