Somatic Intelligence
Learn concrete, body-based strategies to navigate institutional friction, nurture cultures of healing, engage clearly in a crisis, and keep executive presence under pressure.
A 10-month leadership cohort
The Healing Leadership Lab
A 10-month journey for reclaiming wholeness, healing work culture, and humanizing how we lead. An intimate, cohort-based sanctuary for senior leaders, institutional changemakers, creatives, and visionary practitioners.
Reclaim your wholeness
The Reality of Leadership Burnout
Modern leadership runs in chronic overdrive. We're trained to solve complex institutional and societal problems in siloed corners, using cognitive, high-exertion strategies, often at the expense of our well-being, our creativity, and our personal values. When organizational cultures fracture, leaders are expected to hold the pieces together with no space to process their own exhaustion.
A somatic leadership development cohort. The Healing Leadership Lab is a 10-month incubator designed to break this cycle. By blending structured leadership inquiry with deep somatic practices, nervous system regulation, and creative expression, it rewires how you meet the complexities of your role.
Sustainable leadership means you will:
- Regulate your nervous system: lead through crisis from grounded presence
- Reclaim your creative edge with playful, somatic, experiential practices
- Dismantle toxic productivity and build healing-centered workplace cultures
- Cultivate human connection in a trusted peer collective
Kintsugi
Wholeness isn't flawless
Kintsugi is an ancient Japanese art of repairing pottery with golden lacquer, illuminating the fractures rather than hiding them.
It's a beautiful reminder that reclaiming our wholeness isn't about reaching a flawless state. It's about honoring and integrating our scars and lessons into a story of resilience and deep, humanized strength.
For sponsors and HR
The Strategic Investment
For leaders seeking organizational sponsorship, this program is designed to qualify for professional development funds and HR wellness allocations.
Structured Professional Development
Through a non-directive Praxis Lab protocol, gain an external advisory board of peers to solve real challenges in confidence, plus in-person workshops tailored to your needs.
Mitigation of Executive Burnout
Leadership turnover costs organizations momentum, culture and recruitment. The Lab provides the restorative structure needed to sustain high-performing leaders over the long haul.
High-Level Strategic Networking
Connect with a diverse, multi-sector cohort of seasoned leaders, creatives and builders, a cross-pollination that fosters systems thinking siloed networks can't match.
The Rhythmic Architecture
The Lab runs on a seasonal rhythm built to fit a demanding calendar. With four in-person Saturdays in Ithaca, NY, it suits leaders who can travel to the Finger Lakes periodically.
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Praxis Labs
90 minutes, virtual, 10 times (required). Embodied centering plus structured inquiry: somatic opening, a shared text, a problem-of-practice share, and somatic closing.
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Restoration Circles
90 minutes, virtual, 7 times (optional). No prep: opening poetry, a somatic awareness exercise, an open cohort check-in, and a creative processing activity.
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Seasonal Saturdays in Ithaca
Half-day intensives, in person, 4 times (required). Nature immersion, shared food, curated leadership workshops and intention-setting in the Ithaca landscape.
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Leadership Pods & Evergreen Community
Peer duos or trios meet monthly to stay accountable. Plus lasting access to a private WhatsApp community for resources and support after the 10 months end.
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Closing Ceremony
On our final Saturday, the cohort celebrates, reflects and names what's next, sharing key learnings, growth and future intentions.
Four seasons, one journey
The Generative Arc
Each season has its own focus and an in-person immersion timed to the equinox or solstice.
Autumn: The Inner Landscape
Sept–Nov. Build collective safety and norms, explore somatic baselines, and map challenges, strengths and goals. Equinox immersion: what to shed, and which hidden resources to harvest.
Winter: Deep Processing
Dec–Feb. Root into the center as complexity peaks, navigate the urgency trap, and hold space for transition and grief. Solstice immersion: visioning from rest rather than panic.
Spring: Regenerative Systems
Mar–May. Build healing cultures of wholeness, connection and care. Equinox immersion: new beginnings and creative risk, breaking gridlock with play, improv and systems thinking.
Summer: Emergence & Harvest
June. Turn the 10-month journey into long-term sustainability. Solstice Showcase: cohort presentations, concrete markers of success, action roadmaps and final peer feedback.
Program Schedule & Key Dates, 2026–2027
All virtual sessions take place on Thursdays, 12:00–1:30 PM ET. All in-person Seasonal Immersions are half-day Saturdays (10:00 AM–3:00 PM) in the Ithaca, NY landscape.
The Praxis Lab is our required collective anchor. The Restoration Circle is a drop-in sanctuary: join when your nervous system needs grounding, or when you need to step away from the noise, rest, and connect with other human beings.
Autumn: The Inner Landscape September 3, 2026 — Virtual: Praxis Lab Saturday, September 19, 2026 — In person: Autumn Equinox Immersion October 1, 2026 — Virtual: Praxis Lab October 15, 2026 — Virtual: Restoration Circle November 5, 2026 — Virtual: Praxis Lab November 19, 2026 — Virtual: Restoration Circle
Winter: Deep Processing December 3, 2026 — Virtual: Praxis Lab Saturday, December 19, 2026 — In person: Winter Solstice Immersion January 7, 2027 — Virtual: Praxis Lab January 21, 2027 — Virtual: Restoration Circle February 4, 2027 — Virtual: Praxis Lab February 25, 2027 — Virtual: Restoration Circle
Spring: Regenerative Systems March 4, 2027 — Virtual: Praxis Lab Saturday, March 20, 2027 — In person: Spring Equinox Immersion April 1, 2027 — Virtual: Praxis Lab April 15, 2027 — Virtual: Restoration Circle May 6, 2027 — Virtual: Praxis Lab May 20, 2027 — Virtual: Restoration Circle
Summer: Emergence & Harvest June 3, 2027 — Virtual: Praxis Lab Saturday, June 19, 2027 — In person: Summer Solstice Showcase & Integration
Your Investment
One tuition covers the full 10-month journey.
Full Program Tuition
$5,00010-month cohort
Payment is due in full upon acceptance. In limited cases, payment plans may be available on request.
- All monthly virtual Praxis Labs and Restoration Circles
- Four catered in-person Saturday gatherings and workshops near Ithaca
- Curated texts
- A somatic toolkit
- Welcome bag
- Access to the peer community network
Paid by your institution? An institutional invoice and W-9 are provided. A limited number of needs-based scholarships are available, first come, first served.
My Social Justice Commitment: The Access & Equity Fund
Whole Human Leadership is committed to disrupting the systemic inequities that shape who gets access to high-level professional development and healing spaces. Institutional budgets rarely extend to grassroots changemakers, independent artists, and community healers doing the vital on-the-ground work of humanizing our local ecosystems.
To honor this, I offer a limited number of Access & Equity Scholarships for practitioners who meet both of these criteria:
1. No access to institutional funding You don't have an employer, grant, or corporate budget available to sponsor your professional development.
2. Financial threshold You lack the liquid capital to comfortably afford the full tuition. As a general benchmark, this applies to people with a household income under $100k, people carrying high debt-to-income ratios, or those working in historically underfunded creative and grassroots sectors.
If you meet these criteria, please note your need on the application form. I operate on a trust-based system and don't require income verification. I simply ask that you choose this tier mindfully, so these limited seats go to those who need them most.
Questions About Attendance & Payment
Which sessions do I need to attend live?
Because the Lab relies on real-time processing, mutual witnessing, and collective trust, live attendance is expected for all Praxis Labs and in-person gatherings. Please check these dates against your personal and institutional calendars before you apply, so you can protect these blocks.
Are the Restoration Circles required?
No. Restoration Circles are optional. You're invited to join when you feel called to do some deeper work, or when your nervous system needs grounding.
Will the virtual sessions be recorded?
No. To protect the confidentiality of our container, none of the virtual sessions are recorded.
I'm worried about adding another obligation to my calendar.
Take a big, deep breath. Praxis Labs are designed to be the most spacious, engaging, and dynamic ninety minutes of your month. Come ready to put down your titles, engage your imagination, and experience a style of learning that fills your cup instead of emptying it.
Where do the in-person Saturdays take place?
The four Seasonal Saturdays are held in the Ithaca, NY landscape, 10:00 AM–3:00 PM. The program is designed for leaders who can periodically travel to the Finger Lakes region.
When is payment due?
Payment is expected in full upon acceptance. In limited cases, payment plans may be available on request.
Can my organization pay?
Yes. The program is designed to qualify for professional development funds and HR wellness allocations. If your institution pays directly, an institutional invoice and W-9 will be provided.
Are scholarships available?
A limited number of needs-based Access & Equity Scholarships are available, first come, first served. If you meet the criteria above, note your need on the application form. No income verification is required.
Founding Facilitator
Meet Your Facilitator
With over two decades of experience designing transformative learning journeys, I developed the Whole Human Leadership approach by integrating somatic wisdom, creativity, joy, community building, and nature-based approaches.
My work is dedicated to humanizing the workplace by helping visionaries move beyond cognitive burnout and reclaim their creative agency and well-being.
Ready to reclaim your wholeness?
Get in touch to learn more about the Healing Leadership Lab and inquire about joining the next cohort.