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

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

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

“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

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

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 �

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We've all experienced experiences of varying severity, varying degrees of upheaval 😓. And besides, this " more " or " less " doesn't really mean anything... Injuries aren't comparable in severity. A trauma that may seem minor on the surface can leave deep scars 😓. In any case, i njuries don't justify everything. They can explain some of our reactions, of course, but they don't exempt us from remaining human, kind, and responsible—from letting anger 😡 or cruelty 😠 take ov

It's been said, said again, and said again... This topic has been seen, reviewed, and reviewed again... (Not very French, I grant you 🥺 - but it's just to give the idea ❗️) And yet, when we look around us - and often even within ourselves - nothing really changes 🤷‍♀️. It's even getting worse 🙈. All these wonderful tools have become objects of alienation 🤖. This subject is so close to my heart that I devoted an entire chapter to it - the first one - in my latest book 📘

What if this week, we decided to rediscover the world with eyes of wonder 🤩 ❓ A bit like children. In our fast-paced lives—too fast-paced—we often miss out on life's simple beauties 🙄. " The marvelous is hidden in the simple, the banal, the innocuous. If we know how to see, and above all, to look, we can discover magic in everything, even in the smallest corners of our environment. Magic is everywhere, as long as we pay attention: the dew on a leaf at sunrise, the reflecti

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