Looking back on 2017 from both a temporal as well as spatial distance – this is written during my Sabbatical in New Zealand well in 2018 – brings about vivid memories of a strong team, which came and worked together (and still does!) on academic as well as personal levels. This not only resulted in our best publication output so far as well as a grant acquisition record and another all time high in master theses and dissertations, but most importantly also generated the creativity and energy to start new and promising endeavors. These encompassed wonderful and productive cooperations with wonderful and productive colleagues in Basel, Boston and Dublin, the development of three postgraduate trainings (which officially started in 2018, they will have their apt listing in the next annual report…), the establishment of animal-assisted therapy as a strong academic as well as therapeutical component of the division, the weekly team lunch, the Leiden SIPS congress or the rather unexpected second place in the Basel Ekiden Marathon. Being part of this team is both a pleasure as much as an honour. JG, May 2018/Auckland