Tracy Rekart
Science of Somatics

How the body influences the mind. And what makes change possible. 

Science of Somatics
Foundations of Leadership
Tracy Rekart
Foundations of Leadership Development Part ...

Most of us enter feedback with a goal to give someone advice, information, or an assessment of a behavior. One person in a position of power – I know/have something you do not. Even if it is just an opinion or an idea about their blind spot – not many people liked to be surprised. This makes the relationship off balance at the start and people get defensive. They are already one down.

When we are feeling picked on, called out, or surprised, response patterns get triggered in our body. We then revert to our habits of thought, mood, and action. When we react, our brain goes on autopilot. Effectively cutting off access to our pre-frontal cortex – the place where we make logical decisions and take thoughtful action. We close our mind. This is a terrible place to begin a learning process.

Find out how to start and finish with more “money in the emotional bank account” (Daniel Goleman) than when you began.

Foundations of Leadership Development Part Five: Deconstructive Feedback

What is Somatics? And, what does it have to do with Leadership Coaching?

Somatics is the study and practice of the mind and body working together to optimize a human’s experience in and of life. The foundational premise in somatics is that the mind and body are interwoven, and change does not happen by simply working with the mind or body exclusively. It is through the interweaving of both that we produce sustainable change.