Chapter 11 – Becoming Radiant! | The True Self Training

The true self

How do you know if you’re on your true path?
Yours.
The one your soul picked up there, before diving into this body that, honestly, hasn’t aged too badly.

The answer?
It all comes down to one word: joy.

Yeah, joy.
Not the calm, zen-monk kind of joy, no.
I mean the one that makes your guts wiggle, makes you wanna dance in your kitchen at 7am, makes you forget the time, the hunger, and even your ex.

What excites you.
What fires you up.
What makes your eyes shine, lights up your senses, and makes you feel alive.
That’s your path.
That’s where your soul is waiting.

And sometimes, it’s the craziest projects that bring you back there.

I say it a lot, because I’ve lived it twenty times: the heavens love the bold.

When you let go, when you create without caring about “what will people say,” it’s like the universe itself pulls the curtains wide open and gives you a cosmic highway.
Green light.
Everything flows.
Everything clicks.
Everything lines up.

You want a sign?
Here it is.

When it flows, when it sparkles, when it thrills you: you’re in the right spot.
Period.

SIMPLE, FLUID, EASY.

Those are the signs you can go for it, that you’re on your way.

And that famous line: “Find your inner child”…
We’ve all heard it, right.
But what if that was actually the ultimate wisdom?

Going back to that version of you that’s not scared, that dares, that laughs without wondering if it’s “appropriate”…
That version of you pure, alive, untamed.

Maybe aging, deep down, isn’t about becoming reasonable.
It’s about becoming magical again.

Act with integrity

Act with the biggest joy you can bring into what you do.
And most of all, expect nothing back, no return from anything you do.
That’s the key.

Finding your youth again

And what if the ultimate goal of maturity… was to find our youth again?

Not the youth of tight muscles and smooth skin, but the youth of a free child, curious, joyful, fully open to life.

We’ve been sold the idea that we must “grow old with someone,” like it’s a goal by itself.
In reality, that cozy picture of two old folks on a bench holding hands till the end mostly comes from fear.
The fear of ending up alone.
The fear of the empty chair.
The fear of a cold and silent death.

That belief is a product of the System, which conditions us to see old age as a decline to manage instead of a joy to cultivate.

Yet, if we find that joy again, the one that bursts out when our senses are wide open, when we taste life without holding back, then the end of life becomes something else.
It becomes a space where we can still live, still create, still laugh… still love.

Too often, we picture our old age with a worn-out body, in pain, waiting for the grim reaper.
And it’s true that many end up like that: crushed by their fears, their unsatisfied desires, their unrealized dreams, and a life shaped by others’ expectations.

Me, I suggest something else.
A bright ending, with the universe still flowing through us, still dropping desires, projects, encounters, brilliant people on our path.
And may our partner be in the same energy.

The purpose of the end of life?
Walking together toward the final light with the greatest lightness possible.
Without heaviness, without regrets… and with that same sparkle in the eyes we had as kids, but even better: enriched by a whole life of experiences.

Ditching emotions we think are “healthy”

Sometimes we think we’re shining.
Success, recognition, money, fame…
It feels good to the ego, it pumps the heart, we feel lifted.

But watch out: those emotions we think are positive can be serious traps.

They feed pride, stroke an ego starving for love, keep up a need to look good.
And there, it’s no longer success… but illusion.
That’s how talented people turn into megalomaniac gurus, dictators dressed up as saviors.
The light they project ends up blinding instead of lighting.

On the flip side, falling into failure, ending up unknown, crushed by life, isn’t better.
It’s another trap, but from the dark side: you let yourself get sucked into the loser role, and convince yourself it’s your place.

The truth?
Neither one nor the other is “healthy” by itself.
Real freedom is knowing that.
Standing tall in the middle, aware, without getting dragged into either the illusion of success or the hole of failure.

Being free is shining for real… not to fill a void.

Dream your life, and live your dreams

We’ve all heard this cliché line a thousand times: “You gotta live your dreams.”

But let’s be real… how many really do it?

How many dare to stop, sit down, close their eyes and ask themselves:
“And me, what’s my real dream life?”

Not the one you think you should live.
Not the one society or your parents wanted for you.

Yours.
Your free, crazy, inspired version.

Because deep down, dreaming isn’t escaping reality.
It’s inventing it before it exists.
It’s planting seeds in the invisible and trusting them.
It’s creating a vibrational plan that will, sooner or later, land in matter… if you let it.

And careful: there’s a difference between dreaming your life, Netflix-couch style, and actually living your dreams.

The real magic is turning a dream into an action plan.
Into small aligned choices.
Into risks taken.
Into leaps of faith.
Into laughs.
Into sweat.
Into doubts sometimes.

But most of all: into the joy of moving forward.

When I started living my dreams, the real ones, not the fancy PowerPoints, I got something:
The universe, it helps you when you move.
It loves to surprise you.
But above all… it’s waiting for you to step up, to make the first move!

Dreaming your life is setting the vision.
Living your dreams is walking toward it.
Even barefoot.
Even in the dark.
Even with fear in your belly.

And you can only count on yourself!

If this book is ending, the journey itself goes on.

Life is constant movement, a flow of cycles that invite us to begin again, to transform, to keep creating.
May these words remind you that each of us carries inside the power to move forward, to reinvent ourselves, to find our own light.
So this isn’t really an ending, but a beginning.

An invitation to keep going, to write the next part — not only on pages, but in your reality.

Live light, find your inner child

And what if old age wasn’t the weight of years,
but the lightening of everything we’ve carried for too long?

Becoming a child again isn’t regressing.
It’s the real purpose of maturity: having gone full circle, having understood your incarnation, digested your mistakes, your falls, your conditioning, and finally dropped the need to please, to succeed, to prove.

Then you realize that the goal of Life isn’t to be a good soldier, a high-performing slave, or a disciplined robot.
No.
The goal is to be free.
Joyful.
Creative.
Alive.

Then you laugh again.
You dream again.
The air feels lighter.
You get amazed, you play, you smile in the street for no reason.
Like a kid.

And you start not giving a damn about what others think.

But careful, you don’t become naive again.
You’re a child… who understands.

I remember my teenage years.
My thin, lanky, almost fragile body…
All I wanted was to be strong, to be respected.

But I was a dreamer in a dancer’s body, and I didn’t know it yet.
It took me time to love myself as I was.
20 years.

And that’s what becoming a child again is: loving yourself without filters, without conditions, in the joy of just being.

So, why not dream again?

Dream your life.
And live your dreams.

Because deep down, the “grown-ups” who shine are often the ones who managed to stay kids.

When I think about my inner child, I don’t think of one little girl frozen in time.
I think of all the different versions of me, with their own desires, dreams, joys.
Over the years, I had to go back to them, one by one: sometimes to comfort them, sometimes to set them straight, sometimes just to listen. And little by little, from those scattered fragments, a whole was created: a coherence, a unity.

Today, my inner child isn’t a wound to heal anymore, but a presence that guides me.
I feel connected to the version of me she dreamed of becoming in her wildest visions.
That… that’s one of my biggest prides: having honored her dreams, showing her that the life she imagined wasn’t just a fantasy, but a real path.

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SIM-PLI-CI-TY

Another key word

Be, stay simple!
Real happiness is tied to simplicity.

Simple people make you feel at ease.
A luxury everyone can afford.
Less stuff, more space.

A simple project starts faster.

Simplicity has nothing to hide, so you feel light.
Simple doesn’t mean boring, it means real.

Stop holding back your light

It’s a classic.
And so true.

Nelson Mandela said it when he walked out of prison:
“You must not hold back your light out of fear of casting a shadow on others.”

For a long time, I thought I had to make myself small, modest, discreet.
Not shine too much, not radiate too much, just to bother no one.
Like my parents, you know…

But by lowering your head too much, you end up forgetting you even have a light.
And that it’s here to light up your own path.

Yes, sometimes, if you shine too bright, it can bother people.
Like those huge trees in Africa, majestic, with wide, massive trunks.
Nothing grows under them.
Their shade blocks other plants from catching the sun.
But is it the tree’s fault, or the fault of those who settled too close to its trunk?

Shine.
For you.
Not to please, not to dominate.

Shine because it’s natural, because it’s your energy.
Shine with gentleness, with truth, with humility.
Not trying to blind, just to radiate who you are.

Because truth is…
the world needs light.
Not people hiding from it.

For a long time, I held back my light.
Until my forties, I was scared of breaking away from the group, of losing ground by leaving what I knew.
Staying “like the others” felt safer than being fully me.
Being different meant being left out.

When you think or act differently, some people reject you without even meaning to.
I suffered from it.
I feel a lot: people, places, invisible flows.
Walking into a restaurant was sometimes too much.
All those people…
All that energy to take in, to absorb…

So I started avoiding it, going out less.
Nature doesn’t fake it: it welcomes without masks, and doesn’t disappoint.

With time, a distance grew — with others, and with myself.
That distance was only there because I refused to shine, out of fear of judgment, out of fear of being okay with myself in that state.

The day I accepted my sensitivity and my difference, something let go.
I stopped fighting who I am.
And slowly, everything got easier: I can be me, without apologizing, and let my light do its work.

Protect yourself from negative energies and the lower astral

In the spiritual field, there are many testimonies about the existence of planes more subtle than our physical reality.

Among them, what we call the lower astral: denser dimensions where forms of energy or entities live, feeding on low emotions – fear, anger, jealousy, resentment, unhealthy impulses…

Marc Auburn’s testimony

On this subject, it’s worth mentioning the work of Marc Auburn (check him out online), a key figure for anyone interested in astral travel.

Since childhood, he has had spontaneous out-of-body experiences and explored these other dimensions many times.
On his TikTok channel, Voyageur de l’astral, he shares his insights and explains clearly what he has seen and understood.

According to his stories, some entities of the lower astral feed on our negative energies. When someone manipulates, acts in a toxic way or holds onto resentment, they create an energy that these entities look for. They can even, he says, subtly push people to repeat those behaviors, just so they can keep feeding on that vibration.

This idea lines up with ancient traditions: the Essenes, for example, spoke of thought-forms, real energetic parasites that cling to our subtle bodies and influence our emotions or behaviors without us realizing it.

A simple method of protection

Luckily, there are easy ways to protect yourself from these influences.

One simple practice is to visualize a bubble of light around yourself. Imagine a protective sphere, like a crystal dome (or a cheese cover) surrounding your body, blocking any unwanted energy from entering.

Visualize this bubble however you like: crystal clear, golden, white, bright, sparkling…
As big as you want.
3 meters around you, 5 meters, it’s your choice…

Feel it working like an unbreakable barrier.
Anything that tries to get in just bounces off.
No negative energy can pass through.
A real protective energy shield, like the ones you see in sci-fi movies above cities.

The more you strengthen it through regular practice, the stronger and safer it becomes.
At the restaurant, in the car, during a nap or sleep, at work…
Always the dome around you.

And the more protected you’ll be.

Taking back your inner power

Protecting yourself isn’t just about blocking negative energies, it’s also about taking back control of your inner space.

It’s consciously choosing which energies you let into your field of awareness, and which influences you decide to keep out.

The key is simple: awareness, clarity, and trust in your own creative power.

Wearing colors

I’ll never say it enough: colors are vibrations.
Literally.
Each color has a specific wavelength, and that wave impacts our energy, our mood, and even our social interactions.

Colorimetry, the science of measuring and perceiving colors, shows that our eyes pick up these light waves and translate them into nerve signals.
Those signals then affect our limbic system, the emotional center of the brain.
It’s no coincidence that some colors calm us, others excite us, or energize us.

On the side of color therapy, a holistic approach from naturopathy, these same vibrational properties are used to re-balance body and mind:

Green: color of balance and harmony. Used to calm emotions and reduce stress. Wear green, and you’ll bring peace to those around you.
Red: a strong energy booster. It stimulates circulation, wakes up motivation, builds confidence. A red piece of clothing, and your whole magnetic field amps up.
Yellow: sharpens the mind, boosts clarity and communication. It attracts attention, sparks curiosity, makes you shine brighter.
Pink: softness and unconditional love. It boosts self-esteem, opens the heart to tenderness, heals emotional wounds.
Blue: symbol of truth and inner calm. Slows down the heartbeat, lowers tension, eases fears and encourages honest communication.
White: purity, mental clarity. The color of beginnings and inner peace.
Purple: grounding and authority. Strengthens structure, willpower, and presence.

Every day, when you open your closet, it’s a silent dialogue with yourself.
You’re not only choosing a style, but a vibrational frequency.

Feeling powerful?
You’ll go for strong shades.

Tired?
Soft tones will call you.

In the middle of a negotiation?
Dark blue, the color of trust and communication, will be your ally.

What if you started to listen to the messages of colors as much as you listen to your intuition?
Then you’ll see that your clothes won’t just be fabric, but real energetic extensions of your inner state.

✦ Red

Emotion: Energy, passion
Effects: Boosts heart, circulation, vitality
Use for: Challenge days, leadership

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✦ Yellow

Emotion: Joy, mental clarity
Effects: Wakes up the mind, draws attention
Use for: Communication, public speaking

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✦ Green

Emotion: Balance, calm
Effects: Soothes emotions, builds peace
Use for: Stress, need to center yourself

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✦ Blue

Emotion: Trust, serenity
Effects: Lowers heartbeat, supports listening
Use for: Important meetings, negotiations

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✦ Purple

Emotion: Intuition, transformation
Effects: Opens to spirituality, deep introspection
Use for: Taking a step back, deep creativity

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✦ White

Emotion: Clarity, inner peace
Effects: Cleans mental clutter, neutrality
Use for: New beginnings, signing, interviews

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✦ Black

Emotion: Protection, mystery
Effects: Strengthens authority, structures the mind
Use for: Solemn moments, self-assertion

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✦ Pink

Emotion: Softness, self-love
Effects: Opens the heart
Use for: Comfort, tender moments

Bringing back colors: an inner urgency

Personally, it saddens me to see that over the years, streets, offices, subways, and even beaches around the world have become desaturated canvases.
Black, gray, navy blue or green, sometimes brown.
The fashion industry, especially for men, seems to have aligned with this demand, creating collections in shades even the weather would hesitate to wear.

But is it really a demand?
Or just the reflection of a society losing its desire to shine?

A world where dreams are slowly fading, where hope has become a luxury, and where people don’t dare wear color out of fear of being noticed.

Because color is life.
It’s our emotional signature.

Have you ever seen a kid pick a black coat? No.
Put 50 kids in a clothing store and you’ll see rainbows moving around.
Fuchsia pink, sun yellow, apple green.
Because childhood is instinctive, connected to joy, to the urge to live and exist.
Black is for adults.
Those who want to fade, to blend in, to conform.
Walking in the shadows.

Black is sometimes surrender.
Resignation.
The silent rule not to disturb.
It’s no surprise we say in medicine: “to get your color back,” when someone returns to life.
Color is a vital signal, a non-verbal language that says: “I’m here. I’m still alive.”

Do a simple test:
Next time you take a plane, look around.
Waiting rooms are full of dark gray, black, navy.
The fear of the unknown, the stress of departure, the safe anonymity of blending in.
In rainy cities, early mornings, people dress to disappear into the shadows.

Me, living by some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, I still see these 30-year-olds walking all in black on golden sands…
Undertakers and widows…

And at night, it’s even more striking.
As if the light itself was burning their skin.
Sadness.

But nothing is fixed.
You just have to dare.
A yellow top.
Red sneakers.
A turquoise bag.
Whatever.

A small act of luminous rebellion.
An act of life against the imposed gray.

Your intentions shape your future

It’s as simple as this: everything you think, you project.
Into the ether, the astral, the quantum fields, the invisible, the light… call it whatever you want.

Every thought, every emotion, is a wave.
And that wave goes to work for you.
A bit like a little worker of the universe who takes your ideas, your fears, your desires, and throws them into the big cosmic workshop saying:
“Here’s your next project!”

So if you’re afraid, guess what?
That fear will get to work.
It will try to manifest itself.

If you vibe with joy, pleasure, love… then that’s what you’ll attract.
That’s what will come back to you.
The cosmic boomerang doesn’t care about feelings.
It just brings back what you send out.

So set clear intentions.
Think consciously.
Already feel what you want to live, as if it’s already here.

And remember:
The universe doesn’t understand “I don’t want.” It only picks up on the energy you radiate.

So if you vibrate fear, it hears: fear.
If you vibrate love, it hears: love.
And as always, it will respond in your direction.

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DARE TO ACT

Take the first step…

Step out of waiting.
Action breaks procrastination.

The universe loves movement.
It opens doors for those who move forward.

The one who dares, lives.
The one who waits, wears out.

Act despite fear.
That’s real courage.

Your ideals and your actions.
Without coherence, they’re just nice words.

Coherence soothes.
It takes away doubt.

A step today is worth more than a dream tomorrow.

Listen to your body

We’ve already touched on this, but in the end, living happily is also about living by listening to yourself.
And who better than your own body can tell you what you really need?

Not your watch.
Not your planner.
Not your coach.
Not your health app.

Just… your body.

Hungry? Eat.
Not hungry? Don’t eat.
Tired? Take a nap, or slow down.
Feel like moving? Go out, walk, dance, sweat!

And above all, stop letting your mind dictate some military schedule.

We’re not machines.
We’re flows, waves, breaths.

Learn to say “yes” to your body and “shut up” to your mind when it starts throwing in rigid logic like:
“It’s 12:30, you MUST eat.”
Or
“You must sleep at 11pm, not 8pm, come on!”

Freedom starts there:
doing what you want, when you feel it, because you feel it.

That’s real listening.
And that changes everything.

Don’t be afraid to be different!
Like I said at the beginning of my testimonies, criticism is often the best sign that we’re being authentic.

When you go to bed at night, who or what do you think about?
Yourself, right?
Well, for others, it’s exactly the same.

You are the center of YOUR life; stop believing you’re essential in theirs and that their judgment carries more weight than yours.
The truth is, they think about themselves, just like you.
When someone thinks of you, it’s usually just a few minutes in their whole day.

So, when you’re scared to do something out of fear of being judged, ask yourself: who really are these judges in your head?

Now that you know, do you really want to give them that power over you?
I hope not.
Take your power back, take a step forward, and free yourself.

For years, I tried to become “as evolved as possible.”
I meditated for hours, ate vegetarian, went to spiritual retreats, even practiced abstinence for several years.
My goal?
To rise up, almost float, to find an ethereal state of consciousness.

Except one day… I hit a wall.
No more sparks, no more inner “wows,” no more proof I was moving forward.
And it frustrated me deeply.

So I decided to take the opposite path.
After all, going back to the ether will come soon enough, I told myself…
But today, I’m here. Incarnated.
In flesh, in bones, in sensations.
So I started eating meat again, not out of need but to accept the duality of life and death, instead of denying it.
I gave space to my physical desires.
I reconnected with the joy of human life, with its intensity, its flavors, its contradictions.

And that’s when I understood: my body is not an obstacle to my spirituality.
It’s its temple.
It’s its anchor.
Today, I listen to it.
I honor its wisdom as much as that of my spirit.
And it’s in this alliance that I find my true evolution.

Being aligned with yourself

What happens when we really start living in coherence with ourselves?
When our thoughts, our actions, our choices, our energy… all line up with who we truly are?

Something magical.

The universe opens.
It starts flowing through us again.

Everything gets smoother.
Easier.

Events show up “by chance,” but we know it’s not chance anymore.
They’re synchronicities.
Winks from Life.
Signs from above saying: “Yes, this is it. You’re on your path.”

It’s like a river inside us finally unblocked.
A soft, steady current flowing naturally.
No more resistance.
No more hard struggling to do everything “the right way.”
Things fall into place.
The right people show up.
The right opportunities too.

And all of this, without even forcing it.

Just because we’re finally aligned with our inner vibration.
With what our soul really wants to live.

And that’s when life becomes beautiful, light, full of meaning.
Without drama, without struggle, without pressure.

Just… alive.
And real.

Becoming uncontrollable

When you reconnect with your true energy, the one that’s been vibrating deep inside you forever but got buried under duties, masks, and wounds, then nothing and no one can control you anymore.

Not looks.
Not expectations.
Not opinions.

Not even your own fears.

Because you’ve walked through them.
You’ve dived into the abyss, faced your patterns, understood your emotions, and dug out your traumas hiding in the dark corners of your belly.

You’ve seen through human games: manipulation disguised as kindness, power plays behind polite smiles, seduction fueled by emptiness.

And suddenly, the veil lifts.
Everything becomes obvious.
The roles, the masks, the systems.
You don’t suffer them anymore: you see them.

And once you see, you can’t be trapped again.

You become untouchable.
Not hard, but free.
Not cold, but master of your inner fire.
Not arrogant, but rooted in a peace nothing can shake.

And you keep smiling.
Not a smile to please.
A calm, radiant smile — the smile of someone who no longer needs to convince.
Because they’ve come home.

That’s when you become uncontrollable.
Not uncontrollable as in a threat.

Uncontrollable like the sun.
It shines, it’s there, and nobody can put it out.

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MANTRAS

The healthiest attitude to have
for anything that shows up in your life:

So what?

Hmm, why not?

Ok, interesting…

Tips & tricks

100% lived on the ground:

Why do I live almost all the time in Southeast Asia?
Simple: because these countries are “poor” and yet deeply spiritual.
And life there is simple.

And me, I love places where people pray more than they consume, where simplicity replaces arrogance, and where human warmth doesn’t depend on Wi-Fi.

➤ A few nuggets collected over the years

Thailand

Buddhist country (except the south, more Muslim… but soft, peace & love).
Here, people love three things: Baht (the local currency), their family, and smiling.
And for us foreigners, it’s a paradise for logistics: 50 years of tourist experience, everything smooth, easy, hassle-free. 7/11 everywhere, massage, coconut smoothie, and sunset… all in the same afternoon.

Malaysia

Mostly Muslim, very green, very alive.
If you like jungle brushing your legs and monkeys stealing your banana, head to Borneo, Malaysian side.
It’s raw, wild, magical. (And sometimes very wet. Really wet.)

Indonesia

Also Muslim, but as soon as you leave Bali heading east, the vibe gets… zen.
People are gentle, welcoming, genuinely kind.
One smile is enough to spark a chat, one coconut enough to spark a friendship.
And Indonesia, it’s volcanoes, temples, scooters, and “Hello Mister!” all day long.
Tiring? No. Energizing.

Philippines

Here, it’s hardcore Christians.
Villages broadcast the Bible non-stop on loudspeakers, like Jesus is hosting a morning show.
And despite the noisy churches, there’s a stunning peace.
No stealing, lots of respect, and rare kindness.
Family, community, faith… sacred.
You feel people still have a moral backbone. And it feels good.

And the budget?

No stress.
Here, you can still live on little.
A beach bungalow for the price of a drink in Paris.
Fresh fruit, a hammock, gecko songs… and finally, some inner peace.

Tourist visas

(no e-visa upfront, no hassle, no cash upfront)

Thailand: 2 months, renewable for 1 more month.
Then send your passport to Burma (via travel agency) and the next day, you’ve got another 2 months.
Malaysia: 3 months.
Then leave and come back in for another 3 months.
Indonesia: 2 months, renewable for 1 month, then again for 2 months. Total 4 months.
Philippines: 1 month renewable, with possible extensions for several months.
Laos: 30 days, then extendable to 2 months.
Cambodia: 30 days, then extendable for another 30 days.
Vietnam: 45 days, then you leave and re-enter.

➤ Work online, or remotely

Freelance in digital skills

For who?
Writers, developers, designers, translators, marketers, etc.

Sites: Upwork, Malt, Freelancer, Fiverr
Pros: you pick your clients, your rates, your schedule
Needs: a solid portfolio, consistency, and self-discipline

Examples: website building, photo editing, SEO writing, video editing, Facebook ads…

Content creator / online trainer

For who?
Those who want to share knowledge, a message, or a passion

Platforms: YouTube, TikTok, courses on Teachable, Gumroad, Udemy
Model: monetization through ads, trainings, donations, digital products
Pros: scalable, creative, deeply aligned if it’s well targeted

Examples: meditation, yoga, self-development, coding, languages, music…

Consultant / coach online

For who?
Experts in a field who can guide others (professional or personal)

Fields: life coaching, health, business, relationships, spirituality…
Tools: Zoom, Calendly, Google Meet
Model: one-on-one sessions, monthly packages, regular follow-up

Tip: a strong online presence (website + testimonials) boosts credibility

Selling digital or physical products

For who?
Those who love creating, selling, automating

Digital products: eBooks, templates, guided meditations, PDF guides…
Physical products: dropshipping, print-on-demand (T-shirts, books, jewelry…)
Platforms: Etsy, Shopify, Amazon KDP, RedBubble…

Advantage: possible automation of sales, passive income

Digital nomad

For who?
Those who want to live light, travel, and earn just enough

Jobs: virtual assistant, social media management, forum moderation, data entry
Needs little qualification at first, but serious attitude
Can be combined with occasional online gigs or local work (woofing, retreats, etc.)

Typical example: living in Bali or Chiang Mai with €800/month, working 10–15h/week

➤ Learn something new for your future

The magic tool

This one’s like an atomic bomb for your brain:
👉 OpenClassrooms (www.openclassrooms.com)

A site packed with free courses, clear, well-done… and above all accessible to everyone.

Programming, design, social media, digital marketing, web development, office tools, project management… basically, if you want to learn something useful and concrete, this is where it happens.
You can literally go from “I don’t get any of this” to “I rebuilt my site and launched my online business” in just a few weeks.

No more excuses.
You want to learn, progress, reinvent yourself?
It’s all there.
Free.

So go for it!
No more excuses…

Train yourself.
And smash your limits.

➤ Becoming independent

the basic rules

Yes, you need them.
Rules.
Landmarks.
A frame.
Even a flexible one.

Because otherwise… oh man.
How easy it is to get lost.

Three days wasting time.
An unexpected visit from friends.
A week off because of the moon cycles (or an emotional overload, or hormonal, or existential).
And bam! You drift off. You lose the thread.

That project that was going well? It’s waiting.
The motivation? Gone for a walk.
And you? You’re there, scrolling for nothing or sorting your socks by color to “get back into it.”

When you’re free, really free, with no boss, no imposed schedule, no alarm at 6:30… you’ve only got one thing to move forward with: yourself.

And believe me, after 20 years of nomad life around the world, I’ve learned that these two simple rules will keep you on track without getting lost.

✅ Rule #1: Move at least 1 millimeter forward per day

In your projects.
No need to climb Everest every morning.
Just one small step. One action. One line. One email. One gesture.
Some days you’ll leap forward by a meter.
Others, it’ll just be a thought scribbled in your notebook.
But every day, you feed the flame.

Otherwise, it goes out.
Slowly.
And you don’t even notice.

✅ Rule #2: Move your body, every day.

No need to become an acrobatic yogi or a marathon runner.
Just move.
Walk. Swim. Jump. Dance. Carry stuff. Breathe deep.

Because when you move your body, your mind calms down.
Thoughts fall into place.
Priorities come back where they belong.
And you rediscover that magic feeling: "I’m alive."

These two rules might look simple.
But they’re powerful.
They’re your compass when everything else gets blurry.

Because starting an adventure — professional, personal, spiritual, or wild — anyone can do it.
But lasting over time, staying on course, aligned, with consistency and persistence over the long run?!?

That’s where the real game begins.
And these two little rules, trust me, can make all the difference.

➤ Expatriate… or just hit Pause

Take a sabbatical year?
Change the air?
Do a real reset?

I say: go for it!
Absolutely.

And if you ask me how much it costs to live in Southeast Asia, here’s my answer, tested, approved, lived:

Thailand: About €1,500 per month, all included.
Little bungalow facing the sea? Check.
Local meal for 4–5€? Check.
Scooter for €5/day to go get your ripe papaya? Check.
All that, with sunsets that heal your brain.
Malaysia or Indonesia: Same. Same price range.
Same sweet lifestyle.
Bonus: more jungle or more volcanoes, and a different sea — pick your backdrop.
Philippines: Even cheaper!
Sometimes almost half.
And you get turquoise seas, kids playing everywhere, smiles as the local currency.
No crypto needed here: an honest look is enough.

Believe me, in just one sabbatical year there, you change.

Not just your skin tone or vitamin D level.
You change inside.

You become yourself again.
Free. Joyful. Alive.

And in that new inner space, big things can show up.
Ideas, clarity, decisions that have been waiting 10 years in a dusty corner of your mind.
One year to change your life?

Sometimes all it takes is a plane ticket and a bit of courage.
The rest… takes care of itself.

➤ The camino de Santiago

Ahhh, now that’s hardcore!
If you really want to find yourself, put on your sneakers, load your pack, and start walking.

Weeks of walking through amazing landscapes, surrounded by people who, just like you, carry not only their backpacks but also their invisible baggage of struggles, traumas, and existential questions… that’s the Camino.

Day after day, you drop little weights you didn’t even know you were carrying. As if every kilometer chewed away at an old pattern, a fear, a piece of past that no longer serves you.

You start thinking: “Well, it’s a sporty-spiritual walk, good for the legs and for the soul.”
But actually… it’s way more than that.

First, this path is treated like a treasure by the Spanish.
There, every pilgrim is sacred, no matter your age, your look, your nationality (personally, I crossed paths with 24 different nationalities in 6 weeks).
Result: incredible safety and respect.
I saw plenty of young women walking alone, sometimes camping because of tight budgets… and not a single one had a problem.

The Camino is protected. Almost blessed.

And then, every day, you leave something behind.
Your past, your anger, your frustrations, your heavy emotions.
You get lighter, outside and inside.

It’s a retreat in motion, a slow letting go where you realize you don’t need as much as you thought.

And the arrival in Santiago… wow.
Everyone bursts into joy, tears, laughter.
It’s pure vibration.
Because deep down, everyone has reached something: a simpler, clearer, lighter version of themselves.

The Camino is not just a hike.
It’s an inner journey, powerful and liberating.

An experience to live once in your life… or more.
I did it. And I made several videos on YouTube.

If this calls you, here’s the link:
👉 Camino de Santiago, El Camino del Norte, 2023, 45 days and 900 km in the Basque country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c1e_8TLZU4 (1st video, out of 7)

I went there like a vagabond, light, a bit carefree.
A small half-sport, half-spiritual adventure.

Before leaving, mandatory stop at Decathlon: mini camping gear, stove, hammock, the full kit of the perfect pilgrim.
Because I was afraid I wouldn’t find a place to sleep.
I even bought special hiking socks.
Because I was afraid my feet would hurt.
My backpack weighed 16 kg.
Because I was afraid of missing something.
On the first day, I carried 1.5 liters of extra water — that’s 1.5 kg more on my back — because I was afraid of being thirsty.

See where I’m going?
The pilgrim starts with the weight of all his fears.
He carries his invisible burden on his shoulders: fears, beliefs, habits.
And even if you think you’re strong, confident, sure of yourself… the mind doesn’t care.
Basic fears come back, and some pilgrims literally walk bent, crushed by the weight of their life.

On the first day, I ditched 3 or 4 kilos of brand-new gear right on the side of the path.
I guess dog-walkers must have been shocked to see a stove and a hammock left there, brand new.
But my shoulders were screaming too loud: I was crazy to start out that loaded.

The next days were a battle between my fears and reality.
And reality was: I needed almost nothing.
Day after day, I left behind a T-shirt, jeans, flip-flops, a cable, in the hostels I stayed at.

In the end, I finished the Camino with 8 kg on my back… without missing a single thing.

👉 A must-do. Absolutely.

➤ Always keep it as simple as possible

To build your business as simply as possible, you shouldn’t be afraid of the System.
Running straight to the Tax Office in your country to tell them you’re starting to earn money is not a good idea.
And anyway, they will most likely tell you to take your time — they know that in the beginning, young entrepreneurs need some breathing room to shape their business. That’s the case in Switzerland, always supportive and helpful.
But in other countries… mamma mia, every new chicken is good to pluck!

And as we saw earlier, your money doesn’t always go where it should, so… rushing to announce that you’re starting to make money, isn’t that a bit stupid?

Don’t worry — as long as the amounts are small, no alarm bells will ring in the banks’ computer systems. Because now, everything is monitored by computers.

So here’s a simple rule to stay under the radar:

Always transfer small amounts to your bank account.
Large sums trigger red lights in the computer systems, and your banker will start asking questions.
So don’t transfer €10,000 in one go or you’ll have to explain yourself.
Instead, make several transfers of €2,500, €1,500 — they’ll go through without a problem.
By using Wise, PayPal, or similar payment platforms, it’s often easy not to declare everything, since these sometimes slip through state regulations and checks. It gets complicated for them to track everything.

Relax — nobody cares about small amounts, you just need to avoid triggering the computers’ red lights.

For larger sums, smart people will turn to offshore companies, like in Mauritius or the Seychelles, which can easily be set up remotely from Europe.