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Stories, Sourcing & Styling at Château de Brives:
Join Wendy Harrop and Sarah & George Haslett for an intimate French antique experience at Château de Brives, November 17–23, 2026. Spend six nights at the château, source alongside the experts at local brocantes and Bordeaux’s renowned Quinconces Antique Show, cook and gather around the table, and experience France through the lens of the collector. Limited to just six guests.
→ Learn more and reserve your place: wendy-harrop.com/experiences-cart/p/antique-experience-france
A French Christmas with Chef Eric Duvin:
Join Wendy Harrop and Chef Eric Duvin for an intimate French Christmas culinary experience, December 4–11, 2026. Cook alongside Chef Eric at The Walnut Grove Cookery School, explore Brittany at Christmastime, and enjoy three fabulous nights in Paris filled with incredible meals and chef-led culinary experiences. Limited to just six guests.
→ Learn more and reserve your place: thewalnutgrove.fr/christmas-in-france-experience
Neuroscientist Dr. Tiff Thompson tells the story of the day she lost it on a gardener for cutting a limb off the tree outside her Santa Barbara office, and what she learned when she got curious about her own rage. Wendy and Tiff talk about the small, split-second judgments we make about other people and what those judgments may be telling us about ourselves. They also get into giving yourself permission to not always be bright and sparkly, and why Tiff believes staying open can help you live longer.
In this episode, they discuss:
- What happens in the brain during rage, and how getting curious about her own outburst gave Tiff compassion for an emotion that rarely gets any
- Micro-judgments: the quick, automatic judgments we make about strangers, and why noticing them without beating yourself up is the first step to changing them
- Openness, comparison, and why “monotony compresses time, novelty unfolds it” makes a case for saying yes now
If you’re in a season of reinvention and catching yourself in old patterns, this one will make you want to grab a flashlight and take a closer look.
Connect with Dr. Thompson:
Website: neurofieldneurotherapy.com
schoolofneurotherapy.com
Instagram: instagram.com/neurofieldneurotherapy
Facebook: facebook.com/NeuroFieldNeurotherapy
Referenced in this Episode:
The Big Five Personality Test: bigfive-test.com
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