How I Discovered The Simplest Thing That Is Making A Big Difference
Orienting to joy and pleasure is a core part of the work to support change, work together better, and feel better while doing it. Not as an add-on or a distraction, but as an absolutely essential source of capacity and connection.
This is Your Brain on Work Relationships
People need a sense of belonging and purpose, and we thrive through connection and mutual trust, but our workplaces are not set up to encourage trust-based relationships. We can change those workplace structures and cultures by integrating greater practices of trust into our work.
How To Be A More Trauma Informed Workplace
Trauma is very common in the workplace, and many workplace cultures make it worse or even create it. Learn tangible steps for building a trauma informed workplace culture that supports people’s safety, belonging and dignity.
We Are Nature Not Machines
When we place urgency and deadlines before human wellbeing, we end up with major problems of burnout, turnover, conflict and toxicity … the list goes on. We need to do the personal and interpersonal work that is necessary to really change how we relate, what we value, how we act, and how we lead.
How to Know When We’re Leading from Reactivity
There is no one right way to engage in conflict, but it is possible to have less reactivity and more choice in our responses. With choice, we can have more fluidity, a sense of capacity, and feel in alignment with our dignity. Leaders have a greater responsibility to develop a range of ways to respond in conflict because of the power attached to their role.
What is Somatic Coaching?
Your body knows how to heal and resource itself. Big Waves uses a range of somatic approaches to help you listen to your body’s wisdom to find your path to greater alignment.
Five Questions to Begin Your New Relationship with Conflict
Five Questions to Begin Your New Relationship with Conflict Brook Thorndycraft I used to be afraid of conflict, and I had the survival strategies to match that fear. Sometimes I would come out swinging hard, if I felt righteous, or particularly angry. Other times, I would give up my own needs and boundaries to protect […]