Helping heart-centered women bring their full selves to the people and causes they care about so that they can emerge as leaders in their own right
Embodiment
Embodiment is a form of intelligence that involves our entire being as well as concrete skillsets such as mindfulness, body awareness, self-reflection, self-regulation, empathy, compassion, and leadership. It is one of the ways I can help you to fully integrate your learning, insights, and experience from my coaching sessions and workshops. Examples of embodiment practices I use include body scan, breath work, walking meditation, Hatha yoga, and conscious dancing.
Awareness-Based Systems Change
Awareness-based systems change is an action research approach to transformation that considers systems change from the view of evolving consciousness. It is an emergent cross-sectoral, inter- and transdisciplinary field focused on the process of co-inquiry into the deep structures, or interiority, of social systems—what we call social fields—in order to see, sense and shift them toward greater collective well-being. Through its focus on social fields, awareness-based systems change approaches shine a light on the less visible dimensions of social and relational reality creation: the dynamics, processes and particularly the levels of awareness that underlie and shape individual and collective behavior.
Expressive Arts
Sometimes the mind alone cannot make the shifts or come up with questions or answers. So, I rely on expressive arts therapy techniques. I combine psychology and creative processes and guide clients in exploring their inner world through pictures, sounds, imagery, inquiry, storytelling, dance, music, drama, poetry, movement, or visual arts in an integrated way, to facilitate self-discovery and insights.
Positive Intelligence®
Most attempts at positive change fail because we stop at insight and don’t build habits. Sustained change towards a more positive mind requires going to the root of our challenges and laying down neural pathways to form new habits through consistent daily practice. All of us have an inner judge and inner critics, the voices in our head that generate negative emotions in the way we handle life’s everyday challenges. I am a PQ® Coach, trained in the Positive Intelligence® operating system. I am qualified to guide you through the PQ® Program should you be interested specifically in this approach.
While I have my own frameworks and methodology, my approach is guided by my values of compassion, collaboration, and courage.
I will meet you where you're at. I will customize my approach to best respond to your needs, goal, and desired results, and to ensure that you feel supported throughout your journey with me.
Together, we'll identify the approach that resonates with you and develop a strategy towards realizing your vision of success.
Passionate and skilled to help you
I have 30+ combined years of training and experience related to the development of people and organizations.
Some of my training:
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Master of Arts in Professional Communication, Royal Roads University
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Master of Arts in Transformative Leadership, Saint Paul University
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Certified Transformation Life Coach
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Positive Intelligence®️ Coach
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Certified Hatha Yoga Teacher
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Adult and Learning-Centered Pedagogies
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Dialogue Education
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Group Facilitation
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Expressive Arts Facilitator
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Certified Reflexology Therapist
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Insight Meditation (Vipassana) Practitioner
"Our leadership begins the moment we become aware of who we really are and how we carry ourselves in relation to others in the spaces we occupy."
Avegaile Calzado