Gymsical
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Turn your summer insights into action (opens the original)
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The bouquet and the reminder (opens the original)
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There were two kinds of wildflower bouquets in the store: more sturdy ones and more bouncy ones. I hesitated which one to choose. The saleswoman came to my aid. “A lady just chose this one, because she was going to paint it.” “Oh, how nice!” I said. “I don’t think I have that in me, but I’m going to choose the same,” I added. “Of course you do,” she replied within a few seconds. “Everyone can draw and paint!”Ouch. Did I really just claim that there was no way I could paint some flowers? Wasn’t h
Switching off during summer holidays (opens the original)
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In the week before our holidays started, I met with a couple of creative freelancers. All of them mentioned struggling to relax during their summer holidays. They were asking themselves: Should I bring my laptop to my holiday destination? How can I stop thinking about work and truly unwind? Summer is an essential season for letting go of stress and other unwanted patterns that may have built up during the first half of the year. If you would tie the four pillars I describe in my book ‘The GYMSIC
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