Thoughts
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Success in 10 steps: excerpt from “Map of Consciousness”
Map of Consciousness is the latest book by psychiatrist David Hawkins. It’s a synthesis of his 16 books as well as his interviews. In this book, he explains his map of human consciousness. Today, we’re just going to focus on his 10 tips for success. The other, more spiritual messages can be explored further by reading the book (Amazon link). Step 1: Intention Have good intentions. If your business adheres to a universal principle, if it helps people achieve their own goals, it will have a universal impact. Steps 2 & 3: Pleasure & usefulness Do what you LOVE to do and what people NEED You just have to ask…
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[Reflection] #12: How to Create Impact
Screenshots of published stories on my Instagram
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[Reflection] #11: Taking the Time to Read and Read Well
I’ve noticed that the longer my articles get, the more people ask trivial questions—the answers to which are already in the article. The longer the text, the more people can’t be bothered to read because their attention span is quite limited, and at some point they give up or skim through. This happens more and more often, and getting these kinds of questions annoys me, because I think: (1) I took the time to write this long article, available for free. All you have to do is read (or Ctrl+F to find the answer), it’s not that hard. (2) It’s disrespectful to treat me like a free consultant who spends…
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[Reflection] #10: How can you improve your quality of life with a few simple tips?
This article is mainly aimed at women, because I am a woman and I only share tips that I’ve tested and approved myself. 😀 Recently, a divorced friend asked me how she could get her life back on track. She’s gotten over her previous relationship and wants to start a new life, but where to begin? If you’re more or less in the same boat, follow these tips: You are priority #1 I think the most important thing is to tell yourself that you are the only one responsible for your well-being. No one will do it for you. Not even your loved ones! So dedicate enough time and money…
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[Thoughts] #9: Sickness & Guilt
If you’ve been following the travel diaries in Italy, you know that I’ve been spending lots of time at the dentist’s office since September 2020, while treating my maskne and I haven’t been well since. In my family, we have a not very healthy relationship with diseases because there are two extremes: on my father’s side, everyone is in great shape, so at the slightest illness, it’s panic, we’re all going to die. On the mother’s side, everyone is constantly sick, so one illness more or less doesn’t change anything and doesn’t even deserve a visit to the doctor. Faced with illness, I adopt either the first or the second…
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[Thoughts] #8: The Power of Giving – le Pouvoir du Don (The Power of Giving)
This post comes from an elderly Vietnamese entrepreneur, who was trained by the three best entrepreneurial “schools” in the world: American, Japanese and Israeli. He regularly shares his thoughts and entrepreneurial lessons on his Facebook page. His reflection this morning touched me a lot because he was able to put into words the information I received and believe in, without knowing how to express it clearly. So I propose you here the translation in French, so that you can also access its information. This is an important message to remember and understand. Since I am not a translator by training, there are certain passages where I will paraphrase the idea…
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[Thoughts] #7: Working on the first impression, The elevator pitch
When you are interested in personal development, there are many ways to do it: read specialized books, pay a coach, do meditation etc. but I am lucky enough to have stumbled upon “a textbook case”: Matthew Hussey, a “self-proclaimed dating guru”. He has no qualifications, no references, one day he created his YouTube account to help women find their soul mate, he released a book (which became a New York Times bestseller) and since then, he hangs out with several “Hollywood A-list stars”, he gives several times a year a 3-day seminar where women pay 6000$ to listen to his advice – only to find no husband in the end.…
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[Bloggers’ Life] – Thoughts during Covid, Part 3
This article is unstructured, it will go in all directions, but I would just like to take a moment to write you and reveal, once again, the behind-the-scenes of the blog. I think it’s interesting and especially useful for me to track the progress of the blog, which is now part of my daily life I work in digital marketing and more precisely Google Adwords. I have a big client and several small clients since we are digital nomads. The contract with my big client was supposed to end at the end of March 2020 and we were supposed to be in Vietnam at the end of February. The blog…
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[Thoughts] #6: Stop Acting Like a Victim
Recently, on an expatriate forum, an English-speaking woman living in Paris complained about the behavior of Parisians against non-French speakers. As soon as she opens her mouth and speaks in English, she is literally ignored by most people or is answered in French in a contemptuous tone. Since the confinement, it is worse: she no longer dares to leave her home for fear of being questioned by the police on the reason for her attestation and being unable to answer in French. This story made me think a lot because with my small size and my small voice, in the past, I have had similar experiences, I know what it…
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I Tried it! Holotropic Breathwork in Montreal – My Experience & Review
Apparently, breathwork (rapid breathing to hyperventilation) is starting to be “trendy” in France. People participate in it as if it were a normal meditation or yoga class. While it is a very powerful way to access our psyche and should only be used when we really feel ready. In this article, I am going to talk about my experience of Holotropic Breathing, an experiment set up by Dr. Stanislav Grof, which allows access to the psyche by inducing a modified state of consciousness. The modified state of consciousness is reached several times a day without necessarily knowing it – when we dream, when we daydream, when we have just woken…
