The book
Learning to Be Astonished
Awe is an important cousin to gratitude. When we look up from our daily grind and allow awe in, every moment of our lives appears miraculous, worth savouring and living. Learn to be astonished and life will wink at you.
Elisabeth Sperling · 21 February 2023 · 4 min read
Bouncing Back from Shattered Dreams
How can you deal with the excruciating pain of seeing something you had high hopes on vanish? How can you live a life full of dreams, but still cope with the disheartening disappointment when they don’t materialise?...
Davide Pagnotta · 25 January 2023 · 7 min read
Are People Doing the Best They Can?
What are your thoughts when someone disappoints you? If you feel mired in resentment, consider adopting a different approach, supported by surprising social science research, to help you move forward: that person is...
Elisabeth Sperling · 7 December 2022 · 4 min read
Learn from Your Emotions, there’s Nothing Irrational about Them
Most of us have grown up in a culture that values rationality over emotions. As a consequence, we’ve overlooked emotional intelligence and haven’t paid much attention to developing powerful emotional tools. In this...
Davide Pagnotta · 28 October 2022 · 7 min read
Designing Courage Into the Workplace
Leaders across industries agree that we need courage in our workplaces. It’s impossible to express our full potential when we’re working in an atmosphere of fear and timidity. But how can you design courage into the...
Elisabeth Sperling · 10 May 2022 · 5 min read
The Impostor Syndrome
Does the impostor syndrome play a big role in your life? Or do you know someone whose life is being crippled by self-sabotage? Are you feeling guilty for what you have, unworthy of the praise you receive or anxious...
Davide Pagnotta · 27 April 2022 · 12 min read
The Power of Gratitude
Gratitude has been called a natural anti-depressant, but many of us never learned how to tap into this powerful emotion. We know we should be grateful, but knowing that doesn’t really lift our spirits, it can even...
Elisabeth Sperling · 5 April 2022 · 8 min read
Unlearn Who You’re Not
Many contemporary coaching methods, actually, this dates back to Socrates, assume that we already have all the resources, answers and tools we need inside ourselves. So why don’t I always feel happy, calm, confident...
Davide Pagnotta · 23 March 2022 · 6 min read
Where Does Courage Come From?
President Zelensky reminds me of a soldier who stops a retreat by grabbing the fallen flag out of the mud, carrying it high and charging ahead in full voice. His courage inspires everyone to reverse direction and join...
Elisabeth Sperling · 8 March 2022 · 4 min read
Get Out of Your Head
Have you ever felt like you need a holiday from your head? When your thoughts run wild, become oppressive, make you dysfunctional or even paralyse you? Here’s a powerful way to calm your mind and get energised at the...
Davide Pagnotta · 22 February 2022 · 5 min read
You Are Not Your Thoughts
It’s easy to take our thoughts to be our core self. After all, they are inside us, and no one else can hear them. But when we notice that we are not our thoughts, they lose their grip on us, and life gets easier.
Elisabeth Sperling · 8 February 2022 · 3 min read
How Do I Feel When People Lie to Me?
Sometimes, when people lie to us, we react by losing trust in people in general, we keep others away, we no longer open up, we even lose confidence in our judgment and in ourselves. We feel there’s something wrong with...
Davide Pagnotta · 25 January 2022 · 5 min read