The year of Less
As January is well advanced already, I realize that I missed many of my appointments with you. Starting with the 2019 review, which turned into a decade review (coming soon), finding my "word of the year" (for which I still have three very strong contenders), and...
Living with passion, yes you can!
“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”Nelson Mandela Just a few days ago, I was sitting in a pub in Matamata, New Zealand, having a late lunch of something that only had the name of...
Life and death of a business project
When you are juggling a gazillion plus one projects at the same time, failure is not only bound to happen, it's a necessity. "Success takes a lot of hard work, and a little bit of luck. And sometimes, your luck just runs out."Julia Elliott Brown, My business just...
Mid-year rear view
Early January, armed with the wise words of Leo Babauta and Gretchen Rubin, I devised a plan for 2019. I set my intention, this year, on the idea of Balance and I planned actionable items, divided into 12 categories from Vitality & Health to Business & Work,...
A mind-blowing penultimate WDS
Penultimate: "next to the last" (source: Merriam-Webster dictionary) 2020 will mark 10 years of WDS. 10 years of the gathering of some of the most amazing souls the universe has to offer, both on-stage and off-stage. After my second participation last year, where I...
A matter of choice
Left or right? Up or down? Morning or night? Work or fun? It's all a matter of choice. Or is it? More often than not, we are faced, all day long with choices. Some of them are conscious: "should I order dessert or not?", others... not so much. My favorite example of a...
YOUR version of life
"You deserve the life you desire." Those words are staring at me in the face every day. They're written on a note card, pinned in front of my desk at home. I grabbed it during my first WDS. At the time, they came as mantra I sorely needed. But what I didn't realize...
Commitment: in or out?
Spring is in the air. People are coming out of hibernation and everywhere you hear about love and relationships. I recently discovered the work of Wednesday Martin and her book: UNTRUE: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Adultery is Wrong and How...
Hello, I’m Audrey and I’m a workaholic.
Me: "I love to work!" Them: "What? Why?" [cue eye-roll] Me: "Work is fun!" Them: "..." Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.Confucius Check. Mission accomplished. But, of course, it's not always sunshine and roses. It took me a...
Social medias: friends or foes?
Saturday night, bar conversation with a friend who refuses to give in to technology. She doesn't use contactless payments with her credit card. Not only I do, but I now often pay directly from my phone. She doesn't have apps on her phone. Not only I do, but I use...