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Mon ado, ma bataille: When Parenting Becomes a Power Struggle
Mon ado ma bataille is the phrase I am using for this note, because it holds the main idea I want to remember.
There is a particular kind of parenting moment where everyone can feel the…
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Buy Yourself the Fucking Lilies: The Tiny Rituals That Bring You Back to Yourself
There is a kind of self care that looks beautiful online and then collapses the minute real life starts.
The candle is lit, the bath is run, the notebook is open and…
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Hell Yeah or No: Derek Sivers’ Brutal Filter for a Better Life
I am not good at saying no.
I want to be. I read the books about boundaries. I nod along to the podcasts about protecting your time and energy. I have, on multiple occasions, written…
We Used to Understand Each Other. What Happened?
May 17, 2026
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We Used to Understand Each Other. What Happened?
There is a conversation I have had so many times I could script it.
These are my personal notes on On ne se comprend plus Isabelle Filliozat: the parts that made me rethink listening, emotional filters…
The Hidden Programme Running Your Life
May 14, 2026
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The Hidden Programme Running Your Life
There is a version of self-improvement that should work but does not.
You read the right books. You understand the theory. You make the plan, set the intention, build the habit – and for a while it works.
Nobody Told Me. And Then Davina Did.
May 12, 2026
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Nobody Told Me. And Then Davina Did.
Menopausing Davina McCall is the book note I wish I had found before perimenopause made me question my sleep, my focus, my body and, honestly, my sanity.
I was forty-two when I finally understood that what I had…
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Karma Sutra by Ingori: The Sceptic Who Got Healed in 60 Seconds
I will be honest with you from the start: Karma Sutra by Ingori is not the book that changed my life.
I listened to it on Audible – in the car, between school runs and errands…
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The Book That Made Me Realise My Hormones Were Talking – I Just Wasn’t Listening
I am forty-six.
I have three children. I went keto in December 2025. I train at the gym three times a week. I do my best to sleep seven to eight hours and to…
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Ego Is the Enemy: The Book That Named What Gets in My Way
Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday sounded, at first, like a book about other people.
Ego — the big, visible kind — felt like someone else’s problem. I was not arrogant. I was not…
Marshall Rosenberg: 5 Powerful Lessons on Listening
April 23, 2026
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Marshall Rosenberg: 5 Powerful Lessons on Listening
Marshall Rosenberg gave me one of the simplest relationship questions I know: are my words opening a window, or building a wall?
Les mots sont des fenêtres (ou bien ce sont des murs). Words are…
