Chapter 1 Toolkit: Micro-Acts of Courage

Framework: The Integration Compass

Compass Points

Language to come back to when you feel stuck, small, or scattered. 

  • I don’t need to perform to belong. I already do.

  • I trust what I feel, even when I can’t explain it yet.

  • I do not need to be fixed; I need to remember myself.

  • Power is presence, not performance.

  • Wholeness is my strength, not my mask.

Chapter 2 Toolkit: Micro-Acts of Courage

Framework: The Integration Compass


Compass Points

These are truths to carry in your pocket—language to anchor you when the ache grows louder than your clarity.

  • I don’t have to choose. I am both.

  • My softness is not in conflict with my strength.

  • Wholeness matters more than polish.

  • Integration is my practice, not my performance.

Chapter 3 Toolkit: Micro-Acts of Courage 

Framework: Rewrite the Script, Keep Your Self


Compass Points (Language to Return To)

  • I don’t need to perform to belong.

  • Presence over polish.

  • Power that is rooted, not rehearsed.

  • My leadership is mine to author.

  • Boundaries are clarity, not defiance.

Chapter 4 Toolkit: Micro-Acts of Courage

Framework: Returning to True North

Compass Points

Language to return to when you feel disoriented or pulled back into performance:

  • “True North isn’t out there. It’s in here.”

  • “I don’t need arrival to be aligned.”

  • “Every return strengthens my compass.”

  • “My clarity doesn’t depend on consensus.”

“I move from direction, not destination.”

Chapter 5 Toolkit: Micro-Acts of Courage

Framework: Power Isn’t a Title

Compass Points

Language to return to when you feel tempted to perform:

  • I no longer need to be chosen. I already choose myself.

  • Power isn’t given. It’s remembered.

  • My authority doesn’t live in my title. It lives in my truth.

  • I stand rooted, not ranked.

  • Presence is power.

  • My power is not performance. It’s roots in the ground.

Chapter 6 Toolkit: Micro-Acts of Courage

Framework: Presence Is a Practice

Compass Points

Language to return to when you feel yourself slipping into performance:

  • Presence is the exhale I didn’t know I was holding.

  • Presence is not charisma. It’s congruence.

  • Slowness is not weakness. It’s clarity.