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Your brain is going through menopause." 😳
Nobody prepares you for THIS part.
The memory + confidence link nobody talks about 🧠
Full episode → link in bio
"Your brain is going through menopause." 😳
Nobody prepares you for THIS part.
Dr. Ashika Pillay explains the memory + confidence link no one talks about 🧠
Full convo → link in bio
You're not burning out. You're not losing your edge. Your brain is going through menopause and nobody talks about it. Dr. Ashika Pillay unpacks the real link between menopause, memory, and confidence on this episode of The Coaching Hour. 🧠 Link in bio for the full conversation
You're not burning out. You're not losing your edge. Your brain is going through menopause and nobody talks about it. Dr. Ashika Pillay unpacks the real link between menopause, memory, and confidence on this episode of The Coaching Hour. 🧠 Link in bio for the full conversation.
Brain fog. Forgetting names. Losing your train of thought mid-sentence. If this sounds familiar, you're not losing your edge your brain is going through a real biological shift. 🧠 Dr. Ashika Pillay breaks down what's actually happening during menopause, and why it's not something to just push through. Full episode of The Coaching Hour link in bio. 🎙️
19/04/2026
Are your beliefs shaping your life… or quietly holding you back? In this powerful episode of The Coaching Hour, we explore whether it’s truly possible to change core beliefs - and how awareness can shift everything.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in patterns of overthinking, anxiety, or “this is just who I am,” this conversation offers practical tools to help you step back, take control, and start creating your life intentionally.
Thank you Tilesia Colyn for an insightful conversation (as always)!
It's difficult to change beliefs - Myth or Truth? The Coaching Hour · Episode
WHAT CAUSES A HUMAN TO BE CONDESCENDING TO OTHER HUMANS?
Tantrum behaviour demanding and jealous insecure
Aggressive and violent
These behaviors can stem from various factors, including:
- Insecurity and low self-esteem: Feeling threatened or inadequate can lead to defensive or aggressive behavior.
- Past trauma or experiences: Unresolved issues or past hurts can contribute to emotional reactivity and unhealthy coping mechanisms.
- Lack of emotional regulation: Difficulty managing emotions can result in tantrums, aggression or other intense reactions.
- Power dynamics: Feeling powerless or seeking control can manifest as condescension, demands or aggression.
- Insecurities and jealousy: Fear of loss, abandonment or inadequacy can drive jealous behavior.
- Learned behavior: Environment, upbringing or past relationships can shape behavior patterns.
- Mental health: Certain conditions, such as anxiety, depression or personality disorders, can contribute to these behaviors.
- Stress and frustration: Overwhelming situations or unmet needs can lead to aggressive or demanding behavior.
These factors can interact with each other and with individual circumstances, making it complex to pinpoint a single cause.
These behaviours hurt others: what is it in a human that enables such behaviour specially if it’s the partner who is enabling?
Enabling behavior can stem from various factors, including:
- Fear of conflict or abandonment: Avoiding confrontation or potential rejection can lead to enabling others' harmful behavior.
- Low self-esteem or people-pleasing: Prioritising others' needs over one's own can result in enabling.
- Trauma or past experiences: Unresolved trauma or past enabling patterns can contribute to current enabling behavior.
- Lack of boundaries: Failing to establish or maintain healthy limits can enable others' negative behavior.
- Codependency: Over-investing in others' well-being or happiness can lead to enabling.
- Hope for change: Believing the other person will change or improve can motivate enabling behavior.
- Avoidance of emotional discomfort: Enabling can be a way to avoid feelings of guilt, anxiety or discomfort.
In the context of a romantic partnership, enabling behavior can be particularly challenging. It's essential to recognize that enabling can perpetuate harmful patterns and ultimately harm both the enabler and the enabled individual.
To address enabling behavior, consider:
- Setting clear boundaries: Establishing and maintaining healthy limits can help prevent enabling.
- Prioritising self-care: Focusing on one's own needs and well-being can reduce the tendency to enable others.
- Seeking support: Consulting with therapists, support groups or trusted friends and family can provide valuable guidance and encouragement.
By recognizing the underlying factors and taking steps to address them, individuals can work towards healthier relationships and more effective communication.