Wisdom Thursdays 1/2

A series of videos posted on the Facebook page on the first Thursday of each month. The themes are drawn from questions asked in comments throughout the year. Videos are displayed in descending chronological order (most recent at the top of the page).

Video #16

Succeed in life

The question "what does success mean in life?" has often been asked of me. I answer it by drawing on the notion of virtues established by the Greeks, and by giving you some childlike answers...

Video #17

Love yourself

After a reminder of what enables a child's self-esteem, I will give you some elements to learn to love yourself better...

Video #18

Unconditional love

Starting from the distinction made by the Greeks between the 3 main forms of love: Eros, Philia and Agape, I will clarify the notion of unconditional love...

Video #13

Happiness

What part of our happiness is within us and what part is outside us?

Video #14

Empathy , kindness and compassion

What is the difference between empathy, kindness, and compassion?

Video #15

Death is a passage

It is based on my experience in India and a story told by Chuang Tzu that I give you my vision.

Video #10

Everything is for the best

The difficult question of accepting what is, because when we are going through an ordeal, it is obviously difficult to tell ourselves that everything is fine...

Video #11

A sense of humor

This virtue, which allows us to create connections and distance ourselves from what is happening to us, helps us get through difficulties...

Video #12

Know yourself

Knowing yourself is the whole journey of life and it takes time, but it is an essential step in understanding...

Video #7

Change the paradigm

The globalization of our world can be used to move away from the logic of “always more” and quantity, to a logic of well-being and quality...

Video #8

The 2 Wolves

Through a Native American tale, I tell you about the dark and light sides hidden in each of us, and how we can grow in humanity...

Video #9

The cracked jug

Our weaknesses allow us, much more than our qualities, to connect with others and create deeper relationships, conducive to brotherhood...

 

Video #4

How to let go of our children?

By loving our children unconditionally and seeing them as the children of life, we can accompany them on their life path...

Video #5

Know how to protect yourself from toxic relationships

We will see the importance of loving and respecting yourself in order to be able to set limits with certain people and remain true to yourself...

Video #6

Doing your part as a hummingbird

What is the point of letting go when there are so many challenges facing humanity and the majority of people are moving in the opposite direction?

Video #1

Letting go

What is letting go? We will start from the distinction made by Epictetus between what depends on us and what does not depend on us...

Video #2

Keeping our serenity

How can we maintain our serenity and let go when our world is going so badly? To answer this question, we will position ourselves in the long history...

Video #3

Action and inaction

How can we find the right balance between action and inaction? Taoist philosophy invites us to go with the flow of life...

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