Permission to Pause: Reclaiming Rest as a Leadership Practice

This week on The Intersection Podcast, we’re revisiting a favorite conversation in our Intersection Rewind series with Taylor Elyse Morrison — speaker, facilitator, and founder of Inner Workout.

Taylor invites us to reimagine self-care not as spa days or checklists, but as a transformative practice rooted in self-awareness and inner dialogue. Drawing from yogic philosophy and her own leadership journey, she introduces the five dimensions of well-being and explains how slowing down can help us show up more fully for ourselves and others.

Together, we explore how leaders can navigate burnout, the role of community care, and why vulnerability isn’t a weakness but a pathway to authentic leadership. Taylor also shares how self-care rituals can be especially vital for DEI and HR professionals navigating emotionally taxing work.

This episode offers practical insight on rethinking self-care beyond surface-level fixes, building sustainable leadership rooted in rest and reflection, and creating systems of support that help leaders stay grounded while making real impact.

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