Work meetings. Colleagues chatting. Social media scrolling. News on TV. Radio on. Phone calls to family. Texting with friends. Sounds like a considerable flow of information going around, right? During this time, our brains constantly receiving input. All the noise of the world coming to us at once. Every single day. One could say: Exhausting! It is indeed. Though we keep exposing ourselves every day to the same scenario. And why is that? Do we enjoy being overloaded with dat

In Psychology and Coaching, two fields I feel very close to, it is quite common to use the terminology safe space. During a therapy or coaching session, we want to ensure that our clients feel safe to share their thoughts and feelings. As professionals, we do our best to provide an open and free-judgement space to hold the other person’s emotional journey. This is not true only for psychologists or coaches. As human beings, we seek for safety in many ways. We wish for physica

When was the last time you had a fight with your spouse or with a close friend? You may not recall what you were fighting about, though you probably remember the feeling you left with. Arguing with those we love is never pleasing, even when a conflict is inevitable, and a more difficult discussion needs to take place. Most likely you did not start the dialogue with bad intentions, but before you notice voices are raised, accusations are thrown around and the whole thing grow

A few months ago, I was going through a tough phase at work with the implementation of a project. One day after having lunch with my husband, I went back to my office corner at home and kept answering calls and working on some material. Something made me stop – do not remember exactly what – and look at my watch. It was when I realized that only 15 minutes have passed since I left my desk. In other words, I literally grabbed a bite to eat in merely 15 minutes or less and I wa

We all juggle a multitude of roles in our lives, aka hats – as a metaphor for this week’s post. What hat are you wearing right now? Are you wearing more than one perhaps? I can think of a couple of hats I wear all the time: Wife, mom, coach, blogger, sister, friend and of course my own individual hat. We all want to be at our best while wearing these multiple hats. Surely, each hat brings along different responsibilities, which we try to manage the best possible way to avoid