Before delivering crucial material about mastering our hot buttons, I’d like to recap the critical steps we covered together so far (you can skip this part and go directly to paragraph III, but I warn you that you will miss some witty new insights): I- Self-awareness In part 1, I described how hot buttons are […]
Sometimes, we come back from a long vacation with a fresh sense of who we are. I am definitively an ordinary human being, who like millions of Europeans significantly increases her carbon footprint during vacation. Driving through France from North to South, West to East, I couldn’t resist plastic bottles, industrial sandwiches, and useless trinkets […]
In the art of mastering our hot buttons, CHOOSING is a simple, yet challenging step. Here are three tips, one caveat and five homework assignments to help you choose the path to what you want (hopefully the one with cheese), and have a great summer as well! I look forward to reconnecting in September […]
Mastering our Hot Buttons requires three essential steps. First step is SELF-AWARENESS. I think I largely covered this step in my last… FIVE posts! Did I indulge myself too much in a comfortable subject and avoid the more challenging steps toward transformation? It’s possible. But I’m moving on and here is the second step: CHOOSING. It […]
Back to the hot button mastery series after the celebration of my 100th blog! Here is the conclusion of my extended elaboration of self-awareness: To be truly self-aware, we need an efficient time management system that allows us to regularly take stock of our emotions, thoughts and behaviours and see if they are aligned […]
Why is self-awareness so important in this Hot Button Mastery series? When we are not aware of our ineffective reactions, we are actually in denial of their impact on others as well as our self. Problems can accumulate and get out of control. It is important to recognize as soon as possible: Our reactive […]
After skimming over our hot button fields in my two previous posts, I’m inviting you today to dig deeper into the crucial area of self-awareness. Self-awareness is our ability to accurately perceive our emotions, thoughts and behaviours in the moment. Self-awareness is key to self-transformation. We all have the capacity to be self-aware. When we […]
In my previous blog, an introduction to a new series about Hot Button Mastery, I listed all my hot buttons or points of sensitivity that represent a threat to my self worth, and which interfere with my desire to be the person I want to be in the world. I enthusiastically invited you to share […]
Dear friends, My apologies if you recently tried to go on my website and couldn’t access the page. My website was infected by a virus and has been periodically down ever since. I don’t know if it is a lesson from the universe about boundaries, or about impermanence, or simply a good excuse not to […]
I just presented this sequence in a powerpoint presentation at Learning as Leadership Personal Mastery workshop last week. The presentation was fun and the workshop meaningful: a great group, a lot of healing, break throughs and armors on the floor! To create a strong “WE”, we need a strong “I”. To create a strong “I”, we need to be in touch […]