Talk to each other for real

I regularly observe a problem that massively affects my individual and collective clients: we no longer have time to talk to each other for real.

20 years ago when you called someone, you had a good chance that the person would pick up their phone. Or even responds to a written or voice message. 
Today it has become quite exceptional. Except in an emergency.
Generating its share of stress.

Emotional field in coaching

Just this morning I was amazed by the ability of my client’s pet to be connected to its inner state.
And to serve as a revealer, or mirror of this emotional state.

Now that coaching or supervision sessions are regularly held via zoom, at my clients’ homes, pets are entering the coaching dance. 

Photo credit: CLabate; THorudko

Chronic stress

Stress is an instinctive reaction of the body for the survival of the individual, in the face of a danger of death. It is shared by all mammals.

However, stress today is no longer mainly triggered by this archaic reason, but by multiple factors, emotional, cognitive, social, experiences, beliefs, impactful situations …

after Do Yup Lee, E.K., & Choi, M.H. (2015). Technical and clinical aspects of cortisol as a biochemical marker of chronic stress. BMB reports, 48(4), 209.