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24.04.2026 Christin Müller 6348

The successful "Health Day" program is being expanded to include "Health Week"

(Berlin, April 24, 2026) Health Day is back—and bigger than ever this year! Because one day isn’t enough, the pme Familienservice is expanding its successful digital health event into Health Week in 2026. A whole week full of inspiration, live challenges, and community—with Health Day on October 8 as the highlight.

This program is designed for all companies and organizations that wish to provide their employees with innovative ways to promote health and well-being—regardless of industry, role, or position.

New in 2026: Health Week



Health Week, taking place from October 5 to 9, 2026, brings fresh inspiration to the workplace every day: from a daily sleep challenge and power breaks to boost resilience, to yoga and relaxation, as well as lectures on longevity, nutrition, family health, and artificial intelligence. Interactive Q&A sessions, practical exercises, and a digital community ensure that these health initiatives have a lasting impact.

All sessions are available live and as recordings.

Michèle Penz, Head of Occupational Health Management at pme Familienservice:

"With Health Week, the pme Familienservice is setting an example for modern, practical health promotion—and turning health into a shared experience."

Highlight of the week: Health Day on October 8, 2026

More than 30,000 people have already benefited from Health Day. In 2026, this successful event will take place for the fifth time and once again offer an inspiring program. Under the theme "AI will survive?", the four-hour livestream will explore how people can stay healthy, clear-headed, and confident in a world where algorithms never tire. 

Health Day highlights ways to boost physical and mental health as well as resilience. Viewers will learn how to listen to their inner selves, better manage stress, and use artificial intelligence in ways that support their health rather than creating additional stress—even amid the demands of daily life, balancing work, family, and career.

Here are the speakers for 2026:

Carolin Kebekus (comedian, host, and author) speaks with humor and honesty about mental health as she balances her career and family life.

Dr. Esser explainshow artificial intelligence can help us get and stay healthy in our daily lives.

Elena Semechin (Paralympic champion and entrepreneur) explains how, as a top athlete with a visual impairment, she makes decisions based on perception and intuition, and how AI supports her in her daily life.

Inga Bergen (healthcare entrepreneur and AI expert) explains how Gen Z is transforming the healthcare sector with its tech-savvy mindset and what older generations can learn from this.

Philipp Möller (forensic pathologist)demonstrates how our lifestyle leaves its mark on the body and speaks openly about how he copes with the psychological stresses of his profession.

For more information on the topics and how to register, please visit the Health Day & Health Week landing page.

About Health Day & Health Week

The pme Health Day will take place for the fifth time as a livestream in 2026 (in 2021 it was still known as “Digital Health Day”). Over the past few years, it has established itself as a major event in the field of workplace health promotion. More than 30,000 viewers have benefited from the inspiring insights of renowned speakers and industry professionals.

These speakers have previously appeared at our Health Days: Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen, Prof. Dr. Dietrich Grönemeyer, Samuel Koch, Dr. Johannes Wimmer, Dr. Leon Windscheid, Miriam Höller, Steffi Jones, Dr. Pop, Patricia Cammarata, Nathalie Stüben, Bastienne Neumann, and many more.

In 2026, Health Day will be expanded for the first time into a full week of health initiatives—Health Week. It will offer concise tips, live challenges, and a community for sharing ideas and staying motivated.

Companies across the country can sign up for this interactive program for their employees to provide them with valuable insights into their health.

About the pme Familienservice – Provider of EAP and work-life balance services since 1992 

On behalf of more than 1,400 employers, the pme Familienservice helps employees successfully balance their professional and personal lives so they can work with peace of mind. 
The pme Familienservice has a presence in more than 70 locations across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic and employs over 2,000 staff members as well as numerous experts from various fields. Learn more about the pme Familienservice here:familienservice  

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Origami mobile made from cranes
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04.12.2025 Sabrina Ludwig 12527

11 DIY ideas: Make your own Christmas gifts

Are you still looking for creative and personal gift ideas, but don't feel like Christmas shopping and unnecessary shopping frenzy, or simply don't want to spend so much money? With these 11 original ideas and DIY instructions, you are guaranteed to make your family and friends happy.

1. beautiful origami mobile made from cranes

In China, cranes mean "happiness of long life". But these beautiful origami cranes are also a great eye-catcher in any room. All you need is origami paper, paper (colored or paper in black and white, which looks very elegant), string, shashlik or other wooden sticks, scissors.

 

 

 

2nd nutshell boat for the bathtub

Making the nutshell boats and letting them float is a lot of fun. Here's how: first crack the walnuts, then use hot glue to attach a matchstick or toothpick in the middle and glue a paper sail to it. I always glue a small screw to the hull. Then the boat floats much better.

Want to quickly make a Christmas calendar? Here are some instructions for you: DIY Advent calendar craft

3. cooking cards with favorite recipes

If you like cooking and want to invite someone over for dinner, you can stick three to five recipes with photos on index cards, wrap them up nicely and you're done!

 

 

4. eat pretzels for a week

You can vary this idea as you wish: You write a nice voucher and then bring the recipient a pretzel every morning, or you catern a favorite person with dinner or dessert every evening for a week. Catern is very popular right now.

 

 

5. glass with good wishes

Take a nice preserving jar or another jar with a lid and write on small rolled notes what you wish the other person, what you want to experience with them in the new year or what you have wanted to say for a long time. The recipient can fish out a piece of paper whenever the days don't go as you would like them to.

 

 

6th Merci box with thank you notes

Buy a box of Merci and write something nice on the packaging. Then you can write something nice on each individual chocolate stick:"Thank you for picking me up from the train!","Thank you for always telling me jokes!","Thank you for your patience when we went to the swimming pool!" etc. Or you can just write nouns on it like in the photo.

 

 

7. give away flower bulbs and pots

Simply buy a flower bulb, customize the pot and you're done. Particularly impressive: tulips and amaryllis.

 

 

8. build birdhouses and give bird food as gifts

Bird feeders are available in different versions. You can hang fat balls in flower pots you have designed yourself. You can make fancy, cat-proof bird houses from old Tetra containers that you paint nicely.

 

 

9. folding the Fröbel star

These stars look really impressive. There are lots of videos on the internet that explain step by step how to do it. Once you've got the hang of it, you won't want to stop!

 

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10th photo calendar

Print out the 12 best photos that you took with your favorite person this year or that you think will be well received and stick them into a finished calendar. Of course you can also make collages.

 

 

11. preserving jam

Making jam is not difficult at all. What's more, homemade jam tastes better than jam from the supermarket. Three things are important:

  1. Sugar (or the preservative contained in the gelling sugar from a ratio of 2:1)
  2.  Cooking fruit
  3. Fill boiling hot into preserving jars

To make this a success, we have summarized some tips for preserving:

Make sure the fruit is fresh and fully ripe. Only wash fruit briefly before chopping so that it does not lose its flavor. Make sure you use jars that are airtight and completely clean.

Example recipe: 1.2 kg strawberries, 3 tbsp lemon juice, 1 vanilla pod, 500 g preserving sugar (2:1)

Prepare 7 200 ml jam jars. Wash, clean and finely dice the strawberries. Place the strawberries in a large pan with the lemon juice. Cut the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the seeds with a knife. Add the scraped out pod and pulp to the strawberries. Stir the preserving sugar into the fruit and bring to the boil. Bring everything to the boil, stirring constantly, and cook for at least 3 minutes. Carefully remove the vanilla pod, puree the jam, pour into the prepared jars and seal immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

The gift tips for Christmas or other special days come from pme social pedagogue and trainer Jürgen Griesbeck and his daughters. They have already made, baked or cooked many of the ideas themselves and given them as gifts to good friends and family.