by El | Oct 20, 2022 | Confidence, Emotions, Interventions, Mindfulness, Self-awareness, Whole-being
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 for a task, but about...
by El | Aug 2, 2021 | Coaching, Communication, Confidence, Interventions, Leadership, Mindfulness, Presence, Relationships, Self-awareness, Somatics
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....
by El | Mar 24, 2021 | Coaching, Communication, Conflict, Habit, Interventions, Mindfulness, Performance, Relationships, Self-awareness
At some point, we have all suffered the lack of effective communication. “I don’t know why he would think like that. I already explained it very clearly to him.” “If she still doesn’t get it, it’s her problem. I said the words very...
by El | Mar 17, 2021 | Choice, Coaching, Emotions, Habit, Interventions, Mindfulness, Performance, Self-awareness
Waiting sucks. It’s one of the hardest things to do. Doing doesn’t impact us the same way. We can easily find plenty of resources for doing; strategies, methods, tips, etc. And though from time to time, we may be terrified of what we are called to do, I...
by El | Feb 3, 2021 | Choice, Coaching, Conflict, Interventions, Leadership, Mindfulness, Relationships, Self-awareness
Have you ever felt it was difficult to say or ask for something in a relationship? How to get more freedom in a (romantic) relationship? Not being able to freely express our thoughts and needs, and to change our minds (especially when we realize we’re wrong)...
by El | Dec 4, 2020 | Coaching, Communication, Confidence, Interventions, Leadership, Performance, Self-awareness
Some of the most common misconceptions about coaching is that it’s for people who have ‘something wrong’ with them. Or that they are ‘weak’. These were once my impressions as well. But they turned out to be quite different from what I...
