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Gratitude Challenge - Day 4
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Gratitude Challenge - Day 4

💫My gratitude today: sharing a good meal and great conversations with a friend I hadn't seen in a while!

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Gratitude Challenge - Day 3
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Gratitude Challenge - Day 3

🌱My gratitude today: while waiting for more favorable temperatures, having the pleasure of smelling and watching my fresh little herbs grow in my office next to me!

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Gratitude Challenge - Day 2
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Gratitude Challenge - Day 2

👣My gratitude today: taking the time to walk to the metro this morning, and listening to the chirping of birds through the hubbub of cars and trucks! 🐦‍⬛🎶

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30 days to go!
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30 days to go!

☀️Today's gratitude: a short walk this morning in the park in front of my place under a beautiful blazing sun, which warms my heart and soul!

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To your pens!
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To your pens!

How about a little 30-day challenge to refocus on the positive in our lives? 

With all the conflicts, differences of opinion and negative rhetoric that exist and surround us at the moment, I wanted to launch an activity that would have the effect of bringing us together rather than dividing us, of uniting us instead of separating us... and this regardless of the physical distances that separate us! 

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What brings you pleasure?
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What brings you pleasure?

When we feel overwhelmed by events and can't see the light at the end of the tunnel, we tend to sink into a bottomless pit of negativity... has this ever happened to you? How do you get out of the impasse? 

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The power of connection!
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The power of connection!

As conflicts and differences of opinion flare up on all sides, creating an even more profound separation effect than the one already present, we often forget that we are first and foremost social beings, beings of community. 

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Spring cleaning... on several levels!
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Spring cleaning... on several levels!

Since the beginning of 2025, I've been feeling the need to clean up! And that's exactly what I did at the beginning of January! But my need hasn't completely subsided!

When I mention cleaning, there's of course the need to physically make space in my home, but also...

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Recognizing our humanity of us all!
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Recognizing our humanity of us all!

Often, our perceptions color our judgment and actions toward a person or situation, without our taking the time to validate those perceptions.

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Compare yourself... to yourself and recognize your own achievements!
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Compare yourself... to yourself and recognize your own achievements!

As part of my end-of-year reflections, I prepared a little recap of what my partner and I have achieved through our dance school over the course of 2024. While digging through our videos to prepare this recap, I came across our first demos together back in late 2022, when we had just launched our Brazilian zouk school...  

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Happy New Year 2025!... but above all, happy reflections!
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Happy New Year 2025!... but above all, happy reflections!

How can we change the course of things when we're in the heat of the moment and that demands, both personal and professional, keep coming from everywhere? How about taking a step back and analyzing the situation? After all, yin energy invites us to introspect! 

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Why pay so much attention to our sleep?
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Why pay so much attention to our sleep?

I don't know about you, but my body has been telling me for the past few weeks that I'm sleep-deprived! So what do I do? I try to reorganize my days to prioritize my sleep! But why? Studies show that a lack of sleep is associated with...

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Towards a less illuminated sleep!...
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Towards a less illuminated sleep!...

With the days getting shorter and the darkness setting in earlier and earlier, I can't help but notice our tendency (and I'm including myself in this!) to want to lock ourselves inside our well-heated homes earlier and, as a result, expose ourselves more and more to artificial lighting... which has its benefits but also its impacts on our sleep. But what's the link between artificial lighting and our sleep?

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How about adapting our diet to the seasons?
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How about adapting our diet to the seasons?

Since it's a theme that comes up a lot in my conversations these days, why not expand on it! So I'll start with a few questions (and there are no right or wrong answers... I simply invite you to explore with me!):

  • Do you adapt your diet to the seasons? 

  • How do your meals compare in winter and summer?

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Reconnecting with yourself!
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Reconnecting with yourself!

When was the last time you had an appointment with yourself? Simply to take the pulse of your situation, your inner state? We often run from one place to another, from one meeting to another, from one day to another... without really taking the time to find out how our body and mind are doing. Life often has its own way of moving us forward, putting little clues in our path which, if we pay attention to them, open up new horizons for us!...

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Dare to step out of your comfort zone... to learn and grow!
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Dare to step out of your comfort zone... to learn and grow!

How many times have you refused to do something new and/or uncomfortable in the past year? And why didn't you dare try it those times? Often (and I totally include myself in this), we're afraid of ridicule, of being looked down upon or judged by others, of not measuring up... but measuring up to who and what, anyway?

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What if we chose to be more curious about difference?
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What if we chose to be more curious about difference?

On this National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, I can't help but note, with a certain sadness, how history tends to repeat itself... And I'm not trying here to diminish the importance of this day and the victims it highlights - quite the contrary. Rather, I'm trying to see how we can learn from the past to reduce the chances of such events happening again.

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