Andrea Hollingsworth

You know, what is it like when maybe you're you're having maybe a tense moment with your partner, with your child, and you just take a deep breath and you say, I got to be honest with you now. Right now, I just here's what I'm feeling, you know, or maybe make a mistake and take a deep breath and say, you know, I got to be honest with you.

You know, what is it like when maybe you're you're having maybe a tense moment with your partner, with your child, and you just take a deep breath and you say, I got to be honest with you now. Right now, I just here's what I'm feeling, you know, or maybe make a mistake and take a deep breath and say, you know, I got to be honest with you.

You know, what is it like when maybe you're you're having maybe a tense moment with your partner, with your child, and you just take a deep breath and you say, I got to be honest with you now. Right now, I just here's what I'm feeling, you know, or maybe make a mistake and take a deep breath and say, you know, I got to be honest with you.

I need to apologize, you know, instead of like we put up these masks and it distances us from ourselves and from other people. But in organizational context, it's really powerful when leaders are vulnerable, when they choose to just show up as themselves and they're not putting on anything.

I need to apologize, you know, instead of like we put up these masks and it distances us from ourselves and from other people. But in organizational context, it's really powerful when leaders are vulnerable, when they choose to just show up as themselves and they're not putting on anything.

I need to apologize, you know, instead of like we put up these masks and it distances us from ourselves and from other people. But in organizational context, it's really powerful when leaders are vulnerable, when they choose to just show up as themselves and they're not putting on anything.

That's actually another big element of healing, especially when you've got work contexts where there's a lot of tension going on, maybe around, you know, really sensitive subjects. I actually have a story there. So a number of years ago, I was working with a leader in a key division of the city of Minneapolis. I'm not going to say which one, but in his team.

That's actually another big element of healing, especially when you've got work contexts where there's a lot of tension going on, maybe around, you know, really sensitive subjects. I actually have a story there. So a number of years ago, I was working with a leader in a key division of the city of Minneapolis. I'm not going to say which one, but in his team.

That's actually another big element of healing, especially when you've got work contexts where there's a lot of tension going on, maybe around, you know, really sensitive subjects. I actually have a story there. So a number of years ago, I was working with a leader in a key division of the city of Minneapolis. I'm not going to say which one, but in his team.

And in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, a member of his team responded publicly to that event, like made a public statement about that event that ended up really wounding and hurting some other members of his team. So you got the context? Somebody made a public statement. It was just like other people were just like, oh, hell no, right?

And in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, a member of his team responded publicly to that event, like made a public statement about that event that ended up really wounding and hurting some other members of his team. So you got the context? Somebody made a public statement. It was just like other people were just like, oh, hell no, right?

And in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, a member of his team responded publicly to that event, like made a public statement about that event that ended up really wounding and hurting some other members of his team. So you got the context? Somebody made a public statement. It was just like other people were just like, oh, hell no, right?

And so he found himself then on a Zoom meeting shortly after that. And everybody was there. You know, the people who were pissed off about the public statement and also the folks who had crafted the public statement were on the call. Everybody's there. This is what we're going to address. And really all these tensions around inclusion and race and privilege, it's all there.

And so he found himself then on a Zoom meeting shortly after that. And everybody was there. You know, the people who were pissed off about the public statement and also the folks who had crafted the public statement were on the call. Everybody's there. This is what we're going to address. And really all these tensions around inclusion and race and privilege, it's all there.

And so he found himself then on a Zoom meeting shortly after that. And everybody was there. You know, the people who were pissed off about the public statement and also the folks who had crafted the public statement were on the call. Everybody's there. This is what we're going to address. And really all these tensions around inclusion and race and privilege, it's all there.

And people are feeling all the feels. And he gets on and he says, he takes a deep breath and he goes... Everybody, I need to start out with by taking a deep breath. He said, I can feel my heart pounding. I can feel myself, you know, I can feel my body. He said, I just, I'm feeling a lot right now. I'm feeling a lot of grief. I'm sad about the pain in our city.

And people are feeling all the feels. And he gets on and he says, he takes a deep breath and he goes... Everybody, I need to start out with by taking a deep breath. He said, I can feel my heart pounding. I can feel myself, you know, I can feel my body. He said, I just, I'm feeling a lot right now. I'm feeling a lot of grief. I'm sad about the pain in our city.

And people are feeling all the feels. And he gets on and he says, he takes a deep breath and he goes... Everybody, I need to start out with by taking a deep breath. He said, I can feel my heart pounding. I can feel myself, you know, I can feel my body. He said, I just, I'm feeling a lot right now. I'm feeling a lot of grief. I'm sad about the pain in our city.

I'm sad about the pain here on this call. And then he led everybody in just taking a few deep breaths together. And then he said, he said, I want you to know that whatever you're feeling here today, before we get started, maybe you're grieved as well. Maybe you're angry. Maybe you're confused. He said, all of those feelings are welcome.

I'm sad about the pain here on this call. And then he led everybody in just taking a few deep breaths together. And then he said, he said, I want you to know that whatever you're feeling here today, before we get started, maybe you're grieved as well. Maybe you're angry. Maybe you're confused. He said, all of those feelings are welcome.