Last week I facilitated 2 keynote sessions for a corporate client, and earlier this week, I facilitated a wellness session for over 80 leaders at an organization’s annual Leadership Retreat. It was truly an honour to share practices to alleviate stress, and tips to reframe their perspective on mental health and overall wellbeing.
To guide everyone more deeply into their body + heart at the Leadership Retreat this week, I crafted a soul-nourishing Breathwork, Spa Yoga + Meditation session that harmonized the Mind, Body and Spirit. During the session, I reminded everyone that in addition to leading teams and creating solutions for complex issues, they are also leaders in their own life, within their own family and within the greater community.✨
✨ YOU are the leader of your life. ✨ ✨
Leadership starts within —> with how you relate to, speak with and take care of yourself. Your health and wellbeing are not luxuries; they are the foundation to your life and your impact in our world.
>>> A question I posed to the group was: “how am I right now?”
The real “work” of being a leader is to be embodied:
- to be connected with yourself (body, heart and mind)
- to take time to pause, witness and listen to the guidance (the deep knowing) in the cells of your being and the vastness that is your conscious mind
- to honour your capacity
- to update and uphold your boundaries + standards
- to live in alignment with your values, your word, your truth
✨ ✨ So now I ask you —
- What ways are you playing small because it feels easiest, most comfortable, or most certain?
- Where can you stretch your comfort zone and try something new or different?
>>> Making time to pause each day for 3 deep breaths, is a great start.
>>> Reflecting on something you’re grateful for each day, is another.
✨ ✨ YOU are the leader of your life… SO…
- how do you want to feel everyday (or most of the time)?
- what comforts are you willing to release to feel the way you truly desire?
- how are you willing to show up?
>>> Start now. Start today.
✨ The world is ready (and needs your light). You can trust yourself. ✨
✨ Stand tall. Take up space. Shine bright. ✨