I had the privilege of interviewing Nicholas Janni as part of Back To Source ReSource Sessions. It took me a while to find the right words, some conversations are about feeling the words rather than verbalising.
Nicholas is a leadership development practitioner, coach and author whose work centres around Presence and what it means to lead from a deeper place. His book, Leader as Healer, won Business Book of the Year at the 2023 Business Book Awards. But what strikes me about him is that he doesn’t just talk about these ideas, he embodies them.
The session had a rare quality, spacious and grounding at the same time. I found myself wishing it had gone on longer, not because anything was left unfinished, but because the space itself felt worth staying in.
There were things he said that I’m still sitting with.
* An invitation to become magnets of love in our own fields.
* The courage to enter our “cellars with a torch” rather than avoid what’s stored in the dark.
* A reminder to respond to loneliness with love & connection.
* And the idea that feeling an emotion fully is what frees us from it, not rushing past it, but letting it move through completely..
If you missed the session, I’d encourage you to watch it.
I carry with me:
* An invitation to become magnets of love in our own fields.
* The courage to enter our “cellars with a torch”.
* A reminder to respond to loneliness with love & connection.
* Feeling all emotions fully frees us from that emotion.
