At the start of this new year, I wish you the health and vitality that sustain every endeavor, the joy that brightens your days and the harmony that soothes, the inspiration that opens unexpected paths that create the conditions for renewal, broadens the field of possibilities, the momentum and hope that enable us to move forward, and, let's dream a little...
In these troubled and unsettling times, I wish you beautiful moments filled with kindness, warmth, and joy with your family and loved ones.
I'm not sad to see 2023 fade away with all the violence, wars, extremism and global warming it leaves us with.
Midlife crisis, midlife crisis, does it speak to you? - No surprise.... A very recent study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridges, Ma, USA, among 500,000 people worldwide, showed that the "Midlife crisis" is now a more common reality than ever.
By the way, what is a life transition? Because life is movement and because it is in the changes, the transformations, the passages, that it takes all its meaning, all its essence, I share with you some thoughts on life transitions.
Life is a succession of transitions! Because life is movement and it is in the changes, the transformations, the passages, that it takes all its meaning, all its essence, I share with you some thoughts on life transitions.
Some good news 2022 because at Brain Booster we are optimistic. It is when we least believe in it that the real changes begin...
Hanukkah sameah, Merry Christmas, Winter Solstice, Saint Lucy's Day or Yule...
On navigating our personal and professional transitions...
a 3-day retreat to give you the time and space to reflect, catch your breath, re-evaluate your priorities, set yourself in motion towards your future.
2022, the hottest year in the world... To continue to ACT... Brain Booster is now a shareholder of the Time for the planet organization.
A collective work from a group of authors including Stéphane Vallée and Gilles Vialard.
By Nathalie Delmas.
In a world as volatile and uncertain as ours, a new type of leader capable of combining humanity AND performance is essential. How to become one?
By Eve Berger-Grosjean.
All learning, all interaction, all processes of evolution and transformation are initiated and embodied in the body.
"Gold in September" marks a month dedicated to raising awareness of infant and childhood cancer. Despite advances in research, cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease in children over the age of one.
Patagonia founder, Yvon Chouinard, is donating his company to fight climate change.
24 years after the publication of the reference book on co-development, a concept developed by Claude Champagne and Adrien Payette, "Le codéveloppement. L'intelligence collective au service de l'individu et du groupe" has just been published by Editions Eyrolles. Suzanne Peters and Gilles Vialard are happy to have contributed to it through their experience in coaching organizations.
Suzanne Peters wrote the chapter "Stress or burnout" in Le Psycho Guide, a reference book on "well-being" edited by Dr Sylvie Angel and published by Larousse.
Chronic fatigue, loss of motivation and efficiency at work, feeling overwhelmed, self-deprecation, increasing irritability and lack of concentration... Burnout is not inevitable. It can be managed, and better still, prevented.
I have the immense luck and privilege of being able to take refuge in the beauty of the Tuscan hills. From these harmonious and rejuvenating landscapes, a letter written by Fra Angelico to a friend in 1453 inspired me...
Today is a national holiday in the US. And guess what... America is honoring the birthday of Martin Luther King, the man who has relentlessly fought for the end of racial segregation, actively contributed to passing the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964, he was assassinated 4 years later.
It is not that I am really a big fan of traditional holidays and celebrations... but Thanksgiving is my favorite. Not because of the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and the cranberry celebrating the first harvest of the Mayflower pilgrims...
but for taking a pause to reflect back on the past year and for what we can be grateful for.
What about taking some time to perform a sincere assessment of your current working situation?
By Suzanne Peters and Gilles Vialard published in the Bulletin Veille et Recherche of the AQCP. This article conceptualises a new model that emerged during a training session that Gilles and Suzanne gave to a group of managers whom they trained in co-development facilitation.
What if professional coaches, human resources managers and managers were to become key players in helping employees to overcome burnout and avoid work-related stress?
From the beginning of the fist lockdown on March 17, 2020, we exchanged views with our clients and with each other, we read, observed, reflected... It may seem counter-intuitive to free up time to take a step back and understand the consequences of the pandemic on organizations, given that operational and business constraints take priority. And yet...