Ligia Koijen Ramos

Leadership is often celebrated as a position of strength, vision, and influence. Yet, what is less often discussed is the profound sense of loneliness that can accompany positions of power and responsibility. While the emotional and psychological toll of isolation in leadership is widely acknowledged, the neurological consequences are less explored but equally significant. The Neuroscience of Loneliness: What Happens in the Brain? Loneliness is more than a fleeting emotional state; it is a...

There are moments when everything looks fine from the outside. And yet, inside, something has quietly shut down. This is not a post about resilience. This is a conversation about the invisible weight many people carry , especially those who lead, parent, care, and give. The moment I knew I wasn’t really living I was standing in a room, leading a session on communication. The people were engaged. I even smiled. But something felt... mechanical. Later, in the stillness of a hotel room, I...

Power structures sustain themselves through the illusion of necessity. Leaders are praised for solving crises, yet rarely questioned about why those crises emerged in the first place. Leadership, as it is commonly understood, is not about wisdom but about control, control over perception, over urgency, over narratives that justify endless intervention. The deeper question remains: Are we solving problems, or are we perpetuating them? The Myth of Reactive Leadership There is a fundamental...