Emotional Intelligence and holding space.

One thing that I’ve noticed recently, is that my feelings have the capacity to make other people uncomfortable. I’ve had a variety of experiences around this topic – from friends completely misconstruing and misreading what I’m feeling and experiencing, to them implying that I “should” be over it by now, to completely invalidating what I’m … More Emotional Intelligence and holding space.

Cutting out the noise – making yourself a priority

Lately, I’ve been feeling increasingly frustrated. I’ve found myself jumping through hoops to please others, twisting myself into knots in order to make other people comfortable and happy and then realising that no matter what I do or what hoops I jump through, it isn’t going to solve the problem. You see? I’ve allowed myself … More Cutting out the noise – making yourself a priority