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Emília M. Ludovino
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Emília M. Ludovino

Emília M. Ludovino Emília M. Ludovino is an Amsterdam-based international Social and Emotional Intelligence Coach, Master Practitioner of NLP, Reiki Master/Teacher, lifetime practitioner of mindfulness and meditation, author of six books about emotional intelligence, and founder of the SMART FEELINGS LAB. Emília was an Emotional Intelligence Trainer, Coach at UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research), and an independent trainer, coach, mentor, and consultant worldwide for law firms, law enforcement, private banking, NGOs, hospitals, IT companies, entrepreneurs, and so on. Emília puts emotional intelligence into practice by teaching the difference between thoughts, feelings, and actions with passion and humor—and how these three interact and affect us. She helps participants establish an inner foundation and vision for all dimensions of life and find the necessary balance between the challenges of a hectic career and the inner longing for peace and wellbeing. She helps people find balance in their lives; stop feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or anxious; respond not react; feel confident; and develop their communication and leadership skills, and their relationships. Her aim is to take emotional intelligence to many people as possible, wherever they call her, to support individuals, companies, and communities to flourish and create ripples of awareness, love, compassion, and respect for each other's differences, making a better world.
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Self-awareness

Self-awareness is the ultimate human super-power that is directly connected with our survival mechanism as human beings. Without this super-power, the human species and you as an individual would not exist. Why? Because self-awareness (even if you are not aware of it) is the support mechanism that enables us to learn from our experiences. This process of self-reflection allows us to observe how we think, speak, and act. And that observation provides clues about where we can create gains in life by understanding our motives and emotional triggers, reviewing our beliefs, and changing our thoughts and our behaviors, to thrive.

What is self-awareness?

Self-awareness is the ability to, effectively, perceive and understand one's own emotions - as they happen.

Self-awareness is about understanding ourselves. It is about the realization that we are the source of our own success based on how we think and react to the emotional triggers in our daily lives. Knowing our tendencies, actions...

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Emília M. Ludovino Emília M. Ludovino is an Amsterdam-based international Social and Emotional Intelligence Coach, Master Practitioner of NLP, Reiki Master/Teacher, lifetime practitioner of mindfulness and meditation, author of six books about emotional intelligence, and founder of the SMART FEELINGS LAB. Emília was an Emotional Intelligence Trainer, Coach at UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Training and Research), and an independent trainer, coach, mentor, and consultant worldwide for law firms, law enforcement, private banking, NGOs, hospitals, IT companies, entrepreneurs, and so on. Emília puts emotional intelligence into practice by teaching the difference between thoughts, feelings, and actions with passion and humor—and how these three interact and affect us. She helps participants establish an inner foundation and vision for all dimensions of life and find the necessary balance between the challenges of a hectic career and the inner longing for peace and wellbeing. She helps people find balance in their lives; stop feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or anxious; respond not react; feel confident; and develop their communication and leadership skills, and their relationships. Her aim is to take emotional intelligence to many people as possible, wherever they call her, to support individuals, companies, and communities to flourish and create ripples of awareness, love, compassion, and respect for each other's differences, making a better world.
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