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The Use of Energy Healing to Transform Emotional Obstacles in Leaders and Teams

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Team development has become a vital part of organizational productivity. Agreement on perceptions of reality and potential project plans can vary based on individual experiences, including unresolved emotional traumas. Any path forward can be met with resistance, when fear, stemming from emotional blocks, are not resolved. As a team facilitator, I encourage collaboration to include calling out emotional challenges, learning transformational energy healing as an emotional regulation tool, and developing strategies to support team members to process emotions as part of the team development process. This new norm adds value to the individual and the team as a whole. In this chapter, I share how energy healing can be introduced to enhance individual leadership and team development.

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Dunow, C. (2018). The Use of Energy Healing to Transform Emotional Obstacles in Leaders and Teams. In: Neal, J. (eds) Handbook of Personal and Organizational Transformation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66893-2_47

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