Clément Marceau

Introduction Your body is speaking constantly. But most of the time, you're not listening. We live in a culture that valorizes action, productivity, performance. "Faster, stronger, more efficient." The signal your nervous system is trying to send you? It remains ignored, buried under a pile of tasks, notifications, responsibilities. The problem is that your nervous system doesn't speak in words. It speaks in sensations. In patterns. In symptoms that you probably respond to with something like...

(And why your brain can't answer that question on its own) Before you read on, do something for me. Place both hands flat on your thighs. Feel the contact. The fabric, the warmth, the weight. Breathe in, slowly, once. You've just done somatic coaching. Well, not quite. But you've just done the most important thing: you've shifted your attention from your head to your body. And that's exactly what we're talking about. Sometimes the brains aren't the right path for you The problem with "I...

These days, things are shaking up quite a bit on my end — and there are moments, never very long but still real, where I lose my footing. A few years ago, I felt like a kite drifting with the wind.I let myself be carried by whatever came my way, most of it suggested by my partners or my parents. I didn’t need to take initiative, to start projects, or at least I didn’t feel the need to go further than the plan on paper — because sooner or later, someone close to me would invite me into an...