How the scam works, how to recognize it early — and what to do if the suspicion is confirmed. It rarely starts with a demand for money. It starts with a message, a match, a friendly conversation. This is precisely what makes pig butchering one of the most dangerous forms of fraud of our time—and one that is affecting more and more people in Germany and Austria. What exactly is pig butchering? The term originates from Chinese ( Shazhupan , literally "pig slaughter platter") an

Some processes of change require more than a conversation in the office or an hour in the evening after work. They need distance, time – and a place where the mind can find peace before the real work can begin. This is precisely the idea behind the joint Cyprus retreat organized by Stefan Tomek and the Kutschera Institute in Polis, in the northwest of the island. A collaboration with over 40 years of methodological experience in tow The retreat is not a one-off event, but the

Everyone knows them: those phases in life when something starts to waver. Old patterns no longer work, decisions become pressing, and inner questions grow louder. Often we feel disoriented in such moments – and yet they hold enormous potential. Psychology describes this process as part of a universal developmental path known in literature as the hero's journey . Originally researched by Joseph Campbell and later further developed by narrative psychology, this model shows that