Stress is part of leadership but it doesn’t have to own you. Many leaders live with constant pressure, carrying the invisible weight of responsibility, deadlines, and complex relationships. Over time, this can erode clarity, creativity, and wellbeing. Traditional approaches to stress management often focus on coping strategies that are useful, but incomplete. What’s missing is presence.

This course offers a new way forward: a shift from pressure to presence through the framework of Trust-Based NOW Leadership. Grounded in phenomenology, ontology, and kenosis, it helps leaders move beyond survival mode into a more grounded, authentic way of leading.

Through five modules of teaching, reflection, and simple but powerful practices, you’ll discover how to:

  • Recognize stress patterns before they become burnout.
  • See why coping strategies are not enough and what truly transforms stress.
  • Explore the hidden psychosocial risks leaders face and how to reduce them.
  • Practice activities like the 10-Second Pause and the Presence Reset Plan.
  • Learn the Five Pillars of Trust-Based NOW Leadership:
  1. Being with Self – the Ground of Presence
  2. Being with Others – the Relational Field of Leadership
  3. Being in the Moment – the Flow of Leadership
  4. Being with Change – the Evolution of Leadership
  5. Being in Meaning – the Purpose of Leadership


Why Take This Course?

If you’ve ever felt like coping tools weren’t enough, or that stress was costing you more than you were willing to admit, this course is for you. It’s not about adding more techniques to your busy day. It’s about returning to yourself, learning to pause, and leading from a place of presence, authenticity and self-trust.


What You Will Gain

By the end of this course, you will:

  • Have a deeper awareness of how stress shows up in your leadership.
  • Build practical, everyday practices to return to presence quickly.
  • Understand how psychosocial risk affects both you and your team.
  • Anchor your leadership in presence, authenticity, and meaning.
  • Walk away with your own Presence Reset Plan, a personal guide to bring these practices into daily life.


How the Course Works

  • Format: 5 modules, each with readings, reflection questions, and practices.
  • Style: Short, reflective, and practical designed to fit into your leadership life.
  • Pace: Self-directed move at your own rhythm.
  • Integration: You’ll create your own Presence Reset Plan to carry forward after the course.









Curriculum

  Introduction Session: From Pressure to Presence — Stress & Trust-Based NOW Leadership
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  Module 1: When Stress Becomes Something More
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  Module 2: Why Coping Isn’t Enough
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  Module 3: Leadership, Mental Health & Psychosocial Risk
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  Module 4: The Five Pillars of Trust-Based NOW Leadership
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  Module 5: The Courage to Lead Differently
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Your Facilitator


Dr. Therese Walkinshaw is the Founder of the Trust-Based NOW Leadership framework and a Spiritual Mentor for Conscious Leaders. With over 25 years of experience in HR, leadership development, and wellbeing, she has guided leaders through the hidden costs of stress, burnout, and disconnection.

Her PhD research explored mindfulness and leadership, opening a deep journey into phenomenology, ontology, and kenosis philosophies that continue to shape her work today.

Therese knows firsthand the pressures leaders face and has lived the very practices she now teaches. Her approach is calm, authentic, and grounded, helping leaders move beyond coping strategies into a new way of being; one rooted in presence, authenticity, and self-trust.