Ruth: Life is too short to get stuck in a rut

Ruth: Life is too short to stuck in a rut.fe three times.

Ruth: Psychologist, designer, environmental-activist from Switzerland. The women who never wanted to get stuck in a rut. That’s why she changed her life. Not once – but three times.

Ela: I quit my safe, well-paid job after 20 years

Ela quit her safe job after 20 years

“What am I doing here?” The nagging voice in Ela’s head became so strong that she couldn’t ignore it anymore. After 20 years she quit her safe, well-paid job at a big telecommunication company in Germany and changed her life. Today she’s running her…

Chrissy: Follow your passion and you’ll be successful 

Chrissy: Follow your passion and you'll be successful

She swapped her desk chair for a paragliding harness, her view of a computer screen for a view of the mountain tops, her apartment for a caravan. Meet Chrissy, the graphic designer who says: “Follow your passion and you’ll be successful”

Heike: Her job as an IT specialist was making her sick

Heike: Her job as an IT specialist was making her sick

Diagnosis: Depression. After her nervous breakdown Heike’s doctor pulled the emergency brake. The IT job was making her sick. This was the start of her journey from an IT specialist to a professional clown.

Matt: It’s the little things which are the most important ones

Matt experienced that it's the little things which are the most important ones

“The little things are the most important ones” was becoming kind of a life motto for Matt who had an accident with his motorbike. All these things brought him to New Zealand where he travels on his motorbike with his surfboard strapped to his…

Fabian: It’s better to fail than never to try at all

Fabian: It’s better to fail than never to try at all

Fabian tried many jobs, but he was never happy. This was when he realized: “It’s not the job, it’s me!” So he took off on a trip to New Zealand – and a journey of self-discovery. He claims: It’s better to fail than never…

Sean: One day you will look back and think: It was worth it!

Sean: One day you will look back and think: It was worth it!

Sean: Artist, teacher, surfer. A man with a big dream and a big plan. He wants to set up his own art gallery with an ice cream shop to be able to live his dream: Paint, surf, have ice cream. In his words: One…

Andini: If you really want to change something take a first step

Andini: "If you really want to change something make a first step"

Andini loved her job as an event manager in Jakarta. Lots of business trips, good money, interesting clients. One day she woke up and thought: I have to change my life. And she learned: If you really want to change something take a first…

Bhummy: The accident changed my life

Bhummy, Thailand, coffee blogger

The accident changed her life. She nearly died: Meet Bhummy, former researcher, shooting range manager and sales representative with one big passion: Coffee! What was the turning point of your life? I had a bad accident. I nearly died. My brain was bleeding. This…

Hedwig: I had a great job but I wasn’t happy

Hedwig: I had a great job, but I wasn't happy

Who is the girl living in an old van in front of a hostel in New Zealand? Meet Hedwig from the Netherlands. A woman who had a great job in Brussels, but wasn’t happy.  Finally, she had the courage to quit…