The healthy desk jockey blog

A note from Stacy Fritz

I don’t know about you, but I caught myself holding my breath more times than I care to count last year.

It was nothing dramatic...a pause before an email, a clench in my jaw...

“The people who move the fastest aren’t always the ones who win. Often, it’s the ones who can keep moving on beat, on breath, on purpose.”

Somewhere along the way, leadership got tangled up with hust...

You walk into a room and your body speaks before your mouth does.

Whether you’re pitching an idea, giving tough feedback, or standing in front of a team, your posture, breath, and presence send signa...

There’s a quiet truth that few leadership books talk about:

Leadership today looks a lot less like boardroom strategy and a lot more like endurance sport.

The pace. The pressure. The nonstop mental pi...

There’s a reason leadership feels harder than it used to.

It’s not because people are softer. Or because the work is more demanding.
It’s because the pressure never lets up and most leaders were never...

I used to think raising my speaking fees meant I needed more credentials, more stage time, more… something.

Turns out, it wasn’t “more” at all.

It was clarity.
It was connection.
It was learning how t...

You know the feeling.

That creeping tension in your shoulders. The shortness of breath between meetings. The mental fog before you’ve even hit your stride.

We call it stress.

But what’s really happ...

You can feel it the moment you step in.

The air isn’t thick.
The energy isn’t frantic.
People are focused, but they’re not frantic.

They’re breathing. Working. Pausing.
And breathing again.

This is wh...

You wake up with a full inbox.

Your calendar is jammed with meetings.

Your neck is tight. Your brain foggy. You swear you just blinked—and somehow it’s 3:47 p.m.

You tell yourself, “I’m just a litt...

Let’s be honest. We’ve all heard the word burnout so many times, it’s started to lose its weight. Tired? Burned out. Overwhelmed? Burned out. Another 10-hour day where your brain feels like it’s on...