My Everest

Andy Holzer My Everest Blind on Top of the World In May 2017, mountain climber Andy Holzer – who has been blind since birth – caused a sensation: He reached the summit of Mount Everest, which meant fulfilling his greatest dream. It’s a tremendous achievement for a man who can’t even walk out the...

Life Fog

Nora Marie Ellermeyer Life Fog How I Survived Burnout and Depression as a Psychotherapist Burnout and depression can affect anyone. The psychotherapist Nora Ellermayer is a woman of ac-tion. Studying, four children, building a house, training as a therapist, doctorate, founding a practice and a...

You Wake Up and Your Life is Gone

Max Rinneberg / Ulrich Beckers You Wake Up and Your Life is Gone The story of my memory loss The 17-year old Max Rinneberg lost his memory after he fell down the stairs. When he woke up in hospital, he didn´t recognize his parents and friends anymore. He even didn´t get anything out of his former...

Further Than the End

Flor Schmidt Further Than the End How Something New Began with the Death of My Son When her 17-year-old son dies in a traffic accident, Flor Schmidt realizes that the extremes of life are often unbelievably close to each other: Death, horror and pain on the one hand – grace, happiness and love on...

Murdered or

Brigitte Biermann Murdered or The Terror in My Marriage Andrea`s marriage is a disaster. Humiliation and violence are the order of the day. Her attempts to flee from her husband fail. He finds her everywhere, and she falls for his promises that he will change for the better. As the situation...

I Will Just Keep Texting

Susanne Preusker I Will Just Keep Texting Text messages of saying goodbye Gabi and Tine are best friends. When Tine is diagnosed with cancer and later moves into a hospice, they text each other heart wrenching, encouraging and sad messages. The fragmentary style of this exceptional correspondence...

Days Full of Life

Maria Hagenschneider Days Full of Life Our shared time in hospice What happens when someone moves into a hospice in order to die there? Maria Hagenschneider relates what happened when she moved into a hospice center with her mortally ill husband and lived there for a surprisingly long ten weeks,...

The Fight Goes On – So Women Can Live in Dignity

Lea Ackermann The Fight Goes On – So Women Can Live in Dignity How Something New Began with the Death of My Son »If Sister Lea Ackermann hadn’t ended up with the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, she could have become a revolutionary or head of state. Her combination of a powerful sense of...

I, Birgit, Autist and Psychotherapist

Birgit Saalfrank I, Birgit, Autist and Psychotherapist Birgit Saalfrank is a psychotherapist. For years, she lived in various roles: competitive athlete, loving partner in a relationship, successful director of a psychosocial centre – until everything became too much for her. She became severely...

Lean Years

Nicole Knörr Lean Years How I overcame my eating disorder When Nicole Knörr was 13 years old she started eating less and less. With the progression of her anorexia, she only consumed 300ml of non-fat broth with which you cannot survive. When her body temperature fell to under 34° Celsius and she...