Cultivate Your Influence and Impact as a Human-Hearted Leader

Through my coaching and writing, I share strategies to help you courageously stand up for what you know is right, support a common humanity of dignity and equity, and share your unique wisdom with those who need it most.

In my writings, you’ll discover how to: Embrace your role as a thought leader and advocate for change; define your core message and align it with your values; develop tools and a mindset to lead with clarity, compassion, and purpose, and; prioritize your self-CARE and well-being.

Whether you’re just starting to make a difference or refining your leadership approach, my ideas will help you navigate your path to meaningful, transformational impact with compassion and integrity.

If you’re a Thought Leader or LGBTQ+ Change Maker, you may feel stuck or overwhelmed by fully embracing your role as a thought leader or advocate for change and standing up for what you believe is right and ethical.

Maybe you're struggling to commit to one core message and method, or you're looking for a way to truly stand out as a powerful and impactful leader in your field. Perhaps you feel unseen, unheard, or even misunderstood.

Occasionally, it feels like you're trying to do too much—juggling multiple causes, constantly switching up your approach, or changing your focus. That can leave you feeling scattered, with your energy and impact diluted. I get it—you’re driven by a deep desire to help others and create positive change.

You also desire clarity, focus, and a clear path forward that aligns your efforts with the greater good in your life, advocacy, business, or organization.

This Is What I Believe

Your wisdom, leadership, and guidance are exactly what someone needs right now—so don’t hold back! Every time you stand up for what’s right—thinking critically, leading with integrity, and cultivating dignity—you create real change and advance equity for our common humanity.

If you don’t know what you stand for, you won’t have a leg to stand on...

As a Leadership Coach, my work is informed and inspired by the ethical leaders and LGBTQ+ change-makers—like you—who think critically, lead with integrity, and actively cultivate dignity and equity for our common humanity.

As a queer-identified gay man, I feel an affinity and connection with other creators, change-makers, and leaders who want to make the world less contentious, more understanding, and accepting. I understand the fear, doubt, over-thinking, and overwhelm of being a creative entrepreneur, a social change advocate, and someone who has lived on the margins.

As a writer, I've published over 700 articles and counting.

From lived experience and research I’ve written about: Fitness, health, wellness, and well-being; Nutrition, cooking, and meal planning; Practical personal transformation based on neuroscience; Personal productivity, critical thinking, and creativity; and LGBTQ+ social justice and human rights issues.

I now focus on sharing my ideas and philosophy about leadership, morality, ethics, well-being, and a common humanity based on the wisdom of the Tao Te Ching, the neuroscience of behavioural change, and queer theory to help you deconstruct, recognize, and transcend socially imposed norms.

My top article of all time, "The Internalized Homophobia Of 'Straight-Acting' Gay Men" has received over 43,000 views. My second most-read article, "The Good Old Days of Meeting Men for Sex at a Gay Bar," has had over 20,000 views.

As a podcaster, I created Think Queerly, a show that explored LGBTQ+ history, social change, and political issues that ran for over four years and produced almost 250 episodes. My current podcast is called The Changemaker’s Compass: Guiding Human-Hearted Leaders.

You can read my complete biography on my website at DarrenStehle.com.