Sharing my thoughts and reflections
It can change any moment, of course. Last night I reached first place, and this morning I woke up in second place in the competition.And yet, until a week ago I had no connection to football. It seemed like an uninteresting game to me and I didn't understand how anyone could watch 90-plus minutes of a ball running across a pitch. It never interested me.Until about a week ago, when a World Cup...
Ocean Waves and Heart-to-Heart Conversations: Why Do We Long for Face-to-Face Meetings? Today, as the waves washed the shore and I enjoyed the quiet of a day off, I found myself contemplating something that occupies me as an emotional coach: why, in an age of such readily available digital communication, do we still long so deeply for a "real" conversation — face to face, eye to eye? I listened...
We all know the feeling — an important conversation is approaching, whether it is a work performance review, a "where are we going" talk with your partner, or a job interview. Naturally, we tend to hope for the best, to trust our ability to "go with the flow," and we often enter these situations without real preparation. Does it work? Usually not quite. Think about it for a moment: when we...
For years, flowers were my quick way to bring beauty home. I loved the color, the scent — but I always felt sad when they began to wilt. It felt like something beautiful that ended too quickly, a temporary decoration with no real continuity. Recently I made a change. Instead of an elaborate bouquet, I placed a small jar of water on the shelf with a cutting inside. At first glance, it looks less...