About
Ben & Jamesa
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Jamesa is a licensed professional counselor, nationally certified therapist, and owner of Blue Lotus Counseling. With over 20 years of experience guiding emotional healing and growth, she now brings her therapeutic expertise into organizational spaces. Through her coaching, Jamesa helps leaders and teams move beyond control-based systems toward cultures rooted in emotional intelligence, connection, and care — creating environments where people feel safe enough to show up fully and thrive. Learn more about her counseling practice here.
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Ben founded the award-winning Three Trees Center for Change, known for transforming harmful behavior through evidence-based programs. For almost two decades he worked in communities and prisons to help individuals and systems become less harmful and more humane. Today, he helps organizations shift away from control-based leadership toward cultures rooted in compassion, curiosity, and courage. He is also the creator behind the popular ben the curious Instagram account.
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Together, we are Ben and Jamesa, a dynamic team dedicated to empowering individuals and workplaces to thrive, and lead with humanity in the workplace and beyond. We do this with three simple questions you can bring into every meeting, project, and conversation:
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​Compassion: “What would compassion look like right now?”
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Curiosity: “Where do I need to be more curious?”​
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Courage: “How could courage help me grow?”
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These questions guide leaders to create workplaces that are connected, inclusive, and human-centered.
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Small questions. Big impact.