I've been cooking (ha!) this idea for more than a few weeks, since I've started looking in the fridge and realizing (a) there is no cookable food in there and (b) I don't have the energy to think up or look up what could be possibly assembled from the bits and pieces there. I am lucky to say ...
Confident Communication – it’s not only about the attitude
Recently I was talking with Eddie Ezeanu, a friend coach, for lunch. Eddie and I have that kind of camaraderie where we challenge each other's views and tend to find different perspectives. As he was talking about his niche - which is helping other people how to better communicate, this brought the following debate to ...
Heated arguments. Is there a way?
I recently had not one - quite a few heated arguments. I must say I started to enjoy them, as I realized the benefits of consciously turning them around into constructive dialogues. In all these discussions, we started off at completely opposite ends of the spectrum of ideas. Each of us was holding tightly to his/her ...
Spring rebalancing – update Week 2 and conclusions
Two weeks ago I started a mental-physical-emotional-spiritual Spring Detox. Why, and how I planned to do it, read here. And the update after the first week, here. So what happened this week: Conscious about my goals, I completely refrained from eating meat. That is, until Friday, when I gave in to some beef wrap advertised so much ...
Spring rebalancing – update Week 1
I wrote last week about starting a re-balancing endeavour for myself. I was a mess, physically and mentally, and realized I needed to do something about it. So in last week's post you'll find that I set to make some changes in 4 areas: - Physical - eating healthy, going to bed earlier and exercising - Mental ...
4 steps to regaining balance
I don't know about you, but this early spring has been extremely hectic for me. I've moved to a new house two months ago, and much of my thinking and dreaming revolved around French style furniture and budget lists that were overspent. On top of that, I've recently traversed the best and most consuming period ...
What to do when you can’t figure out your Life Mission
I recently coached a young NGO leader on developing a conference for fresh graduates and master students, called "Heading for the Future". It's not the first time this conference was held, and I appreciated the idea even the first time I heard about it. But by working with Cristina, and wondering how we could better ...
How to be an awsome Project Manager
"Not everyone can be a Project Manager" it is said. Or at least, that's what I heard in a conversation yesterday. "You should be able to see what's coming, control the steps, and take over when things are not working properly. Yes, you can learn the technicalities, but to be a really good Project Manager, ...
The one simple thing that will help you get organized
People tell me I'm structured, analytical and organized. (of course, more often than not, they also tell me I'm strange, moody, and inconsistent). (I think the two sides make quite an interesting combination, and I don't intend to change either of them). Anyways, along time I've experimented (as you can tell by the posts on this blog) with ...
Building traditions, for mental health
You know that feeling you get when you start noticing the same thing everywhere around you, and it keeps popping up? That's what I get this year about building own holiday traditions. I found it first on The Nest website, and as much as it gets into the typical one-two-three-tips type of articles, it got me thinking. Then ...
Easier Holidays
It's the first of December and I can't stop thinking that for many people out there, the most stressful time of the year has begun. Why are we creating such a mess on what's supposed to be the happiest time of the year? Sure, some of it is not our own doing - snow blizzards, frozen ...
1 year of Life Toolkit! Best posts & Coaching challenge
So one year of blogging passed away, quite fast. What happened during this time? Looking back... - I started blogging like crazy, read all I could on SEO and social network promoting, then decided I should just let my readers unfold as they come. And that's how I got to this steady, smallish base of you ...
3 Simple Recipes for the Gourmet Yuppie
* author note: A yuppie is a young professional,which means probably between 22 and 30 years old. If you're within this age group, you're more likely to be spending time online looking for food recipes, than actually cooking in the kitchen. You probably don't have much time, but plenty of friends. You're already past the wild young years, ...
How to save. More.
Since the crisis started, I've been seeing a lot of articles on how to cut down on spending. I've always been the saving kind of person, doing budgeting, checking where my money goes, saving at first 10% of my income, then reaching up to 30% monthly. Recently, I've been looking a lot at my finances, income ...
Career Coaching: why long term plans pay off
Do you have a 5 year career plan? Does your current job make you happy? If not, have you thought about what it would take to improve? In these times of crisis, when most people would be happy doing just any job, I think it's critical that we define what provides a fair level of enjoyment - and ...
