February inside the Legacy Leader Collective is focused on Relationships 360, a powerful and interconnected element of the Wellness 360 framework.
When people hear the word relationships, they often think of romance. But at this stage of life and leadership, relationships are far more expansive than that. They are the infrastructure of how we live, lead, and leave a legacy.
Relationships 360 invites us to look at connection across three essential layers: external, internal, and energetic.
External relationships: how we meet the world
Externally, relationships include every interaction we have with others. Our partners, families, friends, peers, clients, teams, and even brief exchanges with strangers.
These relationships can be deeply nourishing. They can also be a significant source of stress, tension, and emotional load. For many high-achieving women, external relationships are where people-pleasing, over-responsibility, and boundary erosion quietly take root.
Before I found Wellness 360, my external relationships were far less balanced than they appeared. On the surface, I was capable and composed. Beneath that, I struggled in social settings, felt deeply uncomfortable with conflict, and was genuinely petrified of public speaking. Difficult conversations felt overwhelming, and relational tension often lived in my body long after the moment had passed.
Through restoring balance in my nervous system and developing relational awareness, something fundamental shifted. I rarely get triggered in conflict. I speak confidently on international stages. And I am married to a partner who embodies support, communication, and emotional steadiness.
What changed was not my personality. It was my relationship with safety, self-trust, and regulation.
Leadership maturity often begins with noticing where relationships support growth, and where they quietly drain energy.
Internal relationships: the one that shapes everything
Internally, Relationships 360 brings us to the most important relationship of all: the relationship we have with ourselves.
The language we use internally.
How we speak to ourselves under pressure and everyday life.
How we rest, nourish, and protect our energy.
How we treat ourselves when no one is watching.
When self-relationship is neglected, leadership becomes heavier than it needs to be. Vision loses clarity. Decision-making feels strained. Impact becomes harder to sustain.
Without self-respect and self-love, even the most ambitious dreams eventually feel hollow.
Energetic relationships: community and belonging
Energetically, Relationships 360 is about community.
The word community comes from “common” and “unity”. It speaks to shared interests, shared values, shared responsibility, and shared humanity.
In a world increasingly shaped by technology, convenience, and remote living, meaningful human connection is quietly eroding. We scroll past each other instead of meeting. We text instead of calling. Groceries arrive at the door. Work happens alone at home.
The World Health Organization includes social wellbeing in its definition of health, recognizing that isolation and loneliness are now serious threats to global wellbeing World Health Organization. (Source: Loneliness and isolation – the hidden threat to global health we can no longer ignore )
Loneliness is not just emotional. It impacts physical health, mental resilience, and long-term vitality.
We do not live alone on this planet. When one suffers, we all suffer. When one thrives, we all thrive.
We have the power to come together as one and create a world we want to live in, where justice and humanity prevail.
This is why community matters. And why it must be intentional.
Relationships as a mirror for leadership
This month, we are spotlighting Carie Bailey, Founding Partner of the Legacy Leader Collective and Founder of Verakai.
Carie’s work explores how our personal and romantic relationships often mirror our leadership patterns. Where we avoid truth. Where we over-accommodate. Where we struggle to hold power cleanly.
On February 18, 2026, Carie will lead a Luminary Exchange titled Your Romantic Relationship: The Sacred Training Ground for Higher Leadership. It is a conversation for women ready to lead with depth, discernment, and relational intelligence.
Carie hosted our first Legacy Leader Lunch Circle in Spain on October 1, 2025 – an event where for the first time women gathered at this particular round table. It was history in the making.
That is the energy of the Legacy Leader Collective.
Relationships are not separate from leadership.
They are where leadership is trained.
