1:1 Equity Leadership Coaching
What will your leadership leave behind?
Climate and social change are accelerating, and the world you worked for isn't the one you're handing over. The old ways of leading aren't holding, and equity has become the place you keep getting stuck.
This is a private, compassionate space to learn and grow, using the land as our guide, so you can find belonging, meaning, and peace again.
Leave a legacy you are proud of.
This is a container for practicing what you have learned.
You know what you should do, but you feel like you're missing something.
Here, you have found a non-judgmental place to practice those learnings.
You spent years building a career, a reputation, a way of leading that felt aligned with who you are and what you believe. You fought for things that mattered and showed up when it was hard.
And now you're sitting with the possibility that some of what you built was shaped by knowledge gaps you didn't know you had. Meanwhile, the ground keeps shifting: wildfire seasons, housing crises, polarization. The ways you learned to lead weren't built for this much change."You knew who you were in community, but lately it feels like you're unable to stay connected in an authentic way. You have been struggling with shame, loneliness, and feeling like you don't know what the "right" way to show up in community is anymore.
This is a space of transformation - where we look at your strengths, compost the oppressive frameworks we've all inherited, and see how equity and climate are connected, because who we leave behind and what we leave behind are the same question.
Is this for you?
✦ This is for you if:
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You've led change - in organizations, movements, or communities - and you're reckoning with the limits of how you did it.
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You care about equity and justice, and you're finding that caring isn't always enough.
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You want a private, confidential space where you can process and practice in real time, don't have to perform correctness, or already have the vocabulary.
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You're ready to be honest - with yourself, and with a gentle guide who will be honest back.
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You have the time and resources to invest in deep, unhurried work.
✦ This is not for you if:
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You're looking for someone to validate where you already are, (the work you have done is probably great and more work can be done).
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You want quick answers (more than lasting change).
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You're not ready to be challenged, (even if it is compassionate and warm).
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You feel the work should move faster, (than your nervous system allows).
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You think legacy is only about how much is in the bank and not the state of people and planet
Here's what shifts:
Needing to get it perfect
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Permission to learn at your own pace
Carrying it alone
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Community care and belonging
Knowing better but falling back on the familiar
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Opportunity to practice
Overwhelm at the pace of change
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Peace because you know your role
Feeling scared to say or do the wrong thing
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Confident enough to try again
Wondering what it's all for
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Meaning in the legacy you're building
Transformation requires the resilience to change.
How we will work together:
Six months. 12 sessions. One on one.
This is a confidential coaching container. We meet every two weeks for 60 minutes. Between sessions, you have small practices to try in real life - not exercises to complete, but actual moments to approach differently.
Each session follows a consistent arc:
1. Ground
We begin by arriving - in your body, in the present, in what's actually true for you this week, and what supports you in moving through it.
2. Shift
I'll offer a concept or framework drawn from nature and land-based ways of knowing - a different lens for what we usually navigate using mainstream models. One that opens things up rather than shutting them down.
3. Examine
We look honestly at what's showing up - the moments that stayed with you, the patterns you keep replaying, the places where your intentions and your impact aren't matching.
4. Practice
We don't just talk about change. We practice it - using creative tools, storytelling, and embodied approaches that go deeper than intellectual understanding alone.
5. Apply
You leave with something concrete - one small, real next step you can actually take before we meet again. Not a homework assignment. A living experiment that re-stories how you are showing up in community and for yourself.
This equity work is informed by land-based frameworks - the understanding that nature offers models for relationship, reciprocity, and sustainable change that western systems rarely do. Forests don't have urgency culture. Ecosystems don't burn out. Not only does this support intra-, and inter-personal change but also how we see ourselves as beings on this planet. In a changing climate, the land is both our teacher and what's at stake.
To get started, all you need is curiosity.
What makes this different:
What you've probably tried:
- Reading, listening, and attending trainings and resources.
- Seeking, saving, and sharing frameworks hoping something sticks.
- Attending events that require you to already have the language in order to engage.
- Workshops where you leave inspired but without the support to integrate your learnings.
- Rehearsing the right thing to do and say alone at home because you don't have a practice space.
- Keeping up with weather, politics, and social change news but unsure how it is all connected.
What this is:
- A private container where you don't have to perform correctness or already have the answers.
- Correction with care - honest, warm, and at your pace.
- Practice, not just understanding. It's not another PDF, it is a space for transformation.
- Someone who sees what you can't yet - and holds it without judgment.
- A place to be genuinely known.
- A space to compost siloed approaches to change and see the interconnectedness of people and planet
Hi, I'm Daniela!
Like you, I've faced the need to pivot (several times) in my life.
I know the shame of discovering that what I thought was right was actually harmful. I know the loss of identity that can come with aligning to more equitable values, and the loneliness of losing community when you become more authentic. And I know the joy on the other side: feeling more confident, more connected, and more fully myself.
I've spent 17 years in frontline crisis work, 10 years as an artist, and 6 years in leadership development. I've been the person who got it right and the person who got it wrong. I've fumbled through repair, and sometimes I've missed that I caused harm altogether. I've spent years tussling with vulnerability, accountability, and staying in hard conversations, and getting the supports and tools that keep me growing every day.
I work with people who are serious about growth and honest about how hard it is. I'm not here to shame you about where you've been. I'm here because I know that our legacies are intertwined and interdependence is the only way forward.
If something on this page stopped your scroll, this might be exactly the space for you.
What people are saying:
Ready for change?
Next steps:
1. Fill out the short application. It has a few questions about where you are and what you're carrying.
2. I read every application personally and respond within a week.
3. If it feels aligned, I'll invite you to a 30-minute conversation. If it doesn't, I'll do my best to point you somewhere that does.
4. We'll have a conversation - no pitch, no pressure, just honesty
5. If it feels right for both of us, we'll talk about next step
You don't have to have the right words, just clarity about where you would like to be.
FAQ
What if I've tried coaching before and it didn't work?
This isn't traditional executive coaching focused on productivity and metrics. This is about making sense of where you are, examining the patterns underneath the surface, and expanding your capacity to transform and create change. If past coaching felt outcomes-oriented rather than process-oriented, this will be different.
What if I'm not sure I'm ready?
If you're asking that question, you probably are. The fact that you're still reading means something already resonated. We are all building our legacies every day in the way we relate to people and the planet at work, in our communities, and at home. The application is just a conversation - not a commitment, and no pressure in either direction.
Is this confidential?
Yes, completely. What happens in our sessions stays between us. Many clients are navigating things they haven't told anyone else. That privacy is something I take seriously and protect.
I'm investing in this personally, not through my organization. Is that common?
Yes. Many clients invest personally because this work is as much about who they are as how they lead. Your Health Spending Account (HSA) may cover coaching. Payment plans are available - reach out and we'll figure out what works.