Kindness as a Practice: Leading with Care in Uncertain Times

As I sat down to write this column in December 2025, we were emerging from a period marked by chaos, turmoil, uncertainty, and profound stress. We had just come off the longest federal government shutdown in US history. Millions of people faced the threat of losing their SNAP benefits, while many families were bracing for potential reductions to or the loss of Affordable Care Act subsidies that make basic healthcare accessible