mBODYed Leadership Coaching
Lead with clarity, presence, and the courage to stay in your body.
THE LEADERSHIP TRUTH
Leadership is a somatic experience before it is an intellectual one.
Your body responds to pressure, conflict, visibility, and responsibility long before your mind interprets what is happening.
Most leaders are never taught to notice this—let alone lead from it.
Many leaders carry this weight alone:
holding tension in the name of responsibility
keeping the room steady at the expense of their own steadiness
navigating conflict with bracing instead of presence
speaking from exhaustion rather than clarity
leading through effort instead of coherence
This coaching offers a different way of leading.
You do not need to lead at the cost of your body.
mBODYed Leadership Coaching invites you into a form of influence shaped by nervous-system literacy, embodied communication, and systems that support human beings instead of draining them.
Your body becomes the instrument through which leadership becomes clear, relational, and sustainable.
This mentorship is for leaders who want to create environments where:
people feel safe enough to think
creativity expands rather than collapses
conflict becomes clarifying instead of destabilizing
the system follows the steadiness of the leader
Dr. Amy Hardison Tully, Dean, College of Fine Arts, Texas Christian University
“Shawn is truly the artist’s artist, and he approaches his work from the perspective of artists and their shared experiences. As an accomplished educator who transitioned from adjunct to tenured studio professor, he understands the stresses and demands of the academic environment, as well as the physical and emotional toll that the freelance hustle takes on both mind and body. This understanding, combined with his Somatic Wellness Training, provides participants with a holistic coaching experience that is relevant and applicable to artists’ professional lives and personal well-being."
Your Somatic Archetype shapes how you lead under pressure.
Each archetype reveals a unique pattern of protection:
Over Efforter leaders tighten into control
Burned Out leaders deplete themselves for others
Impostor leaders overperform to be believed
Disconnected leaders withdraw when things get intense
Seeker leaders chase solutions rather than land in clarity
Integrator leaders know the work but cannot always embody it
These patterns once protected you.
Now they may be asking to evolve.
In coaching, your archetype becomes our doorway into sustainable, embodied leadership.
What Leadership Feels Like When the Nervous System Leads
Leaders often describe:
a grounded presence, even in difficult conversations
clarity that replaces overcompensation
communication that reduces conflict
authority that does not rely on pressure
the ability to regulate while teaching, rehearsing, or mediating
boundaries that support both the leader and the system
less emotional labor and more relational ease
cultural shifts that begin with their own body
This is leadership that does not drain your life force. This is leadership that nourishes you.
Core Areas of Development
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A Six Month Executive Mentorship
Two, seventy-five minute private sessions per month
Somatic leadership assessment and archetype mapping
Personalized leadership plan
Optional shadow coaching (teaching, rehearsals, public speaking)
Between-session integration practices
Relational pacing that protects depth and reduces overwhelm
This work is not fast.
It is steady, transformative, and designed to last. -
For leaders who shape rooms, cultures, and futures.
This coaching is for ensemble directors, department chairs, senior faculty, teaching artists, arts administrators, and creative executives who:
- feel the weight of responsibility in their body
- struggle with boundaries or emotional labor
- want influence without intensity
- want steadiness during visibility
- want to reduce burnout and reactivity
- want to lead from authenticity, not performance
- want a system of care that includes themselves
If you sense this work is calling you, you are ready.
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Investment
Six months
Twelve seventy five minute sessions
Custom proposal following discovery call
Payment plans available.
This is a premium mentorship designed for depth, longevity, and systemic impact.