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Trust-Based NOW Leadership Blog

Leadership begins within—with presence, authenticity, and trust. This blog explores how phenomenology, ontology, and spirituality shape leadership, offering insights from my Trust-Based NOW Leadership framework.
Through reflections, real-world applications, and deep inquiry, I share ways to:

  • Cultivate self-awareness and authentic presence
  • Build trust-based relationships in leadership
  • Navigate change, creativity, and meaning with clarity

Each post invites you to pause, reflect, and lead from the NOW—where true leadership unfolds.

Between Worlds Walking the Threshold of Grief, Love, and Leadership

Something in me is changing in the quiet space between one breath and the next.Over the past week, I’ve said goodbye to my beloved mother — an experience that has broken something open in me. Not just grief, though grief is there. But a deeper stirring. A pulling...

Beyond the Prompt: A Relationship with AI

In the world of social media, prompts are being sold like magic spells —“The top 100 prompts to grow your business,”“AI scripts that make you money while you sleep,”“Instant results with these proven ChatGPT prompts.”And yet, I find myself quietly smiling.Because I no...

How Self-Trust Shapes the Way We Lead

We often speak of trust in leadership as something external — building trust with our teams, earning the trust of stakeholders, or leading trustworthy organizations. But there is a quieter, deeper form of trust that holds all of this together.Self-trust.At the heart...

From Doing to Being: A New Leadership Paradigm

What does it mean to simply *be* — not as a concept, but as a way of living and leading?In today’s fast-paced world, leadership has been shaped by a long-standing focus on doing — a constant cycle of planning, achieving, producing, and pushing forward. Leaders have...

The Leadership Pause: Why We Need to Slow Down

There’s a moment most leaders know all too well. You’ve made it through the day — the calls, the meetings, the emails. You’ve been responsive, responsible, composed. And yet, when you finally exhale, there’s a subtle ache inside. A sense that somehow, even though you...

Worry, Truth, and Trust: How I Stopped Letting Fear Lead My Life

For most of my life, worry has been my silent companion. It’s been there in the background — shaping my thoughts, influencing my decisions, keeping me on edge. Even in moments of joy or success, there was always a lingering sense that something could go wrong. I...

The Sticky Nature of Self-Doubt—And How to Finally Shake It Off

Have you ever stepped in chewing gum? At first, you might not even notice it’s there. But as you walk, something feels… off. There’s resistance. A subtle stickiness with every step. Then, when you finally check, you see it—a gooey, tangled mess stuck to the bottom of...