The Coronavirus crisis adds uncertainty and anxiety to your midlife career change plan? Simple tips to keep your highest vibration for your project to manifest Midlife career change – use intentions as energy Do you believe that our thoughts can have a positive impact on our success? If you are among the most skeptical ones,…
Burnout & crisis time – Who else will learn from it?
If not you? Throughout human history, any of a societal crisis, or a personal crisis, had a meaning. A personal crisis such as burnout, or a societal crisis such as the Coronavirus… All bring us something of value. Only when hope left him In “Man’s search for meaning”, Viktor Frankl told a story. A prisoner…
Yoga with kids – 12 easy poses for most fun during coronavirus time
Confined at home during coronavirus time? How to best use your time with your children? Below are 12 easy yoga poses for kids. Try with them today & have fun! I just did these this afternoon. What a pleasure to be outside and practice together the most fun yoga poses! Try these today. I’m sure…
Coronavirus – 5 powerful affirmations to reduce anxiety
Filled with stress and anxiety due to Coronavirus and the economic downturn? 5 powerful affirmations to regain our calmness and cultivate our inner peace. Start today! Are you, like many others, worried about the Coronavirus crisis, and the impact of it on the global economy? I just heard yesterday, that CNN and other mainstream outlets started to…
Burnout and coronavirus – The one thing in common and how to make the best out
The coronavirus time reminds us that we are part of all that is. Both burnout and coronavirus have one thing in common. It’s the voice of nature that tells us: “Be more mindful of our existence”. A few tips to make the best out. Coronavirus epidemy is good for… burnout Due to coronavirus epidemy, as…
Midlife career change ideas – Want to know how they succeeded?
Ever felt stuck in your midlife career change search, and looked desperately for an idea? Inspire yourself with the story of Tim and Johnny. No, midlife career change was not an impossible task. Find out how they did it. Tim followed a career as a lawyer because he was expected to do so. After 20…
Law of Attraction – How to succeed with these 12 powerful daily affirmations
Learn 12 Law of Attraction daily affirmations that set you for success and happiness. Make for yourself the most fun experience in this physical world My own experience with the Law of Attraction 5 years ago, my sister brought me a book on “Law of Attraction“. At the time, I was commuting 140 km per…
What are natural remedies for burnout that help?
Physically and emotionally drained? Here are the 5 natural remedies for burnout that help. Try them out. You might start realizing your burnout state and want to take some action about it. And you are not alone. In 2019, either severe or mild stress, burnout touched almost 45% of the millennials (Gallup’s research). Seeking professional…
How to find the best job for your midlife career change
In search of the best jobs for your midlife career change? Stop searching. Answer the 8 questions below if you are (really) ready to transform your life. Midlife career change question #1 If you had 6 months to live, what would you like to do? Want to change your career and search desperately for a…
Guided meditation for burnout – avoid these 5 mistakes and be on the best path
Wonder why your guided meditation does not really work? 5 common mistakes to avoid. Be on the best path to a regular practice and overcome your burnout and stress in no time. Burned out? Feeling stress and anxiety? Everybody is telling you about meditation and its wonderful benefits, even your friends! So great! You decided…
What is the Law of Attraction and 4 things to do immediately
Law of Attraction, a big mystery, or a most powerful law? Get ready to bring a lot of fun, joy & success with 4 things I recommend to start immediately today. The Law of Attraction is one of the biggest mysteries for those who don’t believe it. But for those who do, it’s the most powerful…
Midlife career change – 5 attitudes to go in the right direction
Find out the 5 indispensable thinking that helps you find back your energy and power for a meaningful move in your midlife career change. Career well set up, great family and kids, you seem to have all to be happy. But you are not, though. Surviving, not thriving at work. Don’t feel the same energy…
Burnout and tiredness – Why they tell the truth about yourself and what to do about it
The world is our mirror. Only by recognizing part of yourself in what happened, can you make burnout and tiredness a step on the journey to a truer and happier you. Burnout touches 45% of the millennials Physically and emotionally drained? You might start realizing your burnout state and want to take some action about…
Midlife career change – 4 hard-won lessons
Among the 4 lessons I share with you today, one stands tall above the rest. Succeed your midlife career change today. Scared to death to change career midlife? Completely in a rut and short of ideas? Uncertainty about “where to go next”? I was too! Here are a few hard-won lessons I’ve had so far….
Why shorter meditation is the best way to start
Want to feel good, more confident, more productive and creative? Go for meditation! But will short meditation worth it? 4 reasons to say yes and a video to start today. Want to increase your focus at work? To be inspired by creative ideas? Or simply to reduce stress, relax your mind and body? Meditation is…
Burnout to brilliance: 3 simple reasons why you can’t make it
Why many never got over their burnout even after years? There are 3 simple mistakes that you might be doing without knowing it. Burnout can be a blessing, one day when you can look back. Now if you are still deep into it, you might find what I say strange. But believe it or not,…
How to be successful by being yourself – 4 ways to start today
The world constantly wants us to fit in. Striving for the success defined by others, we face the challenge of being the persons we truly are. 4 ways to return to our true essence A monkey or a lion? At the school of my children, sometimes they put a proverb or a saying at the…
How to let go? 5 helpful quotes
Difficult to let go of things that matter a great deal to you? Learn how to ‘let go’ brings peace. Either it’s a time, a thing, or a person, let go today. Letting go means realizing you weren’t in charge anyway Feel too much on your shoulders? Want badly something but have no control? Today,…
Deep gratitude – your best way to joy and happiness
There is a way to increase from 10 to 25% of your happiness right away, and this is… for free: Practice deep gratitude! An addicted society Do you have enough today? You might say no. How come that my neighbor has a bigger house? My colleague has that promotion? My cousin travel to Asia twice…
Law of Attraction – your most fun and joyful way to success
Want to have fun & joy, while obtaining all you want? Read about one of life’s biggest mysteries: the Law of Attraction. 3 exercises to start right away. “It is a coincidence!”. Have you said that before? Yes, many of us believe that there are coincidences in life. You don’t have time to join this…
Midlife career change – 3 reasons smart people like you stuck
Midlife career woes, boredom, and low motivation? Uncertainty about “where to go next”? 3 reasons why smart people like you and I are stuck in a rut until today. Midlife crisis: Changing a job is not enough anymore According to the Harvard Business Review, “On average, life satisfaction is high when people are young, then starts…
Burned out? How to choose the right meditation method
Burned out and stressed out? You must hear about zazen, mindfulness or vipassana meditation. What are the differences, and which one is for you? Mindfulness and meditation have become more popular these days, known for their benefits in stress and burnout reduction. But there are so many styles and traditions. Some are more ancient, with…
Joy right now – 7 easy mantras to overcome burnout
Burned out, feeling stuck or low energy? Ask yourself a mindful question every day this week. Be filled with love, positive energy, joy and gratitude. Appreciate being alive and feel the existence of all that is can fill us with loving energy. Print out these lovely cards and put them on your refrigerator to practice…
Happiness – The day you feel good alone
Burnout, feeling stuck, or other difficulties? 5 life-changing zen attitudes you can’t miss to feel good without anyone, or anything. Lost in an unhappy situation? Take the example of burnout. We seem to be miserable – No energy, the world outside is just messing up, the boss is trying to put all pressure, your family…
Midlife career crisis: How to make the rest of my life meaningful?
Don’t feel the same energy as in your 20’s? Feeling stuck, burned out, bored out? The “midlife career crisis” is good momentum to meet our “self-actualization”. Warning: Going to sleep on Sunday will cause Monday “By the way, why do I secretly feel this Monday morning syndrome?” Same jobs for years? Good payslips, but a…
Get faster what you want? ‘No intention’ is my success tip
Do you have an objective? I’m sure you do. From a job promotion, nice house, overcoming burnout, to… finishing your dishwashing! A secret to get them faster. We always have some intentions in what we are doing. And apparently, our parents, friends, and society always tell us: Set your objectives! Make a plan! But today…
How to unstuck mindfully your career in 4 steps
I practiced mindfulness a long time before I shifted my career. And indeed, through the lens of mindfulness, all can take some colors of wisdom, even career change! Try 4 simple tips I learned. Career change idea haunts you? On the first working day after New Year, my colleagues were around lunch. Everybody agreed on…
“Deep listening”: If you’ve never started, today is the day
Do you more often “listen to reply” than “listen to understand”? Practice “deep listening” today and see its power of healing and transformation If you ever felt understood… Have you ever talked to someone with whom you felt you were the only person in the world at that specific moment? A person who was truly…
Equanimity: How to stand out with a perfectly still mind
Equanimity is the capacity to stay calm, especially in difficult situations. Want no more burnout or stress? Stand out, train your equanimity. 5 easy ways. Equanimity – a mind of calmness Equanimity is one of the “four immeasurable minds” in Buddhism. It is the capacity to stay calm, especially in stressful situations. Feeling burned out,…
Burnout vs boreout? Get the best out anyway!
Feeling stuck, no passion? Sometimes people will say, you are bored-out, not burned-out. But what is the difference? Get the answer once for all, and learn the best coping strategies! Burnout vs boreout: Why we are confused? Why are we sometimes confused between burnout and boreout? Well, the short answer is, because the feelings we…
How to practice mindfulness easily at home?
How to practice mindfulness easily this year? Gain joy, creativity, and peace of mind with my 30-day mindfulness challenge. Mindfulness, a religion for the rich? I was surprised when I saw the New Republic published the Year of Mindfulness as a “religion of the rich”! If you remember, more than 2000 years ago, when Buddha…
Feel stuck in a career? 3 things that work like crazy!
Middle career crisis, burned out, no passion, not feeling who you are…? To unstuck, there are things you shouldn’t do. Do these 3 things instead. Hint: they work (like crazy)! I had so many from our community asking this question. What to do when we feel stuck in a career? Middle career crisis, burned out,…
5 knowings that will bring you (true) success
Burning desire to succeed? 5 knowings that are absolute to your true success this year. From Oprah Winfrey. Perhaps some challenges did happen this year for you and for me. Probably some of us still feel burnout, lack of passion, stuck in a career, and want to turn the page. We have a burning desire…
Thich Nhat Hanh and Abraham Hicks: 2 powerful videos about ‘time’
Overcome regrets about the past and worries about the future. Bring positive changes to your life with two inspirational videos about ‘Time’ by Thich Nhat Hanh and Abraham Hicks Overcome regrets about the past and worries about the future Oftentimes, you feel regretful about the past. Uncertain about the future. It’s a special moment to…
3 ways to be the best and meet your Personal Legend
When we lack passion, bored-out, burned-out, there is an inner call to our Personal Legend. 3 thoughts on how to realize our dreams and the person we are destined to be. This year, my daughter, 7 years old, looked at me smiling and said: “Mom, I know Santa Claus does not exist. It was you!”…
Authenticity – 3 reasons why we don’t show our true self
Most of us want to be authentic to ourselves. But why it’s not happening? Learn from my personal story the 3 reasons that prevent us. We maintain our conversations at the surface Do you remember being at a party, and introducing yourself? Most probably you will say: My name is Jane, I work for a…
The one thing that boosts (or sabotages) your success in 2020
What is the success you want the most in 2020? Career goal, relationship, or overcome challenges such as burnout? Learn the one thing to know and the 3 things to absolutely do about it. What is this mysterious thing that will boost (or sabotage) your success in 2020? Let me tell this immediately: the unconscious!…
7-day Advent calendar to be more mindful this Christmas
Burnout, challenges, difficulties in 2019? Start today an Advent Calendar for a mindful and healing Christmas. See how peaceful you become. Every day from now, copy the sentence of the day on a nice post-it. Practice it. See how things can be different. These seemingly small attentions make your day. Gain more joy by being…
2019 burnout quick stats – 3 things to continue in 2020
In 2019, either severe or mild stress, burnout touched almost 50% of the workforce. Learn overall statistics. And continue 3 main things in 2020 to improve your burnout. 2019 has been remarkable for you and me The first instant of 2020 arrives in two weeks. When I was small, there was a song for children….
Want your authentic self? Mindfulness is a gateway
What happened when we are in burnout, in failure, with no passion? We might not be ourselves. And our being is in search of authenticity. But how to find this? You might be tired because you were not yourself Have you ever tried to please others? Be right? Look good? Keep a secure job? And…
How to unstuck and gain more joy? Inspirational Jonathan Seagull
If you ever felt stuck in a job or career, let yourself inspired by the story of Jonathan Seagull. He told us: “Time has come for another to begin”. This morning, I had a question from a community member: “I’m stuck in a job. I am not passionate anymore. But I can’t quit because of…
How to plant seeds of happiness in the hearts of your children
Empower and plant the seeds of happiness in our children’s hearts can be one of the biggest concerns of most parents nowadays. How to be a legitimate guide? Want to guide your kids but face difficult conversations? Maybe your child is big now. 11 years old, 12 years old? Like my son. He is now…
Do less and enjoy more: Easy tip to gain time and positive energy
Reduced to-do list, more time to relax, meditate and enjoy? Learn an easy tip to gain time and energy. But watch out, open-mind needed! Too many things to do today and every day? In Vietnamese we have a proverb, saying that “Never leave until tomorrow what you are to do today”. Well… I must say,…
6 easy ways to be happier: How to practice mindfulness in eating
Receiving, not eating. That was one thing I learned that changed my life. Learn 6 ways I am happier with mindful eating. One day in Vietnam, I saw my sister cooking mindfully a meal for me and my children. Unconsciously, but profoundly, I was changed. Later on, I got to know Thich Nhat Hanh’s “The…
Work on things you care most about: from burnout to entrepreneur
Do you work on things you care most about? My answer was no. That was how I came to burnout. Learn how I discovered my “ultimate concern”. Do you truly care? Answer me honestly: Do you really care about what you are working on today in your job? “Truly care” means what you do is…
Noble Silence – the silence that heals
Our ears are so sensitive when we are in burnout. Can’t bear noises, loud music, and agitations around? Like me, practice “Noble Silence” – the Silence that heals. I remember last year when I was in severe burnout, I could not stand the… radio alarm in the morning! Television, children crying, loud-talking, traffic noise… All…
Practice “lazy day”: From “doing” to “being”
You and I have never found it so hard to rest, to stop, and to be “lazy”. Don’t wait, fix a lazy day per week. Find out why and how. Feel all the time in a rush? Stressful being late to pick up kids while stuck in traffic? The weekends restless running between grocery shopping,…
Burnout: 4 ways to make it positive for my children
Burned out and fearful that it will impact negatively your children? Find out 4 tips to make burnout a bliss for yourself and your family. Feel extremely tired and not able to take care of your kids? Visualize losing your job and thus will not be able to assure them good financial conditions? You are…
How to deal with empathy burnout?
If you have high empathy for others, know that it is a real gift. But it can also be emotionally exhausting if the boundaries are not well set. See a few easy tips to keep balanced. Hearing a sad story of your friend and spend the whole evening stressed? Feeling strongly that others’ problems are…
Burned out on a spaceship (called Earth)?
Yes, on this spaceship, today, you and me, are…burned out! Close our eyes. And give ourselves a long breath. Don’t you know that we are all onboarding on a blue spaceship called Earth? Imagine its journey. Silently crossing millions of miles, in immense universe. Indeed, the universe is expanding. And so we are. Traveling further…