About me
I was born in a tranquil village in the West of Germany, close to the urban area of the Ruhr on one side and the Dutch border on the other. Since childhood, I have felt an intense longing for bigger horizons and couldn't wait to leave this little prison of mine.
When I was 13, I came across the first philosophical and spiritual authors such as Erich Fromm or Eckart Tolle, whose books I absorbed. Since then, I have felt a deep fascination with the big questions in life and the art of living especially. I also started training martial arts which has become a life-long passion for me ever since.
Turning 18 I started to travel the world, wanting to learn first-hand about different cultures and religions. I traveled for 15 months and visited several countries in Asia and the Middle East such as among others India, Nepal, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Armenia, Iran, and Israel. Traveling mostly on my own, I moved along by hitchhiking the local machinery, often staying with locals in their homes.
After coming home, I went to University and started with a degree in sustainable engineering (which I quit after two semesters). I changed to a freer and more individual program called 'Liberal Arts and Sciences' which allowed me to change topics following my interests. This allowed me to gain a basic understanding of many fields such as environmental sciences, biomedicine, cognitive science, economics, psychology, artificial intelligence, cultural studies, and last but not least philosophy. I realized that philosophy is the field that gives me the most freedom to follow my curiosity and might be the only one that gives me the freedom to question its own convictions. I thus decided to continue with a master’s degree in philosophy, which I am currently pursuing at the Munich School of Philosophy.
Parallel to these academic activities I delved into various self-experience contexts and tried many different things from impro theatre, various free dance practices, and energy healing methods, to social labs. I experimented with all kinds of approaches to nutrition (e.g. vegan, paleo, raw, instincto) and explored psychedelic states. I was always interested in what else there is and what effects it would have on my body and psyche.
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Despite all this curiosity, outer experimentation, and internal philosophical contemplation I went into a deep depression in my early 20s which steered me onto the armchair of a particularly unconventional (and genius) therapist. Through peculiar ways life gave me the master, I had always wished for. So for the last years, my focus has been on getting to know and enjoy myself without any magic pill from the outside. No special trick, no method, no drug or diet, just plain, pure curiosity and love.
​The findings of this journey I share on this blog now. Snippets of thought or little stories about a personal experience will come up here from time to time. It is a form of showing myself to the world and to give you, my reader, an idea of who I am, of what makes me tick.
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Enjoy the ride and feel free to get in touch!
