Damien (ENG)
Marielle actually helped me in a lot of different ways. First, personally speaking (from a psychologic standpoint) she helped me to consider really who I was and who I was not vs the others. Set my own place in an environment of friends and family not always truly supportive. This gave me a lot of humility and literally changed the way I was behaving and the image I had about myself. This also ultimately helped me to be more frank and state what I really think. I manage to forget about prejudgement and behave in an honest and straightforward manner. I can know be proud of my choice and the life I live since I’m not evolving in a fake or hypocrite environment. I think, to summarize Marielle helped me to question my self, see my fears and my weakness and made me understand I’m definitely not perfect and I’m not always right, I do and did some mistakes, the best is to accept them to grow and move forward. I’ve also learned thanks to her, to listen and more importantly EXPRESS my emotions. I’m happy to be wrong now, although I hated it before. From a physical standpoint, Marielle adapted her training and accompaniment to my body and mind. I’ve been trained to develop my flexibility little by little and learned how to be patient, learn about my body and feel the positive and negative impacts of what I was doing/eating/drinking to my body. This is learning by experiencing which is amazing since it’s provide you with comprehension, not only with rules or to-dos you can’t understand. I’ve been trained and educated to recognize what was bad (nutritionally) for my inner and outer body. I’ve quitted smoking and do not drink alcohol anymore (1 to 2 glasses per month). From a professional perspective, the above mentioned points helped in being the leader I am now. And I get this from my employees quotes: “I’m listening to my people, I’m focused when we tackle a topic, because I give the necessary time” I tend to be present, limit the stress and will not ask people to do what I would not like people ask me to do. I believe the humility I gain helped me to give and RECEIVE honest feedback and do not take into consideration hierarchy levels, only people relationships. I’m seen as a not-stressed Manager (although I have lots of responsibilities) and as someone who stands for my team and fight the battle that is worth fighting. I’m also very human and honest in feedback or comment I have to give. Overall I’m definitely happier thanks to her, because I tend to forget about thinking about the future too much and enjoy the present time + I managed to be understandable with my body and emotion which help me not imagining too much things whenever I feel a weird or irregular physical feeling. I’ve been doing a nice short-list of people I really want to invest time and love with, as opposed to feeling forced to do things with/for people because of politics or family constraints and that’s a huge relief!