Often stressed? Hardly a quiet minute? Body and soul on strike? In this constantly changing time, there is a rapid risk of being thrown out of balance. The holistic consulting practice of systemic health promotion offers a solution: It uses joie de vivre as a "control parameter" and at the same time as a connecting element between health and illness. With short, effective and complexity-reducing counseling formats, she primarily helps people with psychological (secondary) illnesses to take preventive action. For the authors, systemic health promotion means much more than the absence of illness. Using case studies, they show how those affected can activate unused resources, increase their self-efficacy and resilience and find joy in life again. They encourage fear-free handling of disorders and thus expand the classic health promotion offers to include an equal view of the contexts of life, love and work.