by emmavallin | May 24, 2022 | distraction, notifications, productivity, self leadership, stress, wellbeing
Many of my clients experience an acute lack of focus time, what they often call ‘real work’. They are overwhelmed by the constant flow of emails, meeting invites and ‘urgent’ requests from stakeholders. It’s not surprising. A study from Loughborough University...
by emmavallin | Jan 31, 2022 | CBT, coaching, self leadership
Who can forget the Friends episode when Ross asks Rachel and Chandler to help him get a sofa up the stairs? According to the Oxford Dictionary the word Pivot means to turn or balance on a central point. I’m sure it wasn’t Ross’ intention, but he has...
by emmavallin | Dec 21, 2021 | CBT, coaching, self leadership
This is the time of the year when many of us stop to reflect on the year that’s gone, personally and professionally. It might be hard to fit in personal time between work projects and Christmas shopping, but hopefully the holiday period will give us some an...
by emmavallin | Aug 25, 2021 | coaching, self leadership, stress
So, you’ve come a long way in your personal development. Your self-leadership skills are well developed, you’ve made friends with your values and know your overdeveloped strengths. You know what drains you and what makes your dopamine flow. Suddenly the growth stops....
by emmavallin | Jun 8, 2021 | coaching, self leadership
Mairi is the Head of Leadership Development at the Karolinska University Hospital and has recently completed the Executive Coaching Program. It’s a six-month intensive coaching program for leaders based around the EQ-i 2.0 Emotional Intelligence Framework. The...
by emmavallin | Apr 26, 2021 | CBT, coaching, self leadership, stress
We’ve come the end in our series Achievement patterns and strategies with the Comparer. The Comparer lives by the words: ‘The grass is always greener… ’. Comparison is nothing new. In 1954 Festinger came up with the social comparison theory. At the core of...
