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One Breath Can Change Your Project - Clara Ramos González


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How self care habits raise quality and agility

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"High rotation, stress, burnout is what cost the most to the IT industry." - Clara Ramos González

In this episode, I talk with Clara Ramos González about how self-care can raise quality and agility. We look at why communication failure still breaks projects and how breath can fix more than tools. Clara blends QA leadership with yoga and brings simple rituals to teams. Three deep breaths to open meetings. One word to set intention. Weekly coffee talks without work. A feedback rule to sleep on it. The message is clear. Bring your whole self. Lead by example. Small steps cut stress and help us build better software and healthier teams.

Clara is a Senior QA Manager specializing in guiding companies through their Digital Transformation. As a certified Manager, she provides Workshops for IT Leaders and Teams to elevate the team potential and engagement, and as a passionate advocate for Quality Assurance, she regularly speaks at various IT conferences, being a proud ambassador for the strongest brands in the industry. Clara shows she is a Yoga teacher and dedicated meditator, in one of her workshops: "Balancing Code with Calm: A guide to thrive at work and personal life", aiming to integrate daily work with spiritual growth, promoting a holistic approach to reduce stress and increase team satisfaction.

Highlights:

  • Work-life separation drains energy; bring your whole self to work for sustainable performance.
  • Communication failure causes workplace breakdown for ten consecutive years—it's systemic, not coincidental.
  • One minute of breathing before meetings reduces stress; Clara's team had zero sick leave in two years.
  • Coffee talks without work topics build real connections—engagement follows connection, not the reverse.
  • Delay feedback responses by one day to reduce resistance and improve team retrospectives dramatically.
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