Your Presence Is Power – Calm as a Leadership Superpower
May 10, 2025
The good news about wellbeing?
You can’t get it wrong.
It’s not a competition.
There’s no immediate deadline.
Wellbeing is relevant for your entire life — right up until your last breath.
And speaking of breath…
Stress is one of the first things that hijacks it.
It makes us breathe shallowly. Shrink inwards. Drain our energy.
But there’s one tool we all carry with us — one that costs nothing and changes everything:
Your breath. Your posture. Your presence.
In this short video, I guide you through a practice that has changed the way I show up — in boardrooms, on stages, and in my own home.
👉 Watch the 5-minute technique video here
Here’s the practice in a nutshell:
✨ Breathe in through your nose and say internally: Strong back
✨ Breathe out slowly, and say: Soft front
A strong back for resilience.
A soft front for compassion and energy conservation.
This beautiful practice comes from the late Wendy Palmer, renowned for her work in embodied leadership — and it’s left a lasting impact on me.
This is how we lead from the inside out.
This is how we use our internal chemistry to support performance.
As a speaker and facilitator, this is what I help teams and leaders embody:
✅ Staying calm in chaos
✅ Regulating energy under pressure
✅ Reclaiming presence as a performance strategy
Because right now, the ability to regulate your internal state isn’t a luxury — it’s a leadership requirement.
Your presence is power.
A calm nervous system is a strong nervous system.
And in an overwhelmed world, grounded humans are the real influencers.
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I share practical tools, neuroscience-backed techniques, and poetic reminders to help you lead from your centre — with more calm, clarity, and joy.