Corporate Offerings · San Francisco Bay Area & online
Leadership and mindfulness programs for teams under pressure
Coaching, classes and talks that help people stay steady when the work gets heavy. Rooted in twenty years of contemplative practice, taught in plain language, and built to show results your leadership can see.
Flagship program · 12-week cohort
The Steady Middle A burnout and leadership program for the managers carrying more than the role was built to hold.
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Middle managers report burnout, which makes them the most strained layer in most organizations, and more than a quarter are already working on an exit strategy. Replacing one costs about twice their annual salary. And the people you lose this way are often the ones you would have promoted. High performers absorb more, say less and leave later, so the warning arrives after the decision is made.
Sources: burnout and exit figures from The Optimism Company survey of 971 middle managers (2025); replacement cost from Gallup, “42% of Employee Turnover Is Preventable but Often Ignored” (2024).Why training and wellness don't move this
People under pressure revert to their oldest pattern, and that default gets stronger under load.
Your managers already know they should delegate, protect their calendar and have the difficult conversation. Some have been told in three separate programs. Training assumes a knowledge gap, and this isn't one.
Meditation apps and resilience webinars help at the margin. Wellness assumes a capacity problem, and it doesn't reach what a person does when pressure arrives and there's no time to think.
That's why the same manager attends the delegation workshop in March and is still doing everyone's work in June. Instruction doesn't override a reflex. Practice does. The Steady Middle works on the pattern itself.
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Weeks 1–4
Seeing it clearly
Each manager names one specific behavior that costs them and their team, what triggers it, and what it protects. A daily ten-minute attention practice begins, building the half-second of space that makes change possible.
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Weeks 5–8
Changing it
A situation-triggered replacement behavior, run daily. Calendar and environment redesigned around it. The belief underneath gets tested against real data. Week eight plans for the slip everyone has around week six.
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Weeks 9–12
Making it stick
The new behavior becomes part of how they see themselves as a leader. Each participant leaves with a written operating document: their pattern, their replacement, their early warning signs and their plan for when they slip.
What makes this different
One behavior per person, not a curriculum
The cohort shares a framework, and each participant works on their own specific thing. That's why direct reports notice the change.
Built on what makes change last
Situational plans instead of intentions, environment design instead of willpower, planned relapse instead of assumed compliance. The most robust material in behavior-change research, in the right order.
A peer cohort that does real work
When four peers describe the same pattern in their own words, something shifts that expert input can't replicate. Participants are paired for all twelve weeks.
A contemplative core, in secular language
The attention practice comes from two decades in yoga philosophy, Buddhism and Vedanta. It's taught plainly, and it lands with skeptical engineering leaders, who make up most of my participants.
Measurement
Twenty years of practice, and results you can check
Two decades of contemplative practice and certification as a Neuroplasticity Coach specializing in behavioral change are why you can trust this program. The measurement is how you'll see it for yourself.
Weekly adherence
Participants log daily practice and their replacement behavior from week one, producing an adherence curve rather than a satisfaction score.
Four self-assessments
At weeks 1, 4, 8 and 12, on internal pressure, sense of agency, and how well stated priorities match time actually spent.
360 pulse (recommended)
Three to five questions to each participant's direct reports at week 0 and week 14. I'll help you design it.
What I won't claim is a specific ROI multiple. I commit to measurable change in one named behavior per participant, verified by the people who work for them. Session content stays confidential, and sponsors receive aggregate reporting.
Program structure
- Cohort sessions
- Twelve weekly 90-minute sessions, live on video or on-site
- Individual work
- Six one-to-one sessions per participant, two per month
- Cohort size
- Eight to ten, closed after week two
- Composition
- Cross-functional. A participant and their direct manager don't share a cohort
- Time required
- Under three hours a week, including ten minutes daily
- Included
- Recordings, weekly materials, paired accountability, a written operating document, a six-week reunion and sponsor reporting
- Investment
- Per cohort, all individual sessions included. Quoted after scoping
Best for managers of managers, senior individual contributors moving into leadership, and anyone whose role grew faster than their experience. Not a substitute for a performance conversation.
How a cohort starts
A 45-minute scoping conversation with you, then a 20-minute call with each participant before week one.
Those calls are how I learn what each person is bringing, so the cohort starts working in week one instead of week four. They also let me flag early and privately if someone isn't a fit.
More ways to work together
Corporate coaching, classes and events
Not every team needs twelve weeks. These formats bring the same grounded approach to individuals, whole teams and company-wide gatherings.
Team & 1:1 coaching
Customized coaching that combines cognitive-behavioral tools with mindfulness. People identify their strengths and growth edges, then practice the skills to work with them in real situations.
- Executive and manager coaching
- Team sessions for groups under strain or in transition
- Single sessions or ongoing packages
Weekly & monthly classes
Recurring meditation and mindfulness classes that give employees a steady place to reset. Practical astrology classes are available too, and have built lasting communities inside client companies.
- Guided meditation and breath practice
- Mindfulness for focus and stress
- Practical astrology as an optional series
Talks & keynotes
Long-form presentations and interactive sessions on mindfulness, meditation, sustainable reliability and lived spirituality, for audiences of any size.
- Keynotes and lunch-and-learns
- Wellbeing weeks and all-hands sessions
- Conference and offsite sessions
Retreats & offsites
Facilitated time away for leadership teams who need to reconnect, reset and decide what matters next. Each retreat is designed around your team's goals, with contemplative practice woven through the working sessions.
- Leadership team resets
- Facilitated reflection and planning
- Meditation and movement throughout
For events & parties
Astrology, tarot and psychometry readings for corporate events
Give your guests something they'll talk about all night. One-on-one readings of 15 to 20 minutes each, at a quiet table or on video, with guests rotating through as the event goes on.
Mini astrology readings
A quick, personal look at a guest's birth chart: their sun, moon and rising signs, and what's lighting up for them this season.
In person or virtual · Guests bring their birth date, time and place
Psychometry readings
A guest hands me a personal object, like a ring, watch or set of keys, and I read the impressions it carries. Nothing to prepare, and often the most talked-about table in the room.
In person only · Guests bring something they wear or carry
Tarot readings
A short spread drawn around a question each guest brings, whether it's about work, love or the year ahead. Warm, playful and grounded.
In person or virtual · Guests bring a question, or just curiosity
Great for
Holiday parties, team celebrations, offsites, client and launch events, ERG gatherings, wellbeing weeks and virtual team socials.
How it works
Each reading is 15 to 20 minutes, one guest at a time, so about three to four guests an hour. Book one type of reading or offer guests a choice.
Booking
Priced by the hour and quoted for your event. Holiday season dates fill early.
"Susannah was a special guest at my annual holiday gathering of 12. As part of the evening she led us in an intuitive circle-gathering, providing us with both universal and individual insights on how astrological influences would effect us in the weeks and months ahead. She did an amazing job and was able to effortlessly connect with our diverse group through her incredible intuitive gifts and innate compassion. She made it a memorable and extra special evening. Highly recommend and hope to include her as a repeat guest in the future!"
These readings are a guest experience, offered for fun and reflection. They're separate from the leadership programs above.
Check availability for your eventFrom clients
Susannah's Astrology class has been a popular offering at Twitch. We have a steady group of employees that tune in every week. Employees have built a community around this class and continue to find Susannah's teachings useful and actionable.
Susannah is fiercely loving and a true master of her craft.
Who you'd be working with
Susannah Freedman
Integration coach and facilitator based in the San Francisco Bay Area, working with teams worldwide.
I've spent more than twenty years studying and practicing yoga philosophy, Buddhism and Vedanta, alongside modern therapeutic methods and the neuroscience of behavior change, and I'm a certified Neuroplasticity Coach specializing in behavioral change. In corporate settings I translate that depth into practical, secular tools people actually use on a Tuesday afternoon.
My work is warm and direct. I care about the people in the room, and I care about whether anything changes after they leave it.
- EducationMA in Philosophy, Cosmology & Consciousness
- CertificationNeuroplasticity Coach, specializing in behavioral change
- Practice20+ years in contemplative traditions
- ApproachEvidence-based: CBT, mindfulness, behavior-change research
- Based inSan Francisco Bay Area · online worldwide
How engagements work
From first call to first session
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Free consult
A 45-minute conversation about your team, what's straining it, and what you hope will change.
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Scope & proposal
I recommend a format, size and timeline, with a clear quote and what you'll receive.
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Participant calls
For cohorts and coaching, a short call with each person so the work starts on day one.
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Deliver & report
Sessions run, progress is tracked, and you receive aggregate reporting at the end.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is the program religious or spiritual?
Religious: no. Spiritual: only when asked.
By default, everything is taught in plain, secular language. The attention practice comes from twenty years in contemplative traditions, and nobody is asked to adopt a belief. If your team wants to go deeper into the spiritual roots, I'm glad to, but only by request.
Do you work in person or online?
Both. Sessions run live on video for distributed teams, or on-site for teams in the San Francisco Bay Area. Travel elsewhere is quoted separately.
How much does a corporate program cost?
Pricing is quoted after a short scoping conversation, because it depends on format, group size and how many one-to-one sessions are included. The Steady Middle is priced per cohort, with all individual sessions included.
How do you measure results?
With weekly adherence logs, self-assessments at weeks 1, 4, 8 and 12, and a recommended short 360 pulse to each participant's direct reports before and after. Individual session content stays confidential; sponsors receive aggregate reporting.
Is astrology part of the corporate work?
Only where you ask for it. Practical astrology is offered as an optional class or event. The Steady Middle and leadership coaching don't use astrology.
Can you do readings at our holiday party or company event?
Yes. I offer mini astrology, psychometry and tarot readings for holiday parties, offsites, team celebrations and client events. Readings are one-on-one and 15 to 20 minutes each, and they're priced by the hour. Astrology and tarot work in person or virtually; psychometry is in person only. See event readings.
Do you work with individuals outside of a company program?
Yes. Private clients work with me through Integration Coaching, and public groups and retreats are listed under Workshops, Retreats & Groups.
Tell me about your team
Forty-five minutes, no obligation. You'll leave with a clearer picture of what would help, whether or not we work together.