Author: Juliette Giroux

As a future User Experience Designer (hopefully!), I am passionate about the humans’ psychologist mechanisms. Everything started two years ago when I read a book that changed my life forever: The Four Agreements. It introduced me to the universe of self-knowledge and self-development, which helped me understand myself better and deal with my inner struggles. My goal is now to share the knowledge I have acquired, in an accurate yet accessible way, to hopefully help others. I know the term “self-development” is sometimes misused or overused, but I will show you that it can be an amazing tool, when you get access to the right information.

How to pursue your self-knowledge journey? My book recommendations

2020-05-092020-05-12

For this final blog post, we are going to discuss self-knowledge books. I share with you my favorite ones in the video below. I hope you’ll find these recommendations useful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7DVK_eBrMg Please let me know in the comments below: have you ever read one …

Centers, wing, lines and types: everything you need to know about the Enneagram

2020-05-042020-05-05

Here we are: my 9th blog post already. Next week will be the last, and you better stick with me until then, because it will be a reading recommendations video. Many of you have asked me which books I’d recommend you, so it seemed obvious …

Feeling overwhelmed & anxious? What if you were just highly sensitive?

2020-04-272020-04-28

Today, it is time to acknowledge the link between self-knowledge and mental health. I believe both are strongly connected. Knowing ourselves helps taking care of our mental health as well as discovering mental health issues we didn’t even know we struggled with. Just a little …

How can self-knowledge improve your love life? The 5 Love Languages theory

2020-04-21

New week, new self-knowledge theory to unpack. Are you ready? We already talked about professional life, but today it’s time to dive into love life. How can we use self-knowledge to improve communication with our partner? How can it even help us finding a good …

The art of reaching your goals: Self-knowledge vs. the Law of Attraction

2020-04-132020-04-14

After last week’s casual meeting, through a Q&A video about self-knowledge, it’s now time to go back to a more serious content form. You know by now that I love using this blog to deconstruct self-knowledge and psychology trends, especially the most controversial ones. We …

Self-knowledge video Q&A: Implementing a routine? Staying motivated during lockdown?…

2020-04-052020-04-07

In today’s post, I am answering some of your questions regarding self-knowledge, with the following video. If you want to jump right into the questions that interest you the most, you can use the timestamps below the videos. Enjoy your viewing! https://youtu.be/vVi2L6oowtQ QUESTIONS TIMESTAMPS 00:28 …

Is it just bullshit or can astrology serve our self-knowledge?

2020-03-302020-03-31

As you may have noticed from my first blog post, I like to talk about those things everyone hears about, but that leave many people feeling skeptical. Astrology is one of them. Even if it has been around for millenniums, it has only become popular …

How can self-knowledge make you better at your (future) job?

2020-03-232020-03-24

In the last two posts, we spoke about the real power of self-knowledge, and described the 16 MBTI personality types as well as the importance of understanding how each and every one differs or relates to us. It is now time to move on from …

Understanding the Myers-Briggs’ 4 magic letters

2020-03-172020-03-20

If you were not living in a cave during 2019, you’ve probably already come across the “16 personalities” website. Available in 37 languages, it offers a free and complete MBTI test, as well as very detailed description of your result, that is, your personality type. …

Why you think self-development is bullshit and why you might be wrong

2020-03-072020-03-20

I know what you think: what even is “self-development”? You probably already heard the expression, or some other like “personal growth”, “self-help”… A little heads up: they all refer to the same thing, namely the art of improving as a person. Put like that, it …