The Secure Seat

A newsletter for emotionally intelligent leadership and trauma-informed workplace culture.

Because emotional safety belongs at the table.

If you're a leader, HR pro, therapist, or visionary entrepreneur… you know that burnout isn't just a bandwidth issue.
It’s a relational one.
Culture problems are attachment problems.
Avoidant leadership breeds silence.
And emotional safety? It’s not a soft skill—it’s infrastructure.

The Secure Seat is your go-to resource for transforming your organization’s culture from the inside out.
Every other week, you'll receive short, bold insights that blend attachment theory, trauma recovery, and real-world leadership psychology.

This newsletter is for people ready to lead with more congruence, courage, and care—without losing their edge.

What You’ll Get

  • Psychology-backed strategies for navigating leadership, team dynamics, and emotional wellness

  • Insightful breakdowns of how trauma and attachment show up at work

  • Real tools to build secure teams, healthier boundaries, and sustainable leadership

  • Invitations to trainings, speaking engagements, and new Therapist Bestie offerings

The Secure Seat

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Why Emotional Safety Is Strategy—Not Softness

In high-achieving teams, emotional silence often hides in plain sight.

It doesn’t always look like dysfunction. Sometimes, it looks like…

  • Perfect politeness

  • Empty agreement

  • “I’m fine” culture

  • Burnout behind the scenes

  • People turning off cameras and tuning out

We don’t always name it, but we feel it.
That creeping sense of disconnection, even in “healthy” workplaces.

It’s not disengagement. It’s a lack of emotional safety. And if your organization is committed to performance, innovation, and retention, you need to understand this concept deeper than ever.

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