How we speak about our world makes a huge difference for how others respond to our leadership. Language is the key creative element in shaping our non-physical reality. Your capacity to bring consciousness to every word that you think and speak takes mindful communication to a realm of self-responsibility that is absolutely necessary in these critical moments of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic and global climate change. Mel Toomey began mentoring me when I joined the one-of-a-kind Master’s in Organizational Leadership program that he founded in 2001. An organizational consultant for over forty years, I relate to Mel like Luke Skywalker and Yoda, the wise elder of the Jedis.