DR. AMINA AITSI-SELMI MD PHD

The untold truth about procrastination and how to break out of it [Wise Wednesdays] A couple of years ago, I sat procrastinating over my...

‘I feel confused!’, the good doctor said at the start of the coaching conversation. ‘Is that a problem? Or just an observation?’, I...

It takes more than nine months…to give birth to your dream. It might take the better part of your life. During that time, you might get...

‘I’m building a bat shelter’. I paused to take in the sentence, slightly puzzled. ‘No, no. I love bats! It’s a rare species that we have...

If you’re looking to hire a coach, some key distinctions may help you set clear expectations and agreements for the coaching process....

When I wanted to do medicine, they said it was a hard path for a woman When I wanted to study social anthropology for a year they said it...

Every year since 2014, I’ve given an interactive lecture for Master’s students at UCL on the obesity pandemic, social inequality and...

Some hated January. Some loved it (probably if you’re an introvert). No commuting. No office politics. But difficult work-life balance,...

I was on a call a couple of months ago with a group of friends who are super successful coaches and consultants. We went around for...

We can get so hung up on titles and what they mean but no one ever asks what ‘transformation’ as in ‘transformational coach’ means....

A few thoughts on challenging work culture and the antidotes as we enter a new phase of the pandemic. Work culture is unhealthy when it...

There are 4 main survival strategies. Most people are aware of ‘fight or flight’. Some people know ‘freeze’. Few are aware of ‘fawn’....

Recently, I’ve spoken with a number of pretty stellar women who feel unsure about what they have to offer. I’ve had coaching...

It’s starting to sink in. The book is coming out tomorrow. It’s called The Success Trap: why good people stay in jobs they don’t like and...

Recently, I spoke to two women who’ve worked with the UN and have had similar experiences to mine. They’ve both had to take big career...

So we finally got some good news this year with the US election results. It’s a hopeful message that bullies can be displaced from their...

It was mid-afternoon that I sat in the big professor’s office trying to look confident. I wanted to convey my enthusiasm for the role I...

This pandemic is really digging its claws in and ripping the fabric of our lives apart. For better or for worse we’ll all be changed by...

This Wednesday, enjoy a quiet moment. Take a deep breath and allow whatever is to be. Just this awareness. It's enough. From here,...

Have you noticed how there’s a sort of turbulence in the air? Return from holidays, new school year, extended pandemic, US elections,...