Subscribe to my newsletter: http://bit.ly/gn I love to learn new things, and the more I do, the more I realize how much there is to learn. It is a bit overwhelming… So I thought, if you are like me, you may like some recommendations, books I read, podcasts I listen to, videos I watch, etc… IContinue reading “Books, TED Talks/Videos, Podcasts, and Youtube Channels I Like”
Category Archives: Self-Actualization
Reflecting on The Afropean-Self: How Moving to New York Allowed me to Emancipate Myself from Expectations
Subscribe to my newsletter: http://bit.ly/gn – As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Michele Obama wrote “Becoming” and Alicia Keys “More Myself”, and over the years women of all ages and life paths have been uncovering their genuine selves. It is a sentiment I am myself familiar with and have been seeking for aContinue reading “Reflecting on The Afropean-Self: How Moving to New York Allowed me to Emancipate Myself from Expectations”
If This Was Up To Me
Subscribe to my newsletter: http://bit.ly/gn If this was up to me, I’d spend my life in school. When I say “if this was up to me” I mean if I had the financial means to do so. I have been “visualizing it” and “calling it into existence” – probably not hard enough or too many peopleContinue reading “If This Was Up To Me”
On Doing What’s Right
Subscribe to my newsletter: http://bit.ly/gn Two people can do or react similarly for different reasons. Two people can do and react differently for the same reason. Read that again. It’s hard to tell which is which for many reasons. One: we project – we tend to empathize more with those who look like us or weContinue reading “On Doing What’s Right”
On the Way to Oz || Original Tune Exploring Mental Health Breakdown and Recovery
This past December when I was at my cousin Virginie’s house in Biarritz I felt an immense sense of peace. Maybe it was the quietness or the clean bright uncluttered space, a cocoon if you will, or maybe a combination of all that made me feel like: this is how it should be. I haveContinue reading “On the Way to Oz || Original Tune Exploring Mental Health Breakdown and Recovery”
My Poetry Book on Amazon + FREE download !!!!
I am not sure I ever advertise the fact I had self-published a book on Amazon this past July 2019. Well, here it is. I’ll share a little bio with you and if you scroll down to the end, you will be able to download a free sample, and some video I made – andContinue reading “My Poetry Book on Amazon + FREE download !!!!”
On Being an Intellectual
I feel the need to disclaim my ironic tone on that one. I recently spent some quality time in France with family – I was staying at my grandmother’s house. One day we had a disagreement and she said to me I was “such an intellectual” – she said it the same way republicans callContinue reading “On Being an Intellectual”
On Self-Actualization
Awareness is the first step at dismantling who “you are” so you can become your true self. Without it, you can stay parked in the dream, indefinitely. Once you are aware that, until then, outside forces have played a huge part in shaping your existence, you can finally “move on” – but not without goingContinue reading “On Self-Actualization”
French Girl in Brooklyn 