17Jul

HOW I LET GO OF THE NEED TO CONTROL EVERYTHING

If there were any Oscar awards for control freaking, I would have surely gotten one! Looking back on my past, I came to realize that I always wanted to have full control over everyone and everything: how people acted or felt, how my future was going to look like, and so on. During my former […]
20Apr

THE POWER OF INTUITION: HOW TO CONNECT WITH YOUR REAL SELF

My husband proposed before we even kissed. When we met, we were two Romanians living and working in Asia, within the same company but in two different countries. I was in China; he was in South Korea. Our relationship started as a beautiful, genuine friendship. After three dinners in Shanghai and many long telephone conversations that […]
15Apr

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM

We often talk about stepping into our true power, about building our confidence muscle and boosting our self-esteem. However, the difference between self-confidence and self-esteem is not clear for many. Although these two terms are very similar, referring to how we feel about ourselves, they are two different concepts. Self-esteem refers to how we generally feel […]
13Aug

WHAT THE JAPANESE CAN TEACH US ABOUT BODY ACCEPTANCE

I don’t think I have ever met any woman who wouldn’t want to feel good and beautiful. Beauty feels good, isn’t it? When we feel good about ourselves, we also project more positive energy of confidence towards other people. Looking back on my life, I came to realize I had a dissonant relationship with my body for quite […]
04Mar

12 CLEAR SIGNS OF HEALTHY SELF-ESTEEM

In my coaching practice, I help women grow their confidence and boost their self-esteem. Although these two terms are very similar, referring to how we feel about ourselves, they are two different concepts. Self-confidence is related to how you feel about your abilities and how capable you see yourself of doing certain things or handling […]
04Mar

ABOUT AUTHENTICITY AND HOW TO FIND YOUR TRUE SELF

“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken. ” – Oscar Wilde This sentence rings the bell with me and with many women I’ve worked with: “I don’t know who I am anymore!” The question is: “Have you ever known who you really are?” We live in a society that puts high pressure on young girls […]