by Ilse Noppen | Nov 9, 2021 | Energy, Happiness, Mental fitness, Self-awareness
You take on that volunteer role in an organisation you love because they can’t find anyone. How can you refuse to help your colleague with that important project? Oh – a great speaking opportunity has come up! Before you know it, your calendar is more than...
by Ilse Noppen | Jul 21, 2021 | Energy, Reflection, Self-awareness
Second summer in pandemic times – who would have thought?! These Covid-times are challenging, mentally demanding, no doubt. Yet, there are interesting movements emerging here and there. #TheGreatResignation. #TheBigShift. A movement of people rethinking how they...
by Ilse Noppen | Jun 25, 2021 | Energy, Leadership coaching, Mental fitness, Self-awareness, Talents
Photo by Patrick on Unsplash Starting entrepreneurs often think they need to be like a Swiss army knife – able to do (almost) everything. But should they? The art in entrepreneurship, and leadership in general, is to act from a place of great self knowledge....
by Ilse Noppen | Apr 6, 2021 | Energy, Happiness, Leadership coaching, Reflection, Self-awareness
What do YOU really want? This is an often recurring topic in coaching sessions. There are two crucial words there: You and really. You is about what is important to you. We often get onto a path which we just happen to get on by chance or which we were pushed or...
by Ilse Noppen | Feb 19, 2021 | Energy, Happiness, Leadership coaching, Mental fitness, Self-awareness, Talents
Photo by Paul Skoruskas on Unsplash Traditionally society praises more easily what we are DO-ing, what we have achieved, which position we hold, what possessions we have, as signs of being successful. It’s a focus on the output. Thankfully, increasingly more attention...
by Ilse Noppen | Dec 7, 2020 | Energy, Fear, Mental fitness
Hello December! The last month of a year we will no doubt, never forget. Some of us might remember what happened in 2002. Everyone will remember 2020. It is a challenging year. At the beginning of the pandemic, during the first lockdown, we managed the newness...