To the leaders who carry the weight and still choose to care,
The pressure to perform, support others, and stay grounded — often without clear tools or a roadmap.
I’ve lived that tension. It’s what led me to study how care, boundaries, and clarity shape trust. What I found is simple but powerful: when leaders express care intentionally and set boundaries clearly, trust grows. Burnout shrinks, and people thrive.
A framework for leading with both heart and structure.
If you’re here, it means you care.
Now let’s make sure that care is sustainable — both for you and for those you lead.
Warmly,
Not just a speaker. Not just a researcher.
Dr. Brooklyn Raney has spent her life studying what makes care work — but also what makes it backfire.
She asks:
Today, Brooklyn equips leaders with the tools to lead with both heart and structure. Her frameworks turn emotional labor into strategic action.
Boundaries don’t push people apart.
in leadership and learning from the University of Pennsylvania
the ABCs of Trust, Responsive Care Communication, and BASIC Needs frameworks
When she’s not speaking or facilitating, Brooklyn is most at home outdoors, in community, or in motion:
A lifelong athlete at heart, she skates when the lake freezes, hones her swing on the golf course, and chases challenge for the joy of it.
The outdoors is her refuge. Whether hiking New Hampshire’s peaks (24 down, 24 to go!) or gliding across Lake Winnipesaukee, her two dogs — Tuukka and Larry Bird — are never far behind.
Mentorship is her throughline. A Big Sister, a guide, a quiet anchor for young people finding their voice and their path.
She finds magic in live theater, especially musicals, where emotion becomes melody and stories come alive under the lights.
Connections are her compass. She is inspired and motivated by her husband, son, and all who she has the privilege of calling family and friends.
“Brooklyn Raney has awakened corporate environments to the power of The Caring Dividend. With employee engagement at the top of many leaders’ minds, authentic and reciprocal caring is essential for a healthy workplace culture. Her work provides a strategic advantage that impacts performance, retention, and recruitment.”
“Brooklyn’s courses are brilliant, engaging, and have been created with a deep understanding of the brain. The language and resources provided are the most relevant and digestible I have found to assist educators and advisors in healthy ways of using connection and relationships to prime the brain for learning.”
“Our business requires guiding individuals, families and small business through complex, often emotional decisions. Brooklyn’s work helped us translate behavioral finance into practical, human-centered actions that foster connection, clarity, and accountability.”
“Brook Raney has such a powerful way of connecting with people — her energy draws you in, and her insights just make sense. She shares real-life stories that bring her research to life, and you can tell she’s lived what she teaches.”
Whether you lead a classroom, a team, or an entire company—Brooklyn has tools to help you do it with clarity, connection, and care.
