Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 42/365 Cyriano de Bergenac asked me to write his LinkedIn Profile for him. I help inarticulate, clumsy and shy men get the woman of their dreams. I help men who have offended their love, win her back. If your heart wants to pound through your chest when you see the […]
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Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 41/365 I was in a brief romantic entanglement recently. It was brief because I blew it. We’d had a wonderful evening and connected beautifully. Our future was pregnant with promise (probably not something you want to be thinking about when dating ;-)). We potentially were going to meet the next […]
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Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 40/365 I’ve always been interested in how the Placebo Effect works. Or more accurately, that it works. I recall reading this weight loss study by Crum and Langer in 2007. Researchers told half of the cleaning staff at seven hotels that their daily work burned enough calories to meet the […]
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Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 39/365 God: Hello Particle, I’m about to send you out into the world. What is it you’d like to accomplish on the journey you’re about to undertake? Me: I’d like to teach about resilience, love and forgiveness. God: Particle, these are truly noble pursuits. Are you sure this is what […]
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Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 38/365 Apparently, people with strong spiritual beliefs have better mental health and adapt more quickly to health problems compared to those with weak spiritual beliefs. There are, of course, many other considerations like lifestyle choices and genetics to take into account. I know the grumpiest and most negative of atheists […]
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