WHAT WOULD BUSINESS LOOK LIKE

If our work became our sadhana—
our personal growth practice?

For Individuals

In-person, one-on-one ReConnection™ sessions are for those ready to be supported in exploring their inner world, understanding their personal maps, strategies and ways of navigating their experience. Sessions offer the individual space to meet their subconscious, unmet needs while providing simple tools and technologies they can bring into their conscious life for long-lasting change in their relationship with themselves and their work.

For Leaders

Excellent leadership begins by building basic skills that most managers and business leaders often forget: listening and creating safety and trust in relationships. Conscious Content works one-on-one with leaders—from those just starting in their role to seasoned leaders who aren’t getting the responses they desire—to acknowledge internal limitations, stories and biases that impact their ability to effectively engage with their team.

For Organizations

Conscious Content’s content and program leadership services are for companies who believe we can do work better. Companies looking to integrate mindfulness into their culture or process, or businesses looking for an approach that’s as mindful as their company or product. Our services for companies incorporate Conscious Digital Project & Program Management, Conscious Digital Content Strategy, Content Design, Conscious Digital Content Creation & Management to realign your process and people with the vision, the mission, the values and the flow of your business—and, of Life.

Mindfulness
for work that serves
the greater collective good.

Learn about our why

Re-humanize and Realign Your Work

Conscious Content’s mission is to facilitate mindfulness for work that serves the whole human and the greater collective good through individual and leadership coaching, engaged business consultation, and digital content and project products and services.

Our intention, and practice, is to embody our values and principles in a way that returns ourselves and our clients—whether individuals, leaders or organizations—to a foundation of mindfulness. A daily practice of non-separation from the self, the other and the whole that can reshape the way we look at doing business in the world, realigning our work with our own true nature.

Explore how

Work is Love
Made Visible.

And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste,
it is better that you should leave your work
and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.

For if you bake bread with indifference,
you bake bitter bread that feeds but half man’s hunger.

And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes,
your grudge distills a poison in the wine.

And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing,
you muffle man’s ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night.

KAHLIL GIBRAN

TAKE STOCK OF WHAT’S NOT WORKING

As an individual,
a leader of an organization
or a business you’re noticing a feeling of …

Separation

Your work life feels separate from your real life, or you feel like you have to silo parts of yourself or skill set in your work.

Disconnection

You feel disengaged from your work and your coworkers, from the organization and the work it does as a whole. You often don’t feel heard, seen and definitely not understood.

Burn out

You feel mentally, emotionally or physically drained by your work. It’s impacting your health and wellbeing on one or all of these levels.

Compromise

You have a sneaking sense that your personal boundaries are being crossed and you believe it’s normal to feel this way in order to “get along” or “make a living” in business. This produces feelings of irritation, resentment, criticism, anxiety or hopelessness.

Imbalance

You’re noticing you react more strongly to situations and people rather than responding. Your reactions are increasingly intense and are garnering negative responses, while simultaneously you’re noticing them begin to bleed into your personal life and relationships.

“You don’t drown by falling in the water;
you drown by staying there.”

EDWIN LOUIS COLE

TAKE STOCK OF WHAT
YOU DESIRE TO FEEL LIKE
IN YOUR WORK

Now, let’s take stock of what you imagine you might feel like if you were:

Doing the kind of work you dream of,
Working in the type of organization you’ve always wanted to
or, simply living in the manner you’ve always imagined in fleeting moments,
but never truly practiced in your life.

When I’m doing the work I love,
at a rhythm that feels good for me, I feel:

Whole

You notice you can show up in your work life as yourself, fully. You can be and utilize different parts of yourself and your skill set without concern about the impacts on others, and it feels invigorating.

Vital

You wake up feeling hopeful and inspired by the ideas you have and the work you plan to do today. Your energy level is high and builds naturally through the day without the need to use unhealthy foods or stimulants. You feel you have a large capacity to deal with challenges that may arise in a solution-oriented way.

Woman floating in sunlight in forest | freedom

Balanced

You’re noticing your ability to stop, take space and respond to situations and people rather than reacting to them.
You notice a sense of internal clarity and groundedness when challenges arise,
and are able to meet them from that place. People notice this about you, and come to you for
your balanced perspective, advisement or support with their own challenges.

Connected

You feel clear about your personal values and their alignment with the organization’s mission and values. You’re engaged with your work because you’re inspired by the vision. In communications with coworkers, you often feel heard, seen, understood or simply excited.

Free

You have autonomy to make your own schedule, work at a pace and in a manner that feels good to you. You can be honest and clear about your needs and boundaries, and feel they are frequently honored by your coworkers. Taking care of yourself first feels good, and helps you to give more to others.

HOW TO SURVIVE?

Companies that survive in this shifting paradigm will embody more aligned values,
structures, beliefs and behaviors that reflect their deeper
understanding of our most important resource: human capital.
And, what human capital needs to flourish: right relationship.

Values | Mission | Approach

Testimonials

“I’m always interested in personal evolution and Carolyn has always been a person I could jump right into that with. She feels safe and I know that I can trust being vulnerable and authentic with her.

I delight in opportunities to connect, knowing that she will inevitably plant some seeds that will flourish when the time is right and I am ready.

I appreciate that she is very observant and sees things about me that no one else catches. She is able to give name to them and bring them to light, which feels like freedom! Most of all I appreciate her presence, which makes me feel honored and valuable.“

Krista Jarvis
MA, Sex Therapist, Counselor, Reiki Master, St. Louis, MO

What worked for you?

“The gentle, quiet guidance. Koa’s willingness to be flexible and not stick with one thing or something that wasn’t working for me. Her directness that wasn’t pushy and her desire to be open, transparent and vulnerable. The Hakomi experiments were interesting. Koa did a great job of recapping what was said.” (in session)

What did you learn about this form of therapy (Hakomi method)?

“The value of settling into your body and listening to its messages.”

C. McKay
C. McKay, MA, LPC Austin, TX

“You are one of the very few colleagues I’ll always remember solely by the positive impact you have had on my life.

You knew when I needed a friend and trusted counterpart and when I need a good dose of “get your shit together” when my output didn’t match my potential.

You helped me understand who I am, accept my own quirks, and embrace my hyper-curiosity to continue learning as much as I can about anything and everything while I’m alive.

Through my entire life, I can still count the number of people who have had this kind of impact on me with a single hand.”

Max Leitch
Husband. Father. Lover of JavaScript. Backyard Farmer. Runner. Snowboarder. Digital Marketing Manager - Zeal Optics. Boulder, CO

“I wanted to follow-up about the book we mentioned. It’s the historical fiction manuscript that had stalled out before I met you. Thanks to your gentle encouragement and nudging in a positive direction, I established a writing routine from which I now rarely stray. After a year of steady writing, I completed the novel at the end of February. As soon as my second reader provides his comments, I’ll do a final edit, design a cover, and publish the book on Amazon. I promise to get you a copy.”

Jim Gaston, PhD
Dr. Jim Gaston, PhD, Author, Austin, TX

“I reached out to Carolyn to ask if I may visit her in Austin, as I needed the support and compassion of a caring friend to help me process some painful feelings of loss after a miscarriage.

I realize this is a heavy burden to bear for anyone, and I am forever grateful for her graceful nature and true friendship. When I arrived she was open and welcoming, making me feel loved and cared for. She helped me learn how to re-nourish my mind, body and spirit with good food, deep conversations speckled with laughter and silliness.

Our visit concluded with honoring the full moon together and singing her praises. I will never forget her warm and gentle nature in my time of need and hope that one day I may be able to return the favor whenever she calls upon me.”

Laura Prieto-Valesco
Owner and studio designer, HVUNTER GATHERER, Chicago, IL

Services

Let's Do The Work: Initial Consultation

30-min consultation call or in-person to discuss your current internal state and your relationship to your work. We’ll explore how Conscious Content can serve your unique personal and business needs.

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Individual ReConnection™ session

Starting in mindfulness, and using Hakomi somatic psychotherapeutic principles and techniques as our guide, we will explore your unconscious inner realms and begin to make sense of the rich life inside of you. Then, incorporating the 5,000-year-old tradition of Ayurveda, we’ll explore practices you can take with you into your conscious daily life that promise to mindfully reconnect you with your own nature through steady realignment with life’s natural cycles and rhythms.

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Conscious Digital Content, Project and Program Leadership Services

Already have a program, project or product in flight? And, looking for an approach that is as mindful as your company or product? Our program leadership services incorporate Conscious Digital Project & Program Management, Conscious Digital Content Strategy, Conscious Digital Content Creation & Management to realign your process and people with the vision, the mission, the values and the flow of your business—and, of Life.

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