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Dafna Gabbay: Organizing is the Key to a Successful Life

By Olga Fromentin

Dafna Gabbay is a businesswoman and founder of the Medical Advisory start-up Curical Technologies from Tel-Aviv, Israel. After serving in the Israeli army, she built a successful career in New York and had a new start in her home country, Israel. She is a mother of four children.  In the interview with Madame Success, Dafna Gabbay shares why organizing and planning, along with mindfulness and happiness, are the critical pillars for success in her life.

Isabelle Bordry: Follow Your Passion!

By Elena Lysak

Isabelle Bordry is well-known in the world of the French Digital Media. At the dawn of the Internet era, she launched in France one of the once most important search engines, Yahoo! Directory.

She became the Managing Director of Yahoo ! France and General Operations Director of Yahoo! Europe.

Today, Isabelle is the owner of innovative Marketing company. She is a Business Angel and a leader of Nous Citoyens initiative in the region of Ile-de-France.

In the interview with Madame Success, Isabelle shared the secret to having a successful high-flying career and a happy family life.

Elisabeth Dancet: A Woman Who Will Change The Way You Think About Animals

By Natalia Yurevich

Elisabeth Dancet is a Talent Management consultant from Paris. She specializes in professional women coaching. Recently, Elisabeth made a major career change: She got involved in Animal Protection and became the director of a web documentary “Remarkable Women” about women who devoted their lives to helping endangered animals.
In the interview with Madame Success Elisabeth explained why she decided to share the stories of women who work with animals. We discussed her documentary project, what recommendations she gives to women as a coach, and how each of us can easily help to protect the environment in less than 10 seconds.

Magda Danysz on the Art of Success and Building the Great Work of Your life

By Olga Fromentin

Magda Danysz is the founder and owner of the contemporary art gallery Magda Danysz Gallery in the heart of the Marais neighborhood in Paris and in the center of Shanghai. Her gallery is recognized as one of the most dynamic galleries on the international contemporary art scene. She worked with globally known artists, such as Obey, JR, Miss Van, VHILS among others.  In the interview to MadameSuccess.com, Magda talked about the easy and difficult aspects of running a gallery, her work and life between France and China, the role of women artists in the contemporary art world, and why it is impossible to be available 24 hours a day.

 

Maria Smirnova: How To Raise Beautiful Minds, Start a School, and Do What You Love

By Natalia Yurevich

Several years ago, Maria Smirnova was one of the senior financial specialists at General Electric and could hardly imagine that she would become the founder and director of three international Montessori schools near Paris. In the interview for Madame Success, Maria told us about the process of starting a school from idea to launch, shared insights about how to help every child find success in maths, and what it takes to do what you love.

Amy Vatanakul: A Global Traveler Brings Stories to Life

By Natalia Yurevich

Amy Vatanakul is bringing life to big movies. A senior pre-visualization artist currently at Proof, Inc, has worked on visual effects for films such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Trek, Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2, and some other exciting productions. 

Amy and I met for this interview at Aroma Coffee and Tea, a cozy cafe near Hollywood Hills and the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, L.A. to talk about her career in Visual Effects, what it is like to work in a male dominated industry, and about her biggest passion – traveling around the world.

Kristy Arbon on Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Success

By Natalia Yurevich

Kristy Arbon is the founder and CEO at HeartWorks, an online learning portal of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion. As a certified Mindful Self-Compassion teacher, she leads intensives and workshops around the world, coordinates online training programs, and supports new teachers’ education at HeartWorks and the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion in San Diego, California. Kristy attempted her first meditation 25 years ago. She spent the past five years exploring Mindful Self-Compassion practices and helping people to learn to be more empathetic towards themselves. Her guided meditations are downloaded thousands of times, and her self-compassion online classes are followed by people from all over the world.

In our conversation, Kristy Arbon provides some gems on how to nurture our spirituality. She gives an inside look at how she practices and how she teaches her followers to embrace mindfulness and self-compassion in their lives.