Unapologetically Extraordinary

My brand new book "Life Lessons - What Old Hollywood Can Teach Us About Identity, Purpose and Confidence" is coming out November 3, 2026 and I am looking for a team of early readers. Do you want to join?

This episode is all about seeing catastrophes, road blocks and obstacles as what they are: guide posts on your journey. But, above all, they are unpredictable as each one of us is part of something way bigger.

One of the most important skills anyone can ever acquire is the one of self-responsibility. This is hands down one of the most defining characteristics if you want to live a happy and confident life.

Women are told to fear their forties. But, what if that is actually the time they truly become the most powerful?

Matriarchy might be the most aligned and systemic solution to finally become unapologetically yourself. Because in a matriarchy, everybody is equally important in building a thriving community with children in the center. This might be the only system that allows everybody to thrive instead of barely survive.

Beauty has always been a social and political construct used to defend the patriarchal status quo and keep women in check. The more rights women gained, the tighter and more elusive the beauty ideals became.

We all would like to have a manual handed to us to become ourselves - to know what our purpose is, what job we should commit to and whether or not we are truly as crazy as somethings think. This manual indeed does exist. But it's not a shortcut, neither a quick-fix template. It's rather a deep dive into everything coded in your personality from the moment you were born. Your astrology and human de...

It is one of the most talked-about words in the wellness, spirituality and self-development world. Authenticity. But: The concept - as circulated - might be keeping you stuck and small! For quite some time, influencers and creators are floating the idea that authenticity is the holy grail to success and happiness: “Just be yourself and success will be yours!” But, what it does more often than not...

You probably have tried a lot of things to find yourself and your purpose in the world – as so many gurus, teachers and influencers have told you to. Meditation, retreats, journaling, visualization, manifestation, vision boards. In your professional career, there might have been strength-based skill assessments, further trainings, travels and hobbies. Just so many things to reach that next level,...

The lessons that I had to repeat over and over again throughout the last 80+ episodes is "Enjoy life" or its favourite cousin "Life is short". This episode gives you a short reminder why this is important - and not self-indulgent.

Barbara La Marr, Errol Flynn and John Barrymore are just three examples from the myriads of Old Hollywood stars that tried to cheat nature and abused both alcohol and their bodies. Others like Gloria Swanson and Greta Garbo put an emphasis on their health early on. The outcome? Predictable.

Old Hollywood is a stellar example of an ever changing environment. From theatre to silent movies to sound movies, to radio, to TV - the actors and actresses that made Old Hollywood great were multi-interested and diversified their incomes and talents. Embracing changes and diving fully in is definitely part of the success formula. Listen in to find out what you can learn from them.

Researching Old Hollywood, I found there was one prevalent topic almost always at play – and that was hard work. I guess, in a way, back then in the early 20th century, this was just what was expected from people.

Your name is your image. It will influence how others see you and how you see yourself. Old Hollywood actors and actresses often changed their name to a more appealing sounding stage name - and rightly so. Names do possess power. How can you use this for the creation of your extraordinary life?

If there is anything that I would immediately sign off as being true is that Old Hollywood was full of personal brands. Personal brands nowadays are rare – even though the topic is hotter now than ever. If you look at the models and photospreads, they all look alike. The beauty standards have pretty much narrowed and authenticity and personality have become harder to find in a way.

What does it need to make decisions, to tap into your intuition and to create your live deliberately. So, what you need to make decisions and achieve success is a vision, a destination of what you want to create. And of course, Old Hollywood is full of people that had a vision. Something that propelled them forwards, sustained them through long periods of time and helped them create the life they...

When I was researching the actress Tallulah Bankhead, I read a book on her and other showgirls and flappers of that time and one passage of the book was: “(But) Tallulah possessed wonderful powers of determination and denial.“ I immediately LOVED this quote. There is so much wisdom in it and since then this has become my favorite motto. Because these are two very important ingredients as to what i...

Whatever you want out of your life - there is one sure way to achieve it with pleasure and happiness. You need to get to know yourself. Once you actually know who you are, it will be such much easier to reach those goals. So, listen and dig in!

What is the difference between toxic people, narcissists, psychopaths and sociopaths? Listen to the episode to find out!

How can you make your life as easy as possible with spontaneity and fun - but without losing sight of your goals? This episode might be the magic potion that you have waited for.

Don't we always think our reality is the one and only? News flash: You can always change your perspective and therefore change your view on the world and how you act in it. It is jawdroppingly simple. But it ain't easy!

We all have grown accustomed to lamenting and moaning about our lack of time, the amount of stress we have or the little sleep we get. But does this help? Maybe there is a better way to talk about our (bad) states.

Left without any idea about how to see the world and how to make sense of it all? Maybe this episode gives you a nudge in the right direction.

How a tiny sentence during my research just condensed what building an incredible life is.

Are you also trying to be it all, have it all, do it all? Are you on the way to a breakdown or burnout? Listen to this episode to make sure you won't crash and burn, but thrive an succeed onto your own terms.