Transactional Analysis offers us an extraordinary framework for understanding team dynamics. Conflicts often arise not from ‘what’ we say, but from the ‘Ego State’ from which we speak. If we adopt a parental attitude, this is expressed through our gestures, gaze and tone of voice. Underlying this are phrases such as “you should, you must, I know better” and moral judgements. The other person’s inner child feels provoked and reacts emotionally or in an overly accommodating man

Setting off in search of treasure is an adventurous journey where you don't know what awaits you. Many fairy tales tell of these challenges, trials, tests of courage and dangers along the way to the great treasure. The same is true when we set out to discover our own qualities and resources. We encounter resistance, fears and doubts, but also feelings of liberation and energy when a new resource emerges that we were not previously aware of. In my coaching, I often meet people

In a professional context, we talk a lot about competence. Much less about presence. But it is precisely this that makes a big difference on the path to fulfilling professionalism. Presence is also becoming an increasing focus in business coaching. How you behave in relationships, how you listen, how you communicate, how you experience difficult situations and deal with them – all of this has to do with presence. It also has to do with how you feel and perceive, how you think

Mindset is shaped by our way of thinking, attitudes, beliefs, reflections, intellectual abilities and goals. They are part of our success, especially when they are positive and growth-oriented. Personal mindset is often worked on in coaching sessions. However, in my experience as a business coach, mindset is sometimes overrated because it does not create a successful life on its own and also carries the risk of detached expectations or ideals of oneself that are not integrate

or, in other words, those who feel fear create the future. In my work as a coach with individual clients or teams, I increasingly notice that feelings of fear are more taboo or devalued than ever before. Is it because fear is initially seen as an expression of weakness? Is it because fear has a bad image in our culture of optimisation and success? Is the phenomenon of growing anger/rage/threat and devaluation in recent years rather a way of hiding and replacing feelings of fe

or, as the band Isi Glück & Le Shuuk sings, “The synapses burn like Bengalis.” Yes, when we feel overwhelmed, when feelings and thoughts...

At the Biodanza school in Naples, we are completely immersed in creativity, in the full experience with which our creativity unfolds. As...

Because lies are told or realities are denied all around us, we increasingly take lies for granted. lies as a natural part of our lives....

Imagine this script. A man talks about a father he describes as the worst father in the world. He talks about how he was belittled and...

A power-obsessed politician has been sworn in. A man who divides, manipulates and provokes, who is all about himself and his friends, who...

According to an article by Sylvie Rühmann, the second Friday in January is symbolically declared Quitters' Day, when the majority of good...

I would like to tell you a story about this picture. A few years ago, I ate one of my favourite southern fruits, the nespoli. And for...

I mean yes, because strokes have become a scarce resource in our individualised society. First of all, by stroke I mean any kind of...

In an exhibition (Zeitfenster, Blaumeier Atelier) I discovered the two pictures that I have placed next to each other here. They...

Strokes (transactional analysis term) as a need to be seen, recognised and appreciated, to be treated kindly and lovingly. Hungry for the...

Imagine you could order different types of lift ups in a shop like a favourite dish on the menu. What would be your favourite lift up?...

About America's future government? About absurd ideas and plans? About what is happening in German politics right now? The escalation of...

In the context of personal self-optimisation, one's own limit is more of a state that needs to be resolved or overcome. It is experienced...

The concept of empowerment has its origins in psychology and the social sciences (Julian Rappaport 1981). Empowerment is best described...

While we observe the abundance of nature in this month of October, admiring its richness and colors, picking and harvesting what nature...

By heartminded I mean the search for meaning in what we do, combined with an attitude of care and respect FOR something that is greater...