MY REFLECTIONS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
THE MIRROR NOBODY ASKED TO CARRY
There was a girl who learned to see herself through the reflection of the eyes of those who raised her. There was no mirror on the wall. There was a face. A way of looking. A tone…
YOU GOT PROMOTED. WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE YOU’VE FORGOTTEN EVERYTHING YOU KNEW?
Picture this. A software engineer spends five years being precisely what her organization needs: sharp, systematic, someone who turns ambiguity into architecture. She thinks in structures. She solves with logic. The environment around her is predictably challenging…
THE LAW HAS ARRIVED. WHAT YOU DO WITH IT IS ANOTHER STORY.
You arrived at work today. Perhaps already tired before the day even began. Perhaps with that tightness in your chest that became routine without you noticing when it started. Perhaps you looked at your schedule and felt…
YOU DON’T NEED TO BE MANAGED — YOU NEED TO BE INHABITED
What no one tells you about the brain, stress, and the art of existing without betraying yourself There is a question that almost no one voices out loud, but that the body asks constantly, in silence, from…
WHAT YOU KNOW MAY BE KEEPING YOU FROM LIVING
Take a moment. Not with an abstract idea — think of something concrete you know. A conviction you have carried for years, perhaps decades. Something you use to make decisions, to judge situations, to explain to the…
WHAT THE LAW CANNOT SEE AND ORGANIZATIONS PRETEND NOT TO KNOW: THE ILLNESS THAT FUNCTIONS
Burnout is just the surface. Psychological illness at work has many faces that NR-1, Law 14,831/2024, and Law 15,377/2026 still cannot reach — and that organizations pretend not to see. By Marcello de Souza Think of someone…
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE LIFE INSIDE ME WHEN I STAY CLOSE TO YOU?
Over the past ten years, I have worked with executives who make million-dollar decisions with surgical precision — yet inside a corrosive relationship or a toxic strategic partnership, they lost, without realizing it, the ability to recognize…
WHAT YOU SAID YOU WANTED — AND WHY YOU STILL DON’T HAVE IT
On the silent paradox between declared desire and real choice Have you ever felt entirely convinced you wanted something — a change, a new direction, a different product, a different way of working — and then, when…
COMPLIANCE IS NOT CARE: WHAT BRAZIL’S NR-1 AND LAW 15,377/2026 REVEAL ABOUT WHAT WAS ALWAYS A CHOICE
NR-1 and Law 15,377/2026 set the minimum floor — not the ceiling. What no regulation will ever resolve about health, outsourcing, and real organizational culture. – By Marcello de Souza Imagine you lead a team. Or a…
THE TERRITORY BETWEEN THE END AND THE BEGINNING
On what remains when you can no longer pretend everything is fine — and still don’t know what comes next Between what was and what has yet to come exists a territory that demands more than courage…
