Michelangelo created the Pietà when he was still in his early twenties and completed David a few years later. These works, considered masterpieces of Renaissance sculpture, are striking examples of how life and emotion can be given to a hard material such as marble. In Michelangelo’s approach to art, a sculpture is not simply a shape added to a block of marble. It is a form already hidden inside the stone. The artist’s task is to carefully remove the excess material covering

Every Sunday before going to bed, I think about the work waiting for me in the week ahead. I suppose I am preparing my mind in advance for what it will face. However, each time I notice that some tasks have been carried over from previous weeks. They become part of the new week’s to-do list and continue travelling with me. On the one hand, I do not think this behaviour suits me. On the other hand, I experience the tension created by unfinished work. Although I feel brief reli

When you try not to communicate with someone at work, you are already sending them a message. You know that you are not speaking to them, and the other person will probably notice the distance between you. Silence, avoidance and ignoring someone can also be interpreted as messages. In other words, communication does not consist only of what we say. What we leave unsaid and what we do not do can also affect our relationships. One of the issues I often encounter in my coaching

What Is Preventing You from Living a More Meaningful Life? What is preventing you from making your life more meaningful and valuable? We cannot ignore the effects of the economic and social conditions in which we live. The cost of living, uncertainty and the difficulties we face can affect both our opportunities and our satisfaction with life. However, we also know that financial resources alone do not create a meaningful life. Meaning can sometimes come from a relationship,

Leaders preparing for the future do not measure success only through their individual performance. They also care about the impact their organisations have on employees, customers and society. Instead of focusing on their own personal success, they concentrate on the success of their teams and organisations. They do not believe that they must provide the answer to every question. They also involve employees in decision-making. Rather than acting on assumptions, they measure,

I first wrote this article in 2022. At that time, one of the most frequently discussed topics at professional conferences was the future of coaching. Could artificial intelligence replace coaches? Would we one day find ourselves facing a digital avatar instead of a person? At the time, these were mainly questions about the future. Today, AI-supported coaching applications are being used and studied in academic research. We are therefore no longer discussing only whether AI ca

The pandemic led to major changes in working life. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 47.8 million employees voluntarily left their jobs in 2021. This was an increase of 33 per cent from the previous year and became one of the main signs of the period known as the Great Resignation. However, it would not be accurate to explain these resignations only through the pandemic. Pay, working conditions, work-life balance, caring responsibilities, career expectations and

During my master’s degree in Clinical Psychology, I first came across the concept of Dasein in one of Dr Halis Özerk’s classes. Dr Özerk’s insights have always opened new windows of thought for me. Dasein became one of the concepts that I continued to think about for a long time. Dasein is one of the central concepts in Martin Heidegger’s Being and Time, published in 1927. In everyday German, the word means “being there.” In Heidegger’s philosophy, however, it does not simply

There is a concept that employees often talk about. Work-life balance. This expression may suggest that we should give equal amounts of time to our work and personal lives every day. It is as if we should stand in the middle of a seesaw and distribute our weight equally between both sides. But does balance really mean equality? I do not think so. This is my opinion. Work-life balance does not mean spending the same amount of time on both areas. It means creating a relationshi

RReflection and reflecting are not the same in coaching. This article explores the distinction between them and the role of reflecting in coaching conversations.