A touching but optimistic report

In the summer of 2006, Kora Decker received a devastating diagnosis: breast cancer. Overnight, her life was changed forever. There would...

Laughing is good for you: when you laugh, this encourages the release of endorphins, dopamine and serotonin, thereby promoting creativity,...

The years between 7 and 13 seem to be a rather unremarkable period in life. However, for many people those days will later be regarded as the most thrilling, exciting and...

With photos and illustrations

Drive, flexibility and spontaneity have always been the hallmarks of the isolated North Atlantic island dwellers. Not only have these...

Why getting upset over nothing makes perfect sense

Of course, we often tear our hair out over trivialities because we've got a headache, or perhaps...

The new cult of the body beautiful. We are living in a hitherto unprecedented era where the body as nature created it is no longer accepted unquestioningly. Beauty...

We CAN be happy! 

As long as we live we yearn for something - there always seems to be something missing. We wish for lasting happiness, complete...

Anxieties and worries, stresses and strains both large and small - they often make life difficult. Quite apart from the global crises and disruptions, we all have our ...

Expert advice - proven in the field

We spend 38.5 hours per week in the office, and more often than not that means stress. Nicola Holzapfel examines...

From the first cry to the first steps - From the first step to the first word - From toddler to nursery school child.

The first year of life is a time in which...

There is an increasing sense of discontent simmering beneath the surface of modern day society. The extent to which people enjoy life is diminishing, especially in the case of...

With four-colour illustrations

Marianne Koch takes the reader on a voyage of discovery into the very epicentre of our bodies, the human heart. On this journey, we find...

Interest, curiosity and enjoyment in learning are powerful motivators. If a child feels motivated when it's studying it will work with greater perseverance and concentration,...

Help and advice for 9 to 13-year-olds

How do I manage to get into so many arguments with my friends? Why are my parents constantly nagging me about my homework?...

We all harbour a deep yearning for happiness. But how do we manage to find the right path on our quest to be happy? This book offers a rich collage of ideas gathered from the...

A warm invitation to see life as a pilgrimage - and to allow yourself to be transformed by what you encounter along the way  

Walking comes as...

One day. Loads of problems. All the answers! 

Offices are more than just common human habitats - they are also conflict zones that exert a massive...

Kant can sort out your life! 

Philosophy as the art of balancing your life: how can we apply the ideas and concepts of the great philosophers to help us...

The alarm bells are ringing, but they go unheard. Her objects of desire may be weaklings, neurotics or bastards, but a woman looking for love will cheerfully skip from one...

Includes a four-colour test section

Today's children and young adults have become accustomed to a constant stream of new stimuli and quick thrills, as well as...

Emotional first aid for distressed children

What do you say when one morning the beloved hamster is found lying dead in its cage? How to insist on saying ...

How to make relationships work: in a long-term study involving over 600 couples the psychologists Eva Wunderer and Klaus A. Schneewind examined the factors...