My partner Jyo and I are working on a program for early career professionals. During our early design conversations, emotional intelligence came up. The way I was taught about emotional intelligence felt too heady to me, and I mentioned that I think we should shift to talking about emotional inclusion.… read more →
Posts by Michelle Doerr
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Mar. 4, 2024
Emotional Inclusion: Breaking Stigmas, Fostering Authenticity
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Feb. 4, 2024
Elevate Your Leadership Essence
I completed an assignment as a part of a current project that required us to ask people in our trusted circle this question; If you could extract one thing from me and plug it into your life to improve it, what would it be? I believe it gets to my… read more →
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Oct. 30, 2023
Dr. Little Bear's Wisdom: Challenging the Notion of Objectivity
To be objective means to not be influenced or based on personal preference or bias. And yet everything we do is influenced by our experiences and beliefs. So, is there really such a thing as being objective?
In September, I attended the opening plenary of the Association of Fish… read more →
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Sep. 18, 2023
What is the conservation field I want to be a part of? Healing Engagement
As I take a healing lens to my work, I am imagining the future of conservation. I believe we can bring more healing to our field by incorporating a new mindset, practices, and relationships into our work.
Previously, I described three elements of a healthy mindset:
curiosity inclusivity benefitsThen,… read more →
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Aug. 26, 2023
What is the conservation field I want to be a part of? Healing Practices
As I take a healing lens to my work, I am imagining the future of conservation. I believe we can bring more healing to our field by incorporating a new mindset, practices, and relationships into our work.
In my previous post, I described three elements of a healthy mindset:… read more →
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Aug. 10, 2023
What Is The Conservation Field I Want To Be A Part Of? Healthy Mindset
I’ve worked in the field of conservation my entire career. I started in several biologist positions with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources before moving to the archery industry and then building my own business. Over time, I noticed a gap in our field. Specifically, I (and others) long for… read more →
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Jun. 8, 2023
Why Counselors and Conservationists Cannot Ignore Ecogrief
In her essay, “The Ecology of Grief”, grief counselor Phyllis Windle includes a section entitled The Grief of Ecologists (Windle. P., 1992). She writes, “Ecologists are both blessed and cursed in seeing natural systems clearly. We see what is there and also what is gone…Our external as well as our… read more →
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Mar. 17, 2023
Reflection Deficit Disorder?
Last year, in an effort to be more reflective about what I am learning and how I am growing, I committed to 52 weekly wisdom posts on LinkedIn. Doing so made a huge difference in what I remember from all the webinars I’ve attended as a participant or facilitated… read more →
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Jan. 19, 2023
Taking a Lens of Well-being to Work
In October of last year, the US Surgeon General issued their Framework for Workplace Mental Health & Well-Being. The framework makes sense to me because I desire to see workplaces that thrive (go beyond well-being). To move toward a thriving workplace, organizations must apply the lens of well-being.… read more →