My Happiness Project has been active yet partly in the back of my mind in all of September, so let's take a closer look at how the month went by. I will also reveal what October has in store! This ... Continue Reading
Health-related topics, including my own experiences. Covering personal balance, preventive medicine, psychology, productivity and self-development, and lifestyle change.
Wrapping Up August And Revealing My September Happiness Project
The first month of my Happiness Project inspired by Gretchen Rubin's book is over and done with, so it is time for both a wrap-up as well as a reveal of the new month's focus point. There are some ... Continue Reading
Starting On My Happiness Project
There is an introductory chapter in "The Happiness Project" by Gretchen Rubin that I want to share some thoughts on, and we are also nearly done with August, which means my first month is coming to an ... Continue Reading
My Version Of The Happiness Project By Gretchen Rubin
You know how the result is always the same when you keep banging your head into a wall without changing anything? I have lost count of how many times I have started The Happiness Project by Gretchen ... Continue Reading
A Primer To Medicine: The Complex Definitions Of Health And Wellness
What is health? Doesn't everyone know? And even though wellness sounds slightly muddier, isn't it clear, too? No, it isn't obvious at all unless you are familiar with concepts from a holistic approach ... Continue Reading
How To Help Yourself Regain Balance Amidst A Pandemic
While many of us have foreseen a large-scale epidemic or even a pandemic ever since the first Ebola outbreak, obviously nobody knew when one would hit Earth, which microbe it would be caused by and ... Continue Reading
31 Days of Gratitude on Instagram
This year has treated me in challenging ways but gratitude is said to have the power to change our brain structure such that we become happier. And so I've expressed gratitude numerous times after my ... Continue Reading
Rainbows During Rain
Today I needed to do some back-end work on the website and decided to re-read for the first time my blog post on the accident earlier this year. I hadn't realised how far I've come in just under three ... Continue Reading
White Ice Fire or Life After The Accident
I had an accident in late February and my left arm will never be the same again. It is "sadnessly amusing" how we think we know what it means to take things for granted, or at least I did. It was ... Continue Reading
What is art?
Trying to define art such that everyone agrees with it is probably a futile endeavour, but at least we can attempt to describe what can belong under the umbrella of 'the arts.' Aside from visual arts, ... Continue Reading
New beginnings: The importance of turning chapters
As we are nearing the end of 2016 here in Finland very soon, I'd like to wrap it up with some reflection and a mental note to myself for 2017. While the content is clearly inspired by the yearly ... Continue Reading