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Relationships
The notion that single people are living lonely, unfulfilled, even unhealthy lives compared to partnered people, flawed at relationships, continues to exist all around us. It's in the films we watch, ...

Mind & Body
What do ancient healing approaches have to do with conventional healthcare? Everything, say the creators of the UK’s Integrative Health Convention Dr. Toh Wong and Dr. Akhtar. As some of the first h...

Mind & Body
When we reach a certain age, we expect our body and mind to deteriorate. In fact, we count on becoming forgetful and on getting aches and pains. But how much of this could be a self-fulfilling prophec...
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Global Perspectives

Many prospective dog owners would choose one for its breed and supposed associated character. After all, certain dog breeds have a certain inherent temperament, right? Well, things may not be that sim...

The Netherlands/ A successful hotel should be a hotel, a hostel a hostel, a church a church, an art space an art space. Right? Not necessarily, say the creative minds behind the brand new Bunk concept...

Hong Kong/ Swimming might be an enjoyable and essential life skill, not everyone has the opportunity to learn it. In fact, according to Gallup the majority of people around the world cannot swim, and ...

US/ Walking is good for us and we should do it in the most efficient, ‘’normal’’ way, right? Not necessarily, as new research now confirms. If we want to be healthy, walking as inefficiently as actor ...

Global/ The new four-days-a-week way of working, aka 'working less whilst earning the same,' has been changing the way we think about work around the globe. As countries continue taking the plunge, so...

USA/ We already know that a dog is our best friend. But the powerful images of a Philadelphia photographer show that in fact they can be much more than that, and that they have the power to guide us t...

Italy/ Entrepreneur, philanthropist and hotelier Daniele Kihlgren, known worldwide for saving Italy’s forgotten villages from going under, is now turning his hand to a different kind of saving: Dogs i...
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StoryTell

Ingrid Everts (I.V. Everts)
Italian culture is known for its superstitious perspective on life, and for her recent book, new author Ingrid Everts from Rome, presents readers a gl...

Harry van Iperen
When long journeys were still considered far away and a novelty: In this 2-part series, we look through the eyes of a Dutch traveller, Harry van Ipere...

Carmen Rucci
The rich palette of tinkling bells, rhythmic drums, flags and statues with which Japanese people tend to celebrate religion, life, death and happiness...

Harry van Iperen
When long journeys were still considered far away and a novelty: In this 2-part series, we look through the eyes of a Dutch traveller, Harry van Ipere...

Ingrid Everts (I.V. Everts)
Italian culture is known for its superstitious perspective on life, and for her recent book, new author Ingrid Everts from Rome, presents readers a gl...
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Randoms

Free, myself, not following the herd, no drama, Yay, what’s not to like, not being normal! Picking an apple from the tree, instead of going for it t...

Dieting: Most of us have found out by now that restricting ourselves doesn't work when we are trying to lose weight, right? Guilty Pleasures move over...

As humans, we love how spectacular nature can be. Nature is raw and real and incredible and we should be awestruck by it. But when we ''awesomise'' na...

Many of us have heard about the concept of Triggers. In the area of psychology we know them as something outside of us that causes an old painful expe...

When we cook, we tend to cook according to a recipe or make our favourite dish. We make the meals that are made in our country, or when we feel more e...

Sometimes we have a conversation that hits the nail on the head. When everything we might be going through right then, is coming through that conversa...

The human race, we tend to feel superior. Superior to other humans that think, look and act differently. And, of course, superior to animals. Even whe...
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