Playing the Second Half

A well-known neuroscientist from Karolinska in Stockholm - one of the world’s leading medical institutions - and a fun fact it is also home to the commitee that selects the Nobel Prize in Medicine - well this neurocientist said it was impossible to both play musical instruments and ride a bicycle at the same time and at different rhythms. He presumed that the pedaling cadence might be coupled to t...

I was a little nervous before this conversation with Tina. We had never met before. I didn’t need to be. From the very first minutes, it felt like we had known each other for a long time. We had so much fun. Tina Tornell’s big life transition did not come after a dramatic event, but through the slow realization that, after twenty years in banking, she wanted something more meaningful. She left it...

To start with: what a generous person. In the very first days of her vacation in Spain, Marie-Louise found time for this conversation. As you will learn during our conversation, no child should have to go through what Marie-Louise experienced. Her willingness to share her story is therefore a profound act of generosity and service to others who may have lived through similar experiences. Later in...

Pontus has lived many lives. From a near-death experience as a young man to working as a fisherman in the Faroe Islands, his journey has been full of transitions, discoveries and new beginnings. If there is one theme that captures Pontus’ life, it is this: What lives between us. It is a theme that has shaped much of Pontus’ life and work, and his lifelong quest for the magic and wisdom that lives...

I mainly knew Jonas Selen from work. Like many others, I experienced him as someone with great presence, calmness, and self-confidence - a person people naturally listen to when he speaks. Once, many years ago, he described me as a bit “ängslig” as a person. In English, maybe something close to anxious or worried. And perhaps he was right. That is one reason why I was so curious about this convers...

Mia has a very special place in my heart. She is one of the most generous people I have ever met. I often think back to my first years in Sweden. I had just arrived, deeply in love, and at the same time struggling to find a job and make ends meet. My wife Annika was working with Mia, helping to build a series of furniture stores across the country. I would follow along whenever I could, travelling...

We start this podcast series with an amazing guest - Henrik Pålsson. It was from Henrik that I first heard the expression “Young at Heart.” Something he captures so well in the way he lives. But if being “Young at Heart” were not enough, Henrik inspires us with something even deeper. Let me explain. In The Moon and Sixpence by Somerset Maugham - one of my favorite novels, inspired by the life of t...