by El | Sep 14, 2023 | Coaching, Communication, Conflict, Emotions, Interventions, Leadership, Presence, Relationships, Self-awareness
It’s true – being overly-emotional can strain our relationships. But on the other hand, is emotion really an obstacle to effective communication? It’s still quite easy to encounter this idea: let’s leave emotions out of this work conversation so that we...
by El | Aug 30, 2023 | Coaching, Communication, Confidence, Emotions, Performance, Self-awareness
In your quest to improve your interpersonal communication skills, you would have considered a communication workshop. With its interactive and participatory nature, workshops have long been recognized as a highly-practical learning modality. Unlike attending a class,...
by El | Aug 23, 2023 | Coaching, Communication, Confidence, Leadership, Performance, Self-awareness
Whether it’s expressing your ideas at work, engaging in important conversations with loved ones, or presenting your thoughts to an audience, being able to communicate with confidence and clarity has value in all areas of your life. In the communication and...
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 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....
