The Massive Impact of Ruptures on Relationships

Every leader experiences ruptures in relationships—some stretching back to childhood, others more recent, with partners, children, friends, or colleagues.

Research shows that when we ignore inner pain, it doesn’t disappear—it echoes through our relationships, businesses, and even across generations. Unresolved struggles manifest in our bodies, decision-making, and leadership styles, subtly shaping the way we build and run our businesses.

It’s a ripple effect. And it’s time to break the cycle.

Your Challenges:

  • You feel like you’re always on full speed, struggling to slow down.
  • Stress has become so normal that it spreads through your closest relationships.
  • You lack a space to deeply connect and share what truly occupies your mind.
  • You feel numb, disengaged, or exhausted.
  • You get easily triggered, find it hard to regulate your energy, and feel unsteady.
  • Productivity—yours and your team’s—feels stuck in patterns that don’t serve growth.
  • The same issues keep repeating, both in your personal life and business execution.

What if these struggles aren’t just “the cost of leadership”—but signals that something deeper is asking to be repaired?

Take A Deep Seat: The Art of Repair

Ruptures are inevitable, but most leaders were never taught how to repair them. Instead, they echo through our systems, creating misalignment on every level—personally, professionally, generationally.

Impact-driven leaders are in a unique position to shift this. Elevating your own state of mind allows you to unlock a deeper level of leadership, enhancing not just your success but the success of those around you.

“Denying your wounds comes from the same source as your power.” — Adrienne Rich

Own Your Edge

In the Deep Seat Sessions, you’ll face the challenges you may have unconsciously avoided. This impacts the very state from which you lead.

  • Gain awareness of your triggers and learn how to regulate them—so you lead from a place of clarity, not reaction.
  • Surround yourself with a trusted group of global leaders who elevate each other’s capacity for growth.
  • Move beyond intellectual learning—practice staying present in high-stakes situations without losing your sense of balance.
  • Master the art of building strong, lasting relationships, in business and beyond.

By cultivating a more regulated, resilient leadership approach, you’ll stop being driven by stress and start leading with stability.

“Regulation will bring joy again.” — Thomas Hübl

The Deep Seat Session Format

Each session follows a structured yet deeply personal process:

  1. One leader brings forward a real-time challenge or rupture (15 min).
  2. Fellow leaders ask insightful, non-judgmental questions (15 min).
  3. The leader in the Deep Seat reflects openly (15 min).
  4. The group offers perspectives based on their own experiences (15 min).
  5. Synergies and strategies emerge for real-world application (10 min).
  6. Closing integration to ground insights (5 min).

This process unlocks a new level of self-awareness, helping you turn triggers into treasures.

The Benefits of Deep Seat Leadership

  • Master emotional regulation—stay steady in high-pressure situations.
  • Strengthen relationships—at home, in business, and in your community.
  • Transform stress into strategy—learn to lead with clarity and confidence.
  • Enhance collective intelligence—activate the wisdom of fellow founders.
  • Turn breakdowns into breakthroughs—use ruptures as fuel for growth.

Who Is This For?

“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only a few will leave footprints in your heart.” — Eleanor Roosevelt

The Deep Seat Sessions are designed for:

✅ Founders, leaders, and C-suite executives who want to lead from a deeper place
✅ Leadership & management teams ready to break limiting patterns
✅ Coaches, health workers, and educators shaping human-centered systems

Together shaping an ecology of regulation and repair will impact all fibers of our current work and pave a solid path for future generations.

Investment in Transformation

🔹 Single Session: €38.50 per person (excl. VAT for Dutch attendees)
🔹 6-Session Package: €205 instead of €231 (excl. VAT for Dutch Attendees)
🔹 Your role: You will be informed one week before if you are in the Deep Seat or participating as a listener & reflector.

Meet Your Guide

Barbara van Lodensteijn – Business Psychologist, certified in rupture & repair methods and trauma research (NICABM / Trauma Research Foundation).

The Deep Seat Method is rooted in the pioneering work of leading thinkers, including:
🧠 Janina Fisher, PhD | Pat Ogden, PhD | Gabor Maté, MD | Steven Porges, PhD | Deborah Korn, PsyD | Thomas Hübl, PhD

A Future-Proof Company Needs Both Strategy & Repair

Leaders who master the art of repair expand their capacity—and naturally, the outcomes of their business.

Repair is the strategy. Healing is the art of true leadership.

Are you ready to take your seat?

👉Reserve your spot now:

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