Episodes

Dec. 23, 2022

How to Celebrate Success

2022 is coming to an end. It's time to look back on all the successes we have lived this year and CELEBRATE THEM! How can you celebrate success? About the Host: NATHALIE PLAMONDON-THOMAS, Founder & CEO THINK Yourself® ACADEMY & THINK...

Dec. 17, 2022

Are You Setting Yourself Up to Be Challenged Again & Again?

Could you potentially be setting yourself up to be challenged again and again and again? What I mean by that is when you're facing a crisis, are you taking fully advantage of what you're going through? I know you're probably wondering: "What is there...

Dec. 8, 2022

Why Do I Feel Like I Don't Fit In?

Why do we feel like we don't fit in sometimes? Why does belonging matter? Imposter syndrome is real. Sometimes, we wonder why we feel like we don't belong, why we panic, why we feel like we don't know what we're doing. Well, here's some good news......

Dec. 1, 2022

Why Are Gas Prices Rising?

Why are gas prices rising? Or why are they going down? A lot of people are wondering, and to be honest, I am as well. Spoiler alert: I cannot answer this question, but what I can do is share some facts about what I'm observing. How would you like your...

Nov. 20, 2022

Big News!

A very special episode today to tell you about some big news... Can you guess what it is? About the Host: NATHALIE PLAMONDON-THOMAS, Founder & CEO THINK Yourself® ACADEMY & THINK Yourself® ACADEMY for Kids Nathalie is the EXPERT with a PROVEN...

Nov. 11, 2022

Canadian Wins a Stage of the Tour de France: 8 Lessons

For those of you who know me, I am a huge fan of the Tour de France. My husband and I were there in 2011, and we watch every stage, every year. July is a busy month for us, because we spend so much time in front of the TV, watching the Tour. This...

Nov. 3, 2022

How to Retain Employees

On the first day of your job, you think: "Oh, please like me." And you want everybody at work to like you, and then the on 91st day, you think: "Oh, I hate you so much." What happens inside these 90 days that make people change their mind so...

Oct. 27, 2022

How to Be Yourself

Happy Halloween! The neighbourhood is full of decorations, and it got me thinking about Halloween Day, where people wear costumes. And it made me wonder: Is Halloween the one day a year that we put on a costume? About the Host: NATHALIE...

Oct. 20, 2022

What Drives Us?

We all have different internal drivers and a series of meta programs that direct our thoughts, our behaviors, and all the systems in our brain. In this week's podcast episode, we're digging further into a few of them. About the Host:...

Oct. 13, 2022

Why Do People Leave Their Job?

Have you ever hired a manager based on their perfect answers during the interview process, only to discover after three months, at their review time, that they were not a good match for the position after all? Or they're not a good match for the team?...

Oct. 7, 2022

Three Things You Want People to Say About You

We just got back from a celebration of life. A very old friend of my husband's that he had not seen in over 20 years has recently passed away, and I did not know him. I had never met the guy, but somehow, I got to know him through the testimonials and...

Sept. 29, 2022

How to Find Your Spot

I was at the Arbutus Club in Vancouver for an event, and as I was looking for a parking spot, it made me think. When you enter a parking lot, very often, the first empty ones are the ones that are reserved. Interestingly enough, we sometimes wonder...

Sept. 22, 2022

What Goes Up & Never Comes Down?

What goes up and never goes down? Spoiler alert: It's a bit of a trick question. Just like anything in life, there will be ups, but there will be downs. Whatever's going on, there always is a flow of ups and downs. And in order to really enjoy and...

Sept. 15, 2022

How to Not Freak Out

Let's talk about what you can do when you feel yourself starting to freak out. This week, I will be giving you some specific questions that you can ask yourself whenever you are on the verge of panicking, to make sure that the bomb doesn't go off....

Sept. 8, 2022

4 Ways Your Brain Can Play Tricks on You

You may have heard me talk about how our brain can process 2.3 million pieces of information every second. Of course, not all this information get stored. Our brain uses some of this information to create thoughts. We have between 50,000 and 80,000 of...

Sept. 1, 2022

The Day We Almost Got Killed

Have I ever told you about the day we almost got killed? I was in Haiti with the Heart to Heart foundation, and we got stuck in the middle of nowhere with our truck... About the Host: NATHALIE PLAMONDON-THOMAS, Founder & CEO THINK Yourself®...

Aug. 25, 2022

Understanding Brain Fog

Are you familiar with "brain fog"? You know, the feeling when things are just not the way you want them to be, when your thinking is sluggish, fuzzy and not as sharp as it should be? I like to think of it like a glass of water... About the...

Aug. 19, 2022

Do You Know The Story About The Guy In a Bar?

I don't know if you've heard this old joke: A guy enters a bar, order three beers, and drinks them all. He then orders two beers, and drinks them both as well. Then, he orders one beer, downs it, and says: "I don't understand. The less I drink, the...

Aug. 19, 2022

Are You a Helicopter Parent/Friend/Boss?

Are you a helicopter parent? A helicopter friend? A helicopter boss? What does that even mean? I got this idea as I was by the pool, reminiscing. I remembered when I first learned how to swim... About the Host: NATHALIE PLAMONDON-THOMAS,...

Aug. 8, 2022

Spring Cleaning Time

Alright, I know it's not spring, but it's never a bad time for a great spring cleaning, right? Getting rid of all the stuff you have accumulated throughout the year, of all the temporary stuff that was not meant to stay for a while but that somehow...

Aug. 4, 2022

It's Not Me, It's You

If you break up with someone, you may find yourself saying: "It's not you, it's me." What about the opposite? "It's not me, it's you." If you break up with someone, it's because there's something about them that doesn't work. But what if it was both?...

July 21, 2022