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This Saturday! Holistic Living & Healing Expo; Saturday Sept 28th!! This Saturday! Holistic Living & Healing Expo; Saturday Sept 28th!! 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺! Check out this blog article!

In Denmark, trust is not just a word, it's a way of life. But what does it mean? How does this look on an everyday basis? For starters—you have probably heard that we leave our sleeping babies in trolleys outside café and restaurants here. What's even more interesting—it’s common to find roadside food stalls where people leave fresh products with a jar for money, trusting others to pay for what they take.🍓🫐 But those are just simple examples. In reality, this deep-rooted trust extends to every aspect of Danish society, making it a place for a safe and stress-free life.❤️ Dive deeper into what trust means for the Danish way of life: https://hubs.ly/Q02HNQM70 📷Kim Wyon

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Happy National Day of Sweden! 🎉 It’s been almost five years since I moved to Sweden from Italy, and Sweden has changed me a ton! Here are 6 personality traits that Sweden has cultivated in me: 1-Increased Punctuality: I have become more organized and punctual since I moved to Sweden and now expect the same from others around me. 2-Becoming a Morning Person: I was never a morning person, and it was always an issue for me to wake up before 8. I used to avoid breakfast dates or early hikes. Now, I look forward to starting my day early and finishing sooner. 3-Appreciation for Nature: I used to take nature for granted, thinking it was beautiful everywhere and would last forever. Now, I am more careful about what I buy, eat, and how I behave towards the environment around me. 4-Better Team Player: I believe being a team player is a matter of education. I grew up in a culture that did not emphasize teamwork. I learned it the hard way, and though I’m still not perfect, I’m proud of this skill. 5-Trust in Bureaucracy: Most of the time, people work efficiently in Swedish organizations and institutions compared to where I lived before. Although bureaucracy is not my favorite and it can take longer to get things done here, the level of automation in Sweden is impressive. I'm sure my application will be taken care of in Swedish organisations effectively. 6-Increased Patience: I used to be in a rush and stressed about everything, always wanting to reach the end point quickly, as if being chased. However, people here enjoy their 30-minute fika with all their body cells, even when they have a lot on their desks. I still find it annoying, but it helps me realize that patience is a virtue. There are, of course, things I never want to be influenced by from Swedish culture. But it’s the positive aspects that impress me, and those are what I will focus on. Today I baked this blueberry lemon cake for my family to celebrate this day. The recipe said it will take 1.5 hours but it was 4! 😂

The August C12 CEO Forum in the Shenandoah Valley is about to begin! This exclusive assembly of business leaders is examining their businesses to determine the Robust Good Health of those businesses to gain the most efficient operations possible. Imagine the improvements we could make in our companies if we committed to optimizing our available resources so they could operate at their full potential. C12’s classic concept of Robust Good Health creates a virtuous cycle in which optimized resources result in long-term company success. When we create a culture of Robust Good health, employees are encouraged to seek better ways of doing things, leading to increased efficiency, quality, and competitiveness. A culture of Robust Good Health also helps us stay relevant in rapidly changing times and achieve God's mission. As we pursue optimized business health, we also seek to fully experience an abundant spiritual life as we learn to abide in Christ and stay connected to Him. There is a seat at the table for you. Find more information here: https://buff.ly/3FYiU5i

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FRENCH PHRASE OF THE DAY... "Faire le pont" literally means ‘to do the bridge’ but it actually refers to taking a day off between a public holiday and the weekend to enjoy an extra long break. In France some public holidays change day from year to year - if they fall on a weekend that is bad luck as you get no extra time off work, if they fall on a Monday or a Friday then you get an extra long weekend and if they fall on a Tuesday or a Thursday you get to 'do the bridge'. The expression appeared during the French Second Empire (1852 -1870) and had the same meaning at the time. It comes from the French word 'pont' (bridge) to symbolise linking two days off. In the same way as you cross from one river bank to the other on a bridge, you cross from a Thursday to a Saturday or from a Sunday to a Tuesday. Use it like this: Tu fais le pont ce week-end ? - Are you taking a long-weekend this weekend? europeanamericantravel.com

I have been asked to give a presentation remotely to a conference in Poland next week. While it is on a rather niche topic of hyperbaric rehabilitation (I did warn you) it touches on the theory of Broaden and Build when it comes to wellbeing. Have you noticed how one bad thing happening can sometimes create a downwards spiral of negative thinking and isolation of body and mind? Well the opposite can be true too. Even on our darkest days, if we can focus on one thing, maybe two that are going well, or that make us smile, or laugh, we can open our minds to other good things, to more possibilities and opportunities and therefore broaden our horizons and build our personal resources. 🌻 So what will set you heading up this spiral today?

I have gained a deeper appreciation of the differences and intermingling of our two cultures.