We were supposed to live there only temporarily, before we found something better.
The apartment in one of Prague‘s suburbs was far from an ideal one… An old sink, an electrical burner instead of a regular stove and linoleum from what must have been an ancient time.
We were young and madly in love. These „details“ could not concern us. The brightest possible future was ahead us, I though to myself. Continue reading
When I learned about Women’s March in NYC this past Saturday (January 21, 2017), I did not hesitate a minute. I knew I had to attend. I didn’t know anyone else who was going, but that did not stop me. I just had to go.
I am not a US citizen. I live in the US, but my true home is somewhere else, in the Czech Republic.
So why to bother?
It happened exactly 4 years ago. On October 26, 2012, my 1st blog post was born!
It happened a bit randomly, though… I didn’t think it was ready to be published. Continue reading
5 years ago, on September 30, 2010, I was about to say good-buy to a really big chapter of my life.
I submitted my resignation 3 months before this day. Continue reading
Today, more
and more people work from home. There are many advantages of such arrangement, like saving time on commuting, increased quality of life etc.
However, there is often one pitfall Continue reading
I do not remember when I heard about them for the first time. Yin and Yang. A bit mysterious names from ancient China seemed too distant to anything I’ve ever studied. Only after I first-hand experienced a burn-out and how it feels to run out of energy, I realized it was time to get to know them better. Continue reading
Can we be happy and successful at the same time? Can we have time for family, for our friends, for ourselves and yet a meaningful job? Be productive, make a difference to the world, yet not be exhausted and drained? Continue reading
We are all familiar with varying degrees and kinds of stress. Stress is not good for us. Actually, it is impossible to be stressed and happy at the same time.
Over the time, I’ve learned several simple, yet highly effective techniques for releasing stress. They work individually as well as Continue reading
I often get asked how I managed to make such a major career change, overcome workaholism or find such an amazing, charismatic and loving husband. And I always conclude, after searching in my memory, that there is really only one thing which did it all. Continue reading
Do you say “no” when you mean it? Or do you often end up saying “yes” instead and then feel resentful about doing something you didn’t want to do?
I found saying “no” extremely difficult in the past; as a result I often agreed to do many things both at work and in my personal life which I really didn’t want to do. I could sense in advance what the other person wanted me to say and I didn’t want to disappoint them. Continue reading
