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We are a people restoration company that utilizes the latest NeuroChange methods to identify and restore our automatic responses that often keep us stuck in unwanted behaviors.

Remember this: Leaders are human.If you are leading, this means✦ You need support.✦ Stress can narrow your view.✦ You ca...
10/14/2026

Remember this: Leaders are human.

If you are leading, this means
✦ You need support.
✦ Stress can narrow your view.
✦ You can be part of the problem.
✦ You can say when you're struggling.
✦ You don't have to carry it alone.
✦ You can ask someone to help carry it.

Burnout doesn't help you or the people who count on you.

Ask for help before you get there.

Repost if you want to normalize leaders exposing what tends to burn us out.

P.s. Want to read about a leader who stepped into this brave space? Check out the article in the comments.

Only 47% of leaders say they feel fully engaged at work.But 79% believe their teams still see them as energized.Read tha...
10/13/2026

Only 47% of leaders say they feel fully engaged at work.

But 79% believe their teams still see them as energized.

Read that again.

Most struggling leaders think they’re hiding it well.

They aren’t.

Our nervous systems are constantly reading each other.

A team picks up on a leader’s tension long before anyone names it. Research even shows a leader’s burnout can predict their team’s burnout months later.

So leaders, what are you hiding?

What do you need?

Let's start normalizing that even leaders struggle.

Last week, a leader said something I’ve never heard anyone say out loud in a leadership training.“I’m starting to wonder...
10/12/2026

Last week, a leader said something I’ve never heard anyone say out loud in a leadership training.

“I’m starting to wonder if I’m part of the problem with my team.”

The room went quiet. People stopped writing. We all leaned in.

She’d come to learn how to fix her team.
Instead, she realized she was burned out. Tired. Starting to give up.

And she said it in front of a room full of her peers.

They applauded.

Then, one by one, people came up to thank her. They’d needed to hear it. They felt the same.

I keep thinking about what made that moment possible, and what happens next for her team.

I’m writing about it this week.

Have you ever witnessed a leader tell the truth like that? What happened in the room?

10/09/2026

The past two days, I had the privilege of
attending the Kansas Leadership Center training
called Your Leadership Edge.

Thank you, Wichita for inviting me to be a part.

I've been to a lot--and when I say a lot, I mean A LOT--of leadership training. This was different than most. Here's why:

They give you experiences to learn with amazing people who are on a similar journey.

As a neurorelational change agent, I appreciate that it wasn't two days worth of lectures. Instead, the entire group was involved throughout.

The best part?

Connecting with an amazing group
of leaders in our Edge group.

Hearing ideas that challenged my own leadership.

Witnessing the growth of so many around me.

Thank you, for providing a great experience!

10/07/2026

Up early to attend KLC’s Your Leadership Edge! I’m super excited to learn their framework and explore areas where I need to continue to grow. Because no matter how much you learn and grow, there’s always more to do.

10/07/2026

In one of my first master's classes,
our professor gave us a strange assignment:

Call another person every day for two weeks.
Five minutes only.
Tell them about a failure.
Ask for grace.
Then let them give it to you.

My classmate Nicole and I agreed to try it.
We thought it was a little crazy, but we were game.

Two weeks turned into six months.

It turned out we were both starved for a place where it was okay to fail.

Here's what I learned from those calls:

I had read plenty about self compassion.
I knew I was supposed to give myself grace.
It never landed.

Not until someone else gave it to me first.
Five minutes at a time.
Day after day.
Until my nervous system started to believe it.

You cannot give yourself something you have never received.

So many driven leaders are trying to fill their own cup with nothing. They know the right answers. They're still running on empty.

That isn't a discipline problem. It's a receiving problem.

This week's newsletter goes deeper into step one of Connect the Dots: connecting to yourself. How to notice what your body is telling you, trace it back to its relational roots, and ask the question most leaders skip: Am I okay with feeling this?

Link in the comments.

Who is your Nicole?

📌My next cohort begins Wednesday, October 14. If you don't have a Nicole yet, that's exactly what it's for. Send me a message and I'll share the details.

Exhaustion comes into the room with you.Your team can feel it in your responses.Gallup's research ties 70% of the varian...
10/06/2026

Exhaustion comes into the room with you.

Your team can feel it in your responses.

Gallup's research ties 70% of the variance in a team's engagement to the manager.

That gives a leader's internal state an organizational significance.

When you're running on empty, you may have less patience for the people who need you.

A shorter answer can carry the strain you're feeling into a conversation.

So checking in with yourself belongs in the work of leading.

Start with what you can notice:

→ Notice where you feel tight.
→ Notice whether your jaw is clenched.
→ Notice whether your shoulders are raised.

You don't have to solve the feeling before you acknowledge it.

Noticing gives you a place to begin understanding what you're bringing into the next conversation.

Repost this for a leader who needs room to check in with themselves.

Follow Julia LeFevre for more on nervous system regulation and leadership.

One person can help someone feel seen as a person.I heard that again and again at ROCK.I attended The Reentry Opportunit...
10/01/2026

One person can help someone feel seen as a person.

I heard that again and again at ROCK.

I attended The Reentry Opportunity Conference of Kansas- ROCK this week. Former prisoners spoke about people who genuinely cared about them and the role those relationships played in their change. They said things like, “They treated me like a person, not a number” and “They wanted to help me.”

People who are incarcerated adapt to survive, just like everyone else. And every person has dignity, regardless of incarceration.

Restorative justice seeks to heal rather than punish. It offers dignity to people who desire a second chance and pays attention to what people need relationally to heal.

That sounds familiar to BRAVE.

I was inspired by people across Kansas doing this work—and encouraged that change is happening as they tap into the value of community and relationships to meet our core need to matter.

How does dignity play a role in your setting?

♻️ Repost if someone you know needs this reminder about dignity.

🔔 Follow Julia LeFevre for more on nervous system-informed leadership.

You know how to stay calm in a tough conversation.Then someone pushes back, and you react.Under stress, the part of your...
09/30/2026

You know how to stay calm in a tough conversation.

Then someone pushes back, and you react.

Under stress, the part of your brain that helps you think clearly loses much of its ability to guide you.

I use a practice called Connect the Dots to help leaders find their way back to responding.

1. Connect to yourself.

Notice what happens in your body before you try to change it.

Maybe your chest tightens, your face gets hot, or you start talking faster.

Name what you're feeling.

2. Connect to someone safe.

Reach out to a trusted peer, coach, or someone who knows you well and can stay present while you're stressed.

That connection helps your nervous system settle so you can think more clearly.

3. Connect to what you need.

Once you've expressed what you're feeling, ask what you're afraid of and what you need to feel less afraid.

The executives on a team I worked with feared the work would fail on their watch.

They needed space to fail and more trust on the team.

4. Connect to your purpose.

With your needs met, you can ask what you're there to accomplish and respond from your values.

You won't do this perfectly.

What can change over time is how quickly you notice your reaction and come back.

Repost this for a leader who could use the practice.

Follow Julia LeFevre for more on nervous system regulation and leadership.

09/28/2026

I knew how to stay calm.

So why did I blow it?

Have you ever been there?

You know how to stay calm, but you still react in the moment.

In my video, I explain what happens in your nervous system when pressure rises and why information alone may not change your reaction.

I also share a practice called Connect the Dots to help you move from reacting toward responding.

The link is in the comments.

Repost this for someone who could use the practice.

Follow Julia LeFevre for more on nervous system regulation and leadership.

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