DR. AMINA AITSI-SELMI MD PHD

In conversation with a dear friend this week, we talked about Achiever Trauma.  Working with high achievers and considering myself a...

Returning from a reflective 10-day trip to Algeria, I felt drawn to rewatch the Elvis movie. While I've never been a huge fan of his...

If you’ve achieved anything in your life, you know that facing the fear and doing it anyway is part of the process. But when we hit a...

I know ‘narcissistic’ is a strong word, but hear me out. High achievers and changemakers often pour their hearts into their careers. But...

A quick checklist to consider... I recently had a plumber replace a few pipes in my home. Watching him work made me realise that we often...

I believe Bruce Lee definitively settled this question: "Be like water”, reviving the Eastern philosophy idea found in Taoism and...

It was actually a drunken soldier carrying an AK-47. The nurse and I left our village base in South Sudan to take a walk in the bush, and...

Effective conversations are crucial in our fast-paced, complex, globalised world. Coaching skills are becoming increasingly important,...

During the pandemic, I used to have a calendar slot at the weekend called: Declutter.As I let go of certain projects, I had bandwidth to...

I’ve had a few coaching conversations recently about what to do when you have a great job and life but want more and can’t put your...

It’s not bragging if you’ve done it. That’s what my coach Rich Litvin used to say to me. I came across a message from a well-respected...

There’s purpose with a big P and little p. Big P purpose? You’re here as a unique expression of conscious life. No one knows, how it...

It’s impossible to have a 21st century career without facing a crisis at some point. The research which I discuss in The Success Trap...

This week, I just want to share the beauty of a tree on a spring day with you. Why? Because nature reveals the answers to your biggest...

[Happy Eid if you are celebrating this week! May the fruit of your spiritual work nourish the world.] It was the summer of 2014. I was...

So it’s been an intense week at the unconference. Believe it or not, it’s easier to go to a structured conference and consume than to an...

At the time of my PhD completion, I felt somewhat jaded. I'd had enough of jumping through hoops and needed something else. But after...

I was on a silent meditation retreat at home this weekend and an old insight occurred to me again in a new way: we play little games with...

We had a wonderful co-creative intensive at Expand Your Impact and got square into how to close the gap between what you want and what...

Why I invite you to unsubscribe. [Wise Wednesdays] [Update: Expand Your Impact sold out over the weekend. We're delighted with the...