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El's musings & meaning-making
How LifeCoaching Helps Your Communication & Confidence
LifeCoaching for Communication & Confidence I have a passion for helping people with the way they communicate, and be more confident to navigate their relationships. I've gone through life events that have empowered me to support anyone trying...
How We Derive Confidence & Regret
I sometimes contextualize confidence as the ability to take action as soon as one conceives it. Lately, it came up in the coaching sessions with a client who contemplated quitting her job. The work here was obviously not about evoking confidence...
The #1 Thing That Sustains Relationships
Communication is important for good relationships, and it can sometimes feel complex. Yet, you might still be left wondering, how do I improve my relationships? What's the #1 thing that sustains relationships?Change is constant because learning is...
Meditate to Communicate
Here's a suggestion: can we meditate to communicate better? The benefits of meditation have been widely documented. Chief among them is perhaps its ability to cultivate greater awareness. And awareness is everything... especially if you wish to...
How Do I Communicate & Admit I’m Wrong (With More Freedom)
For all our emphasis on communication skills, one of the most common (and challenging) things to communicate is admitting we are wrong. It can feel highly emotional, and understandably so. When working with clients on this area, I often bring up...
“I need help with my relationship”
“Hi, I need help with my relationship.” These are words I’ve read more times than I would have liked, these past couple of months. I’ve been receiving many new requests for coaching arising specifically from romantic relationships. I sometimes get...
What Makes Confidence Difficult
Confidence is something that I regularly work on with my coaching clients. From experience, what makes confidence difficult is the focus on the 'correct' and 'wrong' answers. It trips up the way we communicate, and robs us of better outcomes. It's...