Welcome… let’s talk.
We believe that honest & authentic relationships come from courageous conversations.
Scarcity is a joy buster.
We are enough.
We have enough.
Better lives come from sharing our resources, talents & work.
We all long for connection that lasts.
That’s what we do… gather people… talk… connect… share.
LIVE BOLDLY, FRIENDS.
DARING GREATLY™ 4 WEEK JUMP START
BE BRAVE. SHOW UP.
Looking to jump start your new year and be the best version of yourself? What is holding you back? Why wait any longer?
Develop shame resilience skills & daily practices that will transform the way you live, love, parent, and lead.
This 4-week intensive will catapult you from where you are to the next level.
The Daring Way™ is experiential methodology based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown.
We examine the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are holding us back and we identify the new choices and practices that will move us toward more authentic and wholehearted living.
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DARING GREATLY™ MEN'S GROUP
FOUR WEEK MEN'S CONNECTION GROUP
Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'
-Ashton Kutcher
The myths and double standards of vulnerability & masculinity keep a majority of men isolated and thinking that they are the exception to the norm, when in fact, they are not.
The idea that men don’t long for connection AND find it though emotional expression and shared vulnerability is entirely false. The belief that strength and emotion can be expressed at the same time is not a message that is often associated with masculine ideals.
These myths are powerful and because of that fact it is crucial to create a space with other men who are already doing the work.
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Empowered Women, Empower Women.
YOUR TRIBE IS CALLING YOU.
It can be lonely at the top... especially when you are the only woman at the table, or in the board room or building and launching your own business.
This bi-weekly drop in group will be facilitated by Julie Leonhardt and feature guest speakers and presentations. It will be virtual, live and interactive and will quickly become the highlight to your week, guaranteed. Through this group you will develop your own community of badass women, doing the hard things, talking about the hard things, and sharing their successes, failures, learnings and lives together.
Strong women thrive when they connect with like minded souls.
WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE.
This group will provide the connection and support you've been longing for but have been too busy to seek out on your own.
BOLD!
BOLD TEEN COMMUNITY GROUP
This group is specifically designed for teens to build skills of resiliency, gain insight into thoughts, behaviors and feelings and increased confidence.
Through building a sense of community, teens can move from "I thought it was just me" to "I am not alone and I matter".
BOLD! is based on the research of Brené Brown. PhD and the group utilizes storytelling, creative exercises and group discussion developmentally appropriate for teens.
If we are brave enough, often enough, we will fall. This is a curriculum about what it takes to get back up and to write a daring new ending.
CULTURE MATTERS
(IS IT SAFE HERE TO FAIL?)
Building an innovative and resilient office culture is not an easy task and at the same time without it companies, non-profits and small businesses can become stagnant and miss crucial opportunities for growth and development.
At the same time, it’s not as hard or intimating as it may seem.
It takes courage of a different kind.
Empathic and vulnerable leadership creates a culture where ideas are shared freely, mistakes and failures welcomed as lessons to be learned by all and where innovation and community thrive.
Non-Profit Board Training & Development
ASSESMENT & GUIDANCE FOR BOARDS IN TRANSITION
At some point you said yes- to this role and position. You said yes to a community because you wanted to have an impact.
You were drawn to this role, this place for important reasons connected to your values and right now- the environment you're in does not feel right. It's changed. Something is off- you could walk away but that's not who you are.
You care. You're committed .
Any change (no matter how big or how small, good, bad or indifferent) changes the whole system and the system as a whole.
Be the change.
Individual & Relationship Counseling
Executive Coaching & Small Business Consultation
Groups, Workshops & Trainings
Organizational Culture: Assessment, Development & Creation
SUCCESS IS NOT LUCK.
Neither is joy, happiness and prosperity.
They are created from your decisions.
Whether those decisions are intentional or passive, we create and re-create our lives every day. Stop waiting for luck to find you and start building the life you want NOW.
YOUR BREAKTHROUGH IS WAITING.
IT’S YOUR DECISION.
Make the call & start today.
Merritt Posten, LSCSW, CDWF, MCLC
Executive Coach, Facilitator & Trainer & Counselor
Trainings, Groups & Workshops Facilitated
Companies Created & Non Profit Organizations Developed
Years of Experience
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Confident In Your Ability to Grow & Change
JULIE LEONHARDT, J.D.
Executive, entrepreneur & coach
LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE NOW
Executive Coaching & Small Business Consultation
Professional Growth, Goal Setting and Entrepreneurship
I motivate successful professional women to stop giving their best work away and claim their power by being their own boss and launching the company of their dreams.
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FEEL BETTER. LIVE HAPPIER & GET SUPPORT
Individual, Family & Couples/Relationship Counseling
Grief Support, Depression, Anxiety, Infidelity & Trauma
Good therapy ends.
It will get better.
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I am drawn to raw unfiltered courage. Going to therapy a brave choice and it takes tenacity and grit to feel different and be different.
When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we become the author who writes the brave new ending.
It takes intention and desire to be in a relationship. When its hard to connect with your partner, conflict increases, hurts deepen and often sex becomes illusive and/or unfulfilling.
Using Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) we get to the heart & core of the issues quickly so you and your partner can live your best lives. LGBTQ+ Affirming.
GROW, LEARN & BUILD COMMUNITY.
Groups, Workshops & Trainings
Daring Way Groups, Entrepreneurship Support & Relationship Intensives .
CONNECT, THRIVE & EMPOWER.
Organizational Culture & Development
Team Building, Retreats & Conflict Resolution & Non-Profit Board Development
You know it when you see it.
You feel it when you walk into a room.
When its missing, hidden, squashed, squandered- its intolerable for you.
What we allow will continue.
Be the change.
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Rewiring your brain for productivity and effectiveness.
There is a difference in knowing what you need and want to do and being able to make it happen.
Testimonials
“Working with Merritt has been one of the most life-changing decisions I made. Through the insights gained in our coaching sessions, I left the job I was good at but loathed and launched my own company. The work is hard and it’s scary at times and the only question I ask myself is, “why didn’t I do it sooner?”
” I love Brené Brown and what she says and doing the Daring Way group changed me. Before the group I understood the connection between connection, vulnerability and shame and through the group I found connection I had been longing to experience.“
“My wife and I came to Merritt after a crisis of infidelity in our 20 year marriage. Through the counseling, we realized that there had been a pattern present in our relationship long before the affair, that was hurting both of us. We should have worked on it, on us, years ago but we didn’t and we paid the price. I’m grateful that it wasn’t too late. “
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