Healing from Within: A Regen's Foray into Trauma-Informed Leadership

How The Wisdom of Trauma Can Lead to Inner Resilience and a More Beautiful World

May 21, 2024

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I opened this new Substack to begin sharing insights from my first sabbatical after 17 years in impact entrepreneurship. Along the way I’ve begun exploring a new model of leadership under the framing of humanity as a keystone species and started exploring freediving as a rite of passage to remember our rightful place as a part of nature.

This week I want to navigate through the waters of personal crisis, trauma and burnout. I’ll start off with a bit of my own story then make a case for trauma-informed leadership as a key pillar of the regenerative movement. I will highlight a few insights I’ve gleaned reading trauma literature recently along with some the interventions I have made in my own life.

I offer this piece as a letter to my younger self and a contribution to all the amazing leaders out there who are working towards a better world while also trying to take care of themselves and their families.

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