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We talk a lot about letting go for some time. Letting go to be more Zen, to refocus on the essentials and to take a step back. I admit that the first time I bought a book on letting go, ten years ago, I was a little disappointed. There was a lot of things to do to let go and suddenly, it was more like a program to stick to it than to let go! Then I dug the question, if only for the many patients who approached the subject in the form of question precisely "but how do we let go? " Letting go is...

The holidays of All Saints approach and with them, the first notes of our children and sometimes surprises, good or less good. Moreover, we had already wondered in the past if "it was normal" to have these notes, if "the others" also had difficulty to follow in certain subjects, if the teachers were really objective and if we should not "go a step further" to try to understand. Yes, a little further, but, where exactly ...? When a child has particular difficulties that persist over time, it may be helpful to try to understand the cause...

In the face of change, we are not all equal: some only ask for that, but others dread it more than anything. And this is often the case for people I receive in consultation. At the crossroads, some of my patients have to make a decision. For that, it will be necessary to make a choice, and to choose a new way is to risk the unknown and to leave its "zone of comfort". Paradoxically, the fear of change is so strong that even to get out of an uncomfortable situation, we are afraid of ... the discomfort of change and novelty...

If you want to estimate the level of happiness of a person, or even his life expectancy, you are interested in his social relations! Having a social network and building a bond is so important for the proper development of an individual that it enhances immunity, increases life expectancy and reduces the risk of depression or anxiety disorders. Robert Waldinger, an American psychiatrist, recently presented the results of the largest and longest study on happiness. The Harvard University Development...

It happens at the market, at "my" store of fruits and vegetables. In front of me, a lady really takes all her time: to choose, to change your mind, to question the saleswoman. Superbly ignoring the long queue that is forming behind her. Or perhaps savoring his power, as a psychoanalyst friend later suggested ... In any case, the lady takes her time until the last moment: she insists to give extra, looking one by one his little coins in the bottom of his bag. Meanwhile, in the queue, another lady...