Author interviews

“Nature often holds up a mirror to us!” Recognizing and using places of power: Interview with nature coach Tanja Dränert

"Staying at places of power gives us the necessary distance from everyday life to get a sense of what it feels like when we are in our inner center, in our power. We can take this feeling with us i...

“Children react particularly well and very quickly to the symbolic means” – Interview with Christina Baumann and Roswitha Stark

"We all know that children do not have it easy in these challenging times and often need a little help to cope with the increasing pressure to perform, with themselves and with other people. Our sy...

Interview with Barbara Simonsohn: “The nettle is the heart of nature and gives us a symphony of nutrients!”

"The nettle is 'Medicinal Plant of the Year 2022', and rightly so - there is no other plant in our latitudes that is such an all-rounder and combines such a variety of therapeutic and prophylactic ...

“Regional medicinal plants are becoming increasingly important” – Interview with Dr. med. vet. Dorina Lux

"Our ancestors already successfully and naturally treated their four-legged companions for illnesses and complaints with local medicinal plants, and the high effectiveness of the plant substances h...

“The animals’ lifestyle is crucial” – Animal health from a TCM perspective
Interview with Li Wu, Natalie Lauer and Dorina Lux

"Similar to humans, physical symptoms and illnesses in animals often have their origin in inadequate nutrition and stress. In veterinary medicine, we understand the latter to mean any condition tha...

Public welfare business consultant Anja Haider-Wallner on the energy crisis: “The crisis can be a motivation to save energy”

"I decided to stop driving my car in the run-up to Easter, regardless of the energy prices. But I also notice a certain level of comfort in my everyday life." Anja Haider-Wallner is a management co...

Interview with Andreas Winter: “Not aging, but maturing – that would be the optimum of our existence!”

"In my opinion, aging is a physiological degeneration, a process that ends in decay. Ripening, on the other hand, is a morphological evolution, a constant improvement in the possibility of being. I...

Interview with Marie F. Mongan: “Unfortunately, normal births are almost non-existent these days”

"HypnoBirthing is based on the assumption that a woman can experience a safe, easier and more pleasant birth if she is properly prepared and free from fear." Marie F. Mongan († 2019), the founder a...

Interview with Bianka Maria Seidl: “You will feel richly rewarded at the end!”

"Our ancestors often had to bear burdens that they passed on to us, but they also developed great strengths. These strengths are their gifts to us. We can draw on them as inner resources and thus m...

Interview with Béatrice Drach-Schauer: Going through life light-footed and pain-free

"I would like to encourage and inspire people to pay more attention to their feet, to take them 'into their own hands' and to look after them lovingly - after all, it is our feet that give us suppo...