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Exploring FEBI in Leadership and Practice
Scott, Jasleen, Kelly, and Nic share their stories and reflections on FEBI, setting the stage for an invitation to a new practice community—where everyone can come together to explore, learn, and grow.

The Roots of Zen Leader - How Sesshin Brings the Flips to Life
Brad Reed, Zen Leadership Instructor, shares his experience of sesshin and how the Flips came to life during the training.

Functional Freeze: Finding My Way Back to Myself
Courtney Amo, Zen Leadership Practitioner, shares her experience of functional freeze. What is it good for and how to rediscover the warmth when it is time to thaw.

Zen With or Without a Cushion
Jo Anne Preston, Zen Leader Practitioner and ZL: Alive Off The Cushion facilitator, reflections on all of the ways we give and receive.

FEBI Ecosystem
Jasleen Kaur, IZL Instructor and long time FEBI Enthusiast shares her feeling about FEBI and the IZL community. She explores the ecosystem of giving and receiving that the community has created.

Giving is Receiving—the Fall 2024 Zen Leadership Flip
FEBI, the mind-body assessment from IZL, reminds us in the words of Kate Watters, that “none of us have to be everything” and each and all of us have access to an array of energies than we can use judiciously on our teams.

FEBI as a Key Tool in Integrating Energy to Create Stronger, More Resilient Teams
FEBI, the mind-body assessment from IZL, reminds us in the words of Kate Watters, that “none of us have to be everything” and each and all of us have access to an array of energies than we can use judiciously on our teams.

Being Moved by Movingness
A conversation with Peter Appel about the purpose and essence of Movingness and how he recently founded it as a somatic movement practice.

From Chaos to Clarity: Embracing the Zen Leader
Michael Basil, an upcoming Zen Leader Coach, shares the story of how he found IZL and how it has influenced his life.

Life Hurts...There Is No Avoiding It
Andy Robins reminds us that pain is a part of life. The Zen Leader reminds us that the first step is to transform the energy.

The Energy of Agile Leadership: from Antenna to Arrow
Ginny Whitelaw explores how leadership energy flows through four FEBI energy patterns and how these patterns can help leaders become more agile.

The Zen Leader Goes Home
Theo Cade, Zen Leader participant, shares his experience working with a number of the Zen Leader flips.

The Zen Leader Animated
With the artistic help of Diane Chencharick, Ginny Whitelaw shows us how (and why) to flip our sense of self.