In unserer neuen Ausbildung zum ChronoCoach (Chronobiologie, Schlaf etc.) geht es auch um Potenziale und Selbstverwirklichung. Ich befasse mich in diesem Zusammenhang gerade intensiv mit der Bedürfnishierarchie nach Maslow. Kleiner Spoiler: Selbstverwirklichung ist NICHT das zu werden, was wir werden wollen, sondern das, was wir werden könnten. Maslow hat da…
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Can too much sleep be fatal?
At first, it sounds alarming—and the headlines read accordingly: “Too much sleep can shorten your life.” Once again, a new study confirms the link between long sleep duration and an increased risk of mortality. But finally, something that has long been overdue in sleep and health research is happening: causality…
Continue ReadingNew: 4 sleep types – which one is yours?
The 4 sleep types – which one is yours? Sleep types in our society 4 sleep types … no, I’m not talking about chronotypes, i.e. owl, lark, dove or even bear, wolf, dolphin and lion. The types of sleep I am referring to here also have nothing to do with…
Continue ReadingBreakfast: A dogma falls?
Breakfast: A dogma falls? Breakfast. Most of us have grown up with one sentence chiseled into our heads above the kitchen: “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” Because it is manifested in classrooms, through discussions with parents and via health guides and, last but not least, supposedly…
Continue ReadingChronoCity – the world’s first chronobiology pilot city
ChronoCity, a project too big? I actually didn’t want to write anything more about my first and biggest pilot project to date. I have written a lot about this both in my books and in the ARL’s scientific anthology Zeitgerechte Stadt (article available for free download here). This project was…
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