16Jun

ARE YOU A MINDREADER?

“I found that my unquestioned assumptions were the cause of all war and all peace in my world.” ~ Byron Katie  Mindreading is a cognitive distortion many people are facing and especially us, women. Here’s how it looks like: You don’t express your wants and needs clearly, expecting others to guess what you want and meet your needs. […]
16Jun

YOUR FUTURE STARTS NOW

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt  I was born in Romania, growing up under the dictatorial communist system of former president Ceausescu. At the Romanian revolution in 1989, I was 11. I’ll never forget the long queues to get food, the lack of water and electricity supply. Life […]
14Jun

I AM NOT WHAT I OWN

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation of all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle I grew up in an Eastern-European middle-class family. After the Romanian revolution in 1989, money got depreciated at such a level that, with the same amount of money my parents could buy a car, they ended up […]
14Jun

MAKE FRIENDS WITH YOUR FEARS

“If you don’t know the nature of fear, you can never feel fearless.”-  Pema Chodron Many of my clients ask me how it is to live with no fears. I tell them that I don’t really know. Coaching is my profession, and still, I am human. The big difference between the Old Me before getting certified […]
14Jun

THE IMPORTANCE OF SPENDING TIME ALONE

“You can never feel lonely when you like the person you’re alone with.”- Wayne Dyer I often get to hear from clients who do coaching with me, that they start spending more time alone. Very interesting, and here is why: as they start seeing themselves in a different light and love themselves more, spending more […]
14Jun

YOUR MOST IMPORTANT ASSET

“The best stock market you could ever invest in is yourself.”- Byron Katie From an early age, most of us have been taught to improve ourselves. We’ve heard that in our families and especially in schools when we had to perform at our best. Get good grades and behave. We’ve been raised so much focusing on […]
05Jun

FORGET WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT AND DO WHAT’S RIGHT FOR YOU

This article appeared on Tiny Buddha. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.“ – Steve Jobs When we come to this world, we know nothing. We are all products of the societies that raised us and shaped our belief system with things labeled good or bad, right or wrong, normal or abnormal. […]
29May

ARE YOU A HUMAN DOING?

“Never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.” – Katharine Hepburn Today’s modern society has transformed many of us into doers, performers, and over-achievers. That’s how I lived a high amount of my time. I spent 15 years of my life in the corporate world and used to define my worth through my social […]
20Apr

HOW WE CAN STOP ARGUING AND START UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER

This article appeared on Tiny Buddha. “Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” ~Rumi One of the most common sources of conflict among people is in the way we communicate. Often times, conflicts arise because of the variety of our opinions and beliefs, and also from the way we […]
24Mar

HOW TO BE YOUR OWN BEST FRIEND

I will never forget the day I was told I had to learn how to love myself. It came like thunder. Loving myself? Wasn’t that supposed to be selfish? I couldn’t really say I had a good relationship with myself at that time. I had no clue about who I was and what I really […]