1:1 Embodied Immersions
Transform yourself, Change the world.
An impactful, sustainable career, influential leadership, vibrant health, and a full, meaningful life; no hustle or self-sacrificing.
CAREER + leadership development for women
Make an Impact. Lead with Influence. Live with Presence.
So many women are passionate, meaningfully contributing to the world and helping create more equitable, human-centered organizations, businesses, and communities.
You're an intelligent, talented woman committed to your values and a more just world, but you're caught in an uncomfortable tension. The dominant workplace model you've inherited has a price, and you're not willing to pay.
This model requires women to push through, override their bodies, and even abandon themselves to succeed in their careers and rise in leadership roles.
You see high-potential, motivated women get stuck in survival mode, burn out, leave successful careers, or exit leadership.
You're left wondering, "Is this the only way?"
What you need is an innovative approach to career + leadership development distinctly designed for women's identities, bodies, and experiences.
Perhaps You Recognize Yourself Here
Uncertainty & Lack of Fulfillment
Unclear about your path. What's expected of you vs. your own desires.
Successful on paper, but disconnected from your vision.
Operating on autopilot with a lack of focus, passion, or creativity.
Tired But Wired
Anxious, chronically stressed, and always on, unable to turn off.
Fueled by adrenaline, in a state of constant urgency and hyper-vigilant.
Unable to relax, disconnect, or be present. Vacations don't restore you.
Overriding Your Body
Ignoring bodily signals, pushing through with willpower & discipline.
You're feeling numb, flat, or disconnected. Unmotivated or uninspired.
Irritable, easily annoyed, scattered, or depleted
Overfunctioning & Overgiving
Overcommitted. Meeting everyone else's needs, but not your own.
Showing up for your team, family, and friends while quietly resentful.
Struggling to set boundaries without guilt.
Culture & Systemic Challenges
In reactive environments with unclear, changing expectations.
Stuck in a culture rewarding overwork and compromises your integrity.
Navigating too much conflict, feeling isolated & a lack of belonging.
Physical Signals
Experiencing chronic tension, migraines, a racing heart, or gut distress.
Painful periods or irregular cycles. Low libido or loss of aliveness.
Disrupted sleep, waking at 3 am, or insomnia. Disordered eating.
you're not alone
No Hustling. no performing. no burnout
A New Paradigm
You look around at successful senior leaders and think, "I want to make a difference, but I don't want my career to consume my life or cost me my well-being."
You want your own definition of success, one that centers what matters most to you, and a career path that evolves as you do.
This means not following the status quo. And it can be challenging, but also courageous and intelligent.
Rejecting the dominant paradigm for a way that's sustainable and vital, isn't a lack of ambition; it's your body's wisdom speaking.
This Is For You If You're...
Committed to a successful, sustainable career & increasing your capacity & vitality.
Craving relationships that are deeper, reciprocal, more fulfilling, & authentic.
Wanting more self-trust, ease, & grace. Not willing to sacrifice your health or peace.
Desiring greater agency, confidence & a joyful, magnetic, influential presence.
Longing for more creativity, play, visibility, to express your voice & make social impact.
Motivated to realize your true potential, & live aligned with your purpose & values.
Fierce Heart Leadership™
Embodied. Feminine. Deeply Powerful.
You can have a purpose-aligned, impactful career AND a rich, full life, without chronic hustle, overfunctioning, or overgiving.
From Hyper-Masculine & Performing → To Flow & Authentic Expression
From Hustling & Overriding Your Body → To Expanding Capacity & True Resilience
From Survival Mode & Burnout → To Sustainable Excellence & Regeneration
You can choose a new paradigm and way of being. There is another option.
It's the Art of Embodied Feminine Leadership. It's Fierce Heart Leadership™.
1:1 Embodied Immersions
THE VITAL LEADER™
A personalized, one of a kind experience to ignite your fullest potential in your career, leadership, and life.
A co-created, client-centered, journey focusing on your intentions, desires, identities, and lived experiences.
A nurturing experience distinctively designed for women, that centers female biology and life stages such as motherhood, caregiving and (peri)menopause.
Not cookie-cutter; it's bespoke. Meeting you precisely where you are in your life, career, and leadership path.
More than insight. It's development and transformation that includes integration and embodiment into your daily life.
No linear, rigid curriculum. You won't move through this in a straight line. Rather, you'll flow and spiral because it's attuned to you.
Be fully seen and heard with compassion by a woman who has experienced leadership, motherhood, burnout, and the (peri)menopause journey herself.
Invest In Yourself
What's Included
75-minute Embodied Development Sessions with Jeannie. Three sessions a month, with one week to rest and integrate. Your rhythm is honored.
Session Container. A weaving together of somatic practices, psycho education and emergent themes. You're met with presence, depth, and heart.
Additional Support. Recommendations for additional resources, learning and support throughout your journey (i.e. books, tools).
Private Virtual Portal. Handouts, worksheets, resources, embodied writing prompts and on-demand mini-lessons. Individualized to you.
Ongoing Support & Integration. Weekly check-ins and gentle accountability to integrate and embody new patterns and ways of being.
Nervous System Mapping. Map and track your distinct female nervous system. Use trailored practices daily and as needed in the moment.
Choose Your Journey
Two Pathways
8-Week Immersion
Six 75-minute sessions
Investment
One-Time Payment or Extended Payment
Plans Available
One-Time Payment
4-Month Immersion
Twelve 75-minute sessions
Investment
One-Time Payment or Extended Payment
Plans Available
One-Time Payment
We'll explore which pathway is the best fit for your unique journey during our session.
In Their Voices
testimonials FROM AMAZING women
"Jeannie has a rare gift for knowing exactly what to say. Her kindness, compassion, wisdom, and deep understanding make you feel truly supported. She brings such a calm, heart-centered presence that you immediately feel safe, seen, and understood."
"Jeannie communicates complex nervous system science in a way that is so clear and easy to understand. Her calm and compassionate teaching style makes learning feel safe, empowering, and deeply supportive."
"The somatic practices I learned from Jeannie have been incredibly powerful. They helped calm my nervous system and even allowed me to share them with others who needed support. I’m so grateful for her guidance and the difference it has made."
MEET your guide
Hello! I'm Jeannie
I started college excited to make a meaningful difference in the world, and I did. I had a successful 25-year career in higher education where I supported thousands of students and professionals.
I was committed to my work and looked fine on the outside, but I wasn't okay.
I pushed through chronic stress, unresolved trauma, motherhood, leadership demands, and perimenopause, which led to severe burnout and a life-threatening nervous system shutdown.
My body forced me to stop and listen. When I finally did, I discovered the missing layer in career + leadership development: the female body.
That's why I created Fierce Heart Leadership™.
I spent decades ignoring my own needs, overriding my body’s signals, and treating my body as something separate from me. It wasn’t until I understood my female nervous system, befriended my body, and began revealing my True Self that I truly began to transform.
To have a sustainable career making the impact that only you can, requires a solid, steady yet flexible bedrock.
It's what the generations of women before you, including myself, weren't able to establish because we didn't know.
But you can.
I'm deeply devoted to uplifting and amplifying the next generation of women leaders. I want your journey to be different and for you to have the female-centric career + leadership blueprint I didn't.
I'm here to guide and nurture you in establishing your bedrock so you can have sustainable career excellence, contribute to a more just world, and have the full, meaningful life you desire.
Your whole self is welcome here. You don't have to do it alone. 🤎
Trauma-Trained, Female Nervous System & Somatic Practitioner, M.S. Counseling
15 years of leadership experience in a large, complex institution
30 years advising, coaching, teaching, facilitating, mentoring, & counseling
Joyful, magnetic & Radiant Leadership
Share words in a way that resonates deep within the hearts of your audience. Weave a narrative that speaks to their struggles, aspirations, and the transformative power of your creation.
Share words in a way that resonates deep within the hearts of your audience. Weave a narrative that speaks to their struggles, aspirations, and the transformative power of your creation.
Share words in a way that resonates deep within the hearts of your audience. Weave a narrative that speaks to their struggles, aspirations, and the transformative power of your creation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Questions Before You Join?
Is a 1:1 Immersion right for me if I've never done somatic or nervous system work before?
Yes, definitely. 1:1 Immersions are designed to meet you exactly where you are. You don't need any prior experience with somatic or nervous system work to benefit.
How is this different from other career + leadership development?
The Vital Leader™ is one of a kind because it focuses on the layer that most other programs leave out: the female body.
We focus on three core competencies that form the bedrock that the rest of your career, leadership, and life are created on:
1. Physiological safety. 2. Female nervous system literacy. 3. Female biological intelligence.
The entire experience has been distinctly designed for women's identities, bodies, and experiences.
This isn't a class or a group program. It's private 1:1 sessions with Jeannie and ongoing accountability, integration, and embodiment.
Can I use professional development funds for 1:1 Immersions?
Many women use professional or leadership development funds to cover their investment. A sustainable leadership presence depends on a flexible, resilient nervous system — when your system is stuck in survival mode or burnout, it affects your decision-making, presence, and capacity to lead. 1:1 Immersions are an investment in that foundation, and something you can bring back to your role, family, and community.
Is this therapy or coaching?
No. 1:1 Immersions are not talk therapy, traditional coaching, or a medical protocol. Jeannie is not a physician or licensed mental health therapist, and sessions don't provide medical diagnosis, treatment, or clinical mental health services. For medical concerns, please consult your healthcare provider.
Do I need to be pursuing a leadership role in my place of work?
No. The ability to inspire and align others is essential in every role, and at every level in workplaces, communities and organizations.
The Vital Leader is for any woman who’s interested in development and transformation that leads to a more impactful, sustainable career, influential leadership, vibrant health, and a full, meaningful life.
When does the program start?
This is a bespoke program, entirely designed for you. We start when the timing fits best for you and we'll take into account my availability. I have a small number of 1:1 Immersion clients at any given time.
How are sessions conducted?
We begin by arriving together. This might be through breath, gentle orienting, micro-movement, or a short guided practice, whatever helps you land and feel present.
From there, we meet what’s emerging with gentle, compassionate guidance.
Before we close, we anchor what’s emerged with simple, supportive practices or small changes you can gently weave into your life.
I may share resources to support you between our sessions via your online portal. These are always optional, guided by what feels supportive for you, not another “to-do” list.
Sessions are confidential and held online via Zoom. All you need is a quiet space where you feel at ease.
Within our journey and during each of the sessions, we move at your unique pace, honoring your rhythms and season of your life.
An invitation
Excited to become more Influential, joyful, & magnetic?
Let's have a real conversation about your unique career + leadership journey.
Together, we'll discuss where you are now and where you want to be. Including the dominant nervous system state you're operating from.
We'll also explore how I might specifically support you, whether 8 weeks or 4 months best facilitates your development and answer your questions.
There's no pressure, no pitch, and no commitment.
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