Come in and burn out

In his mid-thirties, Jakob is a marketing expert and an incorrigible workaholic - a classic candidate for burnout. A Slow Movement center in a sleepy coastal village in Spain seems to be just the ticket for him - at least, that is what his sister thinks. ...

A wildly adventurous journey through the City of Love
Paul adores being in control. Stains make him nervous, and he has absolutely no tolerance for bad manners. His life and his relationship with Annika would be running along an extremely straight track - if it weren't for her ...

Maths and physics student Lenny has decided to propose to his girlfriend Zoe on their holiday in the South of France. But then the ring falls into the pool just as he is offering it to her! When Zoe appears supremely unmoved by Lenny's proposal and his gift despite the huge effort involved in ...

Nils, 27, lives for his drum kit and his rock band, getting by as a hearing-aid dispenser's assistant while he waits for his big break. In the meantime, his relationship is in a state of crisis. Charlotte loves her job as a midwife, her chipmunk Maya-and of course Nils-but ...

Thirty-two year old Florian dangles a baited hook in the waters of a Cologne daily paper's lonely hearts section. He owns a chaotically untidy flat and a motorbike he hasn't paid off yet, he's got an irritating mother and two really close friends. So what's missing? A ...

Adventure instead of midlife crisis!

"I didn't need a sabbatical; I needed a new challenge."

What do you do when you find yourself on the verge of a midlife crisis? Retreat into monastic silence? Adopt a strict regimen of fasting and long hikes? Early retirement? Booooooring!

In the summer of 1983, a group of people attempted to flee from East Germany: siblings Michael and Dorothea, both musicians from Dresden, as well as Dorothea's husband and an art student friend of theirs. Telling not even parents or friends, they planned to cross the border between Bulgaria and ...

Laughter is the ideal therapy!

Laughing is good for you: when you laugh, this encourages the release of endorphins, dopamine and serotonin, thereby promoting creativity, fortifying the immune system and reducing the production of stress hormones. All this means laughter is the best form ...

What's the best way to deal with life's crises - both major and minor? When faced with a problem, we can put it in perspective by calling on the inner resources we all have at our disposal - the forces that keep us in equilibrium. Christoph Emmelmann shows us how to tap ...

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 mysterious. And those who had such an exciting childhood in the best sense of the word will often be particularly ...

Lisa, stranded in the madhouse

Life has turned into a total disaster!!! Thanks to her mother's sudden flash of romantic insanity, Lisa, (13), a formerly happy only child, has moved to a backwater town out in the country. And her family has expanded with the addition of a rosily ...

Something here is… foul

Grünstadt Academy: every budding kicker dreams of attending this soccer academy. Soccer is even played in the school's hallways - and nobody complains. The newest student soon arrives: Leo Fischer, the son of the famous national player, Rüdiger Fischer. The ...