Emotionally Healthy
Leadership Series
A two-part live, online workshop series for library directors and managers ready to stop running on empty and start leading with greater intention.
WORKSHOP 1 • WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21
Cultivating an Emotionally Healthy Team
BETWEEN SESSIONS
Energy Leadership Index Assessment
WORKSHOP 2 • WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28
Leadership by Design
You're carrying more than your share.
Managing a team while staying energized and effective feels impossible some days. As a library leader, you're juggling patron needs, staff challenges, budget constraints, and endless unexpected fires—often while running on empty. The result? You find yourself reacting to crises rather than leading with intention, struggling to give your team the support they need while barely keeping your own head above water.
FROM SURVIVING TO THRIVING
This series gives you practical tools to recognize stress before it derails your day, have coaching conversations that motivate your staff, and build a team where people feel seen — while protecting your own energy as the foundation it all rests on.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Two workshops, one journey
WORKSHOP 1 • OCT 21 • 11 AM - 12:30 PM (CENTRAL) • VIA ZOOM
Cultivating an Emotionally Healthy Team
Assess your team's emotional intelligence, master coaching conversations that unlock staff potential, and create systems that make recognition, feedback, and growth part of everyday management. You'll also start turning the lens inward — naming where you're holding too much, and where a boundary or delegated task could lighten the load.
BETWEEN SESSIONS • YOUR PERSONAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT
The Energy Leadership Index
After Workshop 1, you'll complete the Energy Leadership Index (ELI) Assessment — a 20-minute online tool that maps your energy across 7 levels, from burnt out to thriving with purpose. Unlike personality tests, it reveals what triggers you and provides strategies to consciously shift from negative to positive energy. You'll receive your personalized results the day before Workshop 2, where we'll debrief together.
Leadership by Design
WORKSHOP 2 • OCT 28 • 11 AM - 12:30 PM (CENTRAL) • VIA ZOOM
Go from reacting to daily pressures on autopilot to consciously choosing responses that serve your leadership goals. We'll apply this directly to two of the toughest challenges leaders face: delegating work you've always done yourself, and setting boundaries with people who depend on you.
Session Recordings & Course Materials
Both workshops will be recorded and available to rewatch for 30 days after the last live workshop. Each workshop also includes a digital workbook with reflection exercises, scripts, templates, and other helpful resources.
Your Investment: $247
WHO THIS IS FOR
Built for library directors & managers
If you're a public or academic library leader who feels stuck, overstretched, and a little isolated at the top — and you're ready to lead your team from a fuller, calmer place — this series was designed for you.
Hey there!
I’m Brandy Sanchez.
I'm a librarian, certified leadership coach, and founder of the SoulFire Collective. Through personalized coaching and workshops, I help library leaders develop high-performing teams while creating meaningful community impact and maintaining work-life balance.
With over 20 years of library experience, I've seen firsthand what works (and what really doesn't) in library leadership.
Since 2021, I’ve had the privilege of providing training and coaching services for staff at over 50 public, academic, and school libraries.
What You’ll Gain
DEEPER SELF AWARENESS
Understand your triggers, values, and energy patterns — and how they shape your team.
COACHING CONFIDENCE
Have harder conversations with clarity and skill, including when to escalate.
HEALTHIER TEAM CULTURE
Create environments where people feel seen, heard, and empowered to grow.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
Set limits that protect your effectiveness without the guilt.
