What if the most powerful investment you can make in your practice starts with how you show up each day?

At WALC this year, mindfulness expert and leadership coach Tessa Todd Morgan, founder of TRIESSENCE, will reveal how making mindfulness a part of your daily rhythm can elevate every interaction you have with patients and your team members.

Real life, real results

As a med spa owner or senior provider, your days move fast: fast decisions, high expectations, constant multitasking. There’s always a compliance curveball, an anxious patient, a staffing puzzle, and a million micro-decisions that quietly determine your practice’s reputation.

This is where mindful leadership brings the difference your patients and team can feel.

• Patients sense it: When their provider listens with genuine presence, sets a calm tone, and responds to their fears or questions, trust deepens. Outcomes improve. Patient loyalty grows, because they know they are truly cared for.
• Your team feels it: A mindful leader turns daily chaos into clear-eyed encouragement. Meetings stay purposeful. Feedback becomes thoughtful. Your staff feels seen and heard, and their focus and buy-in sharpen as a result.

Why mindfulness now?

Medical aesthetics rewards high-performers, but the pace and pressure can take their toll. Mindfulness helps you direct your energy, attention, and empathy to what matters in the moment. The research is clear: leaders who practice mindfulness report less stress, make better decisions under pressure, and foster a stronger, more loyal team culture. By leading with intention and resilience, you become the calm center of a busy clinic, inspiring your team and elevating your standard of care for every patient who walks through your door.

Mindfulness training can increase emotional intelligence in nurse leaders, helping them lead with greater empathy and clarity under pressure. For clinical staff, a systematic review showed that mindfulness programs reduce burnout and stress, boost employee well-being and thus protect the quality of patient care. Leaders who practice mindful communication foster psychological safety in their teams, creating an environment where staff feel safe to speak up about patient concerns and operational issues. Jump start or refresh your mindfulness practice, then take those insights back to your team for stronger retention, a healthy atmosphere and a more resilient business.

What does mindfulness look like for the med spa leader?

For many at the top of their field, mindfulness is a subtle shift that shows up throughout the day:

• In the way you enter the clinic with composure and clarity, setting the tone before the first patient arrives.
• In the confidence and genuine empathy you bring to tense patient discussions or business decisions.
• In your ability to encourage creative thinking and quick recovery after setbacks, modeling for your team that composure is a strength.
• In your capacity to be fully present in staff meetings, even when your inbox is overflowing.

When you lead with mindful presence, you create a practice that feels safer, more welcoming and more inspired.

Explore mindful leadership at WALC

Tessa Todd Morgan is a mindfulness expert, personal growth coach and accredited trainer in emotional intelligence. As the founder and CEO of TRIESSENCE, Todd Morgan has coached thousands of individuals and organizations to achieve a balance of physical, mental and spiritual wellness. 

Leading from Within: Mastering Self Through Mindfulness
Get ready to take a mindfulness journey within to discover what’s missing and what might be holding you back from living life to your fullest potential. This interactive session will walk you through the tools and techniques you need to live a more productive life, while staying calm on the inside. Tessa Todd Morgan will help you Find Your Triessence in order to better care for yourself physically, mentally and spiritually. Think self leadership and emotional Intelligence.

Staying the Course: Making Mindful Leadership a Daily Practice
Now that you have the tools to live life to the fullest, how do you make sure it comes to fruition? We can hear things and want to make changes, but, can easily slip back into busy mode and let life get in the way. We will discuss the three things to make sure our TRIESSENCE sticks and come up with a Plan of Action to walk away with and start using right away.

Attend this one-of-a-kind leadership retreat to engage in holistic self care, find inspiration from high-powered women in the aesthetic community, and leave reenergized to reach the next milestone in your journey. 

Learn more and register for the Women in Aesthetics Leadership Conference, October 3 – 5, 2025 at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.