As Madhu is getting ready to resume work and activities in Vienna, in South Florida the stay-at-home order continues. Have you ever noticed how a piece of art and its audience need each other? Art without a viewer doesn’t exist, while the viewer needs art to find himself or herself in it. Maybe this crisis is showing us that we have taken for granted activities like festivals, sporting events, concerts, that used to bring us together. Do you understand now how important all of these are for our growth and happiness? Listen to this new podcast and don't forget to share your impressions with Madhu.

After weeks of isolation in Austria, the country is making preparations to open cautiously, while South Florida is still under stay-at-home orders. Madhu and her discussion companion have started wondering if there is more to life than having shelter, food, and basic healthcare provided. Do we need community, culture and art, the same way we need food and water? Or is it enough to have the essentials in life in order to feel human? Listen and explore with us.

The Covid-19 Crisis prompted authorities to enforce high-impact measures that are still affecting us all, in various ways. World-wide unemployment is high and economic uncertainty lingers. While businesses start to open in Austria, South Florida is still under lockdown. Are we even prepared to come out of isolation? How will life feel after weeks of lockdown? As we listen to different sources and news, our minds try to come up with clear, logical explanations to what has been happening, yet as many times in life questions are left unanswered. Listen to this episode and start building your own answers.

Should we even discuss happiness in times like this? Is happiness an achievable goal, or maybe the longing is what we enjoy most? We are all conditioned to think that we know what makes us happy, yet how many times you have obtained something only to find that it is not what you wanted? Listen to Madhu's podcast to gain a better understanding of what you really want from life, if you are prepared to chase it, embrace it, be happy with it.

As the lockdown is approaching a soft end in Vienna, and continues in South Florida, Madhu and her discussion companion got together virtually once again to share unexpected effects and increased feelings of restlessness due to these uncertain times. These effects raised question about the meaning of happiness, noticing how some people prefer to choose the pain, which they know, over a happiness that is unknown to them. Why is it easier to turn to pain? Does growth have to stem from pain only? Listen and explore with us.

The expression 'growing pains' is something that we hear from a young age. Have we stopped to wonder though why we turn to pain for growth? What if there is so much more out there that we can become, if we choose the path of love, compassion and understanding, rather than embrace suffering as a key to unleash the 'human' in us. What does suffering really mean to you? Listen and explore with us.

As we advance our lifestyle of isolation, time may pass by differently for each of us; you may feel going through the day in slow motion, or with heavy feet. The social media seem to bombard us with strong motivational quotes that maybe fail to inspire us, considering the uncertainty of our near future? Aside from all the uneasiness of our present, can the crisis represent an opportunity to grow? Explore all of these questions and more, when you listen to this episode.

It is undeniable that the Internet and all the technology that we have today has made the isolation more bearable; we are grateful for that. Yet, when launching a video conference with a family member or a co-worker you may have that feeling that there is a third (cold) entity in the room, maybe keeping you from being 100% open? What do you think it is that we're missing from our in-person human closeness? Listen and construct your own answers.

Our Covid-19 Crisis Log journey continues as we face another week of social distancing in Vienna, Austria and in South Florida. Join our dialogue and ask yourself questions such as, what is it that I miss most from my normal life? Is technology enough to keep in touch with loved ones? Are we fighting the coronavirus, or something else? Listen and explore with us.

In this third episode dedicated to the topic of survival we are discussing real-life companies that have made the leap into a more humane organizational form, placing profits second on the priority list and focusing first on the well-being of customers and of their employees. It may still seem like a small step; some may say such structures are utopian and will disappear fast, some may learn and invest in similar initiatives - what angle would you take? One thing becomes pretty clear: it may be worth in the long run to continue taking even bigger steps toward a world of creativity and innovation. So, listen and see the role you can play in this shift.