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We’ve made it easier than ever to contact each other.But harder than ever to talk to each other.I notice this far too of...
29/05/2026

We’ve made it easier than ever to contact each other.

But harder than ever to talk to each other.

I notice this far too often.

A message is quick.
An email is efficient.
A WhatsApp reply keeps things moving.

But being easy to reach isn’t the same as feeling comfortable in real conversation.

I see it especially in younger professionals.

They’re always in touch, yet still feel awkward when it comes to:

picking up the phone, walking into a room,
or having face-to-face conversations that build trust.

When most communication stays quick and convenient, people get plenty of practice replying, but much less practice relating.

Genuine conversation doesn’t let you edit yourself in the same way.

You have to read tone,
Stay with the pause,
And find your way through awkwardness in real time.

That’s where confidence grows.
And it’s how we strengthen our relationships with each other.

Sometimes the issue isn’t that people don’t care.
It’s that they’ve had more practice being reachable than being present.

P.S. What has become your default lately: a real conversation, or the quickest possible message?

I try to volunteer with Go Dharmic every other Sunday. This Sunday, it would’ve been easy not to go.I felt tired after m...
28/05/2026

I try to volunteer with Go Dharmic every other Sunday. This Sunday, it would’ve been easy not to go.

I felt tired after many busy days and late nights.
And still, I had this urge telling me to go.

So I made an Indian breakfast,
packed it up, and off I went.

For an hour and a half,
we served food to 22 homeless people.

They were so appreciative.
And as always, I came away with my spirits lifted.

That part always stays with me.

A hot meal can seem so small when you have everything you need.
And yet, for someone else, it can mean so much.

That unfairness is sometimes hard to comprehend.

So I come back to the difference I can make in that moment.
Serving with care.

In Jainism, this is what sewa is all about.
Selfless service, without expecting reward, recognition, or personal gain.

I felt that on Sunday.

I hadn’t planned any of it.
But I thought, if I can go, I should go.

There was food to make.
There were people to serve.

And I was grateful I showed up.

P.S. Have you ever given your time and realised it gave something back to you too?

Conflict-free teams often underperform.Because when there’s no tension, it usually means one of two things:Either people...
27/05/2026

Conflict-free teams often underperform.

Because when there’s no tension, it usually means one of two things:

Either people are unusually open with each other,
or people have learnt to wear a mask.

It’s often the latter that’s common in teams that think they’ve created psychological safety.

People smile.
They speak within defined boundaries
But then, they keep their honest perspective to themselves.

Usually, they’re weighing the risk before they speak.

That’s why a team can look calm and still feel unsafe.

On the surface, everything appears fine.

Underneath it, people tone their thoughts down to the level that’s tolerated.

But the problem is that psychological safety was never meant to create a conflict-free environment.

It was meant to create an environment where people don’t have to disappear to belong.

That’s a much harder standard.
And a much more useful one.

P.S. Do people around you bring their real view, or the safe version of it?

We were trekking along the edge of the mountain when I found myself wondering: “Who made this path in the first place?”I...
26/05/2026

We were trekking along the edge of the mountain when I found myself wondering: “Who made this path in the first place?”

It sounds like a small thought.
But halfway up a mountain, a path doesn’t feel small. It feels like the reason you can keep moving.

Someone, somewhere, made it possible for us to walk there.

Maybe one person first carved a way through.
Maybe it took years of people slowly wearing a route into the rock.

Either way, by the time we arrived, there was already a way through.

And that matters when you’re halfway up a mountain.

We still had to put in the effort,
and the edge was still close.

But there was a path in front of us.
Enough to help us keep going, even when we couldn’t see the top yet.

And I think that’s why I noticed it.

Because in my work, I often meet people at the point where they can’t quite see a way through.

They know they can’t keep carrying on in the same way, but they’re under so much pressure and overwhelm, even the next step feels blurred.

That’s what I love about my work.
I love giving people the space, time, and questions they need to slow down and see the next step with more clarity.

P.S. If pressure is making it hard to see your next step right now, feel free to send me a message, and we can find a way forward together.

Kenny brings joy without trying to earn it.Humans rarely trust life to work that way.That difference interests me.Most p...
22/05/2026

Kenny brings joy without trying to earn it.
Humans rarely trust life to work that way.
That difference interests me.

Most people have learnt, somewhere along the line, that being themselves isn’t quite enough.

So they become more useful.

More pleasing.
More careful.
More impressive.

It often looks functional from the outside.
Underneath, it can feel tiring.

That’s why a dog, like Kenny, can be oddly revealing.
He’s not negotiating his worth all day long.

What would it feel like to stop proving your worth for a moment?

The questions you ask your team can shut them down in the most innocent of ways. All you do is ask:“Did you do it?”Or, “...
21/05/2026

The questions you ask your team can shut them down in the most innocent of ways. All you do is ask:

“Did you do it?”
Or, “Are you stuck?”
Or, “Have you spoken to them?”

Nothing about those questions sounds harsh.
But they don't leave much room for thinking.

They create minimal space to slow down, look properly, and say what’s really happening.

So the conversation stays on the surface.
And when that keeps happening, your team learn to report upwards instead of reflecting.

That’s far from how a high-performing team should show up.

Yet, it often starts with you as the leader.
Because the quality of your questions shapes the quality of the thinking you get back.

A closed question often gets you an answer.
An open one gives your team member a chance to find one.

That might sound like a small difference.
But it’s not.

It is the difference between a team that waits for guidance and a team that starts developing its own judgment.

So instead of asking, “Are you stuck?”, you might ask, “Where does this feel stuck?”

Instead of, “Did you speak to them?”, you might ask, “How did that conversation go for you?”

A better question does more than gather information.
It helps a person hear themselves think.

P.S. What kind of thinking are your questions making possible?

One of my intentions this year was to travel more.But I’m realising the reason behind it was about far more than travel....
20/05/2026

One of my intentions this year was to travel more.

But I’m realising the reason behind it was about far more than travel.

I’ve felt that in many ways over the past three weeks.

It began in Turkey, hiking with my sisters and being surrounded by nature.

Then came Croatia, for a conference. There I spent time with my husband, and had conversations with coaching colleagues from different places and perspectives.

And now I’m in Tarifa, celebrating the birthday of my dear friend Anemona Peres. I’ve known her for over 10 years since we did our psychotherapy training.

But what I’ve loved most is how each place has brought its own flavour. All offered me a different mix of culture, landscapes, and conversations.

One thing I’m enjoying most is having a more balanced life, where I’m prioritising my health, my relationships, and myself again.

That feels important, especially when work can so easily take up most of your mental space.

So it's been beautiful to let life take up more room for a change.

I’m grateful I made room for it.

P.S. What intention did you set this year that you’re starting to live more fully?

“They should know by now.”But what if they genuinely don’t?And you’re making it mean they don’t care?This exact situatio...
19/05/2026

“They should know by now.”
But what if they genuinely don’t?
And you’re making it mean they don’t care?

This exact situation played out with a couple I was with earlier this year.

She’d hurt her knee.
He was sitting there doing his emails.

And she said all she wanted was for him to come over and hug her.

But the problem existed much deeper than that.

She would notice.
So she assumed he would too.

That assumption is one of the fastest routes to dysfunction.

We expect other people to think and act like us.
But that’s not how healthy relationships work.

What feels obvious to you may not be obvious to them. And when you turn an unmet need into proof they don’t care, the conversation changes before it has even begun.

You stop asking. You start testing.
And they fail a test they didn’t know they were taking.

Sometimes the most loving thing you can do is also the most direct: “I’m hurting. I’d really like a hug.”

It might feel less romantic than being noticed without asking.

But it gives the other person a fair chance to meet you. And that matters.

P.S. Is asking for what you need something that comes naturally to you?

Last week, I felt energised in a room with 200 coaches from 38 countries. But three days later, I was still wondering wh...
18/05/2026

Last week, I felt energised in a room with 200 coaches from 38 countries. But three days later, I was still wondering why I hadn’t felt more stretched.

We talked about where coaching is going, what leaders need from us, and how the profession is changing.

And I’m glad I was there.
I’m also grateful to the EMCC for creating that space, and for all the hard work that went into bringing so many people together.

It’s uplifting being in a room with people from so many different parts of the world, all connected by the same work.

But when I came away, I noticed I hadn’t felt stretched in the way I’d hoped.

Last year, I remember leaving with more to sit with.

The conversations seemed deeper.
There was more of a systemic lens and a greater sense of connection between what is happening in the world and what is happening inside us.

This year, I kept waiting for that feeling to arrive.
It didn’t quite come.

Yet, I still believe in investing in my own development.
I’m grateful for the people I met and the conversations I wouldn’t have had otherwise.

That part matters.

What also matters is depth.
When people begin to see the patterns shaping how they lead, communicate and connect, they have more choice in what they do next.

That’s the kind of work I care about.

P.S. Have you ever left an event feeling grateful you went, while also knowing you were hoping for something a little deeper?

You shouldn’t have to apply to be helped.That line matters to me more than you might expect.It came up in a conversation...
15/05/2026

You shouldn’t have to apply to be helped.

That line matters to me more than you might expect.

It came up in a conversation with my marketing guy.
He mentioned the phrase “apply to work with me” for his own services.

I could see the logic.
In some contexts, that kind of wording can work.

It can sound premium and selective.

But I had a strong immediate reaction:
Why do you need to apply to be helped?

In my work, that kind of language puts the practitioner on a pedestal.
And I’m not interested in that.

We are all human beings.

The work I do isn’t about asking someone to prove they are worthy of support.

It’s an invitation to look honestly at what needs attention in your life, work, and relationships.

That already asks a lot of a person:

Willingness.
Courage.
Honesty.

It doesn’t need another layer of performance around it.

Support should feel human.
And if the language around it creates distance where there should be trust, that’s worth noticing.

P.S. Does language like “apply to work with me” build trust for you, or distance?

You have a big house.A nice car. A sustainable income.But are you actually happy?In many families, especially Asian fami...
14/05/2026

You have a big house.
A nice car. A sustainable income.
But are you actually happy?

In many families, especially Asian families like mine,
there's often a strong work ethic.

You work hard because providing for the people you love matters. You keep building, hoping that stability will feel like enough.

And for a long time, that gets treated as the definition of success.

Money in the bank.
A good home.
Something to show for all the effort.

I understand why that matters.

For many of our parents and grandparents, security was not something they could take for granted. So achievement became protection.

But somewhere along the way, we stopped asking a more important question: what is all of this for?

Because you can build a life that looks beautiful from the outside and still feel strangely disconnected inside it.

You can have the house, the car, the income, the holidays, and still feel incomplete.

I care about stability and responsibility.
Of course I do.

But I don’t believe they should become the whole picture.

A good life should feel alive from the inside, too.

Otherwise, we can spend years living a life that looks successful, while quietly losing touch with what brings us joy, happiness, and purpose in the first place.

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