Unfortunately, in today’s busy and stressful world, burnout is not anymore an unknown term, nor an unknown experience to many of us. But when I first went through a full-fledged burnout, in 2017, I didn’t know about it. I didn’t know why I was feeling what I was feeling and I thought something was wrong …
I have read a lot about the subject of our inner child and I find it fascinating (and scary, at times). I got the inspiration for this article after I’ve seen the beautiful works of Cecile Carre on Instagram. They really spoke to me and connected with the reading and the practices I’ve done with …
Let me tell you a (true) story about miscommunication, conflict and stress management. I once participated in a learning-intensive one-month course about how to set up your training business. That course brought immense value to my life as a trainer and business owner. Every day, for 30 days, we met for a live online session …
If you’ve followed my blog or are already familiar with PCM, you know that the different PCM Personality Types speak a different “language”. In PCM, we call this their “Perceptions” – how they see and experiment the world, which, in its turn, influence the way they speak and the vocabulary they prefer to use. Remember, …
Here I am, continuing with another question I often receive from the participants in my PCM workshops (in-house or open). This time: “Isn’t applying PCM a form of manipulation, in the end?” As you might already know, PCM is a tool to help us connect to other people and build better relationships by speaking a …
One of the questions I receive at times, when I deliver my PCM workshops (in-house or open) and talk about motivating with PCM, relates to what we call “charging the batteries” of people who behave in rather unproductive manners, in order to motivate them and invite them out of their distress. Participants ask if, by …
Because I sometimes receive the question: “What is PCM?”, I decided to create this short “Discovering PCM” video series, describing PCM and how it could benefit your life. I have shared this on my social media recently, but it was about time to also create a post here to gather all 8 short videos. In …
This article approaches the four universal biological motivations and challenges that every (mammal) adolescent on our planet must face on the journey to adulthood: how to be safe, how to navigate hierarchy, how to court potential mates, and how to leave the nest.
I invite you today to look at the negativity bias: this is a very important concept, and I bet you are probably familiar with it already.
We say that negative emotions scream while positive emotions whisper.
This is an article about how PCM can explain the different types of procrastinators and what can we do to help. It was written by Dr. Nate Regier, a PCM certifying master trainer and I am happy to share it with you.
