In today’s climate of burnout, fear, and fragmentation, leadership requires more than strategy—it calls for presence, relational courage, and embodiment. Leading from the Body introduces a trauma-informed leadership model rooted in somatic awareness and relational intelligence. This approach recognizes that trauma is not only cognitive—it is emotional, non-verbal, and stored in the nervous system. As such, healing and leadership must begin in the body.

This interactive session explores how lived experience and embodied presence shape culture, relationships, and organizational change. Participants will engage three foundational principles:

• The Power of Presence: how grounding and awareness impact safety and trust
• Boundaries Before Belonging: why containment is essential for authentic connection
• Befriending Triggers: reframing reactivity as an invitation to relational growth

Through experiential practices, somatic reflection, and real-time scenarios, attendees will learn the difference between cognitive approaches to trauma-informed care and relational embodiment. The session challenges binary roles such as “leader vs. employee” or “healer vs. the one being healed,” inviting a more human-centered, shared paradigm: we are all in this together.

Participants will leave with three sustainable practices to support embodied leadership, including nervous system regulation tools, relational check-in models, and reflective practice frameworks.

This session is ideal for leaders, practitioners, and changemakers ready to shift from managing trauma to healing in community. Trauma-informed leadership is not a fixed destination—it’s a living, relational practice. This session offers a path to lead from integrity, resilience, and the body.