Demystifying Presence: Embodied Awareness Generates Inspired Action
Date and Time: May 23, 2021 from 1:00 - 2:00pm MT
Location: Virtual Program (Webinar)
Presenter: Robyn McCulloch, MS, MSC, PCC and Jennifer Reitz, MSC, PCC
This is an invitation to consider radical transformation in how you lead your life and lead others. We must cultivate and deepen our somatic intelligence for embodied use of self. In an era of transformative and traumatic disruptions, developing a centered presence is fundamental—a powerful presence invites authentic connection. Evolution requires courageously extending safety and belonging to others. The upheaval of 2020 resulted in a universal legacy of contraction, an internal shaping that fuels our reactive self. Rigorous and recurrent body-oriented practices re-shape and re-wire the triggered brain. When musculature, organs, fascial and central nervous systems reorganize, novel ways of "being" are accessed. Purposeful alignment of thoughts, words, and actions with what we care about results in palpable congruence, or trustworthiness. This allows us to focus on what matters most. Mastery in maintaining equanimity under pressure 
grows. This is the most efficacious use of self. Holding our common humanity with dignity is essential.
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Robyn McCulloch, MS, MSC, PCC, is founder and principal of The Confluence
LLC, a global boutique executive coaching and OD consulting company based
in the USA and established in 1999. Her OD career spans more than three
decades. McCulloch holds a professional commitment to cultivate enlightened
leaders through somatic transformation. She has worked effectively
in intercultural contexts in private, public, and nonprofit sectors as well as
communities in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and North, Central, and
South America. As an ICF Professional Certified Coach, her lineage includes
training at the Hudson Institute of Coaching and the Strozzi Institute for
Embodied Leadership. As an experientially-based training and development
professional, she designed and led Outward Bound courses for executives
and special populations and managed start-up adventure travel companies.
Gritty outdoor adventures from around the world infuse her with tenacity and
boldness, yielding powerful stories to illuminate leadership and team development.
Jennifer Reitz
Jennifer believes transformative leadership is crucial to address organizational challenges and create sustainable change. She is a coach, trainer, and organizational consultant with over 20 years of experience in leadership and team development, organizational change, and strategic planning. She is an ICF Professional Certified Coach by training at the Hudson Institute and as a Master Somatic Coach at the Strozzi Institute. Her extensive experience in Human Resources Leadership include ten years at Patagonia where she contributed to the design of a unique corporate culture. Her background reaches both national and international clients in a diverse set of verticals including healthcare, finance, IT, entertainment, and education.
Jennifer works with clients to increase their personal and professional satisfaction and effectiveness by bringing their actions into alignment with their deepest commitments and goals. Using sound principles and practices of adult development and somatic awareness, Jennifer enables clients to uncover and articulate their intentions, formulate goals, and coordinate more effectively in action.
Jennifer is the co-author of A Princess and Her Garden, A Fable of Awakening and Arrival.