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? Discover the complexities of communication, why it can be so challenging, and how thoughts and emotions influence our interactions.

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 🔍

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.

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?

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.

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?

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?

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?

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?