My name is Michael Towers and I’m a mental health counselor, corporate wellness facilitator, and professional speaker. A year ago I was set to give a presentation to a cyber security company on self-care to reduce burnout and something magical happened.

With 20 years leading process groups, I decided to start the meeting off with a circle check-in and allow the participants to share their feelings using core emotions. The results were so therapeutic that I want to offer the experience to every organization. There were 10 employees present for the pilot group, then 50 for the second group. It’s only grown from there.

Your employees are hurting, and we’ve been taught that we are supposed to stuff our feelings down. We must blow up this paradigm. We were able to increase engagement, retention, and decrease turnover overnight. You can too!