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Tools, strategies, resources, tips, and tricks related to the experience of Being Human to help you better understand your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, needs, and values, as well as develop your emotional, communication, and self-leadership skills.

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The Art of Letting Go: Why Closure Matters ✨

Closure is an act of self-compassion and courage!

It’s not just an ending but a vital part of the growth cycle. By seeking closure, we honor what was and make space for what’s to come. To be human is to seek closure, and in doing so, to seek meaning and resolution in life’s many transitions.

  • What is it and Why it Matters

  • The Challenges of Finding Closure

  • How to Navigate Closure in Different Areas of Life

  • How to Foster Closure in Your Life

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Navigating the Choice Paradox

The choice paradox, also known as choice overload, occurs when we are presented with so many options that it becomes difficult to make a decision. While having choices can feel empowering, too many options can lead to anxiety, confusion, and dissatisfaction with our choices.

  • What Is the Choice Paradox? 🌐

  • Why Does the Choice Paradox Matter? 💡

  • The Impact of Decision Paralysis 🚫

  • Unhelpful Expectations About Choices 🚫

  • How Can We Navigate the Choice Paradox? 🎯

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5 Strategies for Better Communication 📢

Communication is more than just exchanging words; it’s about connecting, feeling, being heard, and understood. But why does something so fundamental to our lives sometimes feel so difficult?

5 Strategies for Better Communication: 

  • The Power in the Pause ⏸️

  • Listen to Understand, Not to Respond 🎧

  • Be Mindful of Your Assumptions 🧩

  • Express Your Needs Clearly 💬

  • Stay Open and Curious 🔍

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3 Strategies for Your Difficult Emotions

Emotions play a powerful role in our lives, influencing how we respond to the world around us. While some emotions are easier to embrace, navigating more challenging ones like anger or fear can feel overwhelming. Developing emotional skills can help us cultivate healthier relationships with our emotions and lead to greater overall wellbeing.

 

Where do we start in building our emotional skills? 

Explore the complexity of your emotions, debunk common misconceptions, and discover practical strategies to navigate them in alignment with your values.

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✨ 25 Ideas for Better Emotional Health ✨

After more than 10 years of supporting amazing individuals on their transformational journeys as a psychologist and coach, these are some of my key learnings.

I deeply believe in these ideas and their profound impact on our mental and emotional health and wellbeing.

➡ Which one resonates with you?

➡ Which one sparks your curiosity?

➡ Which one brings a touch of discomfort?

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How to Set Ambitious & Achievable Goals!

Do you have dead people’s goals?

⏺ “I want to stop feeling anxious, angry, sad, guilty.”
⏺ “I want to stop making mistakes.”
⏺ “I want to stop being stressed.”
⏺ “I want to stop procrastinating.”

These are dead people’s goals.
While these goals are understandable, they can be counterproductive because they emphasize absence over action. Essentially, a dead person can achieve these goals by simply not existing.

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Job crafting - Making work more engaging & meaningful!

Job Crafting involves making proactive changes to our job roles to better align them with our skills, interests, and preferences. By actively modifying our tasks, interactions, and perceptions, we can enhance job satisfaction, engagement, and performance.

How to start?

• Which activities engage you the most at work?

• Which professional relationships or opportunities could you explore next?

• What is the WHY behind your work? Is your current role aligned with your core values? If not, how can you make this happen?

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Anger Is Not a Bad Emotion

We don’t talk enough about Anger!

Despite its bad reputation, anger is not bad, even though it might feel bad. Anger is a primary emotion—a fundamental, immediate emotional response to a perceived threat or violation of one’s needs or values. It’s there to protect us, to signal unmet needs or crossed boundaries, and often shows up when our values, principles, or limits are being challenged. 🚧

  • What is behind your anger?

  • What message is your answer trying to send you?

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Self-Curiosity is a Superpower!

Self-curiosity is the practice of turning inward with a sense of wonder and inquiry.

It’s about being genuinely interested in understanding yourself—your thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and the reasons behind them. Cultivating self-curiosity allows us to (re)connect with our inner world and, ultimately, live more authentic and fulfilling lives.

  • Why Does Self-Curiosity Matter?

  • Where to Start in Practicing It?

  • How to Cultivate It in Our Daily Lives?

  • How to Practice It in a Fun Way?

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Self-Compassion - The most underrated emotional skill!

Sometimes we mistakenly believe that self-compassion means letting ourselves off the hook, avoiding responsibility, or not caring about our behaviors and performance. That couldn’t be further from the truth. By nurturing self-compassion, we build resilience, foster inner strength, and enhance our overall wellbeing. 🌱

The harsher and more critical we are with ourselves, the greater our need for self-compassion. 

 

✅ Where do we start in understanding self-compassion?

✅ What does self-compassion feel like?

✅ How does self-compassion sound like?

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Discover Amazing Resources

The Daily Mental Health Journal

A Tool to Help You Develop Self-Awareness and Stress-Resilience

The Daily Mental Health Journal is a beautifully designed and easy to apply resource that I created in collaboration with The Wellness Society.

You will discover the benefits of journaling, how can you use writing to help you in difficult moments and even find a dedicated space for you to start journaling. 

Click here to access The Daily Mental Health Journal.