Savoir Vivre Vignettes
Paralysed by An Identity Crisis in Times of Transition
Imagine waking up one day and realising the person staring back at you in the mirror looks like a complete stranger. Not because of an impromptu hairstyle change or the appearance of a few extra grey hairs, but because life...
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Why Are You Ignoring Your Inner Compass?
If you try to Navigate Life without Your Inner Compass during a Major Life Change, You are going to get Lost Meet Your Inner Compass Your "inner compass" refers to your internal guide or sense of direction, shaped by your...
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Sophie’s Soul-Destroying Divorce
The Life Quake Series: How Sophie Managed to Survive her dreadful Divorce, one of her Toughest Life Challenges Sophie stood at the edge of the forest, the cool morning air kissing her tear-stained cheeks. She hesitated. The trail ahead was...
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ReConnect with Nature: Merlin, the Magical Oak
Until my early fifties, I never particularly noticed trees. I was aware of them, more or less, in a taking-them-for-granted sort of way. I thought people who hug trees and people who go forest bathing were a bit weird. Until...
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Intriguing Writing Quotes for Ambitious New Authors
Defeating Self-Doubt One Perfect Sentence at a Time The best way to describe the start of my writing career would be that I fell into it by accident. I wrote my first book, Self-Confidence Made Simple - French Women Share...
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So You Want to Be a Famous Writer? 15 Challenges You’ll Face on the Path to Publication
The Perils and Pitfalls of Penning Your First Masterpiece (and Why It’s Totally Worth It) So, you’ve decided to write a book. Congratulations and welcome to the writing community! You’ve chosen a path that combines the soul-crushing despair of self-doubt...
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Is Your Boss an Introvert or an Extrovert?
It can make all the difference if you know if your boss is an introvert. If you suspect that you are heading straight for a burnout, because you can't figure out your boss, it may be because your boss is...
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Powerful Affirmations For Introverted Entrepreneurs
Has Affirmations Gone Out Of Fashion? No, affirmations have not gone out of fashion—but they have had a significant makeover, they have evolved to meet our needs more effectively and to fit better into our busy lives. With the growing...
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A Gratitude Journal: The Introverted Business Owner’s Secret Superpower
"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” Melody Beattie I have been keeping a gratitude journal for at least 4 years now. I started small: 5 bullet points every morning and...
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The Importance of Self-Compassion for Introverts
How Self-Compassion Can Help You Build Your Business and Your Career As introverted professionals, we can greatly benefit from being kinder to ourselves, especially during life changes, challenges and transitions. I had this idea that being an introvert was a...
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50 Self-Compassion Quotes to Help You Through Major Life Changes
“Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.”-Pema Chodron What is Self-Compassion? In short, self-compassion is about getting to know and accept yourself, forgiving yourself, loving yourself, helping yourself overcome insecurities, respecting yourself and protecting yourself. You'll find more detailed...
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Most Meaningful Kindness Quotes…
....and how Kindness can help You make and keep Friends The idea when I started writing this post was to simply make a list of what I think are the 10 most meaningful kindness quotes. I quickly discovered that limiting...
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The Benefits of Slow Travel for Introverts
It's as much about the Journey, as it is about the Destination Early one Saturday morning, I was sipping a small noisette (double espresso with milk) at the Café de Commerce, watching the world go by on the way to...
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Harnessing the Power of Quotes to Navigate Major Life Changes
I have always been a quote collector. I used to store my collection on a USB stick (luckily, these sticks managed to store more and more data, as my collection dramatically increased, over the years.) I often use quotes in...
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Starting a business as an Introvert and an Empath
Understanding the Unique Challenges Recently, I read that "starting a business is a daunting task for anyone, but for introverts who are also empaths, it can feel impossible. The unique combination of introvert and empath in one mind, presents a...
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The Essential Traits of a Transformational Retreat Host
Mastering the Art of Hosting Transformational Retreats: Combining Personal Insight, Professional Skills, and Practical Abilities Sometimes, as retreat hosts and leaders, we often get lost in the details of everything we want to share with our guests. We know we...
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If You Want to Stress Less, Find Your Life Purpose
“The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to live with purpose.” - Michel de Montaigne Make Finding Your Life Purpose a Priority Knowing my purpose in life, during the various stages of my career, and especially during major career changes...
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Introverts and Empaths Grieve Differently
How to Stay Strong When You Lose a Loved One My mission is to help people through life challenges and transitions, like divorces, empty nests, voluntary and involuntary career changes, redundancies, losing loved ones etc. My beautiful Barzoi, Arcady Nikolai,...
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Camino de Santiago Walking Retreat: Essential Tips for Preparation, Participation, and Post-Retreat Integration
What can I, as a guest do to ensure that my retreat is transformational - before, during and after my retreat? You have finally decided that if you don't take a break now, you will end up so burnt out...
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You Have the Courage to Begin Again
Take a Deep Breath. Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Off and Start Again. Life has a way of throwing curveballs that can knock us off course, whether it's a career setback, a relationship ending, or a personal loss. In those...
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Lost Your Way? The Benefits of Walking the Camino de Santiago Retreats During Major Life Challenges
Hesitating at the Crossroads: A New Beginning Picture this: You're standing at the edge of a dense forest, the path behind you swallowed by mist, and the road ahead twisting into who-knows-where. Life can feel like that sometimes—especially when you're...
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Understanding Mother Hunger: Identifying, Addressing, and Nurturing Your Emotional Needs
Mother Hunger: Walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela can provide Answers to your Questions A couple of my retreat guests this year, who came to my little farm here in the southwest of France, primarily to walk the Camino...
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I Want to Make a Success of my Career or Business, What Should My Morning Routine Look Like?
I have always been a morning person, so I was not too seriously inconvenienced, in my fifties, when I had to start over and create the mother-of-all morning routine to help me manifest the life I wanted to live, from...
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No Matter How Much of an Introvert You Are, You Can Be a Successful Business Owner
Harness Your Unique Strengths to Build a Thriving Business In a world that often glorifies the extroverted hustle, it’s easy for introverts to feel overshadowed. Networking events, public speaking, and constant social interactions can seem like insurmountable hurdles. However, being...
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Life Lessons from a Penniless Pâtissière
How Cupcakes and a Houseplant (called Fred) Helped One Woman Conquer Imposter Syndrome Life's most profound lessons often come at inconvenient times and from unexpected sources. As we work our way through crises, challenges and changes, we encounter experiences that...
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Is It More Difficult to Start a Business as an Extrovert or an Introvert?
Or As Neither of the above? As a business owner, it can be useful to know if you are an extrovert or an introvert, as each category has its own strengths and weaknesses. Extroverts and introverts approach the starting and...
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The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Nature’s Stress Management Strategies
Discover How Nature Can Save Your Sanity (and Your Startup) "Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across...
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The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Mental Gymnastics
Flipping Fears and Leaping Over Obstacles with a Growth Mindset - How Cultivating a Growth Mindset Can Propel Your Business Forward Running a business is no walk in the park, no matter how long you have been in the running....
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The RAS ( Reticular Activating System) Advantage: Leveraging Your Brain’s Filtering System for Career Success
The Reticular Activating System (RAS) can play a crucial role in advancing your career by enhancing focus, awareness, problem-solving and decision-making. Ever since I was a young doctor working in an extremely busy city hospital at the start of my...
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Rest: The Essential (but Often Missing) Ingredient in Your Self-Care Recipe
Ever wonder why you feel more irritable and less productive despite working harder? On the point of collapsing from exhaustion, I realised something crucial: my relentless pursuit of success was costing me my health. I discovered that rest, quality as...
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