Is it always about you? Do you create space for others? In my conversation with Lunar Odawa-Nguchu, a psychologist, a certified coach at Bloom Consulting Services and a doctoral student in clinical psychology, we talk about how mindfulness helps us understand ourselves, our own thoughts and feelings and what is important to us. It can help you develop self-awareness, which is the first component of emotional intelligence and is the basis for developing all of the other emotional intelligence skills.