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Your leadership is only as strong as what’s driving it from within.

HEALED LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS

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If relationships are the cornerstone of our communities, why is learning and investing in them not a high priority? 

 

Your presence on this website tells me that you fall into at least one of these three categories: 

 

Individual: You are a leader, emerging leader, or high achiever who knows that something internal is shaping how you lead and you are ready to do something about it. The fact that you are here tells me everything I need to know about the kind of leader you are becoming.

 

Loved One: Someone in your life, a colleague, a team member, a friend, is leading from a place of unexamined patterns and you can see the impact it is having on the people around them. You want to help but you are not sure how. Sharing this work is a powerful first step.

 

Community: You are part of an organization, university, or institution that recognizes your people need more than skills training. You know that the culture, the trust, and the impact of your community starts with the internal work of the leaders within it. You are in exactly the right place. Well, I am so glad you've come here!

 

Here's the reality: the most effective leaders are not the ones with the most skills or the most impressive titles.

 

They are the ones who have done the inner work.

When that work is skipped, the cost is real.

 

Talented team members quietly disengage. Once dedicated people start doing the bare minimum.

 

Burnout sets in. Culture erodes. And the leader keeps looking outward for answers that only exist within.

The good news is this work is learnable. And it starts here.

Together, we will stop the cycle of leading from unexamined patterns and start building leadership that actually lasts.

Cycle breaking starts here.

"Maman Cooper has an incredibly powerful life story. The combination of her experiences would have crushed may peoples' spirits, but not hers. Maman's spirit is pure and bright, and that resonates from her as she speaks. She is using her story to create positive change in children's safety, so I hope her voice carries far and wide. I have had the privilege of hearing her speak, and I walked away forever changed." 

Amanda Aronson  President, StoryB, LLC

"Maman spoke as a panelist in a storytelling session at one of my leadership development classes. Hearing Maman speak about her story and her purpose was beautifully captivating. Her story is so complex and difficult, yet she has truly found the path to healing and has taken back her power, and is now sharing that with others. I recommend working with her in absolutely any capacity."

Student,

2023 Leadership Development Roundtable

"Maman's facilitation was engaging, clear, and truly impactful. Her ability to break down complex topics and connect them to real life made the session come alive in a meaningful way. Our cohort left feeling more confident, and the feedback we received was overwhelmingly positive. Several members of the cohort were so moved by her presence that they expressed interest in having Maman as a mentor which speaks volumes about the connection she creates in a room. We are actively looking for more opportunities to collaborate with her again."

Shania Hunt

Manager of Economic Mobility, United Way

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Say goodbye to the patterns holding you back and hello to the leader you are actually capable of becoming. Through individual and group coaching we go deep, get honest, and build the kind of self-awareness that makes you a leader people actually want to follow.

INDIVIDUAL & GROUP COACHING 

Your team has important conversations they are not having. I help your team break through the awkward, the unspoken, and the uncomfortable so your team leaves aligned, heard, and ready to do the work.

CONVERSATION FACILITATION

Most keynotes leave people inspired for a day. This one leaves them asking questions they will be thinking about for years. I bring the conversation most leadership events skip entirely. The one about what is actually driving the leader beneath the surface. Honest, warm, and immediately applicable.

Your event won't just be heard. It will be felt.

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