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This week’s episode…
What is the distinct ability you need to harness in order to expand, grow and evolve as a leader?
Not only for yourself, but for your team as well.
The answer? It’s having the ability to understand …
Like a dog shaking after a bath, the movement of the body is a form of emotional expression. Humans have been socially conditioned to overlook the power of sensation in the modern world. We regulate …
What is the elephant in the room where you work? Leaders are equipped to deal with an abundance of challenges, but when it comes to psychological health, many find navigating this ‘ambiguous zone’ th…
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Have you ever asked yourself; how do I want to show up?
If something’s limiting you from being the best version of yourself at work, then you’re not alone. Many leaders struggle to show up as thei…
Resonance is a uniting force that’s essential to human-centered leadership. Defined as “a vibration of a large amplitude in a system caused by a small, periodic stimulus”, resonance is about connecti…
You can’t scale connection with humans.
This means you often have to slow down as a leader.
The last three years brought out the desperate need for showing more humanity in our workplaces. The need f…
Sometimes it feels like you’re on a hamster wheel chasing the next goal. But as you grow older, what you want out of life changes. You realise that your body is your lie detector. It will let you kno…
“Are you influencing the system or is the system influencing you?”
This quote gave me chills.
As women, we often have to squeeze into someone else's system. Because of this, we end up questioning why…
The morning is your starting place. It is a time to check in with yourself about how you feel and what you need in that moment. If you don’t look after yourself, you feel depleted before you even get…
Your presence is felt five milliseconds before you walk in the door. That’s all energy. We live, breathe and exist from different circles. People think that everything happens in one big ball, but ev…
I don’t believe in the concept of bad leadership. No one comes to work to have a bad day. But people still struggle and it made me wonder why. It made me delve into authentic leadership. Authenticity…
Our nervous systems are always talking to each other. Did you know that? Leadership is under a lot more pressure compared to 10 or 20 years ago. Issues like the cultural trauma of COVID, racial viole…
When an organization goes through complexity of change, it puts a lot of demand on leaders to lead change in a different way than in the past. To show seemingly opposite styles. But humility and conf…
Trauma-informed leadership is a heavy topic. And while it's something I know incredibly well and have built a career around, I felt edgy and vulnerable at the thought of writing a book about it. But,…
Writing about trauma isn’t easy. It’s a big, heavy word. But I wanted it to feel more accessible so people can relate it to their own work. Writing a book can feel like your thoughts are a jumble of …
NLP is the user’s manual to your mind. It is a shortcut to help you to truly know yourself - how your mind works, processes information and experiences. Our thoughts and internal dialogue are an exte…