Burnout; matches; one burns;
Burnout Psychology

My burnout: my experience and what I’ve learnt since then

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 …

text: a true story about miscommunication and conflict
PCM PCM analysis

A true story about miscommunication and conflict

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 …

PCM Personality Types
Communication PCM Theory of PCM

How would the different PCM Personality Types try to convince you to stop smoking?

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, …

PCM; manipulation; questions;
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“Isn’t applying PCM a form of manipulation, in the end?”

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 …

Motivating with PCM; Process Communication Model; conflict behaviours; Magda Tabac;
PCM PCM analysis Theory of PCM

“But if I motivate them when they act like that, don’t I encourage negative behaviours?”

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 …

Negativity bias; plus minus;
Psychology Simple Neuroscience

Negativity bias, Losada ratio and why negative emotions scream, while positive emotions whisper

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.

PCM; 6 types of procrastinators; Magda Tabac
PCM Theory of PCM

Six Types Of Procrastinators, And How To Lead Them With Compassionate Accountability®- by Dr. Nate Regier

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.

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