Our businesses and organizations can and should be environments of restoration, liberation, and connectedness.
Hi, I’m Theora.
Here are some things I can help you with:
Redesigning systems with human and planetary well being in mind to create more efficient, more rewarding, and more sustainable results.
Creating work practices that support nervous system regulation and foster felt safety.
Improve resiliency to uncomfortable situations to improve your agility as a leader to meaningfully create repair and restoration
Unlearn internalized norms that lead to exploitation of self, others, and the planet
Divest from urgency to support you and your team to make the right decisions and plans for your organization long term
“There is no other business consultant that I value more highly, and I have made it part of my annual strategy to work with Theora to identify and implement upgrades to my business.”
- Kate Faoro-Wright - she/her - Founder + Creative Director at Tapestry Events Co.
Transforming business outcomes from the inside out
There are so many moving parts required to steward a business into a well-functioning ecosystem but the path for every organization is different. Often managing the day-to-day consumes all your time and creativity and it can be challenging to find the time to zoom out to gain enough perspective to build an effective, supportive strategy that won’t burn you out. Our businesses become an amalgamation of reactions rather than coordinated building blocks moving us towards a better engineered entity and team. The good news is that for small businesses, small adjustments to processes and lead to big, positive changes in culture, client experience, and profitability.
Rather than approaching organizations like machines that need to be well-oiled, I take an ecological approach. This centers nervous system regulation, prioritizing energy-enriching strategies over energy-depleting ones, and fostering brave and resilient cultures through intersectional approaches to organizational development and repair.
My role as is to help you carve out the space and perspective required to help you re-imagine your work and leadership by reconnecting to your inspired vision, and then help you - and your team if you have one - build out the practical strategy to bridge the gap to get there from where you are now without burning out.
A regulated, “ecological” approach
I’m a cautionary tale.
In 2020, I burned out hard and had to close my first business because I was too unwell to work. It took me 2 years to claw my way back to better health. I know first hand the toll an exhaustive business can take on our minds and bodies. Especially a business you love and have poured your heart and soul into, because you are so invested in seeing it through that you fight through the signals and signs that are pulling at you to take a step back and consider a different way.
Everyone who burns out wishes they paid attention sooner and heeded the quiet voice that was urging them to slow down and figure out a way to do things differently. If your business is tiring you instead of supporting you to feel more stability, more groundedness, and more peace of mind, it’s time to course correct.