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 26, 2022 | Coaching, Communication, Conflict, Emotions, Mindfulness, Performance, Relationships, Self-awareness
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 communicate...
by El | Aug 18, 2022 | Choice, Communication, Conflict, Language, Leadership, Mindfulness, Relationships, Self-awareness
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 the idea of freedom,...
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...
