It has so many storms, tides and shades of blue. Catches you like a wave, raises you high up to the heavens, then for a moment throws you at the bottom, lifts you up again and shows you the beauty of the sunrise. It resembles the ocean – an unabated storm in which you shall fully immerse yourself in order to live truly. That’s life. Or at least my own. A life in which thoughts become words, words become actions, actions become habits, habits – character, and finally character turns into fate. I have learned to appreciate every occurence because it teaches me of strength, patience, survival and new…
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KIDS WITH GOOD MANNERS AT THE THEATRE – EXPECTATIONS VS REALITY
When I shared with you the other day about the wonderful experience of my daughter’s very first theatrical performance I promised to invite the incredible Nevena Basarova-Dicheva, a specialist in good manners, to explain how to turn this adventure into a beautiful experience with a dose of style and a pinch of good manners. Often as parents, we think we can know everything, yet it is useful and enjoyable when we get timely practical guidelines which can make our most precious moments truly memorable. What is the etiquette and the good manners guidelines when attending a theatre/cinema performance? Every parent is looking forward to a moment when their heir will…
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YOUR BUDGET IS A PASSPORT TO A HEALTHY FINANCIAL LIFE
Like it or not we are all living in a consumer society which fosters spending. Subject to this we often end up having more things in our closets than money in our bank accounts. Truth is that you will either tell your money what to do or it will always manage you. Budgeting properly personal finances and putting money aside is an everyday challenge for lots of people. That is why I have the pleasure to delve into this adventure with Loic Le Pichoux, ex CEO of BNP Paribas Personal Finance and current co-funder and CEO of KLEAR. WM: What does management of personal finances mean to you? What are your…
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FOR GOOD MANNERS WITH LOVE – INTERVIEW WITH THE EXPERT
Our life is a string of moments that make us gasp for breath. Sometimes they are white, sometimes black, and most often gray. The diversity and beauty of life are in going our way happily. And good manners certainly help us to be such. They feed us with confidence and harmony, make us agreeable for communication and successful in our interactions with people and the world. In order to understand their essence, I invited the expert of good manners, Nevena Bassarova-Dicheva, to calibrate our compasses for etiquette and generally accepted manners. WM: Recently, good manners have become very “modern”, and in this trend they seem overexposed. Have…
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JOB INTERVIEWS AFTER MATERNITY – TIPS FROM THE HR EXPERT
The post-maternity interview is one of the things that most actively preoccupy our minds and take out all our fears from the wardrobe. In the interview with the leading HR specialist Milena Hadzhiivanova, we will look for the answers to some of the most common questions we have as young mothers wanting to return back to corporate life. One of the most important things during the post-maternity interview is to give confidence because you have already done a lot of effort to balance your personal and professional priorities. You do not need to apologize to anyone about your decision to stay at home and take care of your child. Explain…
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BACK TO WORK AFTER KIDS – TIPS AND HINTS
Returning to work after maternity is often a process that fills our minds and our soul with fears and challenges. Will we be able to establish a good balance between corporate and family life? Will we deal with work responsibilities after such a long pause? Are there many things we have to catch up with? Will our employer accept understandingly that besides professionals we are also mothers and as such we will have to be absent from work at times in the care of our children? In the following lines I will suggest some good practices and guidelines on how to prepare for this next life stage so that you…
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6 STEPS TO ADJUST TO LIFE OVERSEAS
Whether you move to a new city in your home country or you move abroad, always keep an open mind. This is your fast lane to adjusting to the new culture. When I moved with my family to the UK I spent months struggling to accept the new surroundings and way things happen here. I went through various stages before finally ackowledging my feelings, circumstances and reality. Only then was I able to start enjoying my life abroad and even expressing a desire to build a home away from home. I exhaled all the tension, anger, differences, things and people that I missed and I inhaled the spirit of the…
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Running out of time
They say time flies. How fast it runs out, however, I realize when I look at my daughter. Six minutes stay in the next room and she has already grown with some mischief, an ocean of enthusiasm to create some new one and a couple of lion’s leaps that practically separate her from this. I know from experience that whenever there is quiet for more than a moment, something very wrong is actually taking place. While preparing the breakfast in a hand-to-hand combat with the clock, the oven and the products in the fridge, few very long moments took place in the next room. Ready to face the faith of…
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16 favorite quotes about love
…because love is like a stormy sea, a candy-floss, a hurricane, an emotion to which I surrender unconditionally. Because I cannot live without love. Because 16 is better than 15. Because these are my favorite quotes: “Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.” – Lao Tzu “Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me.” – Sarah Bernhardt “Only the people in love live, others just exist.” – William Shakespeare “Love is to give your soul without regret and instantly to forget what you have given” – Nadejda Zaharieva “somewhere in your sands there is a woman waiting for me. And that’s why I have to…
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Friendship beyond borders
I have known her since eighth grade at school. Carefree, excited and holding grandiose views regarding the world. We painted our dreams with pastels as colorful as the rainbow over the greyness of the everyday life. Today, we are still twenty-one. Time has stopped. It magically turned the years into a single moment. It gave us this mad temper and ready to make troubles eyes, looking forward to run as hell into every new adventure. Like Max and Mauritz but with long blond hair and brunette curls. It gave us longing for life, yearning for tomorrow’s day and dyed our lives in the most fascinating colors. She is a tall…
