Truly understanding change requires seeing how various processes in life are connected. This is a story about rolfing, rationality and intuition, fasting, the menstrual cycle, five year plans, and the western scientific method.

Forestry concession community Uaxactún (Guatemala) invited us to co-create a documentary in 10 days via Actuality Abroad. How did that go?

Are you good at giving? Or do you sometimes feel so good at giving that it depletes you? And are you good at receiving? Or do you right...

Indigenous languages have the power to inspire a closer connection to nature, they can make us see the world differently and hence inspire a closer connection to our natural environment – something that is necessary if we are to change the human behavior that has led to the ecological crisis. This blogpost is about the role of stories. Stories express cultural values, traditions and philosophies of life that are related to the context people live in. The indigenous stories th

Musician Ray Brown sees music and life as more than just connected: life is music, and we are all musicians. We just have to remember ...

For quite a long time I did not like people. Of course there were the people that I loved and that I had good relationships with. But my...

So many people lately have been saying how I am 'living my best life'. There is something about that phrase that did not resonate but I...

Photo by Chris Castelijns Hi! My name is Ilse. Thank you for reading, or at least beginning to read, this page. I have an eternal fascination with people and how they relate to themselves, to each other and to the world. I love meeting new people, hearing their stories, experiencing cultures and learning new ways of thinking and new ways of living. My two studies perfectly match my interests: I study Philosophy and Cultural Anthropology, but I prefer to say that I study phil