Stay where you are for a moment! ✨After a hardship we doubt ourselves and struggle to regain our power and hope for the future. We want to run away and escape the problem.One of the most important things coaching has taught me is that instead of escaping, we must work on acceptance.Most people rise again to live lives of happiness.Kintsukuroi is the Japanese art of repairing broken objects. When pottery breaks, they mend the broken areas with gold. The object becomes more beautiful and stronger than it was before.Don´t hide your cracks: embrace every flaw and imperfection, they are part of your history and make you more beautiful! ❤️Become the Kintsukuroi artisan of your life.After being laid off my universe broke, but I immersed myself in the personal development world. I became stronger, more confident and happier. 😎When was the last time you repaired yourself with gold?

Hating someone is one of the biggest stressors in life. 🔥The more mature you become, the easier it gets to maintain healthy professional relationships.But sometimes the difficulties dealing with another person become overwhelming. We all think that the good is because of us, and the bad is because of the other.If you need to have a conversation with someone you have a problematic professional relationship with, try this:1️⃣ Let go of trying to control their reaction. It’s liberating for the other person to have the space to react however they need to, and takes a huge amount of pressure off you.2️⃣ Prepare for their response. Imagine they respond in the most difficult manner , and ask yourself “what do I think this says about me?”3️⃣ Imagine that it’s three months or ten years from now. Project yourself into the future and get perspective. What did you learn from that experience?4️⃣ Take a break. If you are too close to the problem or too overwhelmed, give yourself some time to think. Even 10 minutes can help. Check for denials and exaggerations. What’s the worst can happen?From the book „How to have difficult conversations“ by Sheila Heen.This is a sensitive topic but very coachable! 😍The key is that to realize that we are part of the problem, and therefore part of the solution.

¨Fame costs! ✨And right here's where you start paying in sweat. I want to see sweat. And the better you are, the more sweat I'm going to demand".Debbie Allen performing Lydia Grant in the 80´s TV show, Fame.Change the word ¨fame¨ for happiness (or well-being, self-esteem, self-efficacy, optimism, hope, resilience, engagement, better relationships, balance, fulfillment, clarity). . . and put my signature underneath.As a coach I don´t prescribe any of those to my clients, but what I do is help them see other perspectives and broaden their choices to act upon them. Through coaching we work on expanding their resources to improve any of those elements.But nothing will work if you are not fully focused and committed.Are you ready to sweat?

Freedom! 🙌Switzerland’s Federal Council decided yesterday to lift as of today the majority of measures in place to contain the pandemic. Masks and COVID certificates are no longer required.The feeling of not wearing a mask while walking my kids to their classes this morning was nameless. Parents and teachers, we were all smiling at each other, a bit confused, and still holding a mask in our hands just in case we didn’t fully get the Government instructions. 😂What a fantastic moment of connection between people! A reminder of our shared humanity. ❤Is this the end of the pandemic or is it still far from over? Some think it's too early, but as as an optimistic person I hope there will soon be enough immunity in the population and a total absence of concern.

Tea time! ✨20 years working at the highest pace combined with a stubborn personality made me think that setting high standards for myself was already a success.Loving getting things done and being productive means that I can work long hours without burning out.But it also means that to feel good about myself I must constantly achieve something, and that I’m rarely where I want to be, I always want more.When high expectations don’t meet reality, anxiety blocks you and decreases performance.Thanks to my amazing coaches that has changed 😍, and I´ve learned that sometimes it´s time to slow down, reflect, and just observe what´s happening around you. It´s tea time.And I´ve applied that with my clients too.Sometimes I use techniques to bring energy to the session and explore new perspectives. My coaching becomes vibrant and challenging, and we achieve great things.But sometimes it’s tea time, we have the courage to let the solution go and stay in the moment… and we achieve greater things!Are you good at knowing when to accelerate and when it’s tea time?I´m a master now and pacing is my new tool! 😎

After 10 years of living and working in Switzerland with 3 kids under 11 years old, the Expax Insider report 2021 fully represents my perception of this country:This beautiful land ranks #2 in natural environment (only after New Zealand) and we are taking good advantage of skiing in the winter and biking in the summer.This is the place to experience the safety you want for your kids, and I feel blessed we're going through a pandemic in such a healthy economic environment with more work opportunities than the average country in Europe.The truth is that there is a cost of living here, not only economical (most expensive country in the world after Hong Kong), but also a cost of socializing. As foreigners we missed having more social interaction, and as an extrovert myself, this was frustrating for years.But not anymore as I've learned the importance of mutual respect and adaptability. I'm doing my best with the language and following all the written and unwritten rules, an important matter here.I also understand that we are part of a consensual culture where the decision making process might take long but the implementation is fast and often highly efficient. If you work and negotiate with Swiss,be patient and trust the results!I have only one good Swiss friend but his family are the most open-minded and friendly people I have ever met.The Swiss are honest and direct and I’m a proud mom when I see some of their values in my kids, even though the pressure of not being 1 minute late not even to a BDay party, is sometimes a bit too much for me. 😱

The moment I immersed myself in the personal development world, I got addicted to growing, learning and improving: I just wanted more of that all the time. ✨And because addictions can be very expensive, I limited myself to just one course per year.So six months ago I started an Applied Masters Degree in Positive Psychology, and on Saturday I have the exam of the first semester.I haven´t properly studied for an exam of this magnitude since 1996, so I am very nervous and can´t stop asking myself why I signed up in the first place.So here is why:✔ Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the optimal functioning of people and organizations.✔ Happy people are more confident, have better positions, are less stressed and more productive.✔ Happiness can be learned and cultivated; the more I know about how, the better I will serve my clients.✔ Some of the subjects are: biological bases of happiness, resilience, optimism, engagement, flow, forgiveness, self-efficacy, gratitude, meditation, sense of humor, positive organizations, coaching 😍✔ A good quality course shows you new perspectives and increases your motivationWhen was the last time you took a course?Have a great day!

In May 2020, on the first day of an executive coaching course, I was put into a breakout room with three other people and we had to coach each other.The act of giving my full attention to the other person without letting my thoughts get in the way was really hard, and totally out of my comfort zone.I found it almost impossible to have a non-intentional conversation without a particular goal (from my side) with a stranger, just to serve them.Right after the class I called the teacher and told her I was not empathetic enough, and that I thought I was a terrible coach. I really doubted coaching was something for me.She said: "Yes, you are not a good coach. . . yet!!!"So I continued and the following months I had the hardest time learning coaching techniques from different schools and practicing with my peers.The day I finished the course and presented my coaching model was magical. I felt I had something to which I would love to dedicate all my time and energy, and decided to drop everything and go for it.I kept on gaining experience, first with practice clients and then with paid clients. They all seemed happy. I created strong relationships and became very good at spotting the beliefs that my clients had but that didn't serve them!Today, I´m still learning and investing in my self-awareness. Even though I feel happier and more fulfilled, I sometimes lose balance and have to work hard to gain it back. This is a demanding profession. 😅And that´s my coaching journey in a nutshell.If you are craving coaching, contact me. Turns out I love helping strangers achieve their goals! 😎

The best advice I can give you after my first full year of coaching others.Since January 2021 I´ve coached very different clients in all kinds of fields (pharma/ education/ technology....), with very different titles (senior executive/ housewife/ business owner...), and with more than 10 nationalities (Swiss/ Spanish/ Ivorian/ Italian/ Argentinian...).I've been very impressed, and sometimes very intimidated, by the intelligence and topics that my clients bring to coaching.I've learned so much from each one of them. I love the connection that coaching brings, and I've realized that only from a solid relationship can we have the top-quality sessions that all coaches aim for. A good session is one where both parts accept their vulnerability and co-create towards achieving that same goal.I’ve had the luxury to coach any topic that has emerged as I don't have a niche yet (and maybe never will). I've coached on hundreds of topics from 100% business-oriented topics (prepare a future leadership role/ difficult conversations/ performance...) to personal development topics (self-care/ self-confidence/ strengths/ motivation...) to meaning-making topics (balance/ values/ mission and purpose...).✔ Looking at all these experiences, the best piece of advice I can give you is to know yourself. Get to know yourself deeply!!No matter your seniority or education, the more objective data you have about yourself, your thoughts and your inner dialogue, the more will you be able to build the person you want to be. Our thoughts are abstract and automatic, we don't have time to analyze them and we shouldn't. What we should do is to get the right support to learn how to regulate them.Depending on how we evaluate an external event, we will have a different type of emotion. The awareness of that emotion will give us a feeling. Learning to navigate our universe of emotions can only bring benefits.