Somatic Techniques, Emotional Intelligence, and Mental Well-Being During Mental Health Awareness Month, many conversations about well-being focus on mindset, stress management, or positive thinking. Those things matter. But one of the most overlooked tools for improving emotional well-being and emotional intelligence is much more immediate: Your body. Whether I’m coaching leaders, working with teams, or supporting clients individually, I often incorporate somatic coaching tec

Workplace Well-Being Is About More Than Wellness Programs When organizations talk about workplace well-being, the conversation often centers on stress management, wellness initiatives, or productivity tools. But one of the most overlooked contributors to employee mental health is the presence, or absence, of healthy boundaries within workplace culture. Healthy workplace boundaries are not about employees caring less or avoiding accountability. They help create the conditions

Short answer: not as much as people think. What differs more meaningfully is what drives engagement, not the overall capacity for it. The Pattern Across Generations Research does show a modest gradient in reported engagement: Baby Boomers tend to report the highest engagement Generation X follows, often with strong commitment alongside rising burnout risk Millennials and Gen Z report lower engagement and higher stress levels Gallup’s analysis of younger workers highlights thi

High performance is often framed as a function of talent, strategy, or execution discipline. In practice, those factors are necessary but insufficient. Teams underperform not because they lack capability, but because they lack the conditions required to fully use it. Psychological safety is one of those conditions. Recent research underscores just how critical it is. A study co-authored by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Business School