Samantha Kinkaid

Samantha Kinkaid Somatic & Trauma Specialist | Consultant | Educator | Researcher l Founder, Revision. Trauma Healing & Resilience - 501(c)3 nonprofit Psychologist. Researcher.

Trauma Specialist. Professional Coach. Educator. THR. EMDR. Brainspotting. Positive Psychology. samanthakinkaid.com

Emotional intelligence isn’t about staying calm or managing impressions. It’s about having enough capacity to stay prese...
01/07/2026

Emotional intelligence isn’t about staying calm or managing impressions. It’s about having enough capacity to stay present when pressure is real.

Today’s work on Emotional Intelligence in Leadership focused on what actually shapes decisions, relationships, and trust under strain: attention, awareness, and the conditions leaders create moment to moment.

Leadership breakdowns aren’t usually a lack of skill or intent. They’re a collapse of capacity.
When leaders learn to recognize that difference, something shifts.
Less self-blame.
More discernment.
Better choices.

That’s the work.

Getting unstuck rarely starts with a breakthrough. It starts with honesty.Honesty about what’s working and what isn’t.Ab...
01/07/2026

Getting unstuck rarely starts with a breakthrough. It starts with honesty.
Honesty about what’s working and what isn’t.
About what you’re avoiding.
About what you actually have the capacity for right now.

This kind of honesty isn’t harsh or self-critical.
It’s steady.
It’s the willingness to look clearly, even when the truth complicates the story you wish were true.

Without honesty, effort gets misdirected.
With it, energy can finally move where it matters.

That’s how you get unstuck.

Growth rarely looks dramatic while it’s happening.Most of the time, it looks like showing up again. Trying one more time...
01/06/2026

Growth rarely looks dramatic while it’s happening.
Most of the time, it looks like showing up again. Trying one more time. Staying with something even when progress feels slow.

Perseverance isn’t about pushing through at all costs.
It’s about staying engaged with what matters to you, adjusting when needed, resting when necessary, and continuing anyway.

There will be days when confidence is low and effort feels heavier than usual. That doesn’t mean you’re off track. It means you’re human and still in the work.

Small steps count.
Consistency counts.
And over time, they add up to real change.

Keep going.

Some mornings come with motivation. Some don’t.Most of the time, you’re just meeting the day as you are: a little tired,...
01/04/2026

Some mornings come with motivation. Some don’t.

Most of the time, you’re just meeting the day as you are: a little tired, a little hopeful, carrying whatever yesterday left behind.

You don’t need to feel inspired to move forward. You just need to stay in relationship with what matters to you.

One small step.
One honest effort.
One decision to keep going, even gently.

That’s how momentum is built, not all at once, but over time, in ordinary moments like this one.

Wishing you a day that meets you with enough energy to begin, and enough kindness to keep going.

Because you matter.And you may still be learning how to believe that.And you’re worth it.You might still be learning tha...
01/02/2026

Because you matter.
And you may still be learning how to believe that.

And you’re worth it.
You might still be learning that, too.

You are wished all good things, including how to believe this too.

Not just for this first day of the year, but for every day of the year.

If you could say a small, honest yes right now, to care, to growth, to your own life and living it, how would you start, right now?

Whether in business, at home, in community, or in how you lead yourself, strong awareness helps you notice shifts early,...
12/30/2025

Whether in business, at home, in community, or in how you lead yourself, strong awareness helps you notice shifts early, in tone, energy, engagement, and within yourself. You sense tension before it hardens into resistance. You recognize reactivity before it shapes decisions.

Many leaders only notice what’s loud.
By the time something demands attention, it’s already shaped the moment.

But effective leadership depends on something more continuous.

This isn’t intuition as mysticism. It’s awareness as ongoing information.

When awareness only activates under pressure, leadership becomes reactive and late. When it’s present in the background, leaders have options and options create wiser action.
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Awareness doesn’t guarantee the right answer.
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Sometimes I think of awareness like a motion sensor.When it’s only activated by movement, it’s responsive. It turns on w...
12/29/2025

Sometimes I think of awareness like a motion sensor.

When it’s only activated by movement, it’s responsive. It turns on when something feels urgent, threatening, or off. That kind of situational awareness is important. It helps you notice an intrusive thought, a problem, a pain, a spike in emotion.

But it’s incomplete.

There’s another kind of awareness that runs in the background, more like breathing. It’s present without alarm. It tracks sensation, emotion, energy, and shifts as they happen, not just when something goes wrong.

When awareness only switches on in moments of stress, everything feels loud and late. When it’s ongoing, you have information early and early information creates choice.

This is why developing awareness is foundational:
for healing, because you notice sooner.
for health, because you respond instead of react.
for leadership, and for life, because you’re actually here for what’s happening.

Awareness doesn’t force change.
It makes wise response possible.

The work you’ve done this year matters. You showed up for hard conversations, important insights, moments of courage, an...
12/28/2025

The work you’ve done this year matters. You showed up for hard conversations, important insights, moments of courage, and moments of uncertainty. That kind of honesty matters, even when it may not be visible to others.

Growth often shows up in subtle ways: a boundary held, a familiar pattern noticed sooner, a deeper kindness toward yourself, a clearer sense of what you want or what you can no longer carry. These shifts may not always feel dramatic, but they are meaningful.

As you look toward the year ahead, I hope you stay connected to what you long for, not as pressure, but as possibility. Change unfolds through attention, care, and the steady practice of staying in relationship with yourself. A life that feels more aligned and more fully yours is possible.

I’ve included an optional year in review and year ahead reflection sheet, called Reflecting Forward, which I hope supports a thoughtful close to the year and the transition into what’s next.

Warmly,
Dr. Samantha

~This is something I recently sent my clients and feel it may be welcomed by some of you here. 💛

May today bring lightness.May you know you’re not forgotten.May your breath be slow.May your shoulders soften.May ease f...
12/25/2025

May today bring lightness.
May you know you’re not forgotten.
May your breath be slow.
May your shoulders soften.
May ease find its way in.
May moments of kindness appear.
May this night offer hope and peace.

There are days when you don’t have a choice about what’s hard.Or how your body reacts.Or what hurts first.This isn’t abo...
12/21/2025

There are days when you don’t have a choice about what’s hard.
Or how your body reacts.
Or what hurts first.

This isn’t about changing your circumstances or overriding your initial response.

It’s about something real.

Even when you feel stuck, there is often a small capacity to orient attention.
Not away from pain, but alongside it.

You might notice what’s good, helpful, or nourishing, even briefly.
You might get curious about what feels neutral or okay.
You might sense what’s soft, spacious, or supportive in your body.

Not to be “positive.”
Not to fix the day.

But to keep your field of perception from collapsing into only threat or pain or...

That capacity isn’t a personality trait.
It’s a skill.
And like any skill, it can be practiced and strengthened over time.

Pausing is a practice that strengthens the capacity for self-regulation and builds self-trust.When a cognitive, emotiona...
12/17/2025

Pausing is a practice that strengthens the capacity for self-regulation and builds self-trust.

When a cognitive, emotional, or somatic trigger activates your system:

Pause.
Turn inward.
Notice what’s happening.
Feel it.
Name it.
Respond with care.
Return to a sense of safety.
Then continue.

If regulation feels difficult, slow the process down. Take the time you need.
Stay with yourself until your system settles.

This is how self-care is practiced, self-trust is built, and your system comes to know, through direct experience, that it is safe with itself.

Just pause.

Not when everyone agrees with you.Not when you’ve analyzed every angle one more time.Not when the path is finally clear....
12/17/2025

Not when everyone agrees with you.
Not when you’ve analyzed every angle one more time.
Not when the path is finally clear.

You’re doing well when you’re no longer negotiating with yourself.
When your body feels steady instead of braced.
When decisions don’t require constant justification.
When you can listen to others without abandoning your own knowing.

Self-trust isn’t loud. It’s anchored.
It’s the quiet sense of alignment that doesn’t need permission.

If you’re less reactive, more grounded, and clearer about what’s yours to carry, that’s not complacency. That’s integrity.

That’s doing well.

And that’s how you know.

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