When organisations contact me, they often say the same thing:
"Our team is stressed. We need a wellbeing session."
But when I spend time with groups, something deeper emerges.
It's not just stress, it's depletion.
It's disconnection.
It's the weight of constant output without meaningful recovery.
Teams don't just need a break.
They need permission to rest.
One of the biggest insights from this year is that people in organisations aren't struggling because they're incapable. They're struggling because the pace is unsustainable.
Sound work gives them a moment where they experience, maybe for the first time in a long time:
- deep rest
- emotional exhale
- nervous system softness
- the sense of being supported rather than stretched
After a session someone told me:
"It was the first time I've felt my body stop bracing."
That's what organisations are really asking for:
not wellbeing as a checkbox,
but spaces where their people can recover.
And when people recover, they reconnect.
And when they reconnect, they can create again.
— Douglas