Your Private Compass in the Storm: Intensive Coaching for Leaders Who Carry the Weight of the System.
Bridgefire Sanctuary: The 75-Minute Ritual for Transition (Online)
For leaders closing a chapter (willingly or otherwise) who need protected space to process the grief, find the pause, and land softly.
When a major project ends or a role vanishes, the administrative work is done, but the grief is real, deep, and long. Your head may be on the next step, but your body is still carrying the invisible wounds and tension of what you left behind.
This 75-minute virtual session is a non-performative ritual — a protected space to release the residue of the past role so it doesn't contaminate your next step. We help your body and mind catch up to the change.
This session is for you if you need to:
Acknowledge the Ending: Honour the complexity of the shift — the pride, the loss, the unseen energy cost.
Release the Residue: Put down the emotional friction and over-responsibility from the system you left.
Find the Pause: Arrive in the stillness between worlds, letting your inherent clarity emerge instead of forcing the next plan.
Please Note: This is not a strategy session or job-hunting advice. And neither is it therapy. It is simply the rare experience of being held, not just holding.
Format & Pricing
75-minute focused session (Online).
Spacious, unhurried, embodied, and highly compassionate.
Investment (Sliding Scale): NZ$150 - NZ$300 +GST
This accessibility pricing is offered to support leaders navigating significant career transitions, including those impacted by redundancy, role shift, or burnout.
““I wasn’t sure what to expect from the Bridge Fire session but I knew I needed something to help me move on after a tough few years at home and at work.
Cordula created a safe space and held it for me whilst guiding me through a visualisation exercise. I was able to connect easily with the process and understand the step I was about to take in my career - including what I would take with me and what needed to stay behind.
As the session progressed, I felt lighter and able to lay down my burdens. I am looking forward now to the uncharted territory that comes next and feel able to move towards it with a sense of peace and calm.
I’d recommend this session to anyone with an open mind and a wish to let go of the things that don’t serve them in their career.”
1:1 Coaching
For leaders carrying more than shows on any job description. When you need space to think without performing.
Does This Sounds Familiar?
The decisions don’t stop, but you second-guess yourself for weeks afterward
You’re carrying responsibilities that should belong to the system, not just you
Meetings leave you drained because they never touch the real issues
Your nervous system is stuck on high alert, even when you’re just trying to think
How We Work Differently
Your clarity doesn't arrive on demand. It needs the right conditions. Our sessions don’t happen under fluorescent lights in stiff chairs. Instead, we choose spaces that help your thinking flow:
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For verbal processors and introverts who think better in motion
Moves your body, calms your nervous system
No forced eye contact, thoughts flow with your feet
Best for: Leaders who pace when they're problem-solving
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For anxious bodies and overwhelmed leaders
Soft chairs, warm mugs, gentle background noise
No formal table between us, space to land without performance
Best for: Anyone who needs conversation without pressure
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For visual thinkers and pattern seekers
Turn chaos into visible clarity, no pressure to "make sense" first
Sketching reveals what words can't capture
Best for: Leaders managing complex, interconnected challenges
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For deep feelers and internal processors
Hands move, pressure drops, thinking becomes texture not performance
Best for: People who don't want to be stared at while figuring things out
The focus is not performance but presence: conversations where you can breathe deeper, speak truths without polish, and leave with a steadier sense of where you stand.
What Leaders Often Notice
Breathing space that helps them reset in the middle of pressure
A steadier way of showing up in environments that can feel draining
Permission to process challenges in their own style — walking, sketching, or simply talking it through
Fresh language for making sense of what’s happening around them
Feeling less isolated while carrying the weight of leadership
“Cordula met me where I actually was - in the messy middle of leading change without a clear roadmap. The walk & talk format was perfect - Cordula had the gift for holding space while we walked, letting the conversation flow naturally, and for me to work through complexity. The cafe wrap-up helped me land the insights before heading back to the world.”
Format & Pricing
60-minute sessions (in-person Wellington region, nature-based if preferred, or online)
Weekly, fortnightly, or flexible according to your capacity
Investment:
12-session package (Best Value): NZ$2,880 +GST (NZ$240 +GST/session)
6-session package: NZ$1,500 +GST (NZ$250 +GST/session)
Sliding scale available for NGO leaders, early-stage leaders, or those in major transition.
Walking + Journalling: Intensive Transformation
Leadership doesn’t just test your skills — it pulls on your inner resources. The constant second-guessing, the pressure to hold everything together, the weight of decisions that ripple beyond what you can control. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone.
Most leadership programs don’t reach this part of the experience. They hand you more frameworks when what you actually need is space to renegotiate the internal pressures that hijack clarity under stress.
That’s where Walking + Journalling: Intensive Transformation is different.
The aim is simple: to help leaders build the internal clarity and resilience that holds steady when external challenges intensify. This isn’t about silencing your inner voices, but learning to listen differently — so they support rather than sabotage your leadership.
How We Work Differently
It starts with conditions, not content. Walking conversations, sketching, even playful tools like stickers remove pressure and open up fresh thinking.
It’s responsive, not prescriptive. Whether you think in mind maps, doodles, or dialogue, the program adapts — your style of processing becomes part of the work.
It builds presence, not performance. Leaders often leave with a quieter relationship to their inner voices, more ease in saying yes (and no), and a way of leading that feels more like themselves.
What Leaders Often Notice
A calmer relationship with the voices that used to hijack decisions
More ease in saying yes and no with integrity
New ways to make sense of complexity that feel usable, not abstract
A steadier presence that influences the relational field and shifts the tone of team culture
Format & Pricing
120 minute sessions
In person (Wellington-region), with flexible start dates
Participants keep a personal visual diary as a resource throughout
Investment:
4-session package (Intensive Series): NZ$2,400 +GST
Single Session Anchor: NZ$650 +GST
Sliding scale available for NGO leaders, early-stage leaders, or those in major transition.
Ready to work together in a way that works for you?
If your jaw unclenched reading this — that's your nervous system saying "more of this, please."
That's not random. That's information.
Schedule a kōrero to explore what approach might serve you best.