In the wake of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s last fight and the first MMA event organised in France, a lot of very relevant questions about the sport started popping up around me:

• “It’s basically pro-wrestling, right?”
• “What if some huge fighter gets in there with a small one? That seems unfair…’
• “Who would win between Mike Tyson and Bruce Lee in their prime?”
• “Simple: Just kick’em in the nuts!”

MMA is relatively new in France (where I’m from), and I figured it would be useful to break down the basics and bring some light to a sport I’ve enjoyed watching for years…

A l’aube du combat entre Khabib Nurmagomedov et Justin Gaethje, et au lendemain du premier évènement MMA en France, de plus en plus de Français commencent à s’intéresser au MMA. Les questions fusent, toutes plus pertinentes les unes que les autres:

• “C’est comme le catch en fait?”
• “Ils ont des gants? Des catégories de poids? Les femmes peuvent en faire?”
• “Qui gagnerait entre Mike Tyson et Bruce Lee?”
• “On peut tout faire pendant le combat? Même se taper dans la zigounette?”

Afin de poser les bases et d’éclairer un peu les lanternes, j’ai décidé d’écrire un petit guide où vous…

Over the last 8 years or so, I’ve had the opportunity to live and work in a bunch of countries: France, the USA, the UK, Ireland, Germany and now Canada. In most of these places, the companies I worked for were composed of people from all walks of life and parts of the world: Brazil, The Netherlands, Ghana, South Africa, Italy, India, and more. It has been an amazing opportunity for me to learn and grow, but also came with its challenges.

During my Master’s degree in 2016, I started to look into the topic of intercultural management. I was…

At the beginning of 2019 I made a conscious decision to try and read a book a week for the year.

This came from wanting to broaden my interests, educate myself, and most importantly to get rid of some of the “noise” that I felt was increasingly filling up my life. Scrolling through Instagram, Youtube or Netflix, while very enjoyable, had become progressively mind-numbing, and I wanted to commit to using my free time more intently, in a more stimulating way.

For the past ten years of being somewhat of an ‘adult’ (if you can call it that), I have…

Last September, after more than a decade of trying to lose my accent, I decided that it was finally time. Time to…… PROVE THE WORLD I CAN SPEAK ENGLISH!

For a bit of context, I was born and raised in France, and started learning English at school from the age of 11, like every other French kid. I had no specific inclination for the language and was even struggling quite a bit in class, until my high school years when my interests outside of school led me to learn more English on my own.

I am now in my…

As some of you might know (Mom, if you read this), I have become quite a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) enthusiast these past few years. What initially started as a morbid -and somewhat quite common- interest in seeing people getting knocked out in brutal fashion, has slowly evolved into a genuine interest for the sport, athletes, and business dynamics of modern MMA.

Although I always had an interest in martial arts, I often found watching professional competitions underwhelming, most likely due to my lack of expertise and deep understanding of these sports, and the poor entertainment value for the uneducated…

Over the past few years, Facebook has shifted for me from a personal platform to a professional one. I barely check up on my facebook friends’ feed (which they don’t really update anymore anyway, most have switched to Instagram), and started spending an increasing amount of my time using the group feature.

There is a myriad of useful professional groups and communities, especially catered to digital businesses: Marketing, product, copywriting, etc. A friend asked me to compile a list for them, and figured I might as well share it with the rest of you good people out there.

⚠️ Word…

The picture above is how I pictured myself after getting my CELTA certification: inspiring people, empowering my students with cool activities, and rocking eccentric yet very cool hats.

Instead I ended up wearing sweatpants on weekdays, clocking in at the unemployment office to collect social welfare every month, and was never able to teach English abroad in my life.

But let’s start from the beginning.

What’s a CELTA and why do I need one?

According to the Cambridge Assessment English website, CELTA is “the essential TEFL qualification that’s trusted by employers, language schools and governments around the world.” …