@angelabelleagresto.bsky.social
"What grief teaches is the possibility of porosity with integrity—boundaries that allow emotional information to flow while maintaining structural soundness."
From my article on how layered grief transforms leadership presence: medium.com/invisible-thread...
From my article on how layered grief transforms leadership presence: medium.com/invisible-thread...
September 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"What grief teaches is the possibility of porosity with integrity—boundaries that allow emotional information to flow while maintaining structural soundness."
From my article on how layered grief transforms leadership presence: medium.com/invisible-thread...
From my article on how layered grief transforms leadership presence: medium.com/invisible-thread...
Leadership wisdom emerges not from strength alone, but from our losses too.
What insights have appeared in the spaces between your difficult experiences?
Read more: medium.com/invisible-thread...
#LeadershipWisdom #GriefJourney
What insights have appeared in the spaces between your difficult experiences?
Read more: medium.com/invisible-thread...
#LeadershipWisdom #GriefJourney
September 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Leadership wisdom emerges not from strength alone, but from our losses too.
What insights have appeared in the spaces between your difficult experiences?
Read more: medium.com/invisible-thread...
#LeadershipWisdom #GriefJourney
What insights have appeared in the spaces between your difficult experiences?
Read more: medium.com/invisible-thread...
#LeadershipWisdom #GriefJourney
The metaphor that guides my coaching: Ice doesn't need to be taught how to melt. It simply needs the right conditions.
Our resistance, our stuck patterns, our limited thinking—they all transform naturally when we create the right environment for change.
What conditions help you flow more freely?
Our resistance, our stuck patterns, our limited thinking—they all transform naturally when we create the right environment for change.
What conditions help you flow more freely?
September 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The metaphor that guides my coaching: Ice doesn't need to be taught how to melt. It simply needs the right conditions.
Our resistance, our stuck patterns, our limited thinking—they all transform naturally when we create the right environment for change.
What conditions help you flow more freely?
Our resistance, our stuck patterns, our limited thinking—they all transform naturally when we create the right environment for change.
What conditions help you flow more freely?
The most profound insights often emerge not from new experiences, but from seeing what we already know from a different angle. ✨
Sometimes stepping back is the most powerful way to move forward.
What's something you understood differently after taking time to reflect?
#ReflectiveSpaces
Sometimes stepping back is the most powerful way to move forward.
What's something you understood differently after taking time to reflect?
#ReflectiveSpaces
September 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The most profound insights often emerge not from new experiences, but from seeing what we already know from a different angle. ✨
Sometimes stepping back is the most powerful way to move forward.
What's something you understood differently after taking time to reflect?
#ReflectiveSpaces
Sometimes stepping back is the most powerful way to move forward.
What's something you understood differently after taking time to reflect?
#ReflectiveSpaces
The coaches who truly excel embody "creating safety" because someone modeled it for them first.
When I wrote about my uncle creating belonging "where others might hide," I was unknowingly describing ICF Competency #4.
Who showed you what psychological safety feels like?
#AngelaAgrestoAuthor
When I wrote about my uncle creating belonging "where others might hide," I was unknowingly describing ICF Competency #4.
Who showed you what psychological safety feels like?
#AngelaAgrestoAuthor
September 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The coaches who truly excel embody "creating safety" because someone modeled it for them first.
When I wrote about my uncle creating belonging "where others might hide," I was unknowingly describing ICF Competency #4.
Who showed you what psychological safety feels like?
#AngelaAgrestoAuthor
When I wrote about my uncle creating belonging "where others might hide," I was unknowingly describing ICF Competency #4.
Who showed you what psychological safety feels like?
#AngelaAgrestoAuthor
A tribute to my uncle Joe - "The Rhythm Keeper" (link in comments)
His way of creating belonging in our family mirrors what creates psychological safety in organizations.
What unexpected relationship shaped your approach to connection?
#AngelaAgrestoAuthor #InvisibleThreads
His way of creating belonging in our family mirrors what creates psychological safety in organizations.
What unexpected relationship shaped your approach to connection?
#AngelaAgrestoAuthor #InvisibleThreads
September 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A tribute to my uncle Joe - "The Rhythm Keeper" (link in comments)
His way of creating belonging in our family mirrors what creates psychological safety in organizations.
What unexpected relationship shaped your approach to connection?
#AngelaAgrestoAuthor #InvisibleThreads
His way of creating belonging in our family mirrors what creates psychological safety in organizations.
What unexpected relationship shaped your approach to connection?
#AngelaAgrestoAuthor #InvisibleThreads
The brain science behind why some training vanishes and some stays with us for life.
This diagram from my Brain Building Blueprints Kit maps the 4Cs framework directly to brain regions. It's not just theory—it's how we're wired to learn.
Full kit at angelaagresto.com/shop
This diagram from my Brain Building Blueprints Kit maps the 4Cs framework directly to brain regions. It's not just theory—it's how we're wired to learn.
Full kit at angelaagresto.com/shop
August 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The brain science behind why some training vanishes and some stays with us for life.
This diagram from my Brain Building Blueprints Kit maps the 4Cs framework directly to brain regions. It's not just theory—it's how we're wired to learn.
Full kit at angelaagresto.com/shop
This diagram from my Brain Building Blueprints Kit maps the 4Cs framework directly to brain regions. It's not just theory—it's how we're wired to learn.
Full kit at angelaagresto.com/shop
"I've tried everything but my virtual training feels like talking into the void..."
Sound familiar? Most virtual training fights how our brains actually process information.
What if resistance isn't a tech problem but a design problem?
Join me in November-->Details: angelaagresto.com/tbrve
Sound familiar? Most virtual training fights how our brains actually process information.
What if resistance isn't a tech problem but a design problem?
Join me in November-->Details: angelaagresto.com/tbrve
August 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"I've tried everything but my virtual training feels like talking into the void..."
Sound familiar? Most virtual training fights how our brains actually process information.
What if resistance isn't a tech problem but a design problem?
Join me in November-->Details: angelaagresto.com/tbrve
Sound familiar? Most virtual training fights how our brains actually process information.
What if resistance isn't a tech problem but a design problem?
Join me in November-->Details: angelaagresto.com/tbrve
The unexpected teacher: my TBI in 2014 ✨
"Their sudden absence created not just deficit but possibility—the opportunity to discover landscapes that had always existed beyond my perception." Adaptations revealed better approaches to cognitive organization—approaches that honor diverse minds.
Link 👇
"Their sudden absence created not just deficit but possibility—the opportunity to discover landscapes that had always existed beyond my perception." Adaptations revealed better approaches to cognitive organization—approaches that honor diverse minds.
Link 👇
August 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The unexpected teacher: my TBI in 2014 ✨
"Their sudden absence created not just deficit but possibility—the opportunity to discover landscapes that had always existed beyond my perception." Adaptations revealed better approaches to cognitive organization—approaches that honor diverse minds.
Link 👇
"Their sudden absence created not just deficit but possibility—the opportunity to discover landscapes that had always existed beyond my perception." Adaptations revealed better approaches to cognitive organization—approaches that honor diverse minds.
Link 👇
25+ countries represented in our Work Life Destinations coaching community! 🌍
From Argentina to Uruguay, Australia to Thailand - diverse perspectives strengthen every conversation and deepen every learning experience.
Grateful for this incredible global family! Which country joins us next? ✨
From Argentina to Uruguay, Australia to Thailand - diverse perspectives strengthen every conversation and deepen every learning experience.
Grateful for this incredible global family! Which country joins us next? ✨
August 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
25+ countries represented in our Work Life Destinations coaching community! 🌍
From Argentina to Uruguay, Australia to Thailand - diverse perspectives strengthen every conversation and deepen every learning experience.
Grateful for this incredible global family! Which country joins us next? ✨
From Argentina to Uruguay, Australia to Thailand - diverse perspectives strengthen every conversation and deepen every learning experience.
Grateful for this incredible global family! Which country joins us next? ✨
Just published something close to my heart 💫
Growing up with neurodiversity in my family transformed learning.
Approaches aligned with our cognitive strengths, isn't accommodation—it's revelation.
Years later, discovering Training from the Back of the Room, everything clicked.
Link in comments.
Growing up with neurodiversity in my family transformed learning.
Approaches aligned with our cognitive strengths, isn't accommodation—it's revelation.
Years later, discovering Training from the Back of the Room, everything clicked.
Link in comments.
August 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Just published something close to my heart 💫
Growing up with neurodiversity in my family transformed learning.
Approaches aligned with our cognitive strengths, isn't accommodation—it's revelation.
Years later, discovering Training from the Back of the Room, everything clicked.
Link in comments.
Growing up with neurodiversity in my family transformed learning.
Approaches aligned with our cognitive strengths, isn't accommodation—it's revelation.
Years later, discovering Training from the Back of the Room, everything clicked.
Link in comments.
When sharing your authentic self as a leader, what's your biggest challenge?
Reply with the number that resonates most:
Vulnerability vs. oversharing
Authentic yet professional
Modeling not performing
Cultural expectations
Or share your unique perspective instead!
#AuthenticLeadership
Reply with the number that resonates most:
Vulnerability vs. oversharing
Authentic yet professional
Modeling not performing
Cultural expectations
Or share your unique perspective instead!
#AuthenticLeadership
August 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
When sharing your authentic self as a leader, what's your biggest challenge?
Reply with the number that resonates most:
Vulnerability vs. oversharing
Authentic yet professional
Modeling not performing
Cultural expectations
Or share your unique perspective instead!
#AuthenticLeadership
Reply with the number that resonates most:
Vulnerability vs. oversharing
Authentic yet professional
Modeling not performing
Cultural expectations
Or share your unique perspective instead!
#AuthenticLeadership
The Geography of Safety: When Hiding Becomes Healing
The Geography of Safety: When Hiding Becomes Healing
How the invisible threads between personal protection and professional wisdom create trauma-informed leadership
medium.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Geography of Safety: When Hiding Becomes Healing
That "difficult" employee? 🤔 They might be navigating invisible territories. 🗺️
We often misinterpret protection systems as resistance. 🛡️
My hypervigilance became pattern recognition in leadership—a strength, not a flaw. ✨
#InvisibleThreads #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
We often misinterpret protection systems as resistance. 🛡️
My hypervigilance became pattern recognition in leadership—a strength, not a flaw. ✨
#InvisibleThreads #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
August 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
That "difficult" employee? 🤔 They might be navigating invisible territories. 🗺️
We often misinterpret protection systems as resistance. 🛡️
My hypervigilance became pattern recognition in leadership—a strength, not a flaw. ✨
#InvisibleThreads #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
We often misinterpret protection systems as resistance. 🛡️
My hypervigilance became pattern recognition in leadership—a strength, not a flaw. ✨
#InvisibleThreads #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
Weaving Together Purpose and Passion 🧵
From Sharon Bowman's Training from the Back of the Room to my Brain Building Blueprints tools to my upcoming memoir "Invisible Threads" - each resource explores how we create psychological safety in learning environments.
September TBR & Coach Courses Open..
From Sharon Bowman's Training from the Back of the Room to my Brain Building Blueprints tools to my upcoming memoir "Invisible Threads" - each resource explores how we create psychological safety in learning environments.
September TBR & Coach Courses Open..
August 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Weaving Together Purpose and Passion 🧵
From Sharon Bowman's Training from the Back of the Room to my Brain Building Blueprints tools to my upcoming memoir "Invisible Threads" - each resource explores how we create psychological safety in learning environments.
September TBR & Coach Courses Open..
From Sharon Bowman's Training from the Back of the Room to my Brain Building Blueprints tools to my upcoming memoir "Invisible Threads" - each resource explores how we create psychological safety in learning environments.
September TBR & Coach Courses Open..
For nearly two decades, my location wasn't information—it was intelligence for survival. 🧭
The hypervigilance that kept me alive now helps me recognize subtle shifts in team dynamics. ✨
What invisible maps are you navigating?
#InvisibleThreads #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
The hypervigilance that kept me alive now helps me recognize subtle shifts in team dynamics. ✨
What invisible maps are you navigating?
#InvisibleThreads #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
August 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
For nearly two decades, my location wasn't information—it was intelligence for survival. 🧭
The hypervigilance that kept me alive now helps me recognize subtle shifts in team dynamics. ✨
What invisible maps are you navigating?
#InvisibleThreads #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
The hypervigilance that kept me alive now helps me recognize subtle shifts in team dynamics. ✨
What invisible maps are you navigating?
#InvisibleThreads #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
The same hypervigilance that once kept me silent now helps me see connections others miss." ✨
I'm exploring how our protective systems become professional wisdom. Sensitivity --> strength.
medium.com/@angelabelle/the...
#InvisibleThreads #LeadershipWisdom #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
I'm exploring how our protective systems become professional wisdom. Sensitivity --> strength.
medium.com/@angelabelle/the...
#InvisibleThreads #LeadershipWisdom #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
August 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The same hypervigilance that once kept me silent now helps me see connections others miss." ✨
I'm exploring how our protective systems become professional wisdom. Sensitivity --> strength.
medium.com/@angelabelle/the...
#InvisibleThreads #LeadershipWisdom #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
I'm exploring how our protective systems become professional wisdom. Sensitivity --> strength.
medium.com/@angelabelle/the...
#InvisibleThreads #LeadershipWisdom #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
Packing for Twin Cities leadership training this weekend, then back to the lake cabin bathroom remodel.
Finding parallels between home projects and professional ones - demolition is easy, rebuilding takes patience.
What project is teaching you patience right now?
#LifeSymphony #WorkInProgress
Finding parallels between home projects and professional ones - demolition is easy, rebuilding takes patience.
What project is teaching you patience right now?
#LifeSymphony #WorkInProgress
July 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Packing for Twin Cities leadership training this weekend, then back to the lake cabin bathroom remodel.
Finding parallels between home projects and professional ones - demolition is easy, rebuilding takes patience.
What project is teaching you patience right now?
#LifeSymphony #WorkInProgress
Finding parallels between home projects and professional ones - demolition is easy, rebuilding takes patience.
What project is teaching you patience right now?
#LifeSymphony #WorkInProgress
The literary agent waiting game begins! After pitch week comes waiting.
Instead of just refreshing my inbox, I'm planning August pitches and pouring energy into our August Coach Certification and September TBR-VE Training programs.
What helps you stay productive during waiting periods?
Instead of just refreshing my inbox, I'm planning August pitches and pouring energy into our August Coach Certification and September TBR-VE Training programs.
What helps you stay productive during waiting periods?
July 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The literary agent waiting game begins! After pitch week comes waiting.
Instead of just refreshing my inbox, I'm planning August pitches and pouring energy into our August Coach Certification and September TBR-VE Training programs.
What helps you stay productive during waiting periods?
Instead of just refreshing my inbox, I'm planning August pitches and pouring energy into our August Coach Certification and September TBR-VE Training programs.
What helps you stay productive during waiting periods?
📚 Agent pitch week complete!
Surprising discovery: sharing my story of strategic invisibility opened deeper connections.
The mathematics of visibility are complex—knowing when to be seen vs. observe. Now, we wait.
#PublishingJourney #AngelaAgrestoAuthor #InvisibleThreads
Surprising discovery: sharing my story of strategic invisibility opened deeper connections.
The mathematics of visibility are complex—knowing when to be seen vs. observe. Now, we wait.
#PublishingJourney #AngelaAgrestoAuthor #InvisibleThreads
July 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
📚 Agent pitch week complete!
Surprising discovery: sharing my story of strategic invisibility opened deeper connections.
The mathematics of visibility are complex—knowing when to be seen vs. observe. Now, we wait.
#PublishingJourney #AngelaAgrestoAuthor #InvisibleThreads
Surprising discovery: sharing my story of strategic invisibility opened deeper connections.
The mathematics of visibility are complex—knowing when to be seen vs. observe. Now, we wait.
#PublishingJourney #AngelaAgrestoAuthor #InvisibleThreads
Food delivery "convenience" while writing: A MYTH 🙄
Expected: ✨Quick, tasty fuel for uninterrupted work
Reality: 👆This sad udon + 90 minutes lost to ordering, waiting, wrong delivery, cleanup
The productivity hacks we fall for... 🤦♀️
#ProductivityMyths #AngelaAgrestoAuthor #WritersLife
Expected: ✨Quick, tasty fuel for uninterrupted work
Reality: 👆This sad udon + 90 minutes lost to ordering, waiting, wrong delivery, cleanup
The productivity hacks we fall for... 🤦♀️
#ProductivityMyths #AngelaAgrestoAuthor #WritersLife
July 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Food delivery "convenience" while writing: A MYTH 🙄
Expected: ✨Quick, tasty fuel for uninterrupted work
Reality: 👆This sad udon + 90 minutes lost to ordering, waiting, wrong delivery, cleanup
The productivity hacks we fall for... 🤦♀️
#ProductivityMyths #AngelaAgrestoAuthor #WritersLife
Expected: ✨Quick, tasty fuel for uninterrupted work
Reality: 👆This sad udon + 90 minutes lost to ordering, waiting, wrong delivery, cleanup
The productivity hacks we fall for... 🤦♀️
#ProductivityMyths #AngelaAgrestoAuthor #WritersLife
🔍 Midweek insight: The pitch conversations that resonated weren't the perfectly polished ones—but when I spoke authentically about why this story matters.
Strategic visibility isn't perfection; it's presence.
#AuthenticBusiness #InvisibleThreads #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
Strategic visibility isn't perfection; it's presence.
#AuthenticBusiness #InvisibleThreads #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
July 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🔍 Midweek insight: The pitch conversations that resonated weren't the perfectly polished ones—but when I spoke authentically about why this story matters.
Strategic visibility isn't perfection; it's presence.
#AuthenticBusiness #InvisibleThreads #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
Strategic visibility isn't perfection; it's presence.
#AuthenticBusiness #InvisibleThreads #AngelaAgrestoAuthor
Love this portrait by Elena K Photography (@elenakphoto) for my author bio.
Sessions are fun, results are magic.
Need photos in Fargo? www.elenakphoto.com - absolutely worth it!
#FargoPhotographer #MemoirAuthor
Sessions are fun, results are magic.
Need photos in Fargo? www.elenakphoto.com - absolutely worth it!
#FargoPhotographer #MemoirAuthor
July 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Love this portrait by Elena K Photography (@elenakphoto) for my author bio.
Sessions are fun, results are magic.
Need photos in Fargo? www.elenakphoto.com - absolutely worth it!
#FargoPhotographer #MemoirAuthor
Sessions are fun, results are magic.
Need photos in Fargo? www.elenakphoto.com - absolutely worth it!
#FargoPhotographer #MemoirAuthor
📣 While pitching my memoir, I'm also welcoming new coaches to my August certification course!
Starts Aug 12 (Tuesdays, 3:30-6:30pm CST) Where professional standards meet lived experience.
Early registration ends Friday!
#ICFCoach #CoachTraining
Starts Aug 12 (Tuesdays, 3:30-6:30pm CST) Where professional standards meet lived experience.
Early registration ends Friday!
#ICFCoach #CoachTraining
July 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📣 While pitching my memoir, I'm also welcoming new coaches to my August certification course!
Starts Aug 12 (Tuesdays, 3:30-6:30pm CST) Where professional standards meet lived experience.
Early registration ends Friday!
#ICFCoach #CoachTraining
Starts Aug 12 (Tuesdays, 3:30-6:30pm CST) Where professional standards meet lived experience.
Early registration ends Friday!
#ICFCoach #CoachTraining
☀️ Starting literary agent pitches today!
10 conversations that could change everything for my memoir.
Built my coaching practice through strategic invisibility. Now stepping into the light to advocate for my story. What centered you during pivotal leaps?
#MemoirInProgress #InvisibleThreads
10 conversations that could change everything for my memoir.
Built my coaching practice through strategic invisibility. Now stepping into the light to advocate for my story. What centered you during pivotal leaps?
#MemoirInProgress #InvisibleThreads
July 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
☀️ Starting literary agent pitches today!
10 conversations that could change everything for my memoir.
Built my coaching practice through strategic invisibility. Now stepping into the light to advocate for my story. What centered you during pivotal leaps?
#MemoirInProgress #InvisibleThreads
10 conversations that could change everything for my memoir.
Built my coaching practice through strategic invisibility. Now stepping into the light to advocate for my story. What centered you during pivotal leaps?
#MemoirInProgress #InvisibleThreads