Stop Fighting Your Team's Behavior. Start Creating the Right Environment.

The 8-week intensive that helps you understand what's really happening with your team—so you can create the conditions where everyone performs at their best.

Tired of Leading Teams That Just Get By Instead of Excel?

You have talented people on your team. You know they're capable. But some of them just aren't performing the way you know they could. Maybe you've noticed:

Picture your Monday morning team meeting. Most of your team is engaged and contributing. But one or two people seem absent—eyes down, minimal participation, only safe responses when pressed. You've tried clearer expectations, more check-ins, direct feedback. Nothing changes. Or worse, they shut down even more.

You suspect something deeper is going on. But your leadership training never taught you how to support someone struggling in ways that don't respond to traditional management. So you're guessing, trying the same tactics, watching them continue to underperform.

The frustrating part? You can see their potential. But you don't know how to create the conditions where they can actually bring it forward.

What If Your Team Could Thrive While You Lead with Less Stress?

Imagine walking into your next team meeting and feeling the energy in the room - people leaning in, building on each other's ideas, taking ownership of challenges, and coming to you with solutions, not just problems.

Picture this transformation:

  • Team members proactively sharing innovative ideas without fear of judgment

  • Difficult conversations that strengthen relationships instead of creating tension

  • People supporting each other through challenges while maintaining high standards

  • A workplace culture where psychological safety and peak performance go hand in hand

  • You leading with confidence, knowing you're creating lasting positive impact

This isn't wishful thinking. It's the natural result of trauma-informed leadership - an approach backed by neuroscience and proven in organizations worldwide.

Traditional leadership training focuses on what to do, but ignores the fundamental truth about human performance: People excel when they feel psychologically safe, valued, and connected to meaningful work.

The research is clear:

Why Most Leadership Approaches Leave You Exhausted

76%

higher engagement in psychologically safe teams

47%

increase in team performance

27%

reduction in turnover

Yet most leaders were never taught how to create these conditions. Instead, they default to command-and-control methods that worked in the past but leave today's teams feeling micromanaged and uninspired.

Introducing The Empowered Leader Intensive: Leading at the Nervous System Level

The only online leadership program that teaches you to lead at the nervous system level - combining cutting-edge neuroscience with practical tools you can implement immediately. Designed specifically for leaders who want to create high-functioning teams without burning themselves out.

This isn't another generic leadership course. This is a comprehensive 8-week transformation designed for leaders ready to:

  • Build psychologically safe environments where innovation thrives

  • Master emotional intelligence and presence under pressure

  • Navigate difficult conversations with skill and compassion

  • Create sustainable systems that support both performance and wellbeing

  • Lead through change and uncertainty with confidence

What Makes This Program Different

🤝 Personal Coaching Every Step of the Way

Unlike self-paced courses, you get dedicated one-on-one coaching calls each week to ensure you're applying concepts effectively to your unique leadership challenges.

🧠 Research-Backed Framework

Built on the latest neuroscience and organizational psychology research, not outdated management theories.

🌟 Peer Learning & Accountability

Connect with other progressive leaders in live sessions, plus get matched with a peer coaching partner for ongoing support.

⚡ Immediate Implementation with Support

Every session includes practical tools you can use right away, plus coaching support to navigate any obstacles you encounter.

🔄 Sustainable Systems Focus

Your coach helps you create lasting change through systems and habits, ensuring concepts stick long after the program ends.

🧭 The 4 Capacities Framework

Master the framework that takes you from recognizing what's happening to redesigning your team culture—building the skills and systems for lasting transformation.

🎯 Practice Labs Where You Build Real Skills

Practice difficult conversations and real team scenarios with peer support before using them with your actual team. When challenging moments arrive, you'll be ready—you've already rehearsed it.

Meet Your Guide: Leading from Understanding

The most powerful leadership transformations happen when we understand both perspectives—what it’s like to need psychological safety and what it takes to create it.
— Cyndi Bennett, Trauma-Informed Leadership Expert

I didn't choose trauma-informed leadership as a specialty because it seemed interesting. I chose it because I've lived both sides of this story.

As a trauma survivor, I know what it's like to navigate workplace environments that weren't designed with psychological safety in mind—showing up as a high-functioning professional while managing challenges that remained invisible to traditional leadership approaches.

As a leader, I've experienced the frustration of watching talented team members struggle, knowing that conventional management wisdom wasn't equipped to help them thrive, and searching for better approaches that honored their humanity.

That search led me to develop the frameworks, tools, and practices you'll learn in this intensive—each one informed by neuroscience, tested in real organizational settings, and refined through the unique lens of understanding both what creates safety and what breaks it.

When you work with me, you're not just getting certified training. You're learning from someone who has sat in both chairs and knows what actually works.

Be Part of the Founding Cohort

This is the pilot launch of The Empowered Leader Intensive—which means you have a rare opportunity to be among the first leaders to experience this approach.
Business professionals sitting at a large conference table with their laptops

Why join a pilot cohort?

Because the most transformational movements are built by early adopters who see the potential before everyone else does. This founding cohort will receive:


✨ The most personalized attention possible

With only 15 participants and bi-weekly individual coaching, you'll get tailored support that won't be available at this level in future cohorts

✨ Direct influence on program evolution

Your feedback will shape how this intensive develops, ensuring it addresses what leaders actually need

Pilot pricing ($500 below future rates), lifetime access to all program updates, priority placement in our private community, and first access to advanced programs

✨ Founding member benefits


Your optional participation in case studies and success stories will help future leaders discover this work (we'll only share what you're comfortable with)

✨ A chance to pay it forward


The trade-off?

You won't see pages of testimonials from previous participants—because you'll be creating them. You're pioneering an approach to leadership that prioritizes nervous system regulation, psychological safety, and sustainable high performance.

If you're someone who values being at the forefront rather than waiting for proof, this is your moment.


What Leaders Are Discovering About Trauma-Informed Leadership

Leaders who've begun implementing these research-backed approaches are experiencing remarkable shifts:

💡 From Status Updates to Innovation

Team meetings transform when psychological safety exists. Research shows teams with psychological safety see 67% more breakthrough innovations—because people stop playing it safe and start bringing their best ideas forward.

🎯 From Confusion to Clarity

Instead of guessing why team members are disengaged or conflicts keep arising, these frameworks help you recognize the predictable patterns driving team dynamics—turning reactive management into proactive leadership.


📈 Small Practices, Significant Results

Leaders implementing these specific, learnable frameworks report measurable improvements in team innovation, engagement, and retention—with 27% lower turnover in psychologically safe environments.

⚖️ Both Empathetic AND High-Performing

Trauma-informed leadership isn't about lowering expectations. It's about creating conditions where psychological safety and accountability work together to drive exceptional results—teams with these practices show 47% higher performance.


Everything You Get

🎯 The Empowered Leader Journey

8 Weekly 90-Minute Live Group Sessions

Master the complete framework through interactive learning and real-world practice. Each session includes grounding practices and exercises you can use with your team that same week.

12+ hours of live training


💼 Your Personal Empowerment Lab

Bi-Weekly 30-Minute Individual Coaching Calls

Get personalized support for your specific team challenges. Prepare for difficult conversations, troubleshoot obstacles, and ensure your transformation sticks.

4+ hours of one-on-one coaching (pre-program + 4 calls)


🤝 Practice Before Performance

Weekly Peer Leadership Labs

Rehearse difficult conversations and work through real scenarios in a safe environment. Build confidence before using new skills with your actual team.

Where theory becomes muscle memory

PLUS These Exclusive Bonuses

(worth over $1,700)


🎁 BONUS #1: Momentum Beyond the Program

2 Group Coaching Calls (30-day and 90-day follow-up)

Get support exactly when you need it most—during the critical implementation phase. Troubleshoot challenges and ensure your new approaches become lasting habits.

Value: $400

🎁 BONUS #2: Your Leadership Command Center

Comprehensive Digital Workbook

Access all frameworks, assessment tools, and conversation guides in one organized resource. Find the exact tool you need when a team member is struggling or a conflict emerges.

Value: $500

🎁 BONUS #3: Your Ongoing Growth Library

Curated Leadership Resources (Lifetime Access)

Continue growing with carefully selected books, articles, and frameworks for complex conflicts, organizational change, and high-stakes conversations.

Value: $300

🎁 BONUS #4: Private Leader Community

With Quarterly Refresher Sessions

Connect with leaders who understand your challenges. Share resources, get support, and join quarterly sessions to deepen your practice.

Value: $500



Who This Program Is For

This intensive is perfect for you if:

  • You're a team leader, manager, or executive who wants to move beyond command-and-control approaches to lead at the nervous system level

  • You work with team members who've experienced challenging life circumstances, you're a leader with lived experience yourself, or you simply want to create psychologically safe teams where everyone can thrive

  • You believe that people perform best when they feel psychologically safe, valued, and connected to meaningful work

  • You're committed to creating inclusive environments where diverse perspectives and nervous systems can flourish

  • You want practical tools and frameworks grounded in neuroscience, not just theory

  • You're ready to invest time and energy in becoming the leader your team deserves

This program is NOT for you if:

  • You're looking for quick fixes or magic bullets

  • You prefer traditional, hierarchical management styles

  • You're not willing to examine and potentially change your current approaches

  • You can't commit to attending live sessions and completing exercises

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Most leadership training focuses on task management and processes. This intensive teaches you to lead at the nervous system level—understanding and working with how humans actually function under stress. Plus, you get bi-weekly individual coaching calls to ensure you're applying concepts to your unique team challenges, not just learning theory.

  • All sessions are recorded and available for 90 days. However, the real transformation happens in the live practice labs and peer interactions, so we strongly encourage live attendance whenever possible.

  • The nervous system principles we teach are universal—they work whether you're leading a tech team, healthcare workers, nonprofit staff, or any other group. The program is designed for leaders managing teams of 3-50 people, though the principles scale.

  • You don't need organizational buy-in to start leading differently. Many participants begin by transforming their own team dynamics, which creates visible results that naturally gain support. We'll coach you on how to introduce these concepts in ways that resonate with your organizational culture.

  • The program requires 90 minutes per week for group sessions, plus 30 minutes every other week for individual coaching, and time for peer practice. Most leaders find that the time invested actually reduces their overall stress by helping them lead more effectively—you'll spend less time firefighting and more time on strategic work.

  • You'll have access to all resources for life, plus two post-program coaching calls (at 30 and 90 days) and quarterly refresher sessions. You'll also join our private community of trauma-informed leaders for ongoing support.

  • Yes! We offer a 14-Day Leadership Confidence Guarantee. If you don't feel more equipped to lead at the nervous system level and create psychological safety for your team, you'll get a full refund. No questions asked.

Your Investment

Let's talk about what poor leadership costs you:

  • Low engagement costs organizations $300+ billion annually in the US alone

  • The average cost of replacing one employee is $15,000+

  • Poor leadership is the #1 reason people leave their jobs

  • Burnout-related healthcare costs are estimated at $125-190 billion per year

If this program helps you retain just one valuable team member, prevent one case of burnout, or increase your team's performance by even 10%, it pays for itself many times over.

🎁 EARLY BIRD FOUNDING MEMBER BONUS 🎁

Enroll by February 23rd at 11:59 pm ET and receive:

Pre-Program Strategy Session

45-minute intensive planning call ($297 value)

Before the program officially begins, we'll meet one-on-one to:

  • Assess your current team dynamics and biggest challenges

  • Identify your specific goals for the 8 weeks

  • Create a customized roadmap for maximum transformation

  • Answer any questions about how to get the most from the intensive

This head start means you'll enter Week 1 with clarity, focus, and a personalized action plan—while other participants are just getting oriented.

⏰ Deadline: February 23rd, 11:59 pm ET
Available only to the first 5 enrollees.

$2,497

Flexible Payment Options:

  • Pay-in-Full: $2,497 (save $497)

  • 2-Payment Plan: $1,497 × 2 payments

That's less than $312 per week for a complete leadership transformation that will benefit you and your teams for years to come.

🚨 LIMITED TO 15 PARTICIPANTS ONLY 🚨

To ensure personalized attention and meaningful peer connections, each cohort is strictly limited to 15 leaders.

Next Cohort Starts: March 7, 2026

Application Deadline: February 28, 2026

When these spots are filled, the next available program won't begin for 3 months.

Your Risk-Free Investment

14-Day Leadership Confidence Guarantee

I want you to feel 100% confident in your trauma-informed leadership abilities. Enroll in the Trauma-Informed Leadership Intensive risk-free. If you don't feel more equipped to lead at the nervous system level and create psychological safety for your team within the first 14 days, you'll get a full refund. No questions asked.

P.S.

Still on the fence? Consider this: The average leader spends 23% of their waking hours dealing with conflict and team dysfunction. That's over 2 hours every single day.

What would you do with those 2+ hours back? What could your team accomplish if they were truly engaged and collaborative?

This is also the pilot launch—which means you're getting founding member pricing that won't be available once we have proven results and testimonials from this cohort. Early adopters always get the best deal and the most personalized attention.

The question isn't whether you can afford this investment. The question is: Can you afford not to make it?