The journey to embracing imperfection isn't about lowering standards – it's about expanding possibilities. In coaching, we call this "creating and increasing capacity for joy."

A trauma-responsive approach to physician leadership and wellbeing.

In a groundbreaking 2021 study published in Anesthesiology, researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center revealed that nearly 60% of U.S. anesthesiologists were at high risk for burnout.

We can acknowledge and embrace our humanity and summon our compassion into places where high-stakes decisions are made while simultaneously holding ourselves and each other accountable.

Enhancing Public Health Leadership with Trauma-Responsive Skills

The Advanced Skills Needed to Navigate What’s Next

Blessed lands as something that happens to us, and perhaps my disquiet stems from the lack of choice implied. This is where Gratitude triumphs.

"When you don't know what to do, just do the work in front of you. At the end of the day at least your chores are done."

In the absence of mitigation, trauma will discharge disguised as behaviors that further amplify harm and drive disconnection:  Anger. Aggression. Apathy. Avoidance. Disdain. Disengagement. Self-injury. 

As Winter Solstice and the longest night approaches, here is a bit hopeful prose to serve as reminder that the light does come.

Lodestar's ICF accredited Trauma-Mitigation Master Class for coaches are now open for registration.

But the fun and screams and laughter and joy that surround deliberately created scary moments during the Month Of Halloween are different from the swamp of Fear and uncertainty we've collectively endured.

Our bandwidth is both a precious and limited resource, deserving of recognition, honor, and guarding against wasteful expenditure.

Our processing may look a little … weird … for a while.

And humor helps.

Learning to connect and intentionally hold space in a manner that responds to and mitigates the trauma (Big T or little t) that shows up in others is an essential skill we all are capable of learning.

Wilderness makes you work – planning, packing, paddling, portaging – for the rewards. Wild places aren’t easy comfort, and that is exactly what makes the experience so powerful.

The chaos cracked systems that were long overburdened and strained. The harm – the trauma – can no longer be denied, and relief can no longer be delayed.

There’s value in leaning in when people are angry and hurting – value for them and value for us.