Maison d'Ulysse, gîte in Provence

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WHO ORGANIZES
AND WELCOMES YOU?

Nelly

When we bought Maison d'Ulysse, we wanted to find a house where we could welcome our new family, design our new life, welcome our friends, live in peace and quiet, and be happy!

But because this place undeniably exudes something indefinable, a feeling of serenity, of calm, of peace... I immediately and intuitively imagined organising stays here for people who needed to take a step back, to give themselves time to settle down, to let go, to bounce back in both their private and professional spheres, to no longer be subjected to a situation, but to look at it with fresh eyes.

My sole aim at the end of your stay is for you to be able to say: "there was a before and an after to the house of Ulysse".

Within Maison of Ulysse, I wear several hats:

  • Welcome you on the phone to listen to your needs;
  • Offer you the holiday that suits you best, and plan it with you;
  • Together with the Maison and Ulysse teams, organise and orchestrate all the activities you choose;
  • Ensuring your well-being throughout your stay;
  • But also, at your request, to receive you in my office located within the Maison of Ulysse for one or more individual sessions of accompaniment.

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ABOUT US

Graduate of Grenoble business school, then graduate and certified in the ComColors method, involved in the voluntary sector https://mieux-traverser-le-deuil.fr/We offer a wide range of training courses in management, emotional intelligence and personal development.

After a very intensive career in the field of business development strategy, she has worked with numerous managers and teams as a sales director, operations director, trainer in negotiation and management techniques, and then as an independent consultant over the last 10 years, particularly in the healthcare sector, Throughout my career, I have nurtured the project of becoming a psychopratitioner, by training myself in aspects of emotional intelligence, managing different personality profiles, the dynamics of grief, etc.

In this way, I have helped many company directors, teams and individuals with a wide range of problems and suffering (bereavement, loss of confidence, professional deadlock and difficulties, difficult communication and interaction, loss of interest and dynamism, lack of foresight when making decisions, etc.).

I'm also very involved in the association "Getting through bereavement better  as a bereavement counsellor, which has greatly developed my understanding of the process, complications and pathologies of bereavement. In fact, I've been lucky enough to work alongside Christophe FAURE  a psychiatrist and psychotherapist widely recognised in France as the benchmark for bereavement and life disruption supportsecretary of the same association.

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Maison d'Ulysse - Seminars and breaks in Provence

Christophe FAURE's biography begins with :

"The meaning of life does not exist in itself, but is constructed at every moment, with intelligence and wisdom, for one's own benefit and that of others"..

I like this phrase, which is why I quote it, because for me there are several sources of meaning. To give meaning is to find significance in our existence, to understand what's going on around us, in our work, our family life, defining our expectations and our relationship with our own finitude. To find the meaning we want to give to our lives, we must first find the courage to ask ourselves some fundamental questions. Courage, because it can be painful to realise that the life we lead is not compatible with our aspirations, our priorities, our personality, our beliefs or our values. Have we lost our way? It's essential to be able to put words to our problems and make sense of them. understand our choices, our failures and our motivations, understand why we are where we are today, and perhaps that's when you might need to come and meet me, at the Maison of Ulysse, to chart a new course ...

SPORT IN MY LIFE

Personally, I've always practised sport, to a greater or lesser extent depending on the period, the year and the context, but what's certain is that when I don't do it, or don't do it enough, my morale and my mental dynamics suffer immediately, it's so obvious. So sport is non-negotiable, it's essential, if only for a few minutes a day. I feel like a fighter after a sports session, it's magical!  

Maison d'Ulysse - Seminars and breaks in Provence

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Maison d'Ulysse - Seminars and breaks in Provence

I do a variety of sports, some since I was a teenager, others more recently: cycling, walking, fitness, wing foiling, running, skiing, golf, motorcycling... in short, anything that gives me pleasure and gets me moving.

No one doubts any longer that The well-being of body and mind are inseparable. A session of physical activity of any kind has a positive and direct influence on our cognitive performance improving our ability to plan and solve problems as well as long-term memory.

 My doctrine : " Anything is possible if you dream, dare, work and never give up.

How I deal with difficulties : Substituting the simple invisible for the complicated visible.

RECONNECTION

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WHY DID YOU SET UP THE RECONNECTION BREAKS?

Because when I myself went through periods of questioning, of immense fatigue, of mourning, I would certainly have liked to have been welcomed in a special place like the home of Ulysse with the kind of à la carte support on offer.

Because I am convinced that we are not all equal when it comes to our psychological state, our inner attitude and our general state of mindBut I'm also convinced that nothing is inevitable and that with effective tools, good advice and practical, pragmatic methods, a person who is melancholy, pessimistic, despondent or discouraged..., can fundamentally transform the way we approach our lives, moving forward to achieve our aspirations, no longer suffering a situation, but looking at it with fresh eyes.

Because I'm undeniably driven by taking charge of a situation, a project, a person, listening, analysing, assessing the situation and then guiding to move forward and succeed in achieving the desired objective.

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WHAT SUPPORT IS NEEDED?

The worst thing that can happen to a patient is to find that they are going round in circles, that nothing is moving forward. Drawing on my professional and personal experience, my support is pragmatic, concrete and effective.  

My ambition is to provide you with simple, practical tools to enable you to take action on a day-to-day basis, to carry out actions that may sometimes seem minor, but that's how we become stronger and move forward!

My support is based on 3 pillars:

  1. Getting to know yourself using the COMCOLORS method
  2. Reversing the perspective: Focus on the solution and not on the problem (TOOLS method)
  3. Energise your body to give your mind wings
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DETAILS OF MY SUPPORT

Don't change a thing, you're great!

Each session together will be a real bubble of caring, reassuring and soothing, allowing you to discover yourself.

1/ Developing a better understanding of yourself

I aim to help you gain a better understanding of yourself, so that you can develop your full potential both personally and professionally, enhance your well-being and boost your self-confidence, thanks to my individual and privileged support.

The 1er he foundation of my coaching is based on the philosophy of the ComColors model, of which I have been certified since 2014. For me, in the midst of all the injunctions to change that we all receive on a daily basis, I am convinced that we already have everything we need to succeed. The real challenge is to discover our true personalitybeyond the masks and external demands. Accepting ourselves as we are, opens the door to our natural strengths that we can draw on to succeed, flourish and be happy.

In the ComColors approach, there are no no defects to correct to be better, or skills to develop to perform better. Nevertheless, there is develop better self-knowledge for :  

  • Be more motivated by having a better understanding of your internal states
  • Understanding its specific contribution to the team, the family, and its personal and professional social life.
  • Better managementthe stressful situations around us
  • Improving relationshipspersonal and professional
  • Knowing how to clear minesavoid strained relations in time to avoid conflict

The method I use acts as revealing your authentic way of working. You'll then be on the road to profound transformation of your environment and your expectations to match them to you, quite simply.

Discovering the colours of your personality is the key to reconnecting with your true motivation and fulfilment!

Your path to your ComColors profile begins with a 98-question questionnaire (20-30 minutes), which you complete in the quiet of your own home before your consultation. The aim is to bring out your natural behaviours and test which traits you display most frequently in your day-to-day life.

Your answers are analysed through the prism of psychometrics. You get results in the form of percentages for each of the 6 colours in the ComColors model.

The ComColors model defines 6 personality types represented by colours. We all have the 6 personality types in varying percentages.

The two highest percentages represent your dominant colour and your secondary colour.

Each personality type has its own way of expressing itself and understanding the world. These variations in communication and perception can lead to misunderstandings, difficulties in communicating, in being understood, in working as part of a team, and even conflicts.

Each personality type has its own motivations, organisational style and reactions to stressful situations.

By understanding our own way of working and that of others, it becomes possible to open a calmer discussion. Misunderstandings are reduced and the message is better understood by the parties involved. But above all, to reconnect with our deepest motivations and reduce the manifestation of our behaviour under stress.

Discovering the colours of your personality is the key to reconnecting with your true motivation!

Individual interviewsA free 60-minute discussion, 100% confidential. I present you with your results. Your ComColors profile contains essential information about how you function on a day-to-day basis. It's not just a question of explaining the personality type you've obtained, but also of identifying your personality type. to challenge it fully to avoid self-perception bias.

Indeed the questionnaire asks you about your habits and personality. When you answer them, you naturally tend to project yourself onto the person who meets the expectations of others, your spouse, your family, your company or the person you'd like to be! That's why I'll ask you specific questions about yourself and the way you function during the interview... to bring out your true personality.

This interview is therefore a crucial step of the process of identifying your personality type, which allows you to relevant results. The aim is to eliminate the discrepancy between the image you have of yourself or want to project and the reality of your personality.

A personalised, written assessment of your personality, a fresh look at yourself and practical, easy-to-implement tools.

Your individual interview has enabled you to distinguish between your natural behaviours and your learned behaviours. You now have access to your ComColors profile, you get your personality assessment. This 20-page illustrated document contains all the information you need about your colours, as well as practical, concrete advice to improve your communication and boost your motivation.

  • Your personality traits
  • Your favourable working environment
  • Your perception filter
  • The heart of your motivation
  • Your organisational style
  • Your favourite roles in a team or in your family
  • Your behaviour under stress

Know your personality colours allows become aware of your strengths and reconnect with your motivation to reduce the manifestation of behaviour under stress. It also helps to avoid situations of conflict, and to understand the added value they bring to their professional and personal lives within their circle of family and friends. 

Discovering your personality helps you to understand your reactions to situations.

The clarity this brings will enable you, in just a few hours or days, to take better care of your motivation, be more lucid when faced with stressful situations, communicate better with others - children, spouses, friends - and help you make the right decisions for yourself.

In short, it's a new way of looking at yourself and your work. the chance to express your true personality !

Once this essential foundation has been laid, getting to know yourself better,  we'll continue on the path of your personal development with other concrete and effective tools, in particular :

1/ The COMCOLORS applicationa tool that you can use every day, after your stay at Maison d'Ulysse.

This tool helps you to implement the colours of your personality in a lasting way on a daily basis. For example :

  • The "Motivation"Sends you daily notifications to encourage you to satisfy the motivation specific to your personality type, and keep your energy up for the long term;
  • The "Managing relationshipsYou can use the "Personality Type" tool to identify the personality type of a colleague, spouse, etc., and then receive advice on how to improve their personality. improve understanding and communication with this person.

The ComColors application is the tool that supports you on a daily basis, enabling you to taking care of yourself andimprove your relationships with ease!

2/ The Tools method : practical, effective tools

Thanks to a better understanding of yourself, which is the 1st fundamental step in my coaching, you have set in motion the process of your personal development. You have been confronted with yourself, your motivations and your deepest reactions under stress, and we can now continue on the road to your personal fulfilment.

I have chosen to base my coaching sessions solely on methods that offer judicious, practical and effective toolsThe "ComColors" and "Tools" methods are among them. In fact, how many times in my personal experience and in my relationships, after several sessions with a therapist, have I heard them say "It's great to have all these discussions, but now I've got to work out how to move forward and find a solution to what's eating away at me and what's causing me problems at the moment. I'm waiting for help, for answers. All they do is break down my problems and the various aspects of my suffering, but they never come up with any concrete solutions.

So that's precisely why I've chosen to look at the 'Tools' method, which postulates that we need to reverse the perspective and to focus more on the solution than on the problem.

Thanks to the Tools method, during our sessions, we will be focusing on solutions using practical, effective tools. Together we will work, for example, on solutions to the important questions you are asking yourself, to a situation that is worrying you, to get you back into a positive frame of mind, to (re)find an emotional balance, to get through a bereavement, etc. ... ;

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2/ The Tools method: practical, effective tools

Thanks to a better understanding of yourself, which is the 1st fundamental step in my coaching, you have set in motion the process of your personal development. You have been confronted with yourself, your motivations and your deepest reactions under stress, and we can now continue on the road to your personal fulfilment.

I have chosen to base my coaching sessions solely on methods that offer judicious, practical and effective toolsThe "ComColors" and "Tools" methods are among them. In fact, how many times in my personal experience and in my relationships, after several sessions with a therapist, have I heard them say "It's great to have all these discussions, but now I've got to work out how to move forward and find a solution to what's eating away at me and what's causing me problems at the moment. I'm waiting for help, for answers. All they do is break down my problems and the various aspects of my suffering, but they never come up with any concrete solutions.

So that's precisely why I've chosen to look at the 'Tools' method, which postulates that we need to reverse the perspective and to focus more on the solution than on the problem.

Thanks to the Tools method, during our sessions, we will be focusing on solutions using practical, effective tools. Together we will work, for example, on solutions to the important questions you are asking yourself, to a situation that is worrying you, to get you back into a positive frame of mind, to (re)find an emotional balance, to get through a bereavement, etc. ... ;

3/ Sport as a tool for personal development

When I talk about sport, I'm talking first and foremost about physical activity; it's not about practising a sport in large doses, at a high level.

Physical activity improves self-esteem and self-confidence and reduces depression and anxiety. Sport contributes to well-being, whatever your age, and its scope is unrivalled. That's why I'm proposing it as a 3th pillar of my support.

Regular participation in sport promotes psychosocial skills, removes behavioural inhibitions and is one of the best remedies for feeling unwell. By pushing back the limits of your body, you give wings to your spirit.

Sport is a way of rediscovering and accepting yourself. The limits you think you've reached are holding you back and preventing you from fulfilling your potential. By pushing them back just a little, you'll realise that you're capable of great things. You'll amaze yourself, and then you'll start to blossom.

Personal fulfilment is the result of your actions, your state of mind and the situations that enable you to achieve a certain level of satisfaction. etc... Sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone to find fulfilment.

So, with your agreement, depending on your age, fitness level and preferences, I would suggest incorporating physical activity into our sessions (walking, jogging, fitness, cycling, etc.).

Whatever physical activity you engage in, your brain produces the vitamins of happinesscalled endorphins or dopamine...

Do you have any questions?

Ideally situated at the crossroads of Provence, the Languedoc and Cévennes regions and the Mediterranean, near Nîmes, Arles, Avignon and the Pont du Gard. This is an idyllic setting for an unforgettable stay in Provence.