Dr. Jen Clifden
Educator | Researcher | Relationship Scientist
Organizational Support
We don’t believe systems are broken—
they do fall out of balance. Like any complex system, external pressures can disrupt their natural equilibrium.
Burnout in leaders and front-line staff is a symptom of imbalance in the system in which they work. When individuals and systems become disconnected from core human values—Reverence, Trust, Respect, Agency, and Recognition—stress compounds, relationships weaken, and well-being declines.
Reconnecting to these values restores balance, renews energy, and makes sustainable, healing-centered work possible.
The Light We Cast™ equips leaders in education, public health, and youth work with consultation, training, and resources to strengthen well-being at both the individual and organizational level. By addressing burnout systemically and restoring human connection, we help build positive workplace cultures rooted in care, interdependence, and healing.
The Light We Cast™ | Presence-Forward Leadership for Administrative Teams
The Light We Cast™ curriculum is our signature 8-module training designed to cultivate Presence-Forward Leadership™ for leaders and administrative teams. At its core is the belief that embracing your own power is the key to empowering others—especially those who empower many. This ON-SITE program equips leadership teams with the relational skills to inspire, create vision, fuel hope, and provide clear direction—while maintaining inner stability, conserving energy, and embodying a confident, compassionate Presence rooted in sustainable mental health practices.
Team-focused, it also strengthens leader emotional intelligence, fosters a positive workplace culture, and aligns purpose with well-being for sustainable, high-impact leadership.
The Light We Cast™ | Presence-Forward Leadership Executive Coaching
Presence-Forward Leadership™ is less about control and more about connection. Leaders who embody calm, clarity, and compassion build trust, inspire confidence, and model resilience. By aligning actions with values and staying grounded through challenge and uncertainty, Presence-Forward Leaders empower others while conserving their own energy—avoiding sacrifice syndrome, compassion fatigue, and burnout.
This executive coaching experience offers individualized support that deepens mental health and emotional intelligence, helping leaders expand their influence and impact while bringing their purpose into harmony with their personal life—creating a regenerative cycle of sustainable leadership.
The Light You Cast™ | IN-MOTION
Leaders and Leadership Teams
Mindful, nervous-system–aware leadership transforms teams. Leaders who cultivate Presence and regulate their nervous system respond with clarity, build trust, foster psychological safety, and conserve energy—creating resilient, high-functioning teams and positive, sustainable workplace cultures.
Experience The Light We Cast™ | Leadership Principles IN-MOTION. Bring a 30, 60, or 75-minute session to your leadership team to boost decision-making, constructive problem-solving, awareness, collaboration, and—most importantly—renew energy and recharge capacity.
