There is a particular kind of exhaustion that money cannot buy its way out of - the exhaustion of a life lived entirely in performance mode. For those who spend decades analyzing the trajectories of high-achievers, a striking pattern emerges: the individuals who have truly arrived are rarely the ones still running. Instead, they are the ones who have learned, delibera...
WELLBEING
FROM MY VIBRANT LIFE in Monaco, a world defined by the azure horizon and the mechanical precision of the Grand Prix, I have long cultivated a passion for the engineering of high-performance cars. There is a specific, tactile satisfaction in a machine that responds with instant, cali...
By H.I.R.H. Archduke Carl Christian of Austria, Luiz F. Costa Macambira
WELLBEING
PICTURE YOURSELF AT a chic Monaco café, the gentle strum of an acoustic guitar weaving through the air, lifting your spirit. Or perhaps you’re strolling through the lush Casino Gardens near the Metropole Hotel, where birdsong dances with the breeze, sparking joy. These are no mere m...
By Helga Piaget
WELLBEING
YES, THE WORLD IS GETTING OLDER. Data from the United Nations’ (UN) World Population Prospects 2024 shows that the global share of people aged 65+ increased from barely under 5% in 1960 to reach 10% in 2024. By 2080, older adults are expected to account for 16% of the overall share...
By Damien Ng
WELLBEING
MANY FANS AND SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS believe that professional athletes eat properly. In reality, this is a huge misconception. The fact is, they burn everything off so quickly during training that they often don’t have to think about what they’re ea...
By Anna Chakvetadze
WELLBEING
AFTER MY REVITALISING experience at a wellness clinic in Switzerland, which I chronicled in the last issue of The Monegasque™, I could feel my body literally craving more. The transformative retreat had awakened a deeper awareness of my body’s needs and a desire to continue nurturin...
By Luiz F. Costa Macambira
WELLBEING
I AM OFTEN AMUSED by how surprised people are when I tell them a fact that seems counterintuitive: we are all eating light! This is not a metaphor, but a scientific fact that is often overlooked because it’s so obvious: no light—no life on Earth. Whether we consume vegetables or me...
By Philip Zepter
WELLBEING
I have always been a bit skeptical about these well-being clinics, thinking they were mere 5-star hotels trying to offer a few sophisticated services. However, my whole perception changed drastically after experiencing the Reset Cure at the Clinique Nescens in Genolier. In an age w...
By Luiz F. Costa Macambira
WELLBEING
EVERY DAY YOU come in contact with water from the early morning until late at night. You will find it in the shower; at breakfast you will drink it as milk, orange juice or coffee. Outside you see it as clouds in the sky, dew, rain, snow, fog or in the ponds, rivers, lakes and oceans. Flowing wate...
By Helga Piaget
WELLBEING
I CONSIDER MYSELF the epitome of a modern woman; I studied Economics at university in Germany while holding down a modeling career, so I fi nd it insightful that I live by a mantra coined by a man in the fi rst century CE. The Roman poet Juvenal wrote in his Satire X that...
By Maren Tschinkel
WELLBEING
If the American nutritionist Victor Lindlahr had been looking for a blueprint to define his theory that 'you are what you eat', he might very well have conjured up an image of Maren Tschinkel. For although the German supermodel was born some 58 years after Lindlahr's book by the same title...
By Luiz F. Costa Macambira