Whole Human Leadership Blog
Healing-Centered Leadership Blog
Articles on healing-centered leadership and burnout recovery, weaving somatic wisdom, play, storytelling, and nature-based leadership into everyday practice.
Latest articles
Reflections from Dr. Laura Colket on somatics, play, coaching, and leading as a whole human.
The Process of Becoming
A passage from Carl Rogers, a tattoo from Paulo Freire, and a spiral of fallen leaves: why growth is a process, not a destination.
Where the Heat Meets the Flow
What the runoff from Grand Prismatic Spring teaches us about integration: the heat we carry doesn't have to disappear, it can join the current.
Plans Rarely Go As Imagined: What a 17-Hour Travel Day Reminded Me About Leadership
A cancelled flight, an overbooked plane, and a broken jet bridge: what a chaotic travel day taught me about leading with a regulated nervous system.
Is Leadership Coaching Right for You? A Guide for Every Kind of Leader
What leadership coaching is, how somatic coaching differs, and why "leader" means far more than a corner office.
Authentic Leadership: What the GrassRoots Festival Can Teach Us About Letting Go
Volunteering as a somatic coach at GrassRoots, I kept hearing the same thing: "Here I finally get to be myself." What would it take to bring that to work?
What Is Somatics — And Why Should Leaders Care?
Leadership doesn't just happen in the mind; it happens in the body. An introduction to somatics and embodied leadership.
Beyond "Serious Work": Why Play Is the Engine of Innovation
Play isn't the opposite of work; it's the engine of innovation. The science behind play, plus four simple practices for you and your team.
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