🌏 Want a whole scoop of wholeness in your leadership diet?

Published 4 months ago • 1 min read

"Leadership-real leadership-
is not a performance
of perfection.
It is a practice of wholeness."

We’re often taught to aim for perfection; to get it right, to hold it all together, to lead without cracks. But what if that’s not what’s needed? This week's article continues an open invitation to lead differently through the lens of nature.

Nature doesn’t strive for flawlessness; it works with what’s real, messy, and alive.

And so can we.

True leadership isn’t about polish, it’s about presence. When we make space for all of who we are (yes, even the doubt, the grief, the wobble), something powerful happens: people trust us more.

We become more grounded, more human, more effective.

So wholeness doesn’t mean having it all figured out. It means showing up as we are, and leading from there.

Latest article

✍️ Wholeness not perfection (embracing complexity in ourselves and our systems)

Latest Podcast

🎙️ Episode 5 of The Smoosh Podcast
Title: Humans in the Machines

What's happening with Melis

Reading:
Mythica by Emily Hauser.
Stories of the (silenced and forgotten) women in Homer's epics.

Listening to:
Lots of Trip Hop music (the slow flow 90s are back, baby!)

Doing:
Research into growing a medicinal herb garden for the Mistwood farm.

Pondering:
How we are going to meet the AI revolution without the capitalist forces that will (try to) undo us.

What's happening with Ben

Reading:
Healthy as F*ck by Oonagh Duncan

Listening to:
The mid-year reset on Insight Timer (5 minutes a day to slow down and reconnect with self).

Doing:
The Push-up challenge: raising awareness and funds for mental health in Australia. At the time of writing this, I've completed 1,046 push-ups in 8 days (+ 1 rest day). Feeling the burn!

So far, I'm self-funding it. You can make a tax-deductible donation here if so inclined.

Pondering:
The power of curiosity and how it may just be the secret to staying young.

Wishing you a whole lotta wholeness on this mystical day.

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