Angie Rigueiro always wears a smile. Cheerful and outgoing, the Atresmedia news and sports presenter, who we recently saw participating in Pasapalabra, considers herself a privileged person. But she doesn't laugh just because of this. “I am in a very happy moment,” she confesses.
Born in Buenos Aires in 1988, and mother of a four-and-a-half-year-old child, she has developed, in parallel to her career as a journalist, a less well-known career as a coach, which has led her to recently publish the book How to Achieve Your Goals (Planet) with the goal of explaining your experience. “It is a method that I have dared to share because, beyond having studied psychology and coaching, I have gone through it.” And she warns: “We all pursue life success, feeling good about ourselves and being happy.”
To achieve this, Rigueiro talks about four tools. “The first is knowing how to manage your thoughts; the second, knowing how to manage your emotions; the third, knowing what you want and why, and the fourth, fulfilling five habits that I apply.”
Although he knows that he does not discover the moon, he does point out that it is worth keeping these five rules in mind and following them strictly: “Sleep the necessary hours, move, eat well, meditate and have a moment of enjoyment a day.”
What does the latter consist of? “Every day you have to do something for yourself that you like, not wait for the weekend.” On the day of the interview, the moment she enjoyed was having breakfast with her son. Although he is not yet five years old, Rigueiro has already begun to teach him how to manage emotions. “He's been there since he was three years old, he must be up to his neck,” he jokes.
She is not afraid of being criticized for sharing her method. “I have never taken negative comments badly and I don't want to be a peddler, I only give tools based on neuroscience and my studies.” And he reveals that it helped her a lot to overcome a bump. “Having achieved many things, I did not feel happy, with inner peace. I had that click and instead of turning my back on her, I started with her personal growth and it amazed me,” she reveals. "I asked myself why I was really dedicated to television and I started to get many answers and now I am much more authentic, I don't have the need to prove but to show myself, I don't look for external approval so much."
Rigueiro considers that “our reason for being is happiness,” which for her consists of “enjoying the good things you have every day, because sometimes you are on autopilot and take everything for granted.” To this, we must add “adopting a resilient attitude in bad times, seeing the positive side without rejecting the pain. That is, the attitude with which you take the vicissitudes of life.”
Because not everything is positive. The communicator explains that she has had to give up “professional projects” to spend more time with her son. “I love my job, but you have to have clear priorities.” She adds that she too has given up on “having a quiet life.” For her, it is not possible to lead a coherent life without constant renunciations. “In your love life, having a partner also leads to some renunciations.” Ultimately what it is about is “choosing what dreams you want” and not failing to be consistent in achieving them.
