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Feb 21 2026

Emotional Honesty in Leadership: Why Honest Conversations Require Emotional Capacity

Why Emotional Honesty Matters in the Workplace Emotional honesty in leadership doesn’t start with dramatic conversations. It starts with something much smaller. In my workshops, I often open with a simple question: “Give me one feeling word for how you’re arriving today.” I want to know how people are showing up. I also use a […]

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Jan 22 2026

Why Leadership as Ecosystem is My Work Now

Why a Leadership Ecosystem? Over time, I’ve come to understand this work not as a set of services, but as leadership as ecosystem — interconnected, adaptive, and responsive to human capacity rather than performance alone. Over the last several years, I’ve been paying close attention to a pattern many people feel but struggle to articulate. […]

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Jan 1 2026

Re-Humanizing the Workplace: Moving from Fear to Trust

In the Winter 2026 issue of The Wildlife Professional, I co-authored an article titled “Re-Humanizing the Workplace: How Leaders and Peers Can Combat Fear.” This blog expands on that piece and explores how re-humanizing the workplace begins with small, intentional acts of courage, transparency, and care. Space constraints prevented two practical tables from being included […]

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Oct 29 2025

Encouragement as Oxygen: Lessons from My Mentor, John Reardon

My Adlerian mentor and counselor, John Reardon, passed away this weekend. His teachings on encouragement, courage, and connection have shaped every part of who I am — as a mother, a leader, and a human being. Even as I write that, I feel the layers of gratitude and loss rise together. When my daughter was […]

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