by Stacy Feiner
At the inaugural THRIVE: Women, Wealth & Wellness event hosted by Opal Group, we explored a fundamental truth that too many high-achieving women overlook: Personal health is inseparable from relational health.
While we invest heavily in nutrition, movement, and mindfulness, unresolved conflicts within our families, companies, and family offices can undermine even our best self-care efforts. When relationships are strained and there’s no clear path forward, personal wellbeing becomes nearly impossible to sustain.
The breakthrough insight? Not every relationship can be repaired, but many relational conflicts can be neutralized. And others are absolutely worth a second chance.
I was honored to join the panel on “Wellness Strategies for Women Leading at the Top,” where we moved beyond survival mode to explore something revolutionary: redesigning leadership through women’s psychology. We’re not just trying to endure high performance—we are creating leadership approaches that regenerate energy, fuel clarity, and expand possibilities for ourselves and the systems we influence.
This represents an evolution to what I call The Sixth Level of leadership, where we embrace an Ethic of Care and leave command-and-control models behind. We’re making wellbeing the engine of executive impact, not an afterthought.
Grateful to share this transformative conversation with fellow panelists Keara Sauber, Patricia Silverstein, and Po-Hong Yu.
The message that resonated most: Just because you haven’t found a solution yet doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Sometimes the path forward requires reimagining leadership itself.