Dr. Andrea Hollingsworth

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When Leaders Let Go

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The Tension-Release Pattern: Why Laughter Is a Leadership Skill

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The Humility of Curiosity

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Master the Pause: Four Ways to Build Emotional Equanimity

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Are You At Peace With Yourself?

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Are Your Goals Keeping You Stuck?

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Busyness Kills the Heart–It’s still true!

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Can AI Heal Us?

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We’re All Just Big Babies: Attachment, Leadership, and Growth

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Creating a Kinder Workplace: Insights from my interview with Shola Richards

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Is Your Mind Starving? When you have a few minutes of downtime, what do you do?

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Sometimes, Plan B is Better! What happens when your plan falls flat?

About Andrea

Andrea Hollingsworth, Ph.D., is an acclaimed keynote speaker, bestselling and award winning author, and trusted consultant who’s spent years studying the transformative power of compassion. Since 2008, she has been speaking and writing about the science and spirituality of human emotions and relationships. Her articles have been published more than a dozen times in peer-reviewed journals, and she has taught at prestigious institutions like Princeton, Boston University, and Loyola University Chicago. In addition, Dr. Andrea has delivered talks to audiences at some of the top-ranked universities in the world—including Cambridge University in England and Heidelberg University in Germany.

Dr. Andrea spends most of her time inspiring leaders and teams to use The Compassion Advantage™ to build supercharged organizations through cultures of care—especially in times of challenge and change. She lives in Maple Grove, Minnesota where she rocks out at her son’s guitar performances and relishes every opportunity to visit the north shore of Lake Superior.