In this powerful 30-minute conversation, licensed social worker and healing-centered leadership coach Tashia Martin shares her deeply personal journey of leading through profound grief — losing nearly 20 loved ones between 2022 and 2025 — while guiding teams and organizations. Tashia reveals how traditional leadership often ignores the human reality of loss, burnout, and transition, and offers a transformative alternative: leadership that prioritizes restoration, vulnerability, and systemic well-being. From her ROOTED framework to everyday rituals using water and affirmations, this episode is a heartfelt call to lead with humanity first.
Key Takeaways:
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Leadership is a relationship, not just a role — honoring real-life grief and transitions at work is essential for sustainable success.
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Loss isn’t only death; it includes divorce, relocation, new children — anything that shifts identity brings grief into the workplace.
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The ROOTED Framework: Reclaim wellness → Observe systems → Own your gifts → Tend to the collective → Evidence & beyond → Design for sustainability.
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Wellness is a human right, not a luxury — leaders must model self-compassion and vulnerability to create psychologically safe environments.
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Small daily practices create massive shifts: morning mirror affirmations, intentional showers to welcome positivity and release stress, movement to ground the body, and giving yourself “five fails a day.”
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Systems support healing when they include sacred break spaces, easy access to mental-health resources, equitable workloads, and leaders who actively invite diverse feedback.
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Healing is not linear — self-awareness, spiritual grounding, and community support help leaders transform personal wounds into compassionate leadership styles.
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You don’t have to burn out to be bright; lead gently, lead yourself gently first.
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