Eszter's Magic

In 2001, the Water Polo European Championship was held in Budapest. I have no idea why my father acquired tickets for the matches since we had never…

Mar 27 •

Eszter Czirjak | Author

Andersen's "The Little Match Girl": How Fairy Tales Hide the Compass to a Happier, Healthier Life

I'm sure most of you are familiar with Hans Christian Andersen's tale, "The Little Match Girl." In this sad story, a girl left to her cruel father's…

Mar 5 •

Eszter Czirjak | Author

The Wizardry of Life's Veterans

In my adulthood, I realized just how incredibly fortunate I had been. As a child, being surrounded by elderly women was natural to me. Living in the…

Feb 20 •

Eszter Czirjak | Author

The Art of the Deal or How Do We Cheat Ourselves Out of Our Best Possible Life

I recently read Morgan Housel's book "The Psychology of Money." The title of the first chapter is "Nobody's Crazy." Housel explains the concept in…

Feb 13 •

Eszter Czirjak | Author

“I am one of you," or why do we find it so hard to admit that we belong somewhere?

Years ago, at the first session of a two-year course, thirty of us stood in the middle of a high ceilinged, classically styled room. We knew that we…

Feb 6 •

Eszter Czirjak | Author

Can you cook with your spouse?

Cooking is supposed to be fun, right? And cooking with your husband or wife is even more fun, right? Well, with us, that wasn't exactly the case. I…

Feb 2 •

Eszter Czirjak | Author

Saint-Eszter and her dragons

Back in the day – about twenty years ago – when I was at university, one day a gallery held an exhibition in the hall. They brought etchings, which…

Jan 30 •

Eszter Czirjak | Author

The Cumulative Effect and How Delayed Judgement Helps Creative Endeavors

As I've written before, I too struggled with creative blocks for a long time. I always felt something inside me yearning to break free, but for a long…

Jan 25 •

Eszter Czirjak | Author

Beauty Will Save the World! – Why Was Dostoevsky Right?

I must confess that for a long time, I struggled with creative blocks. Back when I first lived abroad in Paris at the age of twenty-one, I had the…

Jan 24 •

Eszter Czirjak | Author

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