Ancient wisdom for Sacred Passages leadership in modern times

We've all been there. That moment when everything falls apart—personally or professionally—and we're supposed to lead others through the chaos while we're barely holding it together ourselves. The board meeting where you have to announce layoffs while processing your own grief. The team crisis that hits right when your personal life is imploding. The moment when your carefully constructed leadership persona crumbles and you're left wondering if you're cut out for this.

Pay Attention

Much has already been written about the state of our world—the rise of extremism, the impact of unrestrained capitalism and patriarchy on families and communities, the environmental devastation, the systematic destruction of entire peoples. No matter where you sit on any spectrum, you're feeling it. We'd have to check your pulse if you don't.

These are hard, dark times. Even the world's wealthiest discover that billions cannot protect them from reaping what they've sown—from publicly destroying powerful relationships to watching their empires crumble.

It feels overwhelming. What can any one of us do that makes an actual difference?