Holding Your Centre
The Art of Embodied Presence
We’ll explore practices and tools designed to cultivate embodied presence and build the inner resources you need to respond to the challenges you face as a leader.
This workshop isn’t currently scheduled yet, but you can leave your email here so you’ll be the first to know when it’s offered.
The Problem to Solve
The unique challenges women face in leadership
When we ask female leaders about their toughest moments, they tell us about the time they were talked over in a meeting and couldn’t find the words to respond, or when they felt so angry they couldn’t sleep after unfair feedback from their manager, or feeling permanently overwhelmed because they have to say yes to every demand.
These demonstrate the different ways our nervous system responds to stress and threat, which research now shows are far more complex than just ‘fight or flight’.
Women’s nervous systems are uniquely affected by stress at work because we’re navigating biases, expectations and barriers that undermine our sense of worth, belonging and potential. They tell us that we need to be more, do more, and constantly say yes to others rather than tend to our own needs, to prove ourselves.
Breaking free from survival mode
Over time, this high-stress state can start to feel like our normal baseline – we end up in ‘survival mode’ most of the time. Tuning into our nervous system responses and learning to regulate them is the crucial first step of reclaiming our sense of agency, clarity, and choice as leaders.
Cultivating embodied presence
Cultivating ‘embodied presence’ – our ability to sense, interpret and respond to the signals our body sends us – is the foundation for better nervous system regulation.
It's the first pillar of what we call ‘feminine-centered leadership,’ a new model designed with women’s needs and experience at its heart.
What does this mean for you as a leader?
Research shows that a better regulated nervous system means:
More CLARITY in your decisions
Greater CAPACITY for being with discomfort and being resilient in the face of uncertainty
Greater CREATIVITY and problem-solving
More CALM and COURAGE to face difficult conversations with colleagues
More ENERGY and less likelihood of burnout
Higher EMPATHY without being overburdened by emotional load
What to expect in this workshop
Delve into the ways that women’s nervous systems are uniquely affected by bias and systemic barriers in the workplace and explain the impact on their leadership potential and performance.
Give you hands on attention and support in a small group setting (max. 16 participants).
Help you to make sense of your nervous system responses to stress, and how they influence your thoughts, emotions and behaviours.
Introduce you to a supportive community of amazing women leaders.
Develop your ability to sense and interpret your body’s sensations as important signals that indicate how you’re responding to threat / stress / challenge.
Give you practical tools to regulate your nervous system and build your resilience.
Who is it for?
Women leaders in the public, private and NGO spheres who want to…
Deepen their insight and understanding of themselves
Address root causes of their challenges and achieve long term sustainable change
Achieve greater calm, clarity and take ownership of their responses
Women who want to lead authentically and align with their values
This workshop isn’t currently scheduled yet, but you can leave your email here so you’ll be the first to know when it’s offered.