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Navigating the Landscape of Identity: How Our Past Can Shape Our Future

Published by Trotzendorff

Have you ever stopped to won­der just how many iden­ti­ties you’ve embraced through­out your life? Yes­ter­day I found myself wan­der­ing through the aisles of my uni­ver­si­ty’s library, a place I had­n’t vis­it­ed in 17 years since the end of my first degree. As I strolled past the rows of books, I could­n’t help but rem­i­nisce about my past selves: the eager stu­dent, the bicy­cle couri­er, the bud­ding jour­nal­ist. Through­out my life, I have effort­less­ly shed and adopt­ed new iden­ti­ties like a chameleon chang­ing its col­ors. Some­times with­out notic­ing, often with­out think­ing about it. And at times, I may have left behind some iden­ti­ties too hasti­ly, with­out ful­ly appre­ci­at­ing the lessons and expe­ri­ences they offered. Read More

The Power of Physical Activity: Performance and Health in the Workplace

Published by Trotzendorff

Wel­come to one of your typ­i­cal work­days, filled with dead­lines, meet­ings, and count­less emails. Amidst the dai­ly grind, it’s easy to for­get about tak­ing care of our phys­i­cal well-being. But what if engag­ing in reg­u­lar phys­i­cal activ­i­ty could not only improve our health but also make us more effec­tive and cre­ative in our jobs? A recent study pub­lished in Per­son­nel Psy­chol­o­gy sug­gests that incor­po­rat­ing phys­i­cal activ­i­ty into our dai­ly rou­tines might be chang­ing our views on job per­for­mance and over­all health. Read More

A formula for essential questions in our everyday lives

Published by Trotzendorff

The COVID-19 pan­dem­ic was a sad but per­fect oppor­tu­ni­ty to engage with math­e­mat­ics. Sud­den­ly, we were all con­front­ed with inci­dence rates, over­whelmed with sta­tis­tics, and had to deal with prob­a­bil­i­ties. On a very per­son­al lev­el, with the like­li­hood of get­ting infect­ed or the ques­tion of how reli­able the new­ly devel­oped COVID-19 tests were. Ques­tions that could decide on free­dom, health, and for some even on life and death. Read More

A man is sitting in a grainfield practicing breathing techniques.

A method worth exploring?

Published by Trotzendorff

It’s been a strange irony that I, lying in my bed, should stum­ble upon a book that deals so inti­mate­ly with the very thing that had brought me low. Covid had robbed me of my strength and left me short of breath, and yet it was in the midst of this strug­gle that I found dis­trac­tion and, yes, a tune up.

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