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"We cannot lead what we are disconnected from. And we cannot connect unless we slow down enough to feel."

We often treat leadership as a cerebral exercise: charts, KPIs, strategy decks. But what if our most profound insights come not from our heads, but from our hearts?

This week's article invites us to reconnect with the heart, not just as a metaphor, but as a genuine organ of perception. True leadership arises from attunement, presence, and embodied awareness.

When we slow down and listen inwardly, we access a deeper intelligence; one that fosters coherence, empathy, and authentic connection.

This isn’t about abandoning logic, but about integrating it with the wisdom of our whole selves. Because to lead others effectively, we must first be in tune with ourselves.


Latest article

✍️ The Intelligence of the Heart
(Guess, what? It's not just a pump.)


Latest Podcast

🎙️ Episode 6 of The Smoosh Podcast
Title: Tales of Tangles, Touch & Tender Tones


What's happening with Melis

Reading:
Mythica by Emily Hauser.
A new history of Homer's World through the women written out of it.

Listening to:
Nicolas Jaar (get that body moving, people!)

Doing:
Filling her heart with the warmth and beauty of Port Douglas, coupled with an enduring connection with her oldest friend.

Pondering:
How to provide new scaffolding for how to be human in the age of AI and multiple super systems under stress. Like Democracy... just to name a small one. ;-)


What's happening with Ben

Reading:
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Listening to:
A Different Kind of Power (a memoir by Jacinda Ardern)

Doing:
Taking a big breath before making the final push to finish this darn gestalt therapy literature review. All work and no play makes Ben a sad man child. Wah.

Pondering:
Primary emotions; the universal, biologically hardwired emotional responses like joy, sadness, anger, fear, disgust, and surprise. They arise quickly and automatically in reaction to significant stimuli, impacting the way we relate to ourselves and the world.


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