How can I be #happy #successful & #content? I’m sure these are questions we often find ourselves answering for clients these days. Here’s what I find myself saying often- while being happy/successful/content isn’t the result of a magical recipe, a key ingredient that can help us get there is ‘Flow’. The ability to reach a state of #flow can be …
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Dancing in the rain!
An excellent thought to help your clients through hardship, and help them build resilience… What exactly does learning to dance in the rain mean? It’s the ability to understand your own emotional quotient-understanding your own capacities for resilience and courage, while being able to see the period of struggle as a springboard of opportunities. Engage …
Behavioral Patterns- Passive vs Aggressive
As humans we go through a gamut of feelings and emotions and our reactions to situations vary depending upon various factors. But our reactions are not limited to one behavioral pattern. We can at times display passive acceptance of the situation or suddenly become agitated and aggressive or sometimes we may even think through our …
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Assertiveness in the Workplace
Assertiveness in the workplace Your boss has given you a new project to work on and your deadline is difficult especially since you also have your domestic chores to accomplish, say you’re in the middle of school admission season and are occupied with filling out school forms and going for numerous school interviews. Now, realistically …
Listen Deeply!
Ladies, we need to listen to one another deeply. When we listen deeply, we heal wounds. We open our hearts to relieve the suffering of another- and in one brave act of compassion- we can bring about lasting transformation… Here are 3 skills of deep listening, that women can use in their conversations at the …
Respecting Diversity through empathetic listening
Just yesterday somebody asked me how coaches can be trained to respect diversity and be inclusive in their approach? My response was: “Listen to Understand”. It’s about respecting the difference & #diversity at an individual level. No two brains are the same. There are always going to be differences in individuals and by acknowledging & accepting it …
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Leadership Coaching
“I’ve put in my best over 20 years and I don’t know where to go next” I’ve heard this multiple clients say the same thing when they first begin #coaching. This is where #leadershipcoaching comes in & changes the game. 3 things execs at the top need to remember: ⚡ What got you here won’t get you where …
Listen, don’t label
“Listen, Don’t Label” This bears reiterating more than anything else. We have been communicating knowledge and emotions as trends that we can “hashtag”, and not as important aspects of the human experience. The question is, “Why are we trying to diagnose & label based on our limited understanding?” Does it satisfy some deep-seated primal need? …
THE COACHING CONVERSATION IS A CONVERSATION WITH PURPOSE
When you embark on the journey of coaching– be it for individuals or executives- you do so knowing that the greatest impact you will make as a coach is through the sessions you have with them; be it one-on-one or in a group. This makes the coaching conversation an absolutely crucial part of the entire …
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Face The Unknown, Don’t Fear It
Think back to moments of great triumph in your life. They were undoubtedly followed by a period of significant turmoil, and even that turmoil would have been preceded by a period of uncertainty, where your life’s questions seemed truly to outweigh the answers. Needless to say, the path to good things …