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3 questions to get you unstuck from that mental loop
The brain, our final frontier? Feels like it sometimes. Our mind seems to have a life on its own - it regulates our schedules, our actions, our interactions; and ultimately gets to set the tone for how our days will be like. What a responsibility! An unfair one if...
When the spirit of ‘I don’t know what I don’t know’ gets you 😬
How do you feel when you have spent time and energy (money!) planning, preparing, hypothesizing and getting ready only to have something unexpected showing up…. ‘What the …’!?! Take it from someone who has been there many times; it’s not a fun place to be - but what...
Life feels like a series of timeslots? Time to invite the Trickster
Do you remember what life looked like when you were a kid? It was all about playing, friendships, inhaling/exhaling the goodness of each moment; and knowing that no matter what, things would get fixed eventually. Naive, sure, careless, highly likely; and mostly...
Head or Heart, who is the boss of you?
Follow your passion and all will be well... You’ve heard that before, right? Ask around for a show of hands, how many people actually followed this advice? My guess: very few. For two reasons 1/ no idea what it means; 2/ no idea how to do it. This is the typical...
Not finding your groove at work? Put on your DISCO hat!
Let me start by saying that if you are feeling plenty of meh and blah these days, it’s perfectly normal and you are by far not alone. The middle of the winter has that effect; in fact, this can be applied to the middle of anything. Being halfway, because we don’t...
7 keys to make your heart a better singer
Not one to make New Year’s resolutions? I hear you; too much work, too much pressure; might as well not do anything. But Could it be the fear of not being up to the task hiding under the 'nah, not for me!'? Let's be realistic. Sooner or later, we will be asked to...
Dear Diary of the year 2020… 😬 🙄 🤯 and thank you too!
December! Yay! .... of 2020 ... hmmmmmmmmm! If I were to summarize this year, it would look like this: 1/ Suuurrrpppprrrrisssee! ==> unannounced guest … oh oops! I am in my pajamas … 2/ OK then, 10 minutes tops, and then I will ask them to leave, I have stuff to...
Time to hit that pause button!
Next year, I will do it differently’ Aaannnddd here we are, a year later, looking at the hundreds of daily emails piling up in our inboxes, the over-bloated closet that we mine at 20% tops, our calendar that fills us with anxiety … and it is only 7am this morning....
My Mission Statement: Spirituality On Wall Street
My Mission Statement: Spirituality On Wall Street Can we be Spiritual and want: A well-paid job A thriving career A loving relationship A nurturing family And supportive connections? The answer is a big resonating YES Freedom, alignment, inner peace are our...
You + Job = Trouble in Paradise?
🧡 Relationship status: in a (toxic) relationship with my job I have to confess I was in one of those toxic relationships for a long time. Out of fear of change and of losing what I have acquired on the job at a hefty price. Let me start by saying there is nothing...
Is your kryptonite over-rated?
No pain, no gain. How many times have you been repeating this in your head? Working in highly competitive environments? ==> Keeping up more or less. Adapting to the new times, the technologies, the floating desks, the meetings … all of them? ==> Done...
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Ennnnoouuughhh…is that your burnout talking [again]?
Ennnoouuughh…. Is that your burnout calling your name? Ugh, yeah…I am going to answer for you and say yes, it’s highly likely you have gone beyond the point of wanting to be productive and proving yourself…to that place where you keep on plowing and pushing and...
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