Edition 2025.07.17
In this issue: Discover how engaging your emotions – rather than suppressing them – can sharpen your leadership, reconnect your energy, and fuel transformative impact.
Featuring insights from Judith, Bob, and the LiveWright Team.
You've been taught to lead with strength. But what if your greatest strength is the depth of your feeling?
Many of us were taught that strong leaders are composed, steady, and rational. That feelings are distractions. That expressing too much is… unprofessional.
But here’s the truth. The most trusted leaders aren’t the most controlled. They’re the most authentic.
Emotions, when felt consciously, fuel clarity, connection, and courage. When you repress them, you disconnect—not only from yourself, but from your team, your vision, your values.
For years, I watched brilliant women leaders override their truth to maintain the appearance of composure. They got results, but at the cost of burnout, resentment, and disconnection from their deepest selves.
If you’re ready to lead in a way that’s more real, more grounded, and more you, start by reconnecting with what you feel.
Here’s how to begin:
Try This 3-Step Emotional Reframe:
1. Pause when you’re feeling pressure. Don’t power through—get curious.
2. Name the emotion clearly. What are you actually feeling beneath the reaction?
3. Ask: What truth is this emotion revealing? What shift is it asking me to make?
Curious to explore how this could shift your leadership from polished to powerful? Book a discovery call.
One More Thought:
There’s no leadership without presence, and no presence without emotional honesty. Show up as all of you. That’s where real influence begins.
LiveWright, with emotional clarity and courageous connection,
Dr. Judith Wright
Presence without emotional intelligence is hollow. Emotion without presence is chaos. The integration of both? That's conscious leadership.
High-performing leaders often learn to “manage” their emotions—to contain, downplay, or push through. But this kind of control doesn’t enhance your leadership. It dilutes it.
What actually builds a lasting influence is emotional presence: your ability to feel fully, stay conscious, and choose your response.
Emotional intelligence isn’t soft, it’s strategic.
It connects you to the moemnt, reveals deeper truths, and allows others to feel your leadership rather than just witness it.
If you want to lead with more impact, this is where to begin. Start practicing emotional leadership:
Try This 3-Step Emotional Data Check:
1. Notice what you’re tempted to hide emotionally.
2. Ask: What wisdom is this emotion offering me today?
3. Release judgment and allow expression, constructively and consciously.
Ready to sharpen your presence and translate emotional awareness into real-time leadership breakthroughs?
Schedule a 15-minute discovery call.
Emotions aren’t soft, they’re strategic.
When you feel fully, you don’t just lead better—you live more honestly. Start there and everything begins to align.
LiveWright, where emotion meets mastery,
Dr. Bob Wright
You've heard the advice: "Be more present." But presence isn't built through composure—it's forged through emotional integration.
Many leaders we work with excel at planning, performance, and managing teams—but they hit a ceiling. They can’t seem to spark engagement or create lasting connection.
Why? Because without emotional integration, your influence becomes mechanical. When you disconnect from emotion, you disconnect from truth—the truth of what matters, what hurts, and what’s ready to grow.
But when you lead from emotional truth, your presence becomes magnetic.
Here’s what we’ve learned after decades of coaching, facilitating, and walking with leaders on the edge of their next evolution:
The most sustainable transformation doesn’t come from pushing through. It comes from feeling through.
Your emotions are not only allowed—they’re essential.
They carry the blueprint of your values. They signal what’s off course. And they spark your most powerful realignments.
At LiveWright, we help leaders bridge the gap between head and heart—not by softening standards, but by deepening connection. Here are three steps to get started:
Try This – 3 Emotional Integration Moves:
1. Spot a familiar emotional pattern you usually suppress—like frustration, sadness, or yearning.
2. Pause long enough to feel it fully, without fixing it.
3. Ask: If this emotion could speak, what truth woutl it tell me? What would it free me to do?
Ready to lead with your whole self?
Our nextLiveMORE cohort starts on August 15, and there’s still time to join us. You can email us at hello@livewright.com, or learn more and fill out the contact form at livewright.com/LiveMORE.
Final Thought:
Your emotional truth isn’t a liability. It’s your superpower. Learn to listen to it, and everything changes—from how you show up, to how others rise around you.
LiveWright, with truth, connection & transformational presence,
Dr. Bob, Dr. Judith, and the whole LiveWright Team
