6 Surprising Leadership Lessons I’ve Learned Being a Mom

In honor of Mother’s Day this past Sunday, I wanted to share 6 surprising – and powerful – emotional intelligence leadership lessons I’ve learned being a mom.

Can you relate to any of these?

1) Fear and shaming might garner compliance in the short term, but leads to apathy or power struggles in the long term.

2) When my child triggers me, it’s an arrow towards work I still need to do for my inner world. (The surface reason is NEVER the real reason we are triggered.)

3) “Name it to tame it” (aka affect labeling or emotional granularity) is a powerful tantrum-tamer (and helps both kiddos and adults turn on the executive functioning part of the brain so we are less reactive).

4) If I am ok/confident in a decision, my boys will be too (even if they don’t like it). When I am wishy washy or scared, they sense that and respond to that energy.

5) My emotional intelligence will do more for my sons’ success in life than the clothes I buy them, schools I enroll them in, or extracurricular activities I sign them up for.

6) Being a mom is the most important job I will ever have, yet no one teaches us how to do it well.

That’s why I studied Conscious Parenting Coaching with Dr. Shefali – to coach myself. The skills I learned with her are some of the most powerful adult leadership coaching and behavioral psychology skills I apply with my EQ leadership clients today.

What have you learned about leadership from being a parent? Reply to this email and let me know!

And I hope had a wonderful Mother’s Day celebrating all the mother-like love and support that’s within all of us.

Lots of love,

Your coach,
💜Sara

P.S. I have room in my schedule to take on 2 new leadership or success coaching clients this month. If you’re ready to uplevel (or someone on your team is) book a free consultation call with me here to explore.