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Magical thought n° 160
There are the dreams of our nights 😴… the ones we tell… or don’t 😉 Then there are the dreams of our lives. The ones we perhaps tell even less 😌 The ones we keep to ourselves, like a secret 🤫 The ones we don’t dare share… and sometimes don’t even dare believe in 😳 Let’s sweep away this restraint 🧹🧹🧹 Keep your dreams to yourself, yes… but believe in them deeply, intensely. It’s by eliminating doubt that our dreams have the best chance—and it’s not luck—of coming true �

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
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Magical thought n° 159
ou can read all the self-help books you want 📚, you can take countless courses 🤓, each more interesting than the last… If all this knowledge stays in your head without ever reaching your body, if all this knowledge doesn't lead to any concrete changes in your life, if you do the same thing every day… do you think anything will change? ❓ Of course not: nothing will change 🤷♀️ So, what can you do differently starting tomorrow morning ❓ Okay, here's an idea: stop turning on

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Apr 131 min read


Magical thought n° 158
I'm not talking about perfection—it doesn't exist (and frankly, it would be so boring 🙄)—but about presence. 🌱 Seeing the beauty in every moment, 🌱 Celebrating the grace of every movement, 🌱 Embracing the nuances of every emotion, 🌱 Fully inhabiting every silence, 🌱 Offering the world a sincere presence. Let's unravel the ball of our lives 🧶, not made of rough cotton, but of silken thread 💫. Living this way means stepping out of "autopilot" mode 🤖 to rediscover the a

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Apr 61 min read


Magical thought n° 157
The quote 📝 I've chosen for you this week is like a small key 🗝️ that unlocks a very large inner door 💫. It's often said that our thoughts shape our reality, or that life is what we believe. And indeed, that's exactly what happens. What we believe acts like a silent program. You know, that program we're not aware of… but which is definitely there, constantly, and functions like a self-fulfilling prophecy 😲. If you think " I can, " your brain goes into "solution-finding" m

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Mar 302 min read


Magical thought n° 156
We are living in chaotic times ⚡️. What if we considered chaos not as a problem, but as a step to take 👣? Isn't it the same when chaos takes hold in our lives ❓ This chaos may last for a shorter or longer time, but it will lead to something new 🫴. Something we hadn't thought of and that would never have happened if we hadn't gone through this chaos. Chaos as a transition, as a transformation, as a metamorphosis of one or another aspect of our lives 🌀. The old order no lo

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Mar 232 min read


Magical thought n° 155
Our minds are particularly fond of what they know. They love routine. What's familiar reassures them, and since their mission is to protect us, novelty isn't really their cup of tea 😳. What's unknown means to them: ⚠️ danger alert 😱! It's a warning, so we don't go there 👎. It's safer to stay where everything is familiar 😉. But isn't life made up of experiences ❓ And experience means exploration, discovering what we don't yet know 🔎. Yes, every experience begins where th

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Mar 162 min read


Magical thought n° 154
We can wallow in despair about the state of the world 😔, about how hard life is 😩, about some people who are only concerned with themselves ☹️. We can complain that everything is going wrong, tell ourselves that there's nothing we can do 🤷♀️. Yet, there is always something we can do. And that something lies within us. Discussing the tragedies currently unfolding on our planet, over and over again, won't change anything. On the contrary, we will only feed this already chao

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Mar 91 min read


Magical thought n° 153
Human existence is like a triptych, each panel revealing a different dimension: • The quality of our experience with ourselves • The quality of our relationships with others • The quality of our impact on the world No need to say more 😌. I'm sure each of you will have your own answers to these existential questions. Living with this perspective in mind enriches existence through presence to oneself, to others, and to the world 💫. Presence is the key, and mastering attention

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Mar 21 min read


Magical thought n° 152
Literature enriches life, and books 📚 are one of its finest mediums. Nicolas Beuglet writes in his latest book, Transylvania : “Reading improves memory and concentration. Reading enriches vocabulary. Reading increases our empathy by allowing us to feel and understand lives or emotions that are not our own. Reading soothes the mind and reduces stress. Reading stimulates creativity. Reading prolongs life.” Unfortunately, the world's population is reading less and less 😢… And

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Feb 231 min read


Magical thought n° 151
Thinking about death can seem bleak. Yet, if we shift our perspective 🔭, it's precisely this awareness that makes life so precious ✨. The awareness that our time on Earth is limited compels us to ask ourselves this simple question, one I ask myself and you regularly: what truly matters ❓ When we become aware of the finite nature of life, certain concerns lose their importance 🙃. You're stuck in traffic 😤. So what? You got a stain on your clothes just before leaving the ho

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Feb 162 min read


Magical thought n° 150
“No more than a mere obstacle for high-achieving executives, and certainly not the preserve of the weak or the underachievers. We aren't 'on the verge of burnout' every time we feel tired, or even overworked, and a week or a month off work isn't enough to ward it off. Burnout is serious and extremely dangerous. It's the culmination of a process riddled with stages that we unconsciously and involuntarily go through, one after the other and under certain conditions, until the f

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Feb 91 min read


Magical thought n° 149
We're all, or almost all, chasing after time, aren't we? 🏃♀️ As if it were slipping away from us… 🫳 What if, ultimately, time isn't what really matters? 🏃♀️ What if it isn't the real problem? ⏳ Because no, it isn't. Time is the same for all of us. What truly drains and exhausts us 😓 is that our attention is scattered in every direction. We've become attention-diverted! ❗️ Every beep announcing yet another notification 📲, every thought that loops endlessly in our heads

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Feb 21 min read


Magical thought n° 148
This is the last Magical Thought of the year, and perhaps the most important of all. In my opinion, it represents the recipe for Happiness , with a capital H. The key to Happiness lies in the little details of everyday life that we appreciate, but often don't savor enough. For me, it's the warmth of the coffee ☕️ I drink every morning, the smell of rain 🌧️ and the sound of thunder ⚡️, the roast chicken 🍗 I share on Sunday evenings with David, my husband, the radiant smile �

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Dec 22, 20251 min read


Magical thought n° 147
Yes, difference can be scary 😱 because it confronts us with the unknown: what doesn't fit into our frame of reference can seem threatening 😨… ouch, ouch, ouch ❗️ And yet… isn't it precisely this difference that makes humanity so rich ❓ If we were all the same… how boring 🥱❗️ Often, it's not so much the difference itself that frightens us, but what we don't understand… yet 🧐. And when we don't understand, or don't know, what do we sometimes do? We judge, we criticize 🤨. I

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Dec 15, 20251 min read


Magical thought n° 146
One doesn't exclude the other… 😌 It's a fact that we mistreat what sustains us 😔. Nature isn't just a backdrop. It nourishes us, protects us, and is essential to our survival. It inspires us, transports us, and can be a gateway to other realities 💫. Nature is Life, it's our life. Destroying it is like sawing off the branch we're sitting on 🤷♀️. This week, let's realize that we need to consider nature not as a resource to exploit, but as a treasure to respect, even venera

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Dec 8, 20251 min read


Magical Thought n° 145
Don't you find that incredible? ❓ A striking metaphor for human and social behavior. Don't we all have a bit of the sea squirt in us too? 🧐❓ Staying in your comfort zone is, admittedly… comfortable 😉. I was talking about audacity, genius, and magic last week. But when everything is known and remains known, there's no need to rack your brains, if you'll pardon the expression… 😅 New brain connections 🧠 are created throughout our lives, but only if we make the effort to expe

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Dec 1, 20251 min read


Magical thought n° 144
I hesitated to choose this quote as the Magical Thought (MT) of the week 🤔. I hesitated because it might be a little too radical, drastic, absolute… 🙅♀️ But it resonated with me so much that I finally decided it would be MT 144… 144 already ❗️ In my opinion, a true friendship doesn't break. It endures despite difficulties, differences of opinion, or disagreements. This quote doesn't take into account human contexts: changes in life, values, or circumstances… all elements

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Nov 24, 20251 min read


Magical thought n° 143
Often we wait for the right moment… a sign… a sense of security… 🤔 Sometimes we hope an external event will push us. And then doubt creeps in 😟. We tell ourselves " tomorrow ," " soon ." So we procrastinate. We wait again for that famous " right moment "… which always seems to be playing hide-and-seek 🫥. Time passes ⏳ and our dreams remain still, frozen in the dream stage 💭. I think what's worse than anything is not having dared… because we risk regretting it 😢. Deep dow

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Nov 17, 20251 min read


Magical thought n° 142
And yet… I never dared. For fear of disappointing, for fear of no longer being loved, for fear of bothering, for fear of reprisals, and perhaps for other reasons as well… Then, the tidal wave arrived—but later 🫨. So it wasn't really a tidal wave anymore 😅… And it was much better that way 😉. Even though we weren't all raised the same way, I'm sure this week's quote resonates with many of you. Because this gap doesn't end in childhood: it often continues into adulthood. Betw

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Nov 10, 20251 min read


Magical thought n° 141
It's not really a quote, nor a phrase so carefully crafted that it's the 💫💭🪄 Magical Thought 🪄💭💫 of the week... And yet, this simple question touched me and prompted reflection 😌. I wanted to share this with you, this Monday 🤗. Yes, what's really important to you ❓ We often go through our days giving so much energy to what, deep down, doesn't really matter... So, what's really important to us, ultimately? What makes sense? Everything else is secondary and doesn't des

Dr. Sandra Stallaert
Nov 3, 20251 min read
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