74% of moodtep's readers are located in France. So I believe the question is legitimate: should I switch this blog to french? Help me out to take a decision. 74% des lecteurs de Moodstep sont en France. Peut-être est-il temps de rechausser ma plume française pour explorer le bonheur? Qu'en... Lire la suite →
Oct
22
Oct
15
When I was younger, I studied Economics at the University. I had to use esoteric terms, complicated theories, hypothesis “all things being equal”, going from micro to macro… I felt I had to understand a monster created by us but not for us. We have to feed the giant to... Lire la suite →
Oct
08
There is no recipe for happiness. Astounding. I have a blog about happiness trying to conceptualise it and now I say there is no recipe. It’s true. For me. Everything I write on this blog is my path on happiness. Those are the steps I made to understand my truth.... Lire la suite →
Sep
17
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmzZ5bb7VtA[/youtube] A few month ago, I had the crazy idea to do world stats on happiness. And now it's finally live on the Appstore!!!! You launch the application plug in your mood and discover the mood of others around you. It's so funny to see happy and sad faces in... Lire la suite →
Sep
10
Arthur Schopenhauer was born on February 22, 1788 in Danzig, Poland. He had a pessimistic personality. He said for example: ““Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom” Arthur was not a happy fellow so what a surprise to find after his death, in his personal... Lire la suite →
Sep
03
“Joanna, would you like to interview Jacques Morin?” asked my friend Damien on the phone. Damien is a documentary director. I saw the DVD about Jacques Salomé (a great psychologist and a best selling author in France) that Damien and Jacques did together so I was eager to meet him.... Lire la suite →
Août
27
“Writing from a moment of deep sorrow. Tonight, I am alone in Spain. I feel lost. A dear friend touched a very ancient wound. I thought it was a cleared matter, a souvenir. But set the décor, rerun the script and bad memories come haunting you. You are only a... Lire la suite →
Août
13
A friend of mine sent me a link to this video: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxkgo6T13qQ[/youtube] After investigation (ok! clicking on the link), I found out that this video is part of a project on happiness: Happiness seekers. It’s a documentary on happiness. You can watch a serie of interviews HERE. I wanted to... Lire la suite →
Août
06
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHcihoOhNvM[/youtube] Ayurveda is often described as a holistic science of health and happiness. So I went for a week in an ayurvedic center in Normandy to take a massage class. I stricktly followed the vegetarian, ayurvedic diet. The 5000-year old Indian system of medicine tells us what to eat, when... Lire la suite →
Juil
30
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=armP8TfS9Is&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] If happiness was taught at school, what would the world look like? My friend Nathalie, author of the blog Origin.all, sent me this video about a japanese teacher. It starts with a dialogue between the teacher and his pupills on the first day of school: "What is the most... Lire la suite →