Sam was a practising specialist litigation lawyer who started on the spiritual path about 10 years ago after having a breakdown ( or a breakthrough) and turned to spiritual practices rather than conventional therapies or prescription medication.  She has since moved to being a judge working mostly in criminal courts, but occasionally family courts, and is now also training as a  rebirthing breathwork practitioner, and planning long term to open a retreat.   She considers her work as a judge to be as spiritual as any role in the matrix, and always tries to approach her role without judgement and with compassion for everyone in court, defendants and victims alike, as well as trying to gently show colleagues, court staff  and peers a new heart centred way of approaching criminal trials  and sentencing.

In this episode, Sam and I discuss , who sees her leadership as a way of holding space. We explore what leading from within feels like and how it works, from the perspective of a woman judge in court. We highlight what becomes possible when one is drawing from multiple centres of intelligence - mind, heart and body, and how the capacity to hold space from these multidimensional perspectives as a leader, allows for emergence and transformation. 

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