Moving Forward with The ICCI

Noa Brume is getting real and raw for my 30th podcast episode!
🎙️ To celebrate this milestone, I invited you all to send me your questions, and I have to admit - some of them were incredibly direct and hit right where it hurts.
 
I could have stayed behind my professional mask, but I decided to answer them with total honesty. After the loss of my son 21 years ago, I learned that being your true, authentic self is the only way to live, even when the truth is uncomfortable.
 
I’m opening up about things I rarely discuss:
The "elephant in the room": do I feel less successful because I’m overweight and know people judge my appearance?
The pain of being labeled and judged just for being Israeli, and why people have actually refused to study with me because of it.
The reality of building a career while raising a child with special needs who still isn't independent.
Spilling the tea on the coaching industry’s biggest lies and the "mistakes" I’ve made by letting manipulative people onto my courses.
If you want the honest truth and a look at the struggles behind the scenes, this is the episode you can't miss.
Listen now to hear me answer it all! 🎧Noa

I’ve had Galit Hahn on the show before, but this story is one of the most powerful she’s ever shared.
Imagine hiking the Italian Dolomites when everything goes wrong: lost luggage, heavy fog, and a landslide that buried the trail. Galit and her son realized they’d been hiking the wrong way for over an hour on a dangerous cliffside, and they had to make the exhausting choice to turn back.
Galit calls this the "Recalculation Superpower."  In life and in coaching, it’s not a failure to admit you’re on the wrong path; it’s a strength to pivot when the "terrain" changes.
In this episode, we explore:
Strength vs. Flexibility: Why being "strong" in your values is only half the battle—you must be flexible enough to adjust your plan.
The Power of Partnership: How a crisis transformed a mother-son dynamic into a relationship of equals.
Choosing Your "Mountain" Partners: Why you need to surround yourself with people you can trust when things get "rocky".
Galit and her son eventually made it to safety (and a well-earned glass of whiskey!), but the lessons on resilience are what you really need to hear.
🎧 Listen to the full episode now!
#MovingForward #Podcast #Resilience #Dolomites #GrowthMindset #Recalculating
 

Even if you stay with nothing, just the stripy pyjamas you were given and a pair of wooden shoes, and you're in a concentration camp... There's still one thing no one can take from you.
 
A lesson I've learnt from my Holocaust survivor grandfather.

Is there such a thing as 'Non-Violent Communication'? And if it's possible, then how is it done?
 
We called the expert, Hanna Rotenshtraich, to help us understand that yes! It's possible, and not even so hard to communicate non-violently.
We think that you'll be surprised to understand how easy this is, and how much we all speak 'violently' to ourselves and others without even being aware that we do.
 
This episode will help you understand it and how to easily change things around.
It's really not difficult at all.
 
Here's what Hanna says about herself:
I’m Hanna Rotenshtraich. I’m a Nonviolent Communication (NVC) coach and trainer, and I work mainly with parents and couples who get stuck in recurring conflict, disconnection, or power struggles—especially in the parent–child relationship. I help people move from reacting (anger, shutdown, blame) to connecting: noticing observations vs. interpretations, naming feelings and needs, and making clear, doable requests. My focus is emotional safety at home—so children feel seen and parents feel confident, grounded, and consistent. I translate NVC into very practical tools people can use in real moments, not just in theory.
Emotional safety is built in the small moments: how we listen, repair, and set limits.
 
I live in the Netherlands, and I coach in 3 languages: Dutch, English and Hebrew.
This is my website: www.hannaconnects.nl
My Instagram account is hannaconnects on Facebook as well.
Next month I’m organising an event, Back to Your Essence, for couples.

We all want to know how to build deeper communication with our children. We all want them to openly share things with us so we can know what's going on in their lives, and we want them to come to us when something bothers them.
 
Yet this doesn't always happen. Our children, especially when they are in their teenage years, tend to block us and even separate us from what is happening to them. And that can hurt and upset us very much.
We feel that we're bad parents, that we're not supporting them enough... and unfortunately, if we're not careful, this can escalate and become a painful relationship.
 
But there are ways to avoid this. And in this episode, I spoke to Counsellor-Psychologist Stella Redman about one aspect of inter-personal communication that can make all the difference: Validation.
 
What validation is, and why it is the key to excellent communication, is all explained in the episode.
 
Happy listening!
 
You can find Stella and her wonderful work on her website:https://www.sredmancounselling.com/ 
And on LinkedIn:www.linkedin.com/in/stella-redman-psychology 

Why are learning difficulties such a big problem, and what should we do to normalise them?
In this episode, we had the pleasure of hosting Glen McPheat, a special education needs specialist and an advocate for neurodiversity.  
So if you have children with special educational needs, or you experience them yourself, this is the episode for you!

What makes people make a change in their lives?
We can tell you what does NOT:
Telling them what to do, giving them advice and scaring them.
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At the end of the episode, we invited you to join our coaching course.
Here's the link to the details about it:https://theicci.com/lp/coaching-for-success-your-journey-to-proficiency-in-coaching/

Not so many years ago, whenever I received a message like the one that landed in my WhatsApp the other day, I would shrink inside and carry a sour feeling in my stomach for days.
 
At best, I’d ignore it.At worst, I’d think I was far better than whatever was about to happen there.
 
And still - this time it happened again. My first reaction was the same: a contraction.
 
But today I know something I didn’t know back then:Feeling this contraction is part of nature’s survival mechanism.
And today I also know how to give those difficult, paralysing feelings their space:
Only after I breathed deeply, I looked at the message again—and suddenly I could see what this invitation might really have to offer me.
 
It wasn’t easy to get here.It’s something I agreed to learn.
 
I recorded a new and very frank podcast episode about this kind of learning: the one we keep doing all our lives, if only we’re willing.
 
I hope it'll talk to you.
 
Noa Brume

Why are women so afraid to make big money or even to talk about it?Why do they refrain from knowing their financial situation?And why do female coaches charge less than male coaches?We discussed all this and how to change it with Adv. Haleli Shomer Shalom._______________________________________
Adv. Haleli Shomer Shalom, Financial A$$Kicker on a mission to provide women with practical tools and motivation to take charge of their finances. With me, you will learn to love, confidently manage, and grow your money. Whether through one powerful session or an ongoing journey - the important thing is to start today.
Connect her via: 
 WhatsApp: https://wa.me/message/IXOK2KQYQDSIK1
 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haleli-shomer-shalom 
 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/haleliShomerShalom

Einat Moglad went through a period of grieving over her father twice in her life: Once when she was 15, and then over 20 years later. Her story of who she became and what she decided to do in her life, is an inspiration to us all, as we all have stories that can be told and create the path we'll take, even the professional part.
Thank you Einat for sharing your story.
You can reach Einat here:On LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/moglad-einat-a6430844/Via her website:https://einatmoglad.com/
And you can read this article about her too:https://www.haaretz.co.il/literature/tarbut-sifrot/2024-08-26/ty-article/.premium/00000191-8ec6-dd8c-addd-bff61b380000