Episode #3 How Self Awareness Changes Relationships
In this episode of Simply Complicated, Sadie sits down with executive coach and mentor Rosa de Koning, for an honest conversation about relationships, self-awareness, emotional maturity, and the patterns we carry from childhood into adulthood. Together, they explore how personality assessments like CliftonStrengths can help us better understand ourselves and others, why conflict often comes from unhealed wounds rather than bad intentions, and how curiosity and compassion can reconnect strained relationships. Rosa vulnerably shares her journey of understanding her mother differently over time, reframing labels like “stubborn” into strengths like persistence, and learning that being right matters less than learning how to love people well. This episode is about growth, vulnerability, healing generational patterns, and learning how to show up more authentically in the relationships that matter most.
Find Rosa on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosa-de-koning-23b7466/
ABOUT ROSA: Rosa's clients have ranged from government agencies such as FEMA, FAA, NASA, and AFMC, select churches and non-profit organizations, to global Fortune 100 companies including Stryker, Bayer, Silanes, Dupont, Roche, Johnson & Johnson, Schering-Plough, Pfizer, Janssen, Chubb Insurance, Wells Fargo, Best Buy, Disney, Fairmont Hotels, Toyota, Caterpillar, Tempur-Pedic, and Dix & Eaton. Rosa’s work focuses on identifying people’s unique strengths, developing their maturity, helping them pursue a meaningful purpose, and improving the effectiveness of the team and environment they are part of. The work involves designing and delivering leadership development programs, tailored to the organization’s challenges and opportunities, consisting of one-on-one coaching sessions and facilitated workshops at all levels of the organization. Certifications: FranklinCovey Robert Gregory Coach - ICF Professional Coach - Georgetown University’s Executive Coaching Program - Leadership Maturity SCTi-MAP (Cook-Greuter) - Gallup Strengths Coach - Gallup SRI Talent Selection - Mending the Soul. CliftonStrengths: Ideation - Strategic - Woo - Learner - Achiever - Focus.
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