Council & Counsel
A wise voice for leaders who carry the weight of decisions that shape others.
"As I embrace my soul-centric self, divine grace flows through me assisting leaders calling forth a new world."
For whom
For CEOs, directors, and senior leaders who have arrived at the question that often comes mid-career: what now?
Not what’s next on the calendar. What now, in a deeper sense. About the work itself. About the direction of the organization. About what wants to emerge through your leadership in this moment of history.
For leaders who don’t need another coach with a method. Who need someone to think alongside them. Someone with no stake in the outcome other than the truth of what wants to come forward.
What this is
There is a role that modern organizations have largely forgotten. The role of the elder. Not the manager who organizes, not the coach who methodically guides, but the older voice who has walked the territory and brings something to the room simply by being present.
In older traditions, leaders sought out elders not for answers, but for the quality of attention they offered. An elder asks the question that the leader has not yet dared to ask herself. An elder holds the long view when everything around demands the short.
I offer this presence to a small number of leaders each year. Not as ongoing coaching. Not as consulting with deliverables. As a kind of periodic counsel that creates space for thinking that does not happen in your usual rooms.
We meet because something pulls at you. A decision that feels heavier than its surface. A direction that no longer fits but cannot yet be named. A growing sense that the work asks more of you than your current frameworks allow.
We sit together. We walk. We speak, and we are silent. What emerges, emerges. I bring four decades of working with leaders, three months of complete silence, ocean crossings, time with indigenous wisdom keepers, and the McKinsey years where I learned the language of boardrooms. All of this is available to you, not as advice but as presence.
How this works
We begin with one conversation. No agenda, no preparation. We meet, and we see if there is resonance. If something wants to be explored together.
From there, the form follows what you need. For some leaders, this means quarterly conversations, two or three hours each, around the questions that are alive at that moment. For others, monthly check-ins. For others again, an irregular rhythm, available when something difficult arises.
There is no package, no fixed number of sessions, no methodology I impose. There is only this: when you call, I show up. When we meet, I bring my full attention to what wants to be seen.
Investment for this work is discussed in our first conversation, shaped by what you need and what feels right between us.
Questions leaders ask
Is this coaching?
Not in the usual sense. Coaching tends to work with goals, methods, and structured progress. What I offer is closer to counsel. We work with what is alive in you, in the moment we meet. The outcome is not predetermined.
How is this different from having a mentor?
A mentor often shares from their own experience and offers paths they have walked. Counsel is quieter. It is less about my path and more about the quality of attention I bring to yours. Sometimes I will share. Often I will simply hold space for what is trying to emerge in you.
What do leaders typically bring?
Decisions that feel weightier than their surface. Questions about direction, succession, legacy. A sense that the work is asking more of them than they yet know how to give. Sometimes grief, sometimes longing, sometimes a quiet excitement about what wants to come next.
How long does this typically last?
There is no fixed length. Some leaders work with me for a season, others for years. The relationship ends when it has served its purpose. We check in honestly along the way.
Why is there no fixed price?
Because the form of our work varies, the investment does too. We discuss this openly in our first conversation. What matters most is that the arrangement feels right for both of us.
A first conversation
If something in this resonates, the way to begin is simple. Send a short message. Tell me a little about where you are and what is pulling at you. We will find a time to meet.