ALIVE.

Notes on aliveness, emotions, and how we live and lead.

A weekly publication of reflections, essays, and conversations exploring what makes us, and the things we build, truly alive.

Portrait — Bianca Gfrei

The emotion we keep trying not to feel

Most of what gets called resilience is just a well-practiced way of not feeling something. There is a difference, and it matters for how long the resilience lasts.

Building cultures where people can thrive

Culture is not a poster on the wall. It is what the nervous system of a group learns is safe to feel, say, and become.

The courage to feel

A conversation on why feeling is not the opposite of strength, and what changes when leaders stop outsourcing their inner life.

What the body knows about leadership

A short talk on interoception, authority, and the signals leaders miss when they live only from the neck up.

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