Maybe you’ve been doing all the things people tell you you should do but nothing has worked… You are discouraged, and wonder what else you can do.

If this is you, this video is for you!

I’m sharing two tools, often overlooked, that may help you get unstuck.

If you need extra support, you can sign up for a 25-minute complimentary assessment of your current situation, why you are stuck, and what can help you get the career and life you desire.

If you want to take advantage of this session, email me with a few lines about your current situation, your main desires, and your challenges. I’ll follow-up to schedule a time to talk.

To the career and life you truly desire!

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With my clients, I see two main types of blind posts blocking them from achieving the career of their dreams.

In this video, I’m sharing what are these blindspots and how to transform them.

If you watch until the end, I’ll share with you how you can sign up for my free 25-minute audit of your career blind posts.

In this call, you will uncover:

• the main blind spots holding back your career growth and fulfillment.
• some powerful actions you can take right away to transform these blindspots.

Enjoy and let me know what you find out.

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Are you stuck doing the same old same old in your career or in your life?

Does your work or life feel stale?

It was for me until I did this… I describe it in the video below.

Enjoy and let me know what you find out.

Big love,

Isabelle

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No, I’m not sick

I’m not ‘lazy”

I’m not being “unproductive.”

Quite the opposite.

Here is what happened…

This morning, I felt some resistance to “work.” My mind was telling me “It’s Monday. You should go and work at your desk. This is the way workdays are supposed to be.”

My body wanted to stay in bed. Instead of fighting it, I reluctantly surrendered to it, while judging myself as “lazy” and “unproductive.”

Then, I started to journal.

And then I got inspired to watch a training video from my bed, so I brought my laptop. I felt a surge of inspiration again.

Then, I said, “what about I wrote this LinkedIn post.”

And then, I emailed my assistant.

And now, I’m feeling motivated to take on other tasks…that I was resisting earlier.

…all from bed.

It’s 2pm. I’ve not eaten yet. (It’s probably time now!) But I’m being productive and inspired… from my bed and in my PJs.

I found my inspiration from my bed.

If I had forced myself to do my usual Monday routine and go to my desk, I would probably not have accomplished as much as I did. I would probably still be beating myself up for not being productive.

Why am I sharing this?

Well, it is extremely hard to take action and be productive from a place of “should.” It is actually the most counterproductive thing to do.

Yet, many of us do it. We are trained to follow the “shoulds” and the “rules.”

– What work is supposed to look like.

– What Monday and a workday are supposed to be

– What “being productive” is supposed to look like.

Society and the work culture make the rules and we follow them, without realizing that maybe there are other ways, that don’t fit the box and that work better for us.

And then, we wonder why we are unproductive, and we judge ourselves as “lazy.”

It takes courage to challenge and break away from the “shoulds” to listen to your natural energy flow.

But, on the other side of it, there is inspiration, creativity, joy, and YOUR authentic contribution to the world.

You don’t create from a place of “shoulds.” You create from a place of freedom from the shoulds, inspiration, and aliveness.

Do you give yourself permission to challenge and break away from the “shoulds” to listen to your natural energy flow?

What is a “should” you can challenge today?

Even if you have a job you need to go to or a schedule you need to follow, there is always a place where you can find freedom from the “shoulds.”

What is it for you?

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My interview on Dominika Miernik’s podcast “The Expat Career And Lifestyle” is LIVE!!

I talked about the Conditioning of Your Native Culture on Your Career Choices.

In particular, I shared:

▶ My story including how the conditioning of my native culture (France) impacted my career choices,
▶ Specific challenges on your career path that come from having a multicultural background (including challenges coming from the conditioning),
▶ How to start discovering a meaningful career in alignment with your true self, not the conditioning you took on,
▶ Strengths of your multicultural background and how to leverage them in your career,
▶ and much more.

LISTEN to the full episode or WATCH it here.

Please share this interview with people you know you may benefit from it!

To your innate brilliance that transcends any conditioning!

Isabelle

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• Are you letting things unfold in their own natural timing or are you forcing things to happen before the timing is right?
• Are you going with the flow of the river of life while taking the necessary actions you are called to take–this does not mean being passive–, or are you trying to push against the flow of the river in your life?

The second option is exhausting, will make everything hard, and will often not get you where you want to go. Rather the opposite.

Wishing you kindness and compassion towards yourself.

With love,

Isabelle 

Photo: In Her Image Photography 
 

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• Where would you live?
• Where would you work? When?
• What would your ideal schedule look like?
• How would you spend your time outside of your working hours?
• What would you work on?

Imagine it ALL. Exactly as you want it. On your terms. Whatever they are.

If you already have it, what is the next thing you are longing for? More balance? More freedom? More time with the people you care about? More time to travel?

Manifesting it starts with visualizing it! 
It’s how I start every single time. Getting really clear about what I truly want, NOT what I should want to “look good” or to “appear successful” according to external standards of success, but what my heart truly desires for my fulfillment.

Doing work that lights you up and makes a difference in the world is also about having the lifestyle, freedom, and balance you want, on your terms! What is the point of doing work you love or being very successful if you are living a life in conflict with your values?

To your next-level dream career and life,

Isabelle 

P.S. If you or someone you know need help clarifying and stepping into your next-level dream career and lifestyle, I’ve space for 2 new private clients at my current pricing. Apply here to explore working together. 

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For the first time.

and I’m surprisingly excited about it. (the one-way ticket) 

NOT because I want to stay indefinitely in France or move back there.

I don’t.

California is my home. At least for now. Even if France is very dear to my heart; It will always be.

I bought a one-way ticket because of some unknowns related to the US Covid travel ban.
Whether I’ll be able to come back directly to the US or if I’ll have to spend 14 days in a country outside of the Schengen area.

(No matter what happens, I’ll be working and meeting my clients remotely, which is my joy.)

I’m realizing I LOVE one-way tickets!!! It feels SO good.

It means… FREEDOM.

Going with the flow
Going with my desires
Deciding when I want to come back.
Letting things unfold and deciding from the unfoldment.

I LOVE living my life this way.

Open-ended
Going with the flow
With space for the unfoldment of what wants to emerge

This is where the magic happens.

In the unknown
In the open space
Where everything is possible.

Not in the constraints
or the confinement
or the preset and preplanned

It feels safer BUT it limits possibilities and creativity.

Let me ask you: 

• Where do you limit creativity and possibility out of fear of the unknown or clinging to safety?
  • In your career? in your life? 
• Where do you cling so tightly to safety that you have been stuck in the same place for years or even decades? 
•  Where can you let loose to make space for the new?
• Where do you plan things so tightly or you want things to unfold a certain way that you don’t allow anything new to enter your life?
• Where do you sacrifice JOY and your heart desires for SAFETY?

This is why so many people are unhappy and never go for their dreams and desires.

Is that YOU?

Ask yourself honestly.

Change starts with self-honesty. Not denial

It takes courage but this is the path to the career and lifestyle of your dreams.

This is the path I’ve taken over and over again. This is the path my clients take to reach their dream careers. 

I want that for you too. 

Isabelle

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2021 is the year… 

…I live my dream of traveling and working remotely from all kinds of gorgeous places around the US and around the world. 

It started two weeks ago.

Dog sitting with this cutie in the beautiful hills of Colfax. (Sierra Foothills, California)

It continues in 10 days, traveling to another AMAZING destination I’ve never been to before.  

More to be revealed soon…

Stay tuned!

Isabelle

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This is an integral part of living my purpose in the world and giving the best that I can give. 

I am recently back from a rejuvenating camping trip to the Trinity Alps in Northern California. 

This is one of my favorite combos to get inspired and tap into my inner guidance.

Immerse my body in water
Spend time in nature
Contemplate, journal, write and draw



I came back feeling refreshed and clear about what I want to create in my life and business for the rest of 2020. 

I connected to the BIGGER VISION I’m here to create for the next five years. 

How do YOU get inspired and tap into your own guidance?

Whatever your life and work situation, this is KEY to the success and fulfillment of your goals. 

THIS IS NOT OPTIONAL.

I remind this to my clients all the time.

A lot of them experience a higher level of clarity and success as a result of doing things they enjoy and that rejuvenate them.

I’d love to hear what are your ways and practices. 

Comment below and let me know. Bonus points if you share pics!

In service,

Isabelle

PS: The Ocean is another great medicine for me, cover photo of me at Tennessee Cove Beach, California.

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