Why are gas prices rising? Or why are they going down? A lot of people are wondering, and to be honest, I am as well. Spoiler alert: I cannot answer this question, but what I can do is share some facts about what I'm observi…
A very special episode today to tell you about some big news... Can you guess what it is? About the Host: NATHALIE PLAMONDON-THOMAS, Founder & CEO THINK Yourself® ACADEMY & THINK Yourself® ACADEMY for Kids Nathalie is the …
For those of you who know me, I am a huge fan of the Tour de France. My husband and I were there in 2011, and we watch every stage, every year. July is a busy month for us, because we spend so much time in front of the TV, w…
On the first day of your job, you think: "Oh, please like me." And you want everybody at work to like you, and then the on 91st day, you think: "Oh, I hate you so much." What happens inside these 90 days that make people cha…
Happy Halloween! The neighbourhood is full of decorations, and it got me thinking about Halloween Day, where people wear costumes. And it made me wonder: Is Halloween the one day a year that we put on a costume? About the …
We all have different internal drivers and a series of meta programs that direct our thoughts, our behaviors, and all the systems in our brain. In this week's podcast episode, we're digging further into a few of them. Abou…
Have you ever hired a manager based on their perfect answers during the interview process, only to discover after three months, at their review time, that they were not a good match for the position after all? Or they're not…
We just got back from a celebration of life. A very old friend of my husband's that he had not seen in over 20 years has recently passed away, and I did not know him. I had never met the guy, but somehow, I got to know him t…
I was at the Arbutus Club in Vancouver for an event, and as I was looking for a parking spot, it made me think. When you enter a parking lot, very often, the first empty ones are the ones that are reserved. Interestingly eno…
What goes up and never goes down? Spoiler alert: It's a bit of a trick question. Just like anything in life, there will be ups, but there will be downs. Whatever's going on, there always is a flow of ups and downs. And in or…
Let's talk about what you can do when you feel yourself starting to freak out. This week, I will be giving you some specific questions that you can ask yourself whenever you are on the verge of panicking, to make sure that t…
You may have heard me talk about how our brain can process 2.3 million pieces of information every second. Of course, not all this information get stored. Our brain uses some of this information to create thoughts. We have b…
Have I ever told you about the day we almost got killed? I was in Haiti with the Heart to Heart foundation, and we got stuck in the middle of nowhere with our truck... About the Host: NATHALIE PLAMONDON-THOMAS, Founder & C…
Are you familiar with "brain fog"? You know, the feeling when things are just not the way you want them to be, when your thinking is sluggish, fuzzy and not as sharp as it should be? I like to think of it like a glass of wat…
I don't know if you've heard this old joke: A guy enters a bar, order three beers, and drinks them all. He then orders two beers, and drinks them both as well. Then, he orders one beer, downs it, and says: "I don't understan…
Are you a helicopter parent? A helicopter friend? A helicopter boss? What does that even mean? I got this idea as I was by the pool, reminiscing. I remembered when I first learned how to swim... About the Host: NATHALIE PL…
Alright, I know it's not spring, but it's never a bad time for a great spring cleaning, right? Getting rid of all the stuff you have accumulated throughout the year, of all the temporary stuff that was not meant to stay for …
If you break up with someone, you may find yourself saying: "It's not you, it's me." What about the opposite? "It's not me, it's you." If you break up with someone, it's because there's something about them that doesn't work…
Today, let's talk about lessons we can take away from bunnies. You know how people say if you get a couple of bunnies, very soon, you will have a whole bunch, because they multiply very fast? Well, ideas are just like bunnie…
My surroundings inspired me again this week. As I was standing in cactus paradise in Palm desert, I realized that there were a lot of things that we could learn from cactuses... About the Host: NATHALIE PLAMONDON-THOMAS, F…
You have all heard of the low hanging fruit, right? The one you can reach without a ladder, without tools, without having to climb... The one you can reach by just raising your hand. The concept of low hanging fruit can pote…
One of these reasons why we may experience fear during a global event is that some puzzle pieces are missing, and our brain somehow replaces these missing pieces with fear. Which leads us to the first of seven tools to make …
Today, let's talk about fear. With everything that is happening in the world right now, we can't help it but to sometimes experience fear. I'm not going to make predictions about what could happen, but there is one thing I c…
How heavy is a coffee mug? It depends on the size of it, it depends on how full it is, it depends on what it's made of... The thing is, though, it doesn't matter how heavy it is. What matters is how long you've been holding …
