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 20, 2020 | Book reviews, Choice, Confidence, Conflict, Interventions, Language, Performance, Presence, Self-awareness
Difficult Conversations by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen I appreciate how ‘real’ this book is. Consider the following statements made by the author, with regards to the work championed by this book: “Who has time for all this in the real world? Nobody.”...
by El | Nov 21, 2019 | Choice, Emotions, Mindfulness, Presence, Self-awareness
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ellery Ng | NCC® (@elng.coach) on Nov 18, 2019 at 3:17pm PST You can’t un-see what you saw, or un-know what you discovered. Once, ya know, you have choice. Which is also another way of saying, “With great power comes great...
by El | Sep 22, 2019 | Choice, Mindfulness, Presence, Self-awareness
“There is a space between stimulus and response. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” (commonly attributed to) Victor E. Frankl This quote has had a big impact on the work that I do with my...
by El | Jul 14, 2019 | Book reviews, Presence, Self-awareness, Whole-being
Your Body is Your Brain: Leverage Your Somatic Intelligence to Find Purpose, Build Resilience, Deepen Relationships and Lead More Powerfully by Amanda Blake This is a very good primer on somatics and how tapping into embodied intelligence can unlock and unblock...
by El | May 16, 2019 | Book reviews, Coaching, Performance, Presence
The Prosperous Coach: Increase Income and Impact for You and Your Clients by Steve Chandler & Rich Litvin I wish every book could be as concise and to-the-point as this. It’s so concise that its content is easily absorbed even in audiobook format (which I...
