Stepping into the new chapter in life is always challenging. Sometimes it’s planned and intentional, sometimes it’s unexpected and painful. Sometimes we fight against the change, we want the “old” back. Sometimes we grieve. Sometimes we just want to move forward and forget the “before”. Sometimes we transition over slowly, sometimes the change is immediate. There are some changes when there is no “way back”. In some cases you might grieve your loss, but in the past years I’ve

The holiday season is upon us, and we often find ourselves sending out countless “Happy Holidays” messages to friends, family, and colleagues. But let’s pause for a moment and observe our own holiday experience: while we wish for peaceful, joyous, and relaxing days for others, do we also enjoy such peaceful, joyous, and relaxing days ourselves? For many of us, holidays are about obligations: we HAVE TO visit our relatives, we HAVE TO buy and wrap presents, we HAVE TO cook spe

At a recent session at the ESPC conference, I took the stage to discuss something incredibly fundamental: wellbeing. Taking inspiration from my professional journey as a consultant and coach at Search Explained, coupled with my personal experiences, I navigated through the importance of nurturing our well-being. In my consulting work, my approach has always incorporated the human perspective. Beyond the professional layer always lies an essential human connection – the enrich

In our busy lives, we often overlook the small things that bring us joy – a good book, a leisurely coffee, a peaceful stroll. But when was the last time you realized that you need time for yourself? Recently, I found moments of solitude and adventure, realizing that life shouldn’t be divided. It’s about balance. It’s about integrity. Take time to relax, recharge, and savor life’s simple pleasures. So, ask yourself: When was the last time you realized that YOU need YOU? #metim

KMWorld (Knowledge Management World) and ESDDC (Enterprise Search and Discovery) are two conferences co-hosted the same week, same location in Washington DC every year. Without any doubt, this is the most important professional event of every year: all the thought leaders are there, and it is always a great opportunity to see fellow colleagues, partners, clients, have outstanding and deep discussions, make new connections… This year is not an exception… KMWorld and ESDDC are

When you run a business, lead a professional community, are a mother of three, and juggle with a thousand other things in your life – sometimes it’s super hard to do things that fill you with energy. You know it would be great to read a few chapters. To drink a cup of coffee/tea slowly. To walk. To run. To go to the gym. To see your friends. Or to call the ones who live abroad… But instead, you come up with a thousand excuses, maybe not even on a conscious level. I’ll do this

My children are all away, and I have a few days for myself. The house is empty, only me and my thoughts… Sometimes it feels good to have some time to reflect, retreat, and recharge. I believe it’s good not only for me, but also for my children. When I’m recharged, they have a balanced, energetic, happy mom! – So this is what my days are all about now. Language class? Girls night out with a friend? Walk in the forest? Concert in the town? Run (again, after missing too many mon

About a month ago I was in Manila for work, and also had a weekend for sightseeing there. While it was a great, shocking, and eye-opening...

Being a mother of three children, running a business, having a husband who travels every other week, and trying to fit my own travel schedule into this lovely mess while having time for myself, too… is a HUGE challenge. If something, I’ve learned something, especially since I became a mother almost seventeen years ago: there’s never a dull moment. There’s always something happening… And if you have two or three (or more) children, it all adds up… Have a business? – Great, add

Warning – This is going to be a VERY personal post. If you know me, you know that I was born and living my whole life in Hungary (until now – see below). A country that is beautiful indeed, but has been having crazy challenges in the past years. As always, I try to avoid sharing any political content, and it is not my goal this time either. But it is not possible to talk about my life changes without mentioning the broken education system and healthcare, the general hatred th

Everyone has his/her own story of life, and I’d like to share mine here. I was born as the first child of a very poor family, living in Eastern Hungary. My mother is a seamstress, my father is a metal worker. I inherited my father’s skills at problem solving; he had been always good in schools but he didn’t have the chance to get any higher education. Being the “smart kid” of my family was definitely funny, but at the same time it was hard, too. Especially in school where bei

Sometimes everything starts with a decision. And sometimes something ends with a decision. Sometimes decisions are made to change something. And sometimes decisions are made to consciously avoind something. What really fascinates me is how people react to the decisions you make. Small or life-changing decisions, the reaction of other people can be very different. Some simply ignore it. They don’t care at all. Your life, your decision. Others might understand your decision, ma

Anxiety. Hope. Exhaustion. Optimism. Pessimism. Numbness. These are emotions I feel. And many more. All at the same time. I try to understand people around me. I try to understand people who I think are my friends. I try to understand people who once I thought were my friends. But all the questions go back to one: what was a friendship in the past, is really a friendship today? Will it be a friendship in the future, too? The Past. In this context, “Past” means B.C. Before CO

It was March 4, 2020, when my almost empty flight from Copenhagen, Denmark landed in Budapest, Hungary. The pandemic already had been around us, and already had impacted my travel plans for the rest of March and April — but I had no idea the magnitude of its impact on our lives in the following months. I think, nobody had. March 4, 2020 was 300 days ago. Before that, I had had a life with frequent travel opportunities: mostly for work, but also to relax. In 2019, I traveled

I miss so many things these days. First and foremost, friends and family abroad. With these travel restrictions, I feel I am in a cage. A pleasant one, for sure, safe and sound, with family, and we have lots of joy together. It could be much worse, I know. I cannot complain… But still… I miss traveling. I miss eating out. I miss zillion other things. But today, I had a moment… A moment when I pretended everything was ok. When I could believe everything would be all right agai

I made a mistake recently. Yes, I did: over-committed. I did more workshops in the first three months than I did the previous six months in total. Traveled for 31 days in the first 80 days of the year. I had projects from last year being postponed and delayed until everything had to be done at the same time. And like a domino, my schedule collapsed. I did not have time to write. Not here, not in my professional blog either. The only thing I kept more or less alive was my In

When I was a child, I wanted to be like everyone else. But I could not, even though I tried hard. I tried to prove I am like everyone else. Then slowly, things changed. After a while, what I wanted to prove was that I can do things that nobody else. I wanted to prove I can win math competitions. — I did. I wanted to prove I can code. — I did. Then I wanted to prove I can get applied to the university. — I could. There I had to prove that as a minority (girl) I can be “good en

When I was a child, I was considered to be a super smart daughter of a very poor family — and as a result, I was always lonely. My classmates couldn’t figure out what to do with my always working crazy mind, and I couldn’t figure out what to do with their “childish” behavior. (Who wants to play with Barbie dolls when the world is full of interesting things to learn???) Nobody told me it was normal. Nobody told me I was normal. And slowly I learned to think it must be somethin

Wednesday morning. Wake up at 3:30am to catch my flight at 6am. Work in Antwerp and Brussels Wed and Thu. Thursday evening, two conferences and several meetings later: let’s go home! Massive flight delay on the way back, due to thunderstorms above Europe. Landing at BUD at 1am then driving home. Almost 3am when I finally get to sleep. Actually this is Fri morning already… Less than three hours later, at 5:40am Fri morning: “Mum, mum! Good morning! Mum is back home! Mum is bac

I have to admit, I’ve been lazy in the last few… years. Yes. Before that, I did run. I did orienteering. I did Tai Chi. It would be easy to say I stopped exercising because I got a new baby (twelve years ago!). Then two. Then three. But it would be just a bad excuse. I could also say that I was too busy to go to the gym. Or to the trail. But again, it would be a bad excuse. Then, I got to the point where I was feeling stressed. The only thing I wanted to do is being alone, so