Dig deep to bring about transformational change in your life.
Open Stance Workshops
Practice being more open to ourselves, others, and our faith
Enjoying closer connections and supporting one another in a safe, confidential space
These workshops are based on the work of Ann Van Eron, PhD, author of Open Stance – Thriving Amid Differences and Uncertainty. She writes that when we are open, we are more curious, compassionate, courageous, generous and grateful. And that the path to taking an open stance begins with awareness. It is simply being in the moment with an acceptance of “what is,” including the pain, the positive, the mundane, the human experience – trusting life and allowing it to unfold.
At Acorn Patterns Leadership Coaching, we use a multifaceted approach to coaching engagements. Alongside using classic executive coaching frameworks, we are also aware of how stress, anxiety, burnout, and trauma can impact our clients, their behavior, and the coaching process itself. In taking this comprehensive approach, we meet our clients where they are, each and every session.
As a confidential third-party, we listen deeply, act as a sounding board, and ask pertinent questions, to create a space for transformational change.
Are you an executive who feels how lonely it is at the top?
Is your organization at a crossroads?
Does your team need some extra support?
Do you feel stuck in your career?
If so, you are not alone. To all of these questions and many more, coaching can help.
Let’s partner together to explore what is most important for you right now.
“What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you.”
— Anthony de Mello
We encourage our clients to notice and reflect upon their patterns, as they are extremely revealing and speak volumes. For just a moment consider your response to these questions.
What triggers you?
What old patterns do you want to shed light upon that no longer serve you?
What patterns or routines work well for you?
What new patterns do you want to create for yourself and your life moving forward?
By attuning to our clients, we meet them where they are, going as deep as they’d like.
Through working together, clients report feeling calmer, greater self-awareness, clarity, personal growth, and healing.
“Patterns don’t lie—they whisper the truth you try to ignore.”
— Anonymous
Pattern Recognition
What People Are Saying
I feel I have benefited from these Open Stance workshops by being able to look back at encounters I have had that I could have handled differently. I am now more aware of when I react without thinking.
Makes me a better person to be more thoughtful about responding to negative situations.
— Pauline
“It's been thought provoking for me, and I've used this approach in some "difficult conversations!"
— Anonymous
— Misha or Kathryn
Open Stance workshops, led by Renee, provides a much needed remedy in our current times. It provides a weekly nurturing, supportive and empathetic environment to listen and grow. For myself, it is a gentle circle of love of care that embraces the whole person — and community. It provides a time each week to get away — to retreat and be silent — but open — in the midst of all the noise in the world. Through the Open Stance process, I am learning to better listen and trust — both others and myself. It's a time that I look forward to each week. Through the evolving process of listening and dialogue, growth occurs organically, like a seed planted deep in the earth, but also reaching for the sun — the LIGHT. It is a place of holy sanctuary for both assessment and renewal.”
— Geoffrey