Leading With Connection
A 20-week embodied practice lab
for world-changing facilitators
Starting March 2026
Leading With Connection is where human-centred coaches, leaders and facilitators come to practise, not perform perfection.
Learn about relational facilitation, experience it and be witnessed in it.
Welcome to Leading With Connection: Your Pathway to Authentic and Relational Facilitation
In a world yearning for genuine connection, Leading With Connection offers a powerful 20-week journey designed for facilitators, leaders, and coaches who aspire to create impactful, human-centred experiences. Starting in March 2026, this embodied practice lab invites you to step into a space where you can practice authenticity, embrace vulnerability, and cultivate relational resilience.
Why This Programme?
We are living in a time of profound change, where ecological, political, social, and spiritual crises are unravelling the very fabric of our societies. This metacrisis is not a single problem to solve; it’s a call to action to rebuild the connections that bind us to each other and the world around us.
If we want to imagine new futures for ourselves and generations to come, we need to invest in the emerging infrastructure of care and relational resilience.
Your Role in Shaping the Future
That’s where you come in.
You already do meaningful work. This is a laboratory for making it more effective, more human, and more resilient.
This programme will support you in expanding your capacity to hold spaces that are safe enough and honest enough for people to be real, to soften, to connect, and to grow. Spaces where change becomes possible. Spaces where the difficult and necessary conversations can happen.
It’s an opportunity to practise being more fully yourself as a facilitator and to expand your impact by learning to balance outcomes with presence, planning with permission, and leadership with deep listening.
Join a community of world-changing facilitators who are committed to making a difference.
Lean Into Your Edge
If you feel the call to contribute to more life-affirming futures, this is where we practise how.
Because in a world collapsing under the weight of disconnection, relational work is the work. It’s connection, not content, that makes transformation possible for your participants, and for the world they hope for.
Who’s It For
Facilitators, leaders and coaches who are:
Feeling pressure to perfectly manage every moment and every participant's experience - if someone’s not having a ‘good’ time, that’s on you, right?
Lurching between being overly strict or not assertive enough in your facilitation style - there is a balance between bossy and fabric softener.
Cramming too much content into workshops - you’ve got to prove you’re the expert, don’t you?
Lacking clarity and specificity in your instructions and communication - I know you want people to like you.
Feeling exhausted by trying to guarantee outcomes and control every variable. Effort doesn’t always lead to results, I promise.
Yearning for something more connected, relational and heart-centered - you’ve got the frameworks and exercises, but it feels like something’s missing.
Feeling confident only when you're thoroughly (let’s face it - over) prepared and in your comfort zone - it’s difficult to let go of your plan and be fully present and responsive.
Judging yourself as not experienced enough or good enough - hello, recovering perfectionists 👋
Feeling scared to go ‘edgy’ places or more vulnerable topics - what if there’s conflict or someone has a ‘bad’ experience?
You care deeply about your work and your people. You’ve already got the skills, the credentials, or the experience. You know how to get results, often through control, structure and sheer effort.
But something’s shifting for you.
Underneath that well-polished identity of competent, capable, and results-focused, you’re longing for more. You want to deliver workshops that feel as good as they are effective: more connected, more human, more alive. You want more presence, more ease, more meaning. Not just for your participants, but for you too.
You’re committed to refining, evolving, and becoming even more yourself as a facilitator. There’s always more to learn, and you’re ready for the next level.
Deep down, you aspire to be a world-class, world-changing facilitator.
If that’s true (even if you’d never say it out loud), I want to support you. Because connection is how we begin to change the world.
What You’ll Gain
Practical skills to hold trauma-aware space with compassion and warmth to complement your existing work. So that more people feel safe enough to learn and change.
Specific techniques to actively listen, welcome all voices, and bridge differences. So that you attract a broad range of individuals and foster diverse experiences for all.
Confidence facilitating impactful and authentic group shares and discussions, leading with both clarity and gentleness. So that you deepen the impact of your teaching.
Leadership abilities to design shared experiences that foster trust and vulnerability. So that your people feel inspired by you to be agents of change themselves.
Embodied range to navigate the dance of facilitation and leadership, balancing structure and spontaneity, clarity and care. So that you show up with presence, no matter what’s unfolding.
Deeper self-awareness and regulation of your nervous system, more trust and less self-doubt. So that you can show up more fully as a facilitator AND put yourself out there to share your work with more clarity, direction and confidence, feeling proud of what you offer.
Clarity on your authentic facilitation style and deepening into who you are when you’re at your best. So that you can stop over-efforting and start trusting yourself more fully.
Profound connection through relating exercises and peer support. Because you’re a guide, not a hero, and you don’t have to do this alone.
Personalised, compassionate feedback on your facilitation in real time. So that you can grow in a brave-but-not-scary way and integrate learning as you go.
Less hustle, more impact. Learn to facilitate in a way that’s more relaxed, more relational, and more effective. So that you and your participants experience more depth with less strain.
This is a place where you get to practice being more of yourself so you can show up more authentically and more confidently for your clients. Through a blend of skills development, intentional practice, clear feedback, mentoring, and peer support, you'll gain greater adaptability, confidence, and the ability to facilitate life-affirming and life-changing experiences. Your work won’t just deliver outcomes; it will become a place where something new can emerge.
What others Have Said
“This course helped me get over my self-doubts about leadership.”
Vix guided us masterfully with a great balance of support and challenge.
— Ben Evans, Men’s Work Facilitator
“It changed how I show up in my business and personal life.”
The programme revealed blind spots and gave me a safe space to take action.
— Clare Cullen, Chiropractor & Coach
“It gave me the confidence to take my facilitation out into the world.”
I eased out of my comfort zone and discovered my own style.
— Debbie Riley, Regenerative Business Coach
“She helped me become a leader, my way.”
I soaked up so much through how she embodied the work. This is mentorship that stays with you.
— Chris Kenworthy, Improv Leader
“Learning from Vix is an exceptional experience.”
Every part of me felt welcome, and I could practise vulnerability in a way that felt alive.
— Jez Green
“I feel much more confident in my facilitation skills.”
It gave me a clear framework and empowered me to grow into the facilitator I want to be.
— Simone Boesch, Breathwork Facilitator
What It Includes
Interactive Lessons
8 Skills Sessions to learn tools and skills of relational leadership and facilitation.
Supportive Connection
Buddy groups, sharing circles, and authentic relating games to experience deep connection.
Individual Mentorship
4 one-on-one calls to develop your unique strengths and unlock your blocks.
Hands-On Practice
8 Practice Labs to hone your skills with supportive, practical feedback from peers and me.
Extensive Resources
Recordings, materials, and a private platform to support you in your learning journey.
Ongoing Community
Access to a wider community of relational facilitators for continued practice and support.
Programme Cost
£2500
This reflects the depth of support and the intimacy of this space: up to 8 people, 20 weeks together, and real-time, relational feedback to nurture your facilitation style with confidence.
To honour the depth and intimacy of this space, all places must be paid in full before the programme begins. Instalment plans are available for early sign-ups, with final payment due by 20th February 2026.
I also offer concession spaces by invitation or request. If this work calls to you and cost is a barrier, please reach out.
What’s Next
The next cohort will begin in March 2026 and is most suitable for those in Europe, Africa and the Americas.
(Apologies if you’re in Australasia - if you’re still interested, let me know for future cohorts).
I’m returning to study for a Master’s in Anthropology of Global Futures and Sustainability at SOAS, University of London, so I’ll be confirming exact dates and call times in the autumn to make sure this programme fits well around that rhythm.
In the meantime, you can take a look inside the programme, and then I’d love to hear from you if you’re feeling curious.
You can:
Register your interest to be the first to know when dates and times are finalised.
Email me directly if you want to talk it through, ask questions, or feel into whether this is the right next step for you.
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