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Root Coaching & Consulting, LLC Coaching for mission-driven leaders seeking holistic success.

Who else is watching the new season of Ted Lasso? šŸ™‹šŸ»ā€ā™€ļøAs a leadership coach, I appreciate how this show offers such gre...
09/24/2026

Who else is watching the new season of Ted Lasso? šŸ™‹šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø

As a leadership coach, I appreciate how this show offers such great perspectives (often told in Ted's charming roundabout way). How much time and energy are you spending looking back? It's impossible to create from there.

Imagine spending a few minutes each day dreaming about what's ahead. Give it some color and texture. Build out this vision until you're so excited by it that looking back loses its hold on you.

If you're feeling like something is holding you back today, remember to practice looking through the windshield ahead.

09/14/2026

Join me TOMORROW, September 15th from 12-1:30pm ET for my free session on Heart-Centered Feedback that sticks!

In the session Iā€™ll give you my best tools for learning to share your thoughts with care, clarity, and partnership. Giving feedback is an essential skill for leaders in all industries, but doing so in a way that builds relationships and actually sticks with your team members requires practice.

Stop dreading feedback conversations and start looking forward to them as opportunities. Donā€™t miss out!

ā­ļø Click the link in bio to reserve your spot!

09/09/2026

No one talks about how lonely it can be as a leader.

When you're challenging the status quo, people can desert you. Even when you know you're doing the right thing, it hurts. We are social creatures. Belonging has been vital to our survival for thousands of years. Social pain is equivalent to physical pain in the body.

And yet, sometimes this desertion is a sign that we are on to something BIG.

You are a physician taking a stand for patients. Hospital administrators and colleagues who don't want to rock the boat fail to back you up.

You are an academic making controversial claims that go against traditional findings in the field. Colleagues aren't willing to collaborate because they fear ostracizing field leaders.

You advocate for marginalized communities, but your non-profit board is worried about antagonizing funders and won't support you.

We interpret being sidelined, ostracized, or unsupported as evidence that we did something wrong.

What if instead it's a sign that we are challenging the system? Standing in alignment with our values? Identifying the players who keep the status quo operating? Doing what's right. Claiming your identity as a renegade can help this reframe.

Any change requires people willing to take an unpopular position or action. You are a voice of that change.

To sustain yourself amidst these pressures, it's vital to: 1) identify your allies (even if they are outside of your work or sector); 2) notice when you experience feelings of belonging, connection, and support anywhere from the grocery store to your kitchen table; 3) celebrate small wins along the way; 4) reassure yourself that signals that feel wrong are evidence that you're on the right path.

Empathy is a leadership strength, but empathy without boundaries is exhausting.When youā€™re deeply attuned to the people ...
09/07/2026

Empathy is a leadership strength, but empathy without boundaries is exhausting.

When youā€™re deeply attuned to the people around you, itā€™s easy to absorb their stress, urgency, and emotions as your own.

The goal isnā€™t to care less. Itā€™s to practice grounded empathy: being present with what someone is experiencing without taking responsibility for fixing it.

You can care deeply AND protect your energy.

Part 4 of my series on the less obvious ways burnout shows up in leaders.

What helps you leave other peopleā€™s energy at the door?

COMING UP! Heart-Centered Feedback that Sticksā ā Join us online for an interactive session all about giving feedback that...
09/04/2026

COMING UP! Heart-Centered Feedback that Sticksā 
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Join us online for an interactive session all about giving feedback that builds relationships and works! Learn how to share your thoughts with care, clarity, in partnership, so your message sticks with your team members. ā 
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Whether you're leading a team, an organization, or a project, this event will help you communicate with heart and impact. ā 
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Tuesday, September 15, 2026ā 
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RSVP by clicking the link in bio. Can't wait to see you there!ā 
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I've been a leadership coach for over 8 years now. The longer I practice, the clearer it is that sustainable change must...
09/02/2026

I've been a leadership coach for over 8 years now. The longer I practice, the clearer it is that sustainable change must include the body.

A regulated nervous system helps leaders make better decisions, support their teams more effectively, and withstand the stresses of work life.

A small gesture or change in posture is often a tell for something we can't verbalize yet. When a leader learns these, she identifies self-sabotage, blindspots, and other patterns that otherwise run the show.

A line of communication from the brain to the body and vice versa is a powerskill for leaders. The body holds intuition, emotional awareness, and experiential information. Leaders who are successful amidst chaos and rapid change can readily access this powerskill.

Marrying a new belief or mindset with a somatic shift helps leaders rapidly adopt them, saving hours of thought looping, stuckness, and energy loss.

I'm committed to continuously learning as a coach and building my repertoire of somatic coaching practices. I'm proud to have earned a certificate in somatic practice essentials.

Self-doubt is exhausting.Not just emotionally. It takes up actual time and energy.You replay the meeting.Second-guess th...
09/02/2026

Self-doubt is exhausting.

Not just emotionally. It takes up actual time and energy.

You replay the meeting.
Second-guess the decision.
Rewrite the email three times.
Wonder whether everyone else in the room knows something you donā€™t.

And when youā€™re already approaching burnout, that mental load gets even heavier.

This is Part 3 of my 4-part series on how burnout shows up in leaders, including some of the signs we donā€™t always recognize as burnout.

Swipe to learn a time to step away from self-doubt and into confidence.

šŸ“¢ Free Event: Heart-Centered Feedback that SticksJoin us online for an interactive session all about giving feedback tha...
08/27/2026

šŸ“¢ Free Event: Heart-Centered Feedback that Sticks

Join us online for an interactive session all about giving feedback that builds relationships and works! Learn how to share your thoughts with care, clarity, in partnership, so your message sticks with your teammembers.

Whether you're leading a team, an organization, or a project, this event will help you communicate with heart and impact.

Stop dreading feedback conversations and start looking forward to them as opportunities.

Tuesday, September 15, 2026
12:00 - 1:30pm EDT

RSVP Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/heart-centered-feedback-that-sticks-tickets-1993538533418

Can't wait to see you there!

You know that email you reread for the fourth time? The presentation you "just want to tighten up" one more time, even t...
08/18/2026

You know that email you reread for the fourth time? The presentation you "just want to tighten up" one more time, even though it's already good?

I coach a lot of high-performing leaders who quietly believe a mistake equals failure. So "95% excellent" feels dangerous, and chasing that last 5% costs hours, energy, and headspace you don't actually have.

Here's the truth I want to invite you to sit with: you're not afraid of the mistake itself. A typo lasts two seconds. What lasts is how hard you punish yourself for it afterward.

Letting go of perfectionism is hard and requires you to change your relationship to being human. Self-compassion when you slip up. Owning mistakes out loud in front of your team, so they get permission to be human too. That's how you build a culture of learning instead of a culture of error-avoidance.

This is #2 in a series I'm running on the factors I see driving burnout in the leaders I coach, again and again. Swipe through for what perfectionism is actually costing you (and a practice to start loosening its grip).

Which slide called you out? Tell me below.

Your worth is not your work.That sentence sounds simple. Living it is another story, especially if you're a high-achievi...
08/10/2026

Your worth is not your work.

That sentence sounds simple. Living it is another story, especially if you're a high-achieving leader who has spent years measuring your value by output.

Here's the pattern I see over and over with my clients: great feedback = I'm the best!! Tough feedback = I'm failing. One missed deadline and suddenly you're just not enough.

Let me be very clear. Striving for excellence, having high standards, and dreaming about your goals is a great this. But when your self-worth becomes fused to your job performance... that is not something to be glorified and it's one of the quiet drivers of leadership burnout.

This is the first of four factors I see derail even the most capable leaders (you know, the ones running teams brilliantly on the outside while running on empty underneath). Over the next two weeks, I'm breaking down all four: worth tied to work, perfectionism, self-doubt spirals, and empathy without boundaries.

Swipe through for factor #1 and a simple exercise to start untangling who you are from what you produce.

Which one hits closest to home for you? I'd love to know in the comments!

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