A Neurobiological Model of Cognitive Reset

How Sensory and Creative Engagement Restore Executive Clarity

Abstract

Executives and knowledge workers often experience cognitive fatigue, reduced decision quality, and emotional dysregulation under...

A Practical Model for Steady, Effective Leadership

Radical competence is the point in a leader’s development where skill, self-trust, and psychological steadiness finally align. It becomes visible over time through how someone navigates pressure,...

Wellness Includes Accurate Self-Regard.

For many years, the language of “healing” has dominated conversations about growth. But for many high-functioning professionals, healing isn’t the word that fits. What they’re seeking isn’t recovery from ca...

Reclaiming Confidence Without Losing Belonging

Many professionals—especially those who are conscientious, emotionally intelligent, and relationally attuned—learn early that confidence carries social risk. Being powerful, visible, or certain can trig...

Why people put themselves down and what it’s really protecting. 

Most people recognize arrogance when they see it. But its quieter twin—self-effacement—often goes unnoticed, even admired. The self-effacing person deflects praise, apologizes too quic...

Most people think therapy is a matter of technique—choosing between CBT, EMDR, DBT, or ACT, as if one were selecting an app from the mental health store. But beneath every model is a deeper structure—a way of seeing the mind, behavior, and relatio...

Not all rooms are created equal. Some environments look lively but produce little growth. They are filled with intensity, validation loops, or posturing. People talk a lot, but the ideas don’t compound. These are low-exchange rooms: they consume ener...

In business and leadership, the difference between progress and stagnation often comes down to agency. High agency leaders refuse to accept circumstances as fixed. They don’t wait for perfect conditions. They absorb the complexity of reality, then...

Field Notes.
By Kristen Tolbert

Most leadership books are written for managers inside stable organizations. The assumption is that leaders operate with the buffer of budgets, teams, and institutional support. Even when things get tough, the system...

You’ve probably noticed it. The raise that once felt life-changing soon feels routine. The promotion you worked years to earn becomes your new baseline. The house, the car, the recognition—what was once extraordinary becomes ordinary, and the expecta...