Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 42/365 Cyriano de Bergenac asked me to write his LinkedIn Profile for him. I help inarticulate, clumsy and shy men get the woman of their dreams. I help men who have offended their love, win her back. If your heart wants to pound through your chest when you see the […]
Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 41/365 I was in a brief romantic entanglement recently. It was brief because I blew it. We’d had a wonderful evening and connected beautifully. Our future was pregnant with promise (probably not something you want to be thinking about when dating ;-)). We potentially were going to meet the next […]
Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 40/365 I’ve always been interested in how the Placebo Effect works. Or more accurately, that it works. I recall reading this weight loss study by Crum and Langer in 2007. Researchers told half of the cleaning staff at seven hotels that their daily work burned enough calories to meet the […]
Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 39/365 God: Hello Particle, I’m about to send you out into the world. What is it you’d like to accomplish on the journey you’re about to undertake? Me: I’d like to teach about resilience, love and forgiveness. God: Particle, these are truly noble pursuits. Are you sure this is what […]
Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 38/365 Apparently, people with strong spiritual beliefs have better mental health and adapt more quickly to health problems compared to those with weak spiritual beliefs. There are, of course, many other considerations like lifestyle choices and genetics to take into account. I know the grumpiest and most negative of atheists […]
Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 37/365 I know it’s probably sacrilege to say that I’ve never really gotten into Robin Sharma (The 5 AM Club – Morning Routine) or Jay Shetty, the two monk superstars. Both of them are proponents of morning rituals. My speed is more Pema Chodron, the Buddhist nun. Her book, When […]
Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 36/365 My child thinks I would be called The Triggerer if I were a superhero because I have a knack for provoking people. Perhaps a tad unkind, but I think they’re right. I, of course, would rather like to be known as The Truth Sayer. But those aren’t really popular […]
Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 35/365 Whenever Charles Dickens, the author, wrote scathing letters to those who he perceived to have offended him, Catherine, his wife, would always take them to the post office. She never posted them. And, saved him from a world of hurt. I don’t have a Catherine, so here goes … […]
Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 34/365 Just this Saturday evening I was at a friend’s dinner party when it happened again. I turned into a ghost. I was telling someone something mildly interesting when a woman inserted herself into the conversation and with nary a blink, started talking to the person. I exited the conversation […]
Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 33/365 I’ve been meditating for more than 30 years now. It has probably been the single best practice that has kept me from totally unmooring from this reality. Meditation seems to imitate life or life imitates it. For me meditation is about taking my mind and my emotions into a […]