Wish that this autumn can bring you what you want and need. The first and only vacation of this year took us to Greece on Syros Island and it was a place of inspiration for me. The roads, the pace of the people and the sea supported our relaxation.

Since we had time, I used it to prepare this newsletter :) and to write several articles that are going to be published every Sunday.

Journaling

I get asked a lot about my journaling process and how I stay with this practice. If you are curious you can find several articles on my blog on why using a journal is good for your mental health and development.

And if you feel that journaling is a habit that you want to have in your schedule - be gentle to yourself cause it needs time and investment from your part to make the practice of reflection in a journal become a habit. Robin Sharma refers to this as rituoplasticity and in this video he says that it takes up to 66 days for a new habit to become automatic.

To support you in starting a journaling practice I share with you from my resources area a document that can guide you through the first days and teach you how to ask yourself reflection questions.

Listening Skills

These days I go through the course “Theory U” from MIT and that brought back memories from the first time I went through it. Now from the coaching perspective rather than the one of the facilitator, I see other benefits than I did 6 years ago.

The core elements of the theory:

1. Co-initiating common intent: Stop and listen to others and to what life calls you to do.

2. Co-sensing the field of change: Go to the places of most potential and listen with your mind and heart wide open.

3. Presencing inspiration and common will: Go to the threshold and allow the inner knowing to emerge.

4. Co-creating strategic microcosms: Prototype the new to explore the future by doing.

5. Co-evolving through innovations: ecosystems that facilitate seeing and acting from the whole.

And an extra benefit - every live session has mindfulness sessions and they will introduce the journaling as part of the reflection of learning.

In my article here you can see what are the 4 levels of listening in leadership according to Otto Scharmer:

TEDxPiațaUniriiED - public speaking

What is personal branding? What do people say about you when you are not in the room? Personal Branding is there whether you want it or not - and doing conscious steps into building it makes you in charge of it.

For the past 12 years being involved in Public Speaking Communities it took my development deeper and deeper into this amazing skill. From going through diction and voice-over courses, through preparing to become a TV presenter and so much more. Public Speaking became part of my personal branding, just like volunteering, journaling and blogging. And one of my goals as a public speaking coach and mentor was to support TEDx Speakers to deliver and enjoy amazing speeches during the event.

On November 11th you can join me while I reach one of my public speaking goals at the TEDxPiataUniriiED event . You will get the chance to listen to education stories that are changing Romania for better. For the second time I join as a volunteer the TEDxPiațaUnieriiED organisational team - this time as a public speaking trainer for the speakers. Even though the event is sold out for face to face you can get tickets to view it online.

Recommendations

• Download and use the resources I have for you

• Learn how to tackle self negative talk

• Do you know your internal saboteurs? Take the free assessment and ask me about the mental fitness programme in order to train your brain to support you in becoming a sage :)