I was born almost like a Christmas gift into a family with a strong influence of grandparents and values ​​such as respect, humility, truth, will, history, tradition, thoroughness, reliability, and determination. Contrary to these life qualities, laziness, convenience, unreliability, lies, unfairness, injustice, deceit, or betrayal are things that could trigger energy, filled inside my body. Not that these things don’t bother me in today’s time and occasionally I haven’t snapped, but I’ve experienced something and especially read and tried to practice The Four Agreements.

From an early age, I played football and 23 years of regular training and matches built in me a sense of duty, systematicity, and further patience, competitiveness, teamwork, but also explosiveness.

A mix of these qualities then helped me to pull myself together and improve my poor results at the selective primary school, where I spoiled the average, to graduation with honors or a red diploma at the university. To rise after a three-year lingering injury that slowed down my amateur football career just when I moved to men’s team and become a valuable member of the starting lineup for over ten years.

Then, in 2014, when I changed jobs and had to stop playing football due to frequent travel, I started running, which I never liked before. I set a goal and went for it. Two years later, I hit the track and finished a marathon in 3 hours and 41 minutes. A few months later, I ran a half marathon in 95 minutes, which was a big deal for me, considering that just two years earlier I hadn’t even run 10 kilometers. I realized that everything is in the head and when a person goes gradually, step by step, creates a habit and learns to use their mind during this process, then nothing is impossible.

But a person must not be so high up and think that they are immortal. After these successes, I felt like a champion and neglected proper nutrition, hydration, relaxation, and sleep. Slowly but surely, I began to lose my life energy. Something that is hard to explain to your doctor. I still ran and handled over 100 flights a year at work. Outwardly, I seemed confident, but it was just a mask. Inside, I felt like a wreck. My body started to hurt in various places, and I could barely keep up with helping my wife after the birth of our second super energetic son. If there was ever a moment in my life when I thought I would collapse, it was then.

Thanks to my great wife, fortunately, I came across a great lady. I call her a shaman, but in a good way. She dealt with things I had no idea existed until then. Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, herbs, mushrooms, tea, and Bach’s essences. She advised me on how to eat healthily and put me on a natural regimen that, after 3 months of consistent adherence and sacrifice, put me back in a state that was like night and day compared to before. Here I realized that it is necessary to address the cause and not just extinguish the consequences. It was something like a rebirth into a new, more conscious life.

I finally started reading more. In therapy, the Path, I put aside a few things from my childhood backpack. In family constellations, I understood how demanding our male line is, and in other therapies, I began to understand who I am. I stopped wearing regular tight shoes and started wearing barefoot shoes. I started drinking more tea and significantly reduced alcohol. I removed animal products from my diet and started eating only within a limited time frame. I’m interested in my body rhythm, I’m coming to terms with how to breathe correctly, how many hours to sleep, and I’ve accepted cold into my life, which I previously felt resistance to.

I am grateful for the Wim Hof Method, which then came into my life in 2020. Since then, I have not been sick, which did not exist before. It opened my eyes, taught me to listen and understand my body more, I found my inner strength, the power of my mind. I am resistant to cold, and I try to transfer the ability to cope with this stress into the hardships of everyday life. I am more attentive and humble to nature, to myself, and to others. And these are the tools for a happy, strong, and healthy life that I want to lovingly share further