by El | Sep 27, 2023 | Coaching, Communication, Conflict, Emotions, Interventions, Mindfulness, Relationships, Self-awareness, Whole-being
Let’s assume you’re committed to maintaining good physical health because you understand the far-reaching impact it has on your life and the people you love. You exercise, eat well, and see a doctor for regular check-ups, so that you do not become a burden to...
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 | Feb 28, 2020 | Book reviews, Gestalt, Whole-being
Gestalt Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques by Dave Mann It felt like an exhaustive index of Gestalt fundamentals, which will likely make this one of my professional ‘textbooks’ from now on. I came to this book after experiencing some essentials of Gestalt therapy...
by El | Oct 18, 2019 | Coaching, Mindfulness, Self-awareness, Somatics, Whole-being
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ellery Ng (@elng.coach) on Oct 20, 2019 at 4:11pm PDT It wasn’t in the exact words you see in the title, but it was nonetheless a mind-bending day for me when I first encountered this idea. Even considering that it was my...
by El | Sep 30, 2019 | Choice, Mindfulness, Self-awareness, Whole-being
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ellery Ng (@elng.coach) on Sep 30, 2019 at 4:27pm PDT When shit happens, what do you do? More precisely, do you think you react? Or do you respond? For some, there may not be an obvious difference between the two....
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...
