Overcoming trauma

Franchise

This Southern Biscuit Business Was Taking Off When It's Founder Died Suddenly. Here's What Happened Next.

The team at Rise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken came to understand "the ultimate measure of a good leader."

Leadership

Burnout Is Not Preventable — Here's How to Address Its Underlying Cause Instead

Burnout cannot be prevented with sabbaticals or self-care regimens because most of it is rooted in unresolved trauma. Instead, it requires healing and integration of past emotional wounds to increase self-worth and self-value, the ability to set healthy boundaries and a clearer vision and commitment to how we want to live and lead.

Leadership

Why Trauma Integration Will Give You a Competitive Advantage in Leadership

By actively working to heal and integrate their past trauma, leaders create safe and empowering environments for their teams.

Making a Change

From Pain to Power — How to Understand the Link Between Childhood Trauma and Entrepreneurship

The link between childhood trauma and entrepreneurship highlights the remarkable capacity of humans to transform pain into power.

Business Ideas

Kidnappers Held a Gun to His Head and Pulled the Trigger. The Terror of That Moment Fueled His Billion Dollar Startup.

Two decades ago, Omair Tariq survived a nightmare that left him with deep trauma. But the ordeal also gave him a ravenous drive to succeed.And he funneled that ambition into founding a billion-dollar business.

Thought Leaders

Could Entrepreneurship Be a Trauma Response? 5 Ways Our Emotional Past Manifests in Leadership

For some of us, entrepreneurship may be a response to our past traumas and understanding their role in our business is crucial to bettering ourselves and our employees.

Thought Leaders

'I Instilled Fear in Others:' How This Entrepreneur Confronted His Toxic Traits to Become a Better Communicator

This entrepreneur's aggressive and combative communication style made him a victim of his own toxicity. Here's what he learned.