Building A Healthy, Joyful & Fulfilling Life
Joy and fulfillment are achieved when you take care of each aspect of yourself:
Body
Learn to listen to your body and honor each of its needs
Heart
Understand your emotions and spiritual needs and adequately take care of them
Mind
Cultivate and nurture healthy and empowering thoughts and ideas
A healthy Body, An Open Mind and Balanced Emotions in Sync Lead to
the person you want to be and the life you want to live
Who is behind EQness?
Hi, there, my name is Olga-Lucia Gamboa Arana, I am a Cognitive Neuroscientist , an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy coach, a mindfulness teacher and a dancer.
The Beginnings
I started as a physicist who was really interested in understanding human emotions and their consequences. Why? because the laws of physics and the laws of human mind and heart are so different! That got me hooked and drove me to get a PhD in Neuroscience, study Psychology, get a degree in emotional education and stress management, become a certified teacher of the mindfulness eating program (MB_EAT) and qualified as a teacher of Mindfulness and Self Compassion (MSC) and I already mentioned, I also became a coach. Currently, I am finalizing my master’s degree in Psychopathology, Clinical intervention and Health.
Oh wow, It looks like so much learning, but that is a lot of fun!
Why ACT coaching?
My coaching is based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a form of therapy/training that has shown to be exceptional to develop psychological flexibility and promote positive behavioral changes, both needed to have mental, and emotional wellbeing and of course a meaningful, enjoyable and healthy life.
My suggestions to you
Be Committed
Improving your quality of life requires effort and therefore your commitment to make changes. It is not about being someone that you are not, but to become better versions of what you currently are. Of course mistakes will occur during this process, but it is important to learn from them, continue or start over again.
Be Dedicated
The path to develop an emotionally healthy and satisfying life is not achieved in a week, nor in a year. Time is needed when you want to change your old unhealthy patterns for new ones, more appropriate to your values, needs and life goals . For this, daily work is necessary, but, this dedication is so rewarding and it is the greatest gift you can ever give to yourself.
My philosophy
Sharing
I like sharing resources that I consider valuable and effective. As a scientist I question everything I learn, read or hear, and strongly believe in techniques that I have tested myself. I invite you to do the same.
Avoid magic formulas
In the path to well-being, magic formulas or miraculous recipes that solve our lives do not exist. Every precious thing takes time to reach its final form and of course this field is no exception. Perseverance, patience and daily action are important to make our life 7% happier.
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Compassion & Awareness program to build a healthy Self-Esteem
During this course, we will get familiar with the different aspects surrounding self-esteem in order to gain insight about how they affect our daily life
Eating mindfully for a happy soul & healthy body
Many of us start a new year with the intention of eating less to lose weight. Let it be different this year.
Workshop: The wisdom of our emotions – Introduction to emotional intelligence
Each aspect of our lives is influenced by our emotions. They underlie what we learn, what we pay attention to, how we solve problems, how
What if I fall? by Erin Hanson
There is freedom waiting for you,
On the breezes of the sky,
And you ask “What if I fall?”
Oh but my darling,
What if you fly?”
Understanding and Acceptance
“The art of being yourself at your best is the art of unfolding your personality into the person you want to be. Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others”- Wilfred Peterson