How are you feeling today? A question we get asked almost every day. Sometimes people will ask you out of politeness, sometimes they will ask you sincerly. Usually it’s the first, or at least we tend to think that and therefore do not answer in all honesty. Or maybe we […]
Welcome back! I welcome you back to my second conversation about mental health struggles. This series aims to remove the stigma around mental health by having honest conversations with those who have experienced mental illnesses. This month’s conversation revolves around the topic of eating disorders. Eating disorders describe all disorders […]
Have you struggled today? To struggle can mean a lot of things. For example, one could struggle to get out of bed in the morning. One could struggle with this because of a heavy night of drinking, staying up too late to watch the new episode of a certain TV […]
A linguist’s approach to sexism As many of you know language shapes the way we see the world. We form opinions and prejudices because of the way we speak and how we perceive other people talking. That is one of the many reasons why political correctness is as important […]
The conference is getting closer and every day we are getting more and more excited. Every year, all of the TEDxVienna teams work tog ether to create an exciting and inspiring experience. The part we all look forward to the most? The talks of course! But have you ever wondered […]
A change from within There is a revolution happening that most of us are not even aware of. It’s a revolution that does not ask for much. It doesn’t ask for more resources or more profit or more money. This revolution isn’t happening on social media or in our parliament. […]
Technology has proven to be great for many things, but at the same time it can be the worst. Today we are going to focus on the good side! Technology fighting loneliness. Karen Dolva and her Team are developing technical devices that help minimize loneliness. In her Talk last October […]
Information is power! This has been a rough year. And it’s only March! Winter has just decided to arrive although we are already suffering from a massive lack of Vitamin D and it feels like summer is a distant memory. We rely on a crazy amount of coffee hoping to feel […]
“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.” Honoré de Balzac Karen Dolva, co-founder of the No Isolation company, tackles different kinds of loneliness. So far she has taken it upon herself to help children with longterm illnesses and seniors. But she also challenges […]
This month our blog is all about the edge. Right now it feels like our society is on the edge of deciding what world we want to live in and what world we want to leave behind. A big challenge we are facing right now is waste. Strangely we seem […]