The danish happiness: for a long time I wondered what it was about the Danes that made them always seem so contented. It couldn’t be the food, the weather or the taxes so why did they always seem so cheery? Ask a Dane...
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Nordic cuisine, Nordic design, Nordic Noir – the list of successful cultural exports has been a neverending one over the last decade, and now you can add Nordic Nurture to the list. ‘The Danish Way of Parenting’ by American writer Jessica Alexander and Danish...
As another American election appears on the horizon, it’s difficult to see where we are heading. The country has never been more divided. We have a pandemic eating away different states at an alarming rate. Racial unrest is bubbling up after months of being...
I am an American author and parenting expert currently living in Rome. I recently spoke to BBC World News about how it felt to be here. As many know, Italy was one of the first countries in the western world to go on lockdown....
Last week CNBC ran a program on why Danish and Nordic people are so happy. They focused a lot on the work-life balance and the concept of well-being. For a long time I too wondered what made Danes seem so contented. It couldn’t be...
Most parents want their children to be happy. This is universal. But what constitutes happiness and moreover, how is our modern-day idea of success getting in the way of achieving this? As the author ofthe Danish Way of Parenting; What the Happiest People in...
Everything changed once I stopped telling myself I didn’t have what it takes. It was always my dream to be a writer. For 10 years I wrote the same novel five times, but I never finished it. “I’m not a writer,” I would think...
What I learned about how to implement Hygge to foster more connection. Denmark has constantly been voted as one of the happiest countries on earth forover 40 years in a row. As an American married to a Dane, I always noticed the calm, serene,...
American students are falling behind on valuable social skills. In Denmark, one simple classroom tradition works. We all know what a Danish pastry is — that delightful caloric bomb of glazed breakfast deliciousness. But what about a Danish classroom cake? And moreover, how can...
