Executive Coach · Author · Economist

Rosalinda
Torres Arroyo

ACTP Certified · MBA · Palma de Mallorca

I wrote a leadership book.
Then I wrote the same idea
as a children's book.

My ten-year-old understood it first.

What this work is about

We are always acting from a state.

The autopilot acts.
Presence acts too.
One moves from pattern.
The other moves from awareness.

The state from which we act shapes the world we experience.

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"It's not about certainty.
It's about remaining available
while reality unfolds."

"The pause is not withdrawal.
It is preparation for
clearer participation."

"The quality of attention
changes the quality
of response."

Two books. One practice.

Leadership · Neuroscience

The Space Between

The Intelligence of Presence

A field guide for leaders navigating uncertainty. Built on neuroscience, fifteen years of coaching, and one trainable truth: the half-second before you react is where everything changes.

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For ages 4–9 · and their adults

All the Ways to Eat a Tangerine

A Practice of Presence in Everyday Life

The same idea, illustrated. Written for a child — which turned out to be the clearest explanation of Presence Intelligence I've ever found. Inspired by an afternoon with my daughter Lucía.

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The ideas, made playful

The same neuroscience — Default Mode Network, analysis as avoidance, the loop — drawn as a conversation between an avocado and a chili pepper. Because sometimes the clearest mirror is the funniest one.

The Default Mode Network — in action

Same practice.
Different
entry point.
Both real.

The river doesn't force its way through rock. It stays in contact with it. Works with it. Finds the way through. Not despite the obstacle. With it. We are made of the same intelligence.

Presence Intelligence is not a technique. It's not a state of permanent calm. It is the capacity to notice what's actually happening — in you, and around you — before the autopilot takes over.

Presence does not make life predictable. It makes us more able to meet it.

This work is for you
if you recognize this

You know what you value. You just can't always find it when you need it.
You lead well on paper. Something still feels misaligned.
You keep having the same conversation — with your team, or with yourself.
You're waiting for clarity before you move. You've been waiting a while.
You're building something that matters. The pace is costing you something real.
You want to be more present. You're not sure what that means in practice.

The problem is rarely a lack of intelligence, effort, or intention.
It's that most leadership systems are designed for logic —
and humans don't run on logic alone.

"I help people find the space — between the stimulus and the response, between the question and the answer, between who they've been and who they're becoming." — Rosalinda Torres Arroyo

About

I'm an ACTP Certified Executive Coach, MBA, and economist. I've worked with leaders across three continents — in boardrooms, startups, luxury hospitality, and everything in between — for fifteen years.

My work is grounded in neuroscience and in the conviction that the most important shift a leader can make is not strategic. It's relational — with themselves first, then with everyone else.

I live in Palma de Mallorca with my daughter Lucía, who is my Chief Inspirational Officer and the reason both of these books exist.

ACTP Certified Executive Coach MBA · Economist Presence Intelligence™ Framework Based in Palma de Mallorca

Notes on Presence Intelligence

Reflections on Presence Intelligence.

Designed for clarity, not noise.

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The river doesn't force its way through rock. It stays in contact with it. Works with it. Finds the way through. We are made of the same intelligence.

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I work with a small number of leaders at a time. No intake form. No script. Just an honest conversation about where you are and whether I can actually help.

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