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Silvia Galambosi Consultant, Coach and Organizational Development Pilot, Lapu-Lapu City (2026)

27/03/2026

Not all resilience looks like pushing through.

Going from +35°C to -35°C in a short span of time brings a very immediate kind of adjustment.

At first, it was the practical things.

The cold.
The layers.
The slower pace.
How much more intention the day seemed to require.

But what stayed with me was not the temperature itself.

It was how easy it is to confuse resilience with force.

We often think resilience means keeping going unchanged.
Overriding discomfort.
Adapting instantly.
Carrying on as if nothing has shifted.

That was not what this experience asked of me.

What helped was something quieter.

Paying attention earlier.
Respecting the transition.
Letting my body and mind catch up before expecting too much from either.

That part felt familiar beyond the trip itself.

Sometimes the strongest response is not to push harder.

Sometimes it is to slow down enough to adjust well.

Alaska reminded me of that.

Wishing you a grounded weekend ahead. 💙

19/03/2026

Expat life tests more than your adaptability.

It asks you to function without the things that used to steady you.

Different routines.
Different expectations.
Different social codes.

Even when the move is positive, it can still be demanding in ways people do not always see.

That is one of the reasons I value these workshops with so much.

I’m in Alaska this week for another wellness, health and lifestyle management workshop.

And each time I do this work, I’m reminded that living abroad affects far more than logistics.

It affects how people sleep.
How they eat.
How they recover.
How they cope.
How connected they feel to themselves.

When your environment changes, your anchors often do too.

That is why wellbeing matters so much for expats and others living abroad.

Not as a nice extra.

As part of staying grounded, steady, and able to build a life that is actually sustainable.

I’m grateful to be here this week.

And grateful to keep having these conversations with Classroom Au Pair. 🩵

12/03/2026

Not everything improves with more effort.

Many capable leaders were rewarded early for pushing harder.

Working longer.
Solving faster.
Taking on more.

For a while, this approach works.

But leadership eventually shifts.

The challenges become more complex.
The dynamics become more human.
And effort alone stops resolving the situation.

I recently revisited a passage in The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra that stayed with me.

The law of least effort.

Not laziness.
Not avoidance.

It points to something many leaders experience but rarely name.

A surprising amount of exhaustion comes from resistance.

Resisting the situation.
Defending a position.
Trying to force clarity before it is ready.

The book describes three commitments.

Acceptance.
Responsibility.
Defenselessness.

Acceptance means seeing the moment as it is before reacting.

Responsibility means focusing on what is actually yours to address.

Defenselessness means stepping away from the need to constantly prove your position.

As leaders grow more senior, this shift becomes important.

Not because leadership becomes easy.

But because clear leadership rarely requires constant force.

Often the real shift is quieter than that.

Less pushing.
Less resistance.
Less friction created by the leader themselves.

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10/03/2026

The dimming was so gradual you missed it.

You used to speak up without rehearsing.
You had instincts and you trusted them.

Somewhere along the way, you started second-guessing the impulse before it even formed.

Not because you lost something.
Because someone near you flinched every time it showed up.

Brené Brown calls them candle blower outers.

People who don’t celebrate your light. Not because they’re unkind. But because your light asks something of them they’re not ready for.

It’s rarely dramatic.

It’s the colleague who changes the subject right when your idea lands.
The friend who only calls when you’re struggling.

You don’t notice it in the moment.
You notice it in the aftermath.

In how quiet you’ve become.
In how carefully you edit yourself before you even begin.

Leading well isn’t just knowing who to listen to.
It’s knowing whose presence makes you smaller and trusting that information.

Your clarity was never the problem.
The room was.

I write about leadership, visibility, and the human side of leading across cultures. More at silgalacademy.com

08/03/2026

International Women’s Day often highlights visible success.

Awards.
Milestones.
Public recognition.

Important things to celebrate.

But when I think about the women who shaped how I lead and think, a different kind of influence comes to mind.

The quieter kind.
The kind that slowly changes how you understand strength, presence, and responsibility.

Three women had a lasting impact on me.

Brené Brown helped me understand something many leaders experience but rarely articulate.

The emotional exposure that comes with responsibility.

Her work put language to a reality I had felt but could not clearly name at the time.

Courage, in leadership, is rarely loud.

More often it is the decision to stay open when pressure would make it easier to close down.

Sage Robbins represents another form of influence.

Not through frameworks or theories.

Through presence.

There is a steadiness in how she shows up. A grounded calm that reminds me how much a leader’s internal state shapes the space around them.

In many rooms, the emotional climate shifts because of one person.

And then there is someone much closer to my own life.

Not a public figure.
Not someone building a visible platform.

But someone whose integrity and grounded way of showing up quietly recalibrated my own standards.

Some of the most influential leadership examples in our lives never appear on stages or in books.

They shape us through how they live and work.

When I think about these three women, a shared thread stands out.

Strength without hardness.
Clarity without performance.
Presence without the need for visibility.

Today feels like a natural moment to acknowledge the women whose influence shows up in these quieter ways.

Their impact often runs deeper than we notice at the time.

Happy International Women’s Day. 💙

27/02/2026

Close to 50 students.
21 nationalities.
One virtual classroom in Ghent, Belgium.

Yesterday, I joined class remotely at

We worked with cultural sensitivity, and the realities of culture, ethnicity, and race.

What I’ll remember is how the room showed up.

Students stayed close to lived experience.
They shared personal stories with care.
They listened without rushing to conclusions.
They asked thoughtful questions, and made space for complexity.

A topic like this needs both openness and boundaries.
This group managed to hold both.

Séverine, thank you for the invitation, and for the way you created the conditions for a respectful, honest conversation.
Congratulations on a class that is willing to learn across difference.

I’m grateful I got to be part of it.

23/02/2026

Alert is not the same as alarmed.

Yesterday, parts of Mexico were on high alert.

We are safe.
Life is moving.

It was the first time in five years here that I felt a quiet pause inside.

Not because of what I saw.
But because of what was circulating.

Messages. Videos. Photos.
Some real. Some not.
All loud.

I drove home before sunset from the other side of town.
The streets were calm.

This morning I was sitting in my car, waiting for the car wash to open.
Traffic as usual.
Children arriving at school.
People heading to work.

The contrast was striking.

I am grateful to be part of
They verified information.
Filtered out AI-generated images.
Corrected fake announcements.
Shared what was confirmed.

That made a difference.

I do not follow mainstream media closely.
Not out of indifference.
Out of self-leadership.

I am careful about what I allow into my mind.

Because the nervous system absorbs repetition.
Even from a distance.

There is a difference between being vigilant and being consumed.

Yesterday required attention.
It did not require panic.

Different people will respond differently.
Some stayed home. Some opened their shops.
Some felt directly touched. Others did not.

I am not judging any of it.

I am simply aware that as a leader, as a mother, the tone I carry matters.

Calm does not mean uninformed.
Steady does not mean careless.

It means I choose my inputs carefully.
I stay close to reality.
And I lead from there.

20/02/2026

This week was full.

Not dramatic.
Not exceptional.
Just full in a steady, grounded way.

I worked.
I had complex conversations.
I supported leaders carrying real responsibility.

And I watched the sunrise.

I exercised.
I had unhurried conversations with friends.
I spent time with people who care about leadership beyond performance metrics.

I attended the opening of the breakfast place at my daughter Greta’s school.
I sat there eating breakfast she had prepared.

Being served coffee by your own child puts things into perspective.

I have never connected with the phrase work-life balance.

It assumes separation.
As if work sits in tension with life.

That has never been my experience.

There is no split.

There is just life.

Life includes meaningful work.
It includes parenting.
Friendship.
Movement.
Community.
And sometimes answering emails from the terrace with a blanket around my shoulders.

Balance, for me, is not about equal distribution.

It is about coherence.

Building a life where ambition and presence coexist.
Where responsibility does not crowd out joy.
Where leadership does not require you to abandon yourself.

In complex, high-pressure roles, constant intensity can quietly become the norm.

But intensity alone is not what sustains leadership.

Integration does.

This week reminded me of that.

I hope your weekend holds a little room to breathe. 🩵

12/02/2026

Costa Rica quietly stole my heart.

Yes, the mountains and waterfalls were breathtaking.
The beaches. The coffee plantations. The rainbows that appeared almost daily.

But what stayed with me was something less visible.

Travel shifts my internal scale.

When I stay inside my role for too long, everything starts to feel immediate. Important. Non-negotiable.

Distance changes that.

What felt urgent becomes contextual.
What felt heavy becomes workable.
What felt complex becomes clearer.

Blending work with rest helped.
So did spending time with people who know me beyond what I do.

Leadership can quietly narrow your field of vision if you let it.
Not because you lack capability.
But because responsibility compresses perspective.

I came home with energy.

Not loud.
Not performative.

Just a quieter clarity about what matters.
And what is ready to expand next.

Sometimes growth is not about adding more.

It is about widening the lens.

11/02/2026

Already in Costa Rica for a relocation conference… and then this happened.

I had the opportunity to speak on the first day of a Costa Rica scouting trip, organized by and , alongside 🌍

The morning was all about clarity.
Helping future expats think through the decisions, expectations, and emotional side of moving abroad.

And then they did something powerful.

They didn’t just talk about relocation.
They experienced it.

After the session, the group set off to explore the country, seeing Costa Rica through the eyes of their possible future life.

Because the best relocation decisions come from both information and real experience ✈️

Feeling grateful for the chance to contribute to two international expat events in one trip.

11/02/2026

Three days. One powerful decision.

Speaking at the Roadmap to Costa Rica Relocation Conference alongside hosted by and meeting people from around the world preparing for their move abroad 🌍

Because relocation is not just about where you go.
It is about how you decide, prepare, and lead your life through the transition.

Grateful for the conversations, the courage in the room, and the global community we built together ✈️

Thinking about your move abroad? Start with clarity.

Follow for more on expat relocation and thriving internationally.

06/02/2026

A few days on a cruise looks like rest, travel, beautiful places.

And it is.

But what stayed with me was something quieter.

The people.

Old friends and new ones.
Conversations without an agenda.
Energy that didn’t require explanation, performance, or speed.

When you step out of your usual leadership pace, you notice this more clearly.
Not just where you are, but who you are with.
And how that proximity shapes your thinking, your nervous system, your sense of leadership presence.

Leadership development doesn’t only happen through programmes, frameworks, or titles.
It happens through who you listen to.
Who you spend time with when you are not “on”.
Who quietly influences how you see yourself and the world.

High energy doesn’t mean loud.
It means clarity, generosity, curiosity.
Being around people who expand you rather than drain you.

The places were beautiful.
The connections were formative.

Who has been shaping your energy lately, often without you noticing?

Silvia Galambosi Consultant, Coach and Organizational Development Pilot

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