Dr Amina Aitsi-Selmi MD PhD

When we start reconnecting with emotions and an ability to express them, a confusing period can follow. Emotions are complex states composed of sensations, thoughts, memories, postures and behaviours. They’re dynamic and can change rapidly. Guilt is similarly complex. We often think of it as what we feel after ‘doing something wrong’. We treat it as the signal that we broke a rule, agreement, or expectation. We feel remorse at letting someone down or taking more than our fair

Last week, I co-led a relational leadership session for a group of coaches. One man reacted very strongly to my first intervention. The group froze. Some people wanted to mediate, others wanted a conflict resolution process, and a few understood that this was part of the work we were doing. I stayed with him in the tension and revealed the impact on me. He revealed his anger. We gradually wove our way back to a shared reality. It turns out he didn’t realise I was one of the

That's it this week. You're on a digital device with food to eat, a roof over your head - and, hopefully, no bombs falling outside your window. I remember going to sleep in Algiers hearing heavy mortar rounds between the military and jihadists, and life somehow went on. We need so little to appreciate the sky. I want to be a voice that acknowledges you're doing fine, even if there are challenges, losses, and uncertainties. Watching Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, I was r