10/09/2026
Growing up as a second generation daughter of migrants, there was an unspoken law of silence. We should be grateful for opportunities our ancestors never had.
I call it the "minority mindset"—that feeling of being here but not belonging. It creates survival mode.
Feeling like you don't belong causes you to shrink and silence your authenticity.
I see this pattern everywhere: in boardrooms, in body image struggles, in financial and demographic exclusion—even in people who aren't immigrants.
Now, as a multiple degree holder, journalist, and communications innovator, I understand why.
Leaders have a huge role to play in understanding survival mode and how it affects their teams.
Somatic literacy is overlooked in leadership training. My Safe Space Strategy course fills that gap.
When you understand how something works, you don't let it control you.
The most powerful thing a leader can do? Read your own internal response before you mislabel another person's.