Portuguese - I have improved a lot.

Krav Maga.

To pay attention to the red flags as soon as they appear, don’t ignore them and don’t wait to act.

To play Skyjo (card game).

Ma Croix de la Lune noire en astrologie.

Transcendance is a choice, it doesn’t mean we don’t have jelly legs.

Dived further into the topic of “emprise”, especially as it is a recurring theme with my clients.

Also dived into the issues of violence against women, especially in France. It’s a bottomless pit and one that needs voices and fighters to help, support and protect.

The silence and the excuses made after the massacres of the 7th of October in Israel, the worldwide exhibitions and proclamations of antisemitism, the apology of violence against other human beings taught me more about the reality of our world in 3 months than anything I witnessed before.

The UN is a joke and should be dismantled.

Most people don’t ask the right questions.

Accurate perception, discernment, critical thinking remain more important than ever.

To be clear regarding who I have bandwidth for, or not.

In this era, and for the last few years, there is no place to hide, people are being exposed, the truth is being revealed everywhere. The question is: are we paying attention and are we holding people accountable the way we should?

This Christmas, I was reminded that kind and good people can experience awful family situations, especially with their kids. I personally know of four and it baffles me that they all invested so much into selflessly raising their children to then later in life being treated so disrespectfully by them. We often joke at home that “family is overrated” and I believe that it’s not because people are technically “family” that we have to put up with them. On my own side, there is a great portion that I haven’t seen for 20 years and I am totally fine with that.

JK Rowling, in the excellent audio documentary “The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling” said: “I believe in what people are doing, not what they’re saying”. I agree.

To always remind myself that people value who and what they spend their time, money and energy on/with. Simple as that.

Spiritually and otherwise, we don’t need intermediaries. Intermediary systems in society are some of the worst where there is no responsibility and no accountability.

“Do not enter the drama theatre. This doesn’t mean not to participate with life but simply don’t entertain the drama”. I wrote about this and I made sure to live by it. I mostly did.

We may not feel it or assert it but we have agency. We need to keep moving and use it. This doesn’t mean we leave anyone behind, they have agency too.

I am happy to host friends, to make them feel at home, however I am not a hotel, nor a tour guide, nor a travel agent or an Uber driver.