Not so long ago there was a fashionable saying that went: “not only is life complicated, but we weren’t given the instruction manual!” As jokes go it’s a neat way of summing up the concept of existential complexity. Difficult to decipher, it is harder still to resolve, daughter as it… Read more

2500 years ago in China there lived a Taoist master called “Master Spirit of the Valley”. He had been a disciple of Lao Tzu, the author of the Tao Te Ching, a less famous disciple than others  on account of his very complex esoteric teachings. Difficult to grasp, they were… Read more

Daniel Goleman post on the importance of presence and awareness at work, in order not to be carried away by distractions (http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131006135154-117825785-mindfulness-when-focus-means-single-tasking) inspired me to write and share a few considerations about the relationship between Coaching and Eastern philosophies, those who promote the search for inner balance, increased awareness, self… Read more