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28/08/2026

Happy Healthy Thursday 27.8.2026 – New Beginnings

There have been many new beginnings over the years.

These past couple of weeks mark another one.

Helping my daughter establish her new life in the vibrant student city of Uppsala.

At the same time, I’m reading a book about the Vietnam War.

Two very different things.

But they get me thinking about how we create our routines.

Our routines are closely connected to our circumstances and the environment around us.

Change the environment.
Change the social surroundings.
And routines and behaviours may change too.

Maybe we should build rituals rather than routines.

Rituals feel more sacred.
More intentional.
Closer to our hearts.

I’m humbled by the human spirit.

A disruptive environment can mislead us.
A supportive one can help us find peace of mind and give us the courage to follow our dreams.

Proud of you, my dear daughter. ❤️

And speaking of new beginnings, I want to kick off this autumn’s series of posts by sharing a podcast episode by Dr. Peter Attia on peptides.

As I listened, I found myself humming and nodding along.

The hype around peptides is huge.

But the biological promise is much less clear.

As Dr. Attia puts it:

“Peptides sit between real biological plausibility and aggressive commercialization.”

So what is a peptide?

And what do we actually know about them?

Listen.
Get informed.
Think for yourself.

Wishing you a beautiful Thursday!

14/08/2026

Happy Healthy Thursday 13.8.2026 – Summer Reflections

Blue skies and sunshine.
A heat wave in the Swiss mountains.
Strong winds in Sweden.

Swimming in a heated pool in Sweden.
Cold, refreshing swims in Lake Davos.

Running in the forest and on trails.
Intervals on the track.
MTB. Swimming. Roller skiing.
Training at altitude.

Golf tournaments and new golf courses.
Late nights. Family dinners. BBQs.
Football World Cup.
Champagne on the terrace with good friends.
Dinner in the Stockholm archipelago.

And some practical things too.

TBE vaccination.
Painting.
Sorting through and getting rid of old things.

Preparing for one of our children to leave home.

A summer filled with movement, people, experiences and emotions.

Now a new season is about to begin.

There is sadness in watching your child leave.

But also a little excitement.

Because when something changes, something else might open up.

Maybe this new chapter will give me some space to find my way back to my own projects again.

A little more time for me.
A little more curiosity.
A little more of what comes next.

Hello, autumn.

24/07/2026

Happy Healthy Thursday 23.7.2026 – Five Years Later

Five years have passed since we sat by your bedside and played the Beach Boys as you quietly slipped away.

A heartbreaking, yet beautiful memory.

You loved life.

You were curious.
Hard-working.
A fighter.

Never pretentious.
Never afraid to try something new.
Never too old to learn.

The older I become, the more I admire those qualities in you.

They continue to guide me in my own life.

We listened to a lot of music together.

We talked about rhythm.
About tempo.
About the feeling a song could create.

We both loved music with energy.
But also the quiet, thoughtful songs.

Music has a remarkable way of bringing memories back.

Love.
Grief.
Longing.

And a quiet reminder that one day, I too will face the uncertainty of life.

Thank you, Dad, for all the moments we shared.

Those are the ones I carry with me.

16/07/2026

Happy Healthy Thursday 16.7.2026 - Summer

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11/07/2026

Happy Healthy Thursday 9.7.2026 – Relationships & Deep Health

This week, these words caught my attention:

“A healthy relationship should periodically make you a little uncomfortable... The conversations that matter are uncomfortable. The vulnerability required for intimacy is uncomfortable. Finding compromise and forgiveness is uncomfortable.” - Mark Manson

This week, my husband and I celebrated 29 years together.

Twenty-nine years.

It made me reflect.

Life together is not always easy.

Sometimes it feels warm.
Sometimes it feels cold.

Sometimes we laugh.
Sometimes we struggle to understand each other.

Another thing that caught my attention was a reflection by the Swedish functional medicine physician Peter Martin.

He wrote about dreams.
Purpose.
Finding something that fascinates you so deeply that discipline becomes less important because curiosity takes over.

It made me realize something.

Over the past years, my understanding of Deep Health has changed.

At first, I thought it was mostly about metabolism.
Nutrition.
Muscles.
Exercise.

Today, it feels much bigger than that.

Health is also relationships.
Purpose.
Attention.
Meaning.
Courage.
The willingness to have difficult conversations.
The willingness to follow a dream.

In my view, health and philosophy are deeply intertwined.

Deep Health is not simply about living longer. It is about learning how to live well.  But how do we live well?

That is the question I find myself returning to, again and again.

03/07/2026

Happy Healthy Thursday 2.7.2026 - Endings & New Beginnings

The years of compulsory school are over.

Now begins the education you have chosen yourself.

I guess this is it.

You are leaving home.

You are ready to fly on your own and have you not wanted that for a long time.

Since day one, you have been fiercely independent.

Rarely wanting my advice. Rarely asking for my guidance.

Only if I planted a seed carefully could I gently influence your direction.

A relief, but also feelings of grief.

You are free.

With all the responsibilities that come with freedom.   Fly well, my beloved daughter.       

26/06/2026

Happy Healthy Thursday 25.6.2026 – Heat Waves & Sleepless Nights

A heat wave has settled over Central Europe.

Every day seems a little warmer than the last.

Where does all this heat come from?

Yesterday, my husband and I travelled to Zurich to take our German B1 exam.

The classroom felt like a sauna.

In Switzerland, air conditioning is still quite uncommon.

Even though I was sitting perfectly still, sweat was running down my legs.

Partly because of the heat. Partly because it had been many years since I last sat an exam.

The car thermometer showed 38°C on the way home. All I wanted was to get back to the mountains.

Up here, daytime temperatures reach around 30°C, and the nights cool down to about 15°C.

Perfect for sleeping... in theory.

Most of us sleep best in a cool bedroom.

The body relaxes.
Sleep becomes deeper.
Recovery improves.

The first night, something kept biting me through the open window.

The second night, the railway company decided it was the perfect time to repair the tracks outside our apartment.

No sleep for my son or me.

Yesterday, 35°C felt unbearable.

Today, 30°C feels almost comfortable.

The human body is remarkably good at adapting.

19/06/2026

Happy Healthy THURSDAY - 18.6.2026

Wishing you a wonderful MIDSUMMER!

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17/06/2026

Happy Healthy TUESDAY 16.6.2026 - Allergy, Asthma & Omega-3

Spring and summer is beautiful, but for many people it also means itchy eyes, sneezing, and airways that are working overtime.

Could omega-3 fatty acids play a role?

We have touched upon the anti-inflammatory properties of omega-3 in previous posts, and here we explore the matter again.

The omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA are not only structural components of our cell membranes. They can also leave these membranes and be transformed into potent signaling molecules called specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs).

These molecules help regulate inflammation and, equally important, help bring it to an end.

This is particularly interesting in allergy and asthma. Research suggests that severe asthma may be associated with impaired production of these pro-resolving mediators, resulting in inflammation that is not fully resolved.

In other words, health is not only about mounting an immune response. It is also about knowing when to switch it off.

Since EPA and DHA are the building blocks for these mediators, maintaining sufficient stores of omega-3 may help support this natural process.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why higher blood levels of EPA and DHA have been associated with lower risks of asthma and allergic disease in several studies.

Many important conversations in the body happen at the level of our cell membranes.

Wishing you a healthy and beautiful Tuesday!

14/06/2026

Happy Healthy THURSDAY 11.6.2026 - Attention

This week, an email from Mark Manson caught my attention.

He wrote about how difficult it has become to focus. How notifications, social media, and endless digital noise fragment our minds.

I recognize parts of myself in his words.

Not so much social media. I am pretty good at putting my phone away or switching it to airplane mode.

But my attention is constantly pulled elsewhere.

Logistics around the children.
School emails.
Training schedules.
Registrations and cancellations.
Checking „Find My“ to see where they are and what they are up to.

And perhaps what distracts me most from productive computer work is health itself.

This week, I met a friend who had lost a lot of weight. He told me that after leaving his job 1.5 years ago, he had made himself his project.

Oh yes.

That project takes time.

I can relate to that.

Exercise.
Sleep.
Food.
Recovery.
Relationships.

Taking care of our health takes time and our attention is limited.

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