I help those in high-stakes leadership positions better manage their emotions to be more effective in high-pressure situations & high-impact relationship building.
Beginning March 2025, I will be available for talks.
In September 2024, I gave a workshop-style talk to a group of 25-30 senior-level government bureaucrats at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Agribusiness (in Ontario, Canada) entitled, “An Introduction to Mindfulness”.If you would like to inquire about booking me for your event, please email [email protected] with your event details and objectives. We can then schedule a time to discuss if/how I might be able to help.
Becoming more effective in high-stakes situations rarely requires doing more. In fact, becoming more effective in high-stakes situations is often the result of surrender, not pursuit.
I help those in high-stakes leadership positions better manage their emotions to improve performance, enhance effectiveness, and make a greater impact. Grounded in principles from Eastern spiritual philosophy and practice, my approach centres on cultivating inner calm, clarity, resilience, emotional intelligence, and self-awareness—enabling leaders to excel in high-pressure environments, critical decision-making, and complex relationship-building situations. These qualities empower leaders across industries to address the complex challenges that accompany their leadership responsibilities, including high-stakes decision-making, navigating intricate relationships, and driving innovation—and end cycles of ineffective decision-making—fostering sustainable growth and success.
Many leaders grapple with stress that undermines their effectiveness, which leads to suboptimal outcomes. They’re often entangled in reactive modes of operation —managing low-impact tasks—which hinders them from leveraging their unique capabilities for maximum impact. Instead of leading with confidence, they feel overwhelmed and scattered, limiting their capacity to shape strategy, solve complex challenges, foster innovation, and build stronger relationships. This reactive approach not only wastes time and resources on solutions that don’t address root causes, but also perpetuates cycles of ineffective decision-making, impeding real progress, and affecting personal well-being.
By focusing on better managing their emotions and self-awareness—cultivating inner calm and resilience—they achieve heightened clarity and awareness (of themselves and their organizations), deeper presence, and enhanced emotional flexibility and intelligence. These qualities empower leaders to leverage their strengths (and develop relevant capabilities) to shape effective strategy, make sharper (and more insightful) decisions, solve complex challenges, drive innovation (especially in times of volatility), and empower their teams—ultimately making them more effective and valuable.
My services may be best suited to your needs if you experience one/more of the following:
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Your anxieties are affecting your productivity, decision-making, cognitive functioning (in high-pressure environments), problem-solving, time management, etc., hindering your ability to be most effective in high-pressure environments and situations. You struggle to maintain focus and productivity under pressure, hindering your performance, decision-making, and effectiveness. You want to enhance your ability to make clear, effective decisions, even in high-pressure environments and situations.
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You are unhappy about the way(s) you react to stressful thoughts and feelings. You are unhappy with your emotional responses to feedback/criticism and failure/setbacks (and want to develop a “growth mindset” and/or emotional resilience and adaptability in the face of setbacks).
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You need to stay calm and composed during (internal and external) high-stakes discussions and negotiations, including challenging conversations or conflicts with stakeholders, colleagues, employees, clients, etc.
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You’re missing opportunities because of stress and anxiety: you question your own competence and you sometimes don’t trust (and are frustrated with) yourself. You feel stuck in cycles of anxiety, self-sabotage and (sometimes debilitating) self-doubt.
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Your anxieties are affecting your personal, and/or professional relationships. Interpersonal conflict leads to excessive irritability, impacting your ability to connect professionally (e.g., networking, delegation, or management, etc.) or personally (feelings of disconnection, isolation, and poor work-life balance, etc.).
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You want to enhance your emotional intelligence so you can understand, manage, and motivate/inspire your team, so you can foster a collaborative and innovative environment.
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You are tired of the feelings associated with dealing with unpredictability. You often feel that you could succeed if only you had more information about the future. You want to be more flexible so that you can navigate uncertainty and change with resilience and innovation. You want to be able to handle problems calmly and decisively (minimizing disruptions).
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You’ve solved some of the material problems that you assumed were causing your anxiety, only to realize that solving them didn’t produce the relief you were expecting. Now, you want clarity in yourself about how to move forward in a way that allows you to feel grounded, that you’re living a meaningful life, and which allows you to continue to lead at a high level without burning out.
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You know you need something deeper than “anxiety hacks”, and want a comprehensive and holistic approach to managing your emotions (without sacrificing productivity), and are ready to confront your anxieties rather than being stuck in an endless cycle (and bearing the consequences) of trying to “eliminate” or run from them.
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Stress management techniques have been ineffective. In fact, the very attempt to reduce stress seems to be producing more stress rather than producing stress relief. You need a personalized plan that helps you address how stress/anxiety is functioning in your life.
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You prioritize confidentiality and want to maintain your dignity as you confront your struggles.
Unsure if my services align with your needs and objectives?
Schedule a complimentary Clarity Call.