'I have lost myself,' people say to me, particularly in workplace coaching conversations. As they start to explore this and describe how it feels it becomes clear there is a disconnect - self from Self. The outer persona is out of synch with their inner being. In yoga we talk about the Witness or the inner observer who is capable of making such a statement - 'I have lost myself' or 'I have lost my Self'. We can all 'see' from a more detached viewpoint and become aware that t

None of us particularly like being the victim of someone else's ego. We mentally roll our eyes, feel the nipping sensation in our gut, feel the hackles rise. But what about our own ego? Those reactions we just had to someone else's inflated, or perhaps deflated, view of themselves were in fact our own ego coming into play. This little game of hide-n-seek with the mask of the ego is what keeps us locked in to unhealthy exchanges and less productive results. Listening to a pod