Practical Resources

for navigating stress, crisis, uncertainty, and change

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Working with Money Stress: 5 Skills to Rewire Your Brain for Abundance
Working with Money Stress: 5 Skills to Rewire Your Brain for Abundance
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Grounding your Feet: Steadying During Moments of Distress
Grounding your Feet: Steadying During Moments of Distress
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Trauma-Sensitive Leadership: Collective Healing Starts with You
Trauma-Sensitive Leadership: Collective Healing Starts with You

Leadership in trauma-impacted systems often asks more of us than is sustainable. The demands are constant. The weight of responsibility can leave even the most committed leaders feeling exhausted, isolated, and unsure of how to keep going.

In schools, nonprofits, healthcare, and community organizations, leaders are being called on not only to manage systems but to hold the emotional weight of collective struggle. This is deep, sacred work, and it also takes a toll.

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Tips for Carving Out Time for Mindfulness
Tips for Carving Out Time for Mindfulness

Carving out time for mindfulness doesn’t have to mean adding more to your already full plate. It’s about noticing the moments that are already here—those first sips of coffee, the pause before you walk into a meeting, the breath you take at a doorway. With a little intention and care, these small practices become anchors that steady your nervous system and bring you back to yourself, even in the midst of a demanding day.

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The Magic of Co-Regulation: Your nervous system is the intervention
The Magic of Co-Regulation: Your nervous system is the intervention

Across education, healthcare, nonprofits, business, and public service, leaders face immense pressure. Depression, addiction, chronic stress, interpersonal violence, and collective grief are woven into daily life. In these conditions, leadership becomes a living invitation. A leader who sets the intention to slow down, pay attention to the present moment, and speak up for wellbeing begins a chain reaction that reaches colleagues, staff, clients, students, families, and peers.

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Free

STOP Poster pdf

Press Pause Guided Practice: A 3-minute recording to regulate your nervous system and focus attention.

Resource Bundle: Trauma-Sensitive Leadership Toolkit $27

Instructional Video (15 min): The Neurobiology of Threat

Recorded Video Session (1 hour): Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Crisis Response

Assess your stress level/burnout risk: Clinical Assessments and Educator Quality of Life Survey (EQOL)

Awareness of Breath: An 11-minute recording from MBSR recommended for daily practice to help stabilize attention and make space for yourself.

Self-Compassion/Loving Kindness Meditation

Reflection Prompts and Daily Practice Log

Printable posters (great for the back of bathroom stall doors):

  • Orienting with the Senses as Crisis Response

  • Know the Signs of Traumatic Arousal: A Leader’s Guide

  • 10 In-the-Moment Practices for Grounding Attention

  • S.L.O.W. Self Compassion Practice

More Resource Bundles and Courses:

How to Calm a Panic Attack

Foundations of Mindful Leadership Course

Foundations of Mindful Leadership Workbook

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Trauma-Sensitive Leadership: Collective Healing Starts with You

Leadership in trauma-impacted systems often asks more of us than is sustainable. The demands are constant. The weight of responsibility can leave even the most committed leaders feeling exhausted, isolated, and unsure of how to keep going.

In schools, nonprofits, healthcare, and community organizations, leaders are being called on not only to manage systems but to hold the emotional weight of collective struggle. This is deep, sacred work, and it also takes a toll.

Read More