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01/01/2026

Happy New Year to You! I wish you all a year of good health, peace, love and happiness. ✨💜🤗🍀

We chose a lovely winter wonderland place for our winter holiday this year. We love the landscapes, the snow the wind, the peace and quiet. It is really gorgeous even if not easy to drive in.

After a very productive and very intense year of coaching and writing my book, I’m ready to reconnect. I just couldn’t be everywhere at the same time. Sorry for not being very present here this year. It was just too much to handle at the same time.

“The Smart, the Wise and the Child. A transformative Book for Conscious Leadership“ is currently being edited in the US and will be released this year hopefully. I will share more updates soon. I didn’t know it was so much work but I like it.

Enjoy this beginning of a year that will be a full roller coaster I guess like every year.

Take good care of yourself! I look forward to catching up with you this year. ☺️

Much love to you all!

See you soon, Drissia

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21/07/2025

I have traveled across Europe the last months to coach groups of leaders and executives from various companies and help them reflect about themselves, grow, solve their challenges and learn about how their mind works.

With one group I did an interesting exercise. We talked about their sense of self (I use the metaphor of the ego) and what they perceive about others. We don´t need a phd in psychology to feel when our sense of self (ego) is in a good, healthy and strong state or when it feels threatened, unbalanced, agitated and unhealthy. We can feel this things when we slow down.

So I asked them to describe what a too small ego feels and looks like to them, what a big unhealthy ego looks like, and how it feels to be around someone who has a healthy sense of self, not too much and not too little. (Just present, grounded, open, wise, and feeling good in their own skin, but I didn´t tell them that.)

My intention was not to do a research study, but to raise their awareness and sensitivity for their sense of self and others. We can all do that.

But the next step is also interesting. It is easy to talk about “the others”, put labels on people and take ourselves away from growth. So the next step is very important.

I told them. Nobody is 100% either in a small, a big, or a healthy ego state of mind. We all move from one state of mind to the other depending on the thoughts we produce in our own heads.

So how often are you in the one or the other ego state of mind? 30/50/20? 10/30/60? Take a moment to reflect and be honest with yourself. I was probably often in a 50/40/10 state of mind or something like that a long time ago, I told them. I remember how it felt. Not so good. And it was not so impactful either.

It is ok to feel anything. It is called being human. But we can learn and grow.

This radical self-reflection is deep, very important and the first step towards growth. We talked about more stuff but there is no space here. If you would like to have this kind of transformative conversations for yourself and with your leadership team, drop me a line and we can have a chat.

Much love to you as always,

Drissia

26/05/2025

Who we think we are is different from who we really are. The one is our ego with its ups and downs, and transient experience of life. The other is peaceful, pure, naturally strong and resilient and the essence of who we are. Both are in us.

It is from our essence and not our ambitious, inpatient, confused or insecure ego that we can navigate life most gracefully and wisely. It is our core and never leaves us regardless of the circumstances.

Both are always with us, because we are human, are ego will never leave us. But the question is: who is leading?

How do you know? The difference is in the feeling. The more peaceful and clear, the closer you are to your essence.

Much love to you,

Drissia

20/04/2025

17/04/2025

What I enjoy the most in coaching, whether individually or in teams, is slowing down. It is amazing what we see when we slow down.

Our mind gets finally a chance to quiet down. We see things we didn´t see before. New and fresh thoughts can emerge. A new perspective. A piece of new data that was hiding somewhere in our head while we were busy thinking about stuff. An emotion that was carrying information can finally emerge. An object that has been in a room all the time becomes visible. A solution that has been waiting to be seen can finally show up in our consciousness. Etc.

It is amazing what happens as well in teams when they slow down. Conversations have a different quality, quiet people can finally talk and share what they have always wanted to say; perspective shifts, connections, and creativity rise, problems become understandable, and solutions can emerge.

We rush from one meeting to the other, from one topic to the other, from one person to the other, from one task to the next challenge.

Most people are not used to slowing down at work. They perceive it as a waste of time while it is exactly the opposite that happens.

While I am in wonder about the abilities of our minds to handle so many things at the same time with such intensity, I also see how much gets lost on the way.

It is not only about the exhaustion that we may experience, -at least that’s how I feel when I am too busy-. It´s also about our ability to do the right things at the right moment for the right reason which gets less reliable.

A senior leadership team I had been coaching the day before asked me the next morning if they could use part of the coaching time to discuss a critical topic they had been stuck with for a while. I said, sure. Do you need my help with anything? No, they said. I think we might be fine now after the day we spent yesterday. Ok. As you wish. I told him. I am in the room if you need me.

I observed their conversations and their decision-making process. After not even an hour they were done. The topic was very critical. It went all so smoothly. So I asked him why did you want to have this conversation here now. It seemed so easy. It was all so clear. Why didn’t you keep this topic for your next team meeting? You could have used my resources differently. His answer was surprising: that was the best team meeting we have had in a very long time. The discussion was rich and constructive, everybody was engaged and listening, and we decided quickly. I didn’t know we were able to do that. It was a perfect use of our time.

I loved that! We slowed down the day before. To listen to each other, to understand, to see what we could not see before, to reconnect the dots, clarify misunderstandings and rebuild trust. And then something wonderful happened out of it. Yes, it was slow, but it was so productive!

Do you know this book? Slowing Down to the Speed of Life, from Joseph Baley and Richard Carlson. Nice.

Much love to you and your teams,

Drissia

09/04/2025

A well-deserved cappuccino this afternoon after two intense days about: psychological safety.

It may sound like just a nice to have conversation for a top leadership team, but a fearful organisation isn’t just hard to work in. It’s also hard to lead.

And let’s be honest: it is also less productive, efficient, innovative and sustainable.

So I am glad we did this exercise. They saw so much about themselves, their teams and their organisation a seemingly small topic with such great potential. It was all so new to most of them!

As leaders, there’s so much you can do to help remove the blocks in yourself, your teams and your organisations.

We all deserve to work in a fearless and stress-free organisation.

Much love to you,

Drissia

07/04/2025

On my way to Bergamo to spend the day with the top 20 leaders of a tech company—I can’t help but pause and reflect.

20 years ago, I would’ve never imagined I’d be working on psychological safety with the highest levels of leadership.

Back then, it wasn’t even a conversation. And now… it’s at the centre of the table of leadership, and.. society.

We take it for granted when it’s there and feel the difference when, for whatever reasons, it’s not there anymore. It is so powerful. That’s why it’s important to understand it.

Tomorrow it won’t be just a keynote. We’ll spend the whole day exploring what psychological safety really means—for their teams, their culture, their everyday leadership. The real stuff.

And honestly? It moves me.

Because when leaders and organizations are willing to look inward, question old patterns and go deeper into the human conversations —that’s where change begins for them and their organisations. But also for all of us.

I’m so glad they see the importance, and the urgency of the topic, especially with what is happening in the world right now.

Because a fearful organisation isn’t just hard to work in. It’s hard to breathe in.

And let’s be honest: it is also less productive, and unsustainable.

We all deserve better than fear.

Much love to you,

Drissia

04/04/2025

31/03/2025

Last week I had the pleasure to work in Spain with the wonderful international top management team of a company that is very successful and growing at a fast pace. And still, they were ready to get to the next level as the high-performing leadership team that they already are.

What for then you may say? If they are already successful and a great team, what do they need coaching for?

Because there are so many levels of greatness, and you don't stop learning just because you are already at the top. Being a C-level leader doesn't mean you already know all there is to know.

That's what the CEO of this company saw as the visionary leader that he is, and that's what they saw for themselves as a team.

I love the humility, honesty, humanity, intelligence and wisdom that I witnessed. And also of course the ambition, the huge experience they all bring to the table, the diversity of perspectives, the energy and drive. I love the way they reflected on themselves and their organisation. They took the time for themselves to become the best team they can be in service of the organization but also for themselves.

There is no perfection when it comes to human matters. There is only the willingness, or not, to see more of what there is to see. There is always another level of trust, openness, ease and solid ground we can reach together, another level and quality of communication, listening, and understanding, another level of bravery and conflict resolution, another level of effectiveness and efficiency, and of course of commitment, accountability and results.

We worked amongst other things with the 5 Dysfunctions/Behaviors of a high-performing team from Patrick Lencioni, talked about psychological safety, individual preferences and how the mind works, and of course about being a great leadership team.

Top leaders who are fully present, authentically confident, awake, wise, brave, aligned and strong together are the best thing that can happen to an organization.

I have done this work for almost 20 years and get each time a great feeling from those workshops. ❤️

See you soon!

With Love,

Drissia

25/03/2025

I had to slow down with my social media activities the last months. I had a lot of work which is beautiful and at the same time with what is happening in the world I needed to think about how much I wanted to get involved in communicating about political events.

It is difficult to feel so much and ignore the madness of the world. At the same time I didn’t want to react to every event. To share my opinion. It didn’t feel right either. There is no doupt that I have humanist views. Do I have to write about it?

So I had to think about how I wanted to use my voice. Riding every communication wave for the sake of being present on social media is not the way I like to do things.

So I decided i don’t want to follow trends and write about every political event that happens in the world. I don’t want to chase the news and give my opinion on each topic. This is not how i want to add value.

But there are still so many people who need help, and who don’t know about the depth and beauty of our humanity. So much i would like to share about psychology. I will stick to what I know. That feels right. I will continue to do that. Sharing what I know about understanding and embracing our humanness, and uncovering our wisdom.

I am back.

Slowing down is not about doing nothing. It is an intentional act of looking inward and outward, acknowledging our humanity, clearing our minds and finding alignment. That’s what I did the last months.

Pausing. Taking a moment— for a few seconds, minutes, days or months—to sense what is happening within and around us helps us respond from a place of grounding and clarity rather than fear or confusion. It allows us to become more impactful wherever we are needed. 

Much love to you

Drissia

05/01/2025

Dear friends, I wish you a happy, heartwarming, successful, insightful, and inspiring new year. May you get what you wish for, especially lots of love.

I can not guarantee that this year will unfold as you want without waves and disturbances because this is not how life works.

But I can promise that if you learn to go with the flow, let yourself be surprised, know what you need to learn from the obstacles you encounter, understand what you need to understand with your head and your heart, let go of what you don't need anymore and continue to uncover who you are deep inside, you will always be rewarded with beauty, inspiration and kindness, and more resilience, clarity and results.

The journey of happiness and success is not always straightforward, but it is accessible to everyone.

A dear client sent me a beautiful message a few days ago; she was in Ushuaia and came across this touching story she shared with me and that I pass on to you here:

“You are at the "end of the world". Together, mountains, sea and woods form the landscape, wherein stories are told in shapes, colours and movement, even in feelings and absences.

To understand them it will be necessary for you to become an observer, attentive to all that surrounds you, big or small, near or far, alive or not, because everything is intimately related. That is where you will find the answers to your questions.

The Yaghan people had a word for this way of looking at their world: Maiá-Kú. When that spirit of enquiry (Maia-Ku) germinates within you, you will feel more than "at the end of the world", rather at the threshold of a new world ready to reveal its secrets.”

May you lightheartedly uncover the beauty and secrets of a new world full of possibilities this year.

Much love to you,

Drissia

24/12/2024

I wish you a Merry Christmas, a lovely end of the year with your loved ones and a restful break!

As you may have noticed I haven´t communicated much on instagram the last weeks. I had some health issues in December and needed to focus and rest. Part of life journey as it unfolds. I feel much better now but will give myself some more time before I post again more regularly.

I hope you are all doing well and look forward to catching up with you all next year.

Much love to you. Drissia