Improve Your Impact , Authority, and Professional Presence
A unique 8-week 1:1 process for mid to upper-level professionals
to uplevel your impact, improve clarity, and build the quiet confidence others can feel
without one-size-fits-all training or a big-time commitment.
Unlock Your Potential
Improve Speaking Authority
Reduce Anxiety
Deepen Relationships
Skillfully manage difficult conversations
Stand Your Ground without being overbearing
Be Less Reactive
One day, I had an aha moment that changed my life.
I realized in a flash that the quality of our lives and our potential is limited by our ability to communicate.
If we cannot communicate well, how can we solve the smaller problems in our lives, let alone the bigger problems of humanity—like building a city, responding to a pandemic, or averting a war?
And yet, despite communication being the one skill that can improve every aspect of life—both personal and professional—so few actively work to improve it.
So I decided that’s exactly what I would do.
I earned a degree in interpersonal communication and studied with incredible instructors in both practical and “inner work disciplines.
With this foundation I built a great career as a communicator for Microsoft and other organizations. I flew around the world, speaking at events and teaching at Fortune 100 companies the latest technology—all with the goal of making it relatable, practical, and immediately applicable.
But it wasn’t until I studied mindful-somatic therapy with Ron Kurtz, the founder of Hakomi, that I had a second key insight: learning “how” to communicate is important, but it’s far more powerful to start with “how you show up” and then work on “what to say.”
I experience first hand how mindful presence combined with refined communication skills creates a superpower like none other. And this insight made profound difference in my professional life as well as the quality of day-to-day life with family and friends.
After years of coaching and teaching coaches, I’m now offering to teach these same skills to you, updated and adapted for professionals.
You’ll learn to manage difficult conversations, be less reactive, and connect authentically. There’s even a bonus “reading the room” that will elevate your group meeting skills. These newfound skills go deeper and faster than you imagine to transform relationships, elevate conversations, and lead to both better outcomes and greater satisfaction.
Combining how you show up with skilled professional communication skills that connects and inspires—is true leadership.
Uplevel every conversation you will ever have, for the rest of your life. What would that mean for your career? For your personal life?
For me and others who have done this work, it’s life-changing. That is my wish for you, too.
I hope you’ll join us and experience for yourself the immense satisfaction of living and speaking from a more grounded, resilient, connected place—even in stressful times.
People will notice. And you’ll be happier as well. There’s even a money-back guarantee.
What's Included in the program
- Personal attention – each week, a one-hour 1-one-1 sessions with Brett for 8 weeks
- Daily reminders to support your practice via text messages (or email)
- Proof of progress with industry-standard Pre and Post-course Mindfulness surveys
- Learn at your own pace with downloadable notes, recordings, & transcripts
- All the bonuses listed below
- ONE YEAR of access to materials and group meetings (when available)
The Sequence
Week 1
Building the Foundation
Harnessing Your Limbic System to Pause and Connect
- Important lessons from an Aikido Master – “foundational practices”
- Establish a baseline with an industry-standard Mindfulness test
- Introducing the limbic system and how it shapes communication and attention
Week 2
The power pause - Interrupting the default program
Improve productivity, clarity and decrease anxiety
- The power of respecting naturally occuring transitions
- The unexpected cost of interruptions in your workflow
- Pausing on purpose : introduction to the neuroscience and practice of this incredibly powerful skill
Week 3
Remain calm under stress
A Powerful Centering Skill Adapted from Martial Arts & Somatic Psychology
- A key lesson from one of the world’s best Aikido masters
- Introduction to “mindful triage” practices to downregulate & “center” in stressful moments
- Learning to use your breath as way to quickly avoid being reactive
Week 4
create & deepen authentic connection
Practices to invite authentic connection, rapport, and trust.
- ” Managing the Spotlight”
- Noticing and responding to emotion
- Conscious questions
Week 5
Deepening Conversations
Combine your newfound presence with language to deepen conversations & de-escalate tension
- “Name it to tame it”
- Specific language to express your experience without inviting defensiveness or derision
- Leadership practices: letting others know what you like about them & supporting enthusiasm.
Week 6
Full spectrum listening
Far Beyond "Active Listening Learn to Listen to the whole person
- “Seeing through” – an incredible practice from the founder of Hakomi somatic psychotherapy
- How being “non-judgemental” empowers you to take effective action
- Dual awareness – Listening to understand rather than respond
- Letting curiosity lead
Week 7
Difficult conversations
Who do you need to be to have the conversations you need to have?
- Mindfulness v2 practice of “zooming”
- Leading with curisoty
- Expert empathy practices that help you understand others intentions and actions
- Learning to lead with connection
- Declaring and enforcing boundaries
Week 8
Putting it all together
Stacking skills and practices amplified impact
- Stacking skills for amplified effect
- Customizing for your specific nervous system and situation
- After the course Mindfulness test to compare results
- Q&A
Plus These Bonuses
BONUS 1
READING THE ROOM
An Entirely new way to look at groups that changes everything
- How to “read” a group when you walk into the room
- Learning what to listen and watch for that indicate problems
- How to lead without authority
- Considering your impact (and you always have one)
BONUS 2
Training a new generation of leaders for new vision of business
– Tami Simon – CEO Sound True
An unpublished interview with Tami Simon, CEO of Sounds True. Presented at The Future is Mindful Conference in March 2023. Interviewed by Brett Hill
BONUS 3
owning your impact
How to track and manage your impact without expectation from others
- Why our brains makes up stories about others that can impact your career and what to do about it
- Mindfulness is social
- Tracking the impact of your conversations in others
- Learning how to step into your “embodied authority” and become undeniable
BONUS 4
Finding Your Voice: Speaking with Strength and Clarity
Speak Powerfully & Earn the Respect Your Contribution Deserves Even Without Formal Authority
- Learn to articulate your thoughts with confidence and poise.
- Build the resilience to speak up, even in intimidating environments.
- Gain tools to establish influence and credibility without formal authority.
100% Money- Back Guarantee
We’ve been working hard putting this all together and want to make it so easy to say yes. So if you try the course after 2 weeks, you don’t feel like you’re getting what you paid for, or you just don’t enjoy this path… request a refund support@themindfulcoach.com, and we’ll refund you.