A role ends. A business closes. Someone you love dies. A person you care for needs more from you than you ever expected.
Or perhaps something new is calling: a practice, a piece of writing, a group you want to gather, a different way to use your experience.
In either case, the question reaches beyond What should I do next? It enters the ordinary hours.
How do I structure my days? Where do I put my attention? How do I make room for what matters while living with what I cannot control?
When the routines and roles that gave our days shape begin to change, we can feel adrift. The familiar markers of progress no longer tell us where we are – or who we are becoming.
That can be unsettling. It can also open a question worth exploring: If the next chapter is wide open, how do I want to live it?
The Choice to Lead is a yearlong circle for people asking that question in the midst of change.
Together, we look at the choices that shape our days, name what matters now, and support one another as our lives take shape.
Who This is For
This circle is for people whose lives are changing – and who want to take part in shaping what comes next.
You may be:
- Leaving a role, retiring, or reconsidering your relationship with work and time.
- Building a practice, a business, a creative project, or a way to bring people together.
- Living through loss, family challenges, or a change you never would have chosen.
- Feeling the pull of something new, without knowing its shape yet.
- Asking how to make your days feel more connected to what matters to you.
You might arrive with a plan, a question, or no clear words for what is changing. What matters is a willingness to explore your own life and make room for others to explore theirs.
From the Founder: A Life of Choosing to Lead
I’ve sculpted my life over and over again – not by following a standard path, but by building what each season called for.
From being a nuclear medicine technologist to becoming a yoga teacher. From managing a $300 million alliance at DuPont to guiding meditation on a mat. From teaching yoga to architecting Kripalu’s online learning infrastructure. From founding Wholebeing Institute to serving as Global Director of Growth at the Women Presidents Organization.
None of these chapters came with a map. I made choices (and made plenty of mistakes), found my way, and built what I could from where I was.
That’s the kind of leadership I believe in—the kind you grow into by listening, by choosing, by creating instead of consuming. And that’s what this space is about.
I’m in yet another season of change myself. I’ll be walking this path alongside you—using this collaborative not just as a space I facilitate, but as a space that supports my own becoming, too.
We don’t need another expert. We need honest containers to practice what matters. Together.
Why Now
Maybe a change has already happened. Maybe you can feel one approaching. Or maybe your life looks much the same from the outside, but the way you want to live it is shifting.
It’s easy to wait for more clarity before making a choice. Yet our days keep taking shape in the meantime – through the commitments we keep, the people we turn toward, and what we give our attention to. Having a place to pause and talk can help you notice what matters before another year passes on its own momentum.
The Choice to Lead invites you to:
- Listen for what this season of life is asking of you.
- Make choices that reflect what matters now.
- Try new ways of working, relating, creating, or spending your time—with a circle beside you.
You don’t need to know where the year will lead. You can begin by paying attention to where you are.
What You’ll Experience
Rather than figuring out your next steps alone, imagine having a circle to return to throughout the year.
Between Gatherings
Share a question, reflection, photo, or idea in our private space. Continue a conversation one to one. Connect in the way that serves you.
Each Month
Gather twice: once for a facilitated conversation around an idea or question, and once for an open circle shaped by what members bring.
Each Season
Pause to notice what has changed. What is asking for your attention now? What have you tried, learned, released, or begun?
Each Year
Build relationships with people who come to know your story—and who can help you see what’s taking shape as you live it.
How We’ll Play Together
A common question is: How much time will I need to devote to this?
We’ll meet for 90 minutes on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 11 a.m. Eastern. Between gatherings, you can connect with others and explore ideas at your own pace.
That’s the practical answer. But I also want to invite a different relationship with your time here.
When you played as a child, you didn’t ask how much time you needed to set aside to play with friends. You followed your curiosity. You tried things. You came back because being together was part of the pleasure.
That’s the spirit of this collaborative. We make room to wonder, experiment, change our minds, and discover what feels alive. You can bring an idea that is barely formed. You can bring a question you’ve carried for years. You can bring what happened this morning.
Here’s how our time together works:
- First Wednesday: Facilitated Circle. I bring an idea, question, or concept for us to explore through reflection and conversation.
- Third Wednesday: Open Circle. The group shapes the time. Members can bring a challenge, test an idea, share a practice, lead a conversation, or ask for a brainstorm.
- Fireside Chats. Throughout the year, guests join us for candid conversations about the choices and changes in their own lives.
- Connection between gatherings. Our private online space gives us a place to share reflections, questions, photos, and ideas as they arise. Members can also connect with one another directly.
You may try an experiment between gatherings, follow up with someone whose story stayed with you, or spend time with a question on your own. There’s nothing to complete or turn in.
What you notice in your life becomes part of what we can explore together.
The 2027 circle will include up to ten new members and up to ten returning members. I’ll facilitate and care for the space; each person helps shape what becomes possible within it.
The Choice to Lead Year
A year gives us time to return to our questions as life changes. We begin with where each person is, follow what emerges in the group, and pause along the way to notice what has shifted.
The seasons offer a rhythm, not a syllabus. From the start, every Open Circle is available for a member to lead, share, or explore something with the group—or for the whole circle to use in whatever way serves us.
January–March: Arriving
We meet one another and name what brought us here. What is changing in my life? What am I carrying? What am I curious about? What would I like to give and receive in this circle?
We begin to build trust and explore the space between being and becoming. You’re welcome to bring an idea into the Open Circle right away. It can be a question, a practice, something you’re creating, or something you’d like help thinking through.
April–June: Exploring
As we get to know one another, new questions and possibilities surface. What relationships support me? What am I ready to try? Where am I using will to move forward- and where might willingness serve me better?
We can test ideas, share experiences, and discover what becomes possible when others bring their attention to something that matters to us.
July–September: Deepening
We continue to follow what is alive in our lives and in the group. What is asking for my attention? What might I create, change, or release? What support would help?
We also pause to recognize progress and unseen work we might otherwise overlook. The Open Circle remains a place to contribute, ask for support, or explore something before it is fully formed.
October–December: Gathering What Matters
As the year draws toward a close, we look back and forward. What has changed? What have I learned about myself and the people beside me? What do I want to carry into the next season of my life?
We make time to recognize what the year has held, including the things none of us could have planned in January.
Fireside Chats
Throughout the year, invited guests join us during an Open Circle for candid conversations about change, choice, and shaping a life. Members can ask questions and explore what each story brings up in their own lives.
In 2026, we welcomed Barbara Vacarr, who spoke about leaving executive roles and finding a new way to serve; Sarah Durham, who moved from agency founder to art student and artist; and Kathy Washburn, who explored loss, vulnerability, and the choices still available within change.
We’ll introduce our 2027 guests as the year unfolds.
What Will You Walk Away With?
That depends on what you’re walking through—and what you choose to explore.
You may leave with a decision made, an idea tested, a project begun, or a commitment released. You may have a different way to spend your days. You may understand what you need from others and what you want to offer in return.
A clearer sense of what matters
Time to hear yourself think, put words to what is changing, and notice what deserves your attention now.
Room to try things
A circle where you can speak an idea before it’s polished, ask for a brainstorm, share a practice, or take a small step and see what you learn.
New ways to meet the unknown
Questions and practices you can draw on when plans change, certainty fades, or you find yourself between what was and what comes next.
People who know your story
Relationships formed through a year of conversation, shared experiments, honest reflection, and giving and receiving support.
You won’t need to arrive with a project to justify your place here. The life you’re living is enough to bring into the circle.
As a busy CEO, I joined The Choice to Lead because my full life needed some structured space for unstructured, creative next steps. What emerged was a new role for myself—one that feels heartfelt and aligned with my whole self. I developed a Navigator process, along with a website, instructor guide, and assessment. The shape of it was already inside me. The circle gave me the space, connection, and energy to bring it into the world.
To protect depth and voice, the circle is limited to 20 members: up to ten new members and up to ten returning members.
We meet for 90 minutes on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 11 a.m. Eastern, from January through December 2027.
Join now to step into a year of intentional life leadership—defined not by title, but by truth.
Frequently Asked Questions
When are the live gatherings?
We meet live on Zoom the first and third Wednesday of each month at 11:00 AM ET. This is our anchor point—a steady rhythm throughout the year. You’re always encouraged to initiate peer meetups as well. This is a co-created space, so the flow evolves with us.
Will the live sessions be recorded?
Plan to attend live. Gatherings are not guaranteed to be recorded. At times, I may record a guest conversation or a portion of a session and share it within our private group.
What’s the cancellation policy?
You may cancel during the first three months if the Collaborative isn’t a fit. Monthly payments stop, or you’ll receive a prorated refund for annual payments.
See the full terms for notice and billing details here.