101 - Foundations of Mindful Leadership

Cultivating Thriving Systems from the Inside Out

Foundations of Mindful Leadership is an online training program designed as a starting point for leaders of trauma-impacted systems, such as nonprofit directors, school leaders, helping professionals, activists, policy-makers, and even parents who are ready to disrupt harmful patterns, improve mental health, prioritize wellbeing, and lead with presence.

This introductory course is organized into 12 weekly modules that combine short lessons, links to recorded sessions, mindfulness-based practices, and reflective exercises so you can effectively integrate what you learn directly into your daily impact work.

You will:

  • Explore how stress and trauma impact systems and leadership

  • Learn moment-to-moment regulation tools for high-pressure situations

  • Practice setting and maintaining sustainable boundaries

  • Build skills for nonviolent communication and leading hard conversations

  • Develop strategies for co-regulation and fostering belonging across your teams

This is a restorative and embodied learning journey. Each module offers opportunities for reflection, professional learning, and personal renewal, with tools you can return to whenever you need support. The intention is to strengthen not only your personal wellbeing but also the care woven throughout your impact community.

Special Bonus: Your enrollment also includes a 30-minute one-on-one coaching session with Dr. Cynthia Garner. This session gives you the opportunity to receive personalized guidance, clarify how to apply course practices to your unique leadership context, and walk away with an action plan you can put into practice immediately.

Are you ready to be the kind of leader who inspires collective healing?

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12-module professional learning course for educators and counselors

•Classroom and leadership relevance

•15–20 min self-paced micro-lessons

•Secular, neuroscience-based content

•Drawn from clinical and school-based mindfulness programs

•Reduces stress, anxiety, burnout, and compassion fatigue

•Regulated teachers = Regulated classrooms

Join the Leading to Heal Mentorship and Support Community

Live online group sessions

•Coaching-based, supportive community

•Integration of mindfulness & systemic wellness

•Safe space for high-pressure leadership challenges

•Co-regulation, co-creation, and belonging

•Embodied leadership practices for sustained impact

Join the Leading to Heal Mentorship & Support Community

A Seasonal Cohort for Mindful Leaders and Educators

Leadership asks a lot of us. The pace, pressure, and constant responsibility can take a toll, even on the most dedicated among us. The Leading to Heal community offers a steady place to land—a supportive space for school leaders, educators, and impact-driven professionals to reconnect with their own wellbeing and deepen their mindfulness practice in good company.

We gather in seasonal cohorts—spring and fall—to move through the year together with intention. Each season offers time for grounding, reflection, and renewal, aligned with the natural rhythm of the school year.

What’s Included

  • Two live group sessions per month blending mindfulness, discussion, and gentle coaching

  • A supportive community of peers who understand the challenges of leading in trauma-impacted systems

  • Resources and recorded practices to help you integrate mindfulness into your daily leadership

  • Mentorship opportunities for those pursuing Leading to Heal certification

Our Shared Intentions

  • Practice embodied leadership that steadies the nervous system

  • Build community and belonging through honest, compassionate dialogue

  • Strengthen presence and attentional clarity in moments of challenge

  • Model mindful, humane leadership that ripples through your teams and communities

Seasonal Cohorts

  • Spring Cohort: February–May

  • Fall Cohort: September–December
    Each cohort is a 4-month guided journey with opportunities to pause, reflect, and renew. You’re welcome to join for one season or stay connected throughout the year.

Membership

$79 per month or $790 per year
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No pressure, no rush—just steady support for your leadership journey.

Join the Waitlist

If you’re ready to bring mindfulness into your leadership and reconnect with the deeper purpose beneath your work, you are welcome here. Sign up for the waitlist here, and we will let you know as soon as there is space available.