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The Art of Aging - The Younger Generation

The art of aging well includes the ability to not only accept aging, but to enjoy every phase.

The way we view ourselves  determines how old we feel in our mind and actions.

Getting older is a normal and healthy part of life. Slowing the aging process can be more about building a suitable mental environment of positivity and optimism than about stressing and striving to stop the inevitable. Positivity and hope can truly work miracles. They cheer us on in everything we do in life. We need to do what is necessary for our well-being. Be kind to yourself.

Keeping up our physical appearance can become a big stressor because society places so much value on beauty, and impossible standards can keep us pursuing something we will never achieve. If youthful beauty continues to be pursued, it can become a never-ending cycle or an unhealthy preoccupation. Our definition of beauty needs to change as we age, relieving  ourselves  of the pressure to look a certain way.

Remember that your beauty does not determine your worth, in accepting your present circumstances, a new meaning of youth and attractiveness begins to emerge.

When I let go of my youthful looks, I could pursue a level of understanding about the biological  changes going on in my body. I became at peace with them , which allowed me to grow into a deeper and more authentic kind of beauty- one that works its way  from the inside out.

I have found something more valuable than youth—-my inner light—-and I let it shine!

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Behind the Screens: Tuesday Author Interview

My mother was a single mom who kept us alive from falling bombs and Soviet attacks.

Every Tuesday, get to know a bit about the stories behind the books you love, and discover your next favourite novel. Sabitha: We have Vivianne Knebel here, a woman whose lived an extraordinary life and produced a remarkable memoir, From Rubble To Champagne. Vivianne, can you introduce us to your book and your life?   Vivianne: My memoir, From Rubble To Champagne, is a story of survival,…

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From Rubble to Champagne with Vivianne Knebel

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From Rubble to Champagne with Vivianne Knebel

From Rubble to Champagne with Vivianne Knebel

Our past becomes the stepping stone we use to move to a greater destination!

Define rubble…it is not that we can clearly define it but we illuminate what it looks like from different vantage points. For Vivianne, it was using a little metal pail to ask for scraps of chicken heads and fish heads. She would bring them home to her mother to make soups out of them. After she dropped off the fish…

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The world is in a constant state of change, but a mother‘s love is forever!

I was born in a different time and circumstances. My mother gave me life at the height of Nazi Germany in the epicenter Berlin. She was a single mom and fiercely devoted to her two daughters.

With incredible strength and resilience  she kept us alive from falling bombs and Soviet attacks. All the while practicing responsibleness, which is the very fabric of existence.

To keep us afloat she worked in the black market striking deals. The only warmth I felt during this dark time in human history was in the arms of my loving mother. 

Her love was irreplaceable.

Although the world around us was dark and devoid of any color, she  taught us to never lose hope , to have faith that things will get better and always pointed at the remaining good.

I am most grateful for the values she instilled in us. The value of moral beauty, empathy and kindness.

Empathy is build in trying times but should be practiced all the time. Reflecting back on my painful past I realize  that  our love and understanding stems from our own pain and suffering.

My mother steered us to intrinsic rewards which are love , relationships, and the beauty of nature. She taught us to pay attention as we go through life.

Sometimes she would point at a crack in the cement where a flower managed to bloom. She told us that life is full of beauty and to notice it.

I remember on many a cold night huddling together with my mother. She would encourage us to always have a dream and freely pursue it.

She taught us to focus on possibilities not problems. My profound gratitude stems from my mother. She taught us that the little things are in reality the big things.

Before slicing a loaf of bread she would always make the sign of a cross with the bread knife. Gratitude brought out the best in us. She taught us that when we think we have so little, in reality we have so much.

My mother was a free spirit, but motherhood was her true calling.

As I reflected back on my life, I was prompted to write the book “From Rubble To Champagne “. It is my life and love story, which was turned into a documentary called “An Unimportant Girl”.

This documentary film has the power to educate people.

It offers a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people just struggling to survive and to keep their families afloat.

The film can assist in understanding the current world situation. It is full of important teachings to work hard, better yourself, and always find the good in adverse situations.

There is a great deal of verbal and visual data and I hope it will develop empathy in young people because there is a lot of humanity depicted in the film. 

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Vivianne Knebel Author at work writing.  I am a writer and author.

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Seeking Forgiveness...  Lea Rachels new book about Inter-racial Adoption on the newest episode of “Lessons Learned About Life And Love  Podcast"

On my podcast "Lessons Learned About Life And Love ", I had the opportunity to interview Lea Rachel.

This podcast is about Them becoming Us.

Lea is a professor at the University of Missouri and the author of the book "Seeking Forgiveness".

Lea Rachel is a white mother who adopted an African American child.

On my podcast we provide our listeners with better understanding of what it is like to raise an interracial family as well as the difficulties and discrimination that may accompany it.

Lea helps us shed light on interracial adoption as well as the special bond parents have with an interracial adopted child.

This podcast is full of important teachings and hopefully will raise awareness and acceptance and  shatter stigmas.

We have to educate ourselves before we can help a child navigate the complicated racial landscape of our country.

My message is : Let us replace the pronoun Them with the pronoun Us.Treat people with grace!

Listen to the Lessons Learned About Life and Love Podcast Hosted by Vivianne Knebel now on iTunes, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio and on Spotify - link below

https://open.spotify.com/episode/11WVXCFzlq4hYuBhINrBu8?si=2ee1cd6ff65c4fee

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Anxiety Podcast with guest Dr. Joanne Intrator

It was a privilege to have Dr. Joanne  Intrator as a guest on  my  podcast "Lessons Learned About Life And Love”.

She is the author of the upcoming book  "Summons To Berlin”.  A story of loss, struggle, and restitution.In her book she shares her story of fighting to win back her family's Berlin building that was taken by the Nazis just prior to WWII. Her book is about the challenges she faced during her struggle to achieve restitution for her family's property.During her decade long fight with German bureaucracy she went through a great deal of anxiety dealing with it.

Dr. Joanne Intrator is a practicing New York psychiatrist and talks to us about anxiety, which so many people experience in today's complex and hectic world. On this episode about anxiety she gives us advice on how to work with it. Dr. Intrator tells us that anxiety is not a disease, and that we need a certain amount of anxiety in order to function.

The thing is, too much anxiety can cause us not to be able to think. Too little anxiety we tend to take things not seriously.

She gives us advice on how to find the perfect amount of anxiety in order to function and plan life.

On this podcast Dr. Intrator shows us the way to the perfect amount, which will give us a little bit of feeling in our stomach, but our eyes will be wide open and we will get the job done.She shows us strategies to manage our anxieties through simple tasks and find ways in everyday life to slow down.

Listen to Lessons Learned About Life and Love Podcast Hosted by Vivianne Knebel on iTunes, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio and on Spotify - link below

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7617HjUWErIWygwL2ZnMLO?si=5c9282bb77544ac7