Kori Bloom's Blog
Field Notes.
Practical articles on leadership, conscious parenting, and the work of showing up as one whole person — in every room.
New post every Tuesday • 3-minute read average
this week's anchor
You sat through the leadership training. You read the books. And then Tuesday at 3:47 p.m. happened — and the leader who showed up wasn't the one you swore you'd be. Here's what reactive leadership is actually costing you.
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The Conscious Not Crazy approach — real scripts for the moments that matter, no shame.
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Latest Articles
Why “Lead Yourself First” Is the Leadership Shift Teams Need
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The Iceberg Under Your Kid’s Behavior: A Practical Lens for Parents
How to Stop Reactive Parenting: A Practical Framework
7 Intentional Parenting Shifts That Replace “Parenting by Accident” for Good
Build Your Conscious Not Crazy Parenting Toolbox: 6 Tools You Need in High-Pressure Moments
5 Scripts to Use When You’re Triggered at Work
Mindful Parenting Without the Buzzwords: 5 Habits That Actually Change How You Show Up
What Is Reactive Leadership? 7 Costly Signs Your Team Already Sees
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MeetKori Bloom
Kori is a keynote speaker, leadership coach, and the author of The Business of Parenting. She's spent more than a decade in sales leadership and another thirteen years building a parenting curriculum that's now sold out across the Midwest.
Field Notes is where she shares the working version — the scripts, the stories, the loss that taught her something — between keynotes and class series. Real, practical, and always in service of the same idea: lead yourself first, and everything else follows.
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