We help leaders move from reaction to repair.

Too often we respond to behaviors instead of their roots.

Brilliant Employee → Stops engaging = Bring in wellness coach
Unseen Student → Takes their life = Bring in grief counselor
Talented Athlete → Inconsistent performance = Sit 'em on the bench

We teach leaders how to address the root, not the symptom.

This is not about performance.

It's about unhealed relational trauma - and we can help.

What is Relational Trauma

Relational trauma occurs when someone is repeatedly (and often unknowingly) hurt by the people who are supposed to care for them (parents, caregivers, partners, or other trusted individuals). Unlike a single traumatic event, it involves ongoing patterns of abuse, neglect, betrayal, or inconsistent care (even if these actions don't stand out or have become normalized). What makes relational trauma especially damaging is that it happens within relationships where safety and love should exist. The presence of relational trauma disrupts a person's ability to trust others, regulate emotions, and form healthy connections. Those effects ripple outward, and often impact how we relate to others, how we manage our feelings, and how we view our own worth. Until addressed, these pattern exist well into adulthood.

Relational trauma is caused by relationships and can only be healed through relationships. This is how we create sustainable change.

Applied Relational Healing

Instead of waiting for crisis, we build systems focused on:

Prevention-First

Stop trauma before it spirals.

Relational Healing

Build safety and trust in everyday interactions.

Human-Centered Leadership

Lead from a human-centered systems.

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Who We Serve

Parents & Coaches

Reduce staff burnout and behavior crises in schools and athletics.

Healthcare & LMHPs

Address the gap in trauma training, compassion fatigue, & strengthen care teams.

Educators & Athletics

Reduce staff burnout and behavior crises in schools and athletics.

Corporate Leaders

Prevent burnout, turnover, and fractured cultures.

We also strongly believe that affordability should not preclude healing. Please visit our nonprofit if this speaks to your situation.

The Elephant and Willow Project

At this time, we are no longer offering 1:1 coaching. Please explore our group options that are designed for deeper transformation.

Leading from a healed space is how legends are born.

What Our Clients Are Saying

Brian Weiss , MD • Psychiatrist | Best Selling Author

Your approach was the best I've ever experienced on this topic...I found your content focused, on target and without any fluff...you presented thoughtful actionable tools.

Dr. Joseph Rios • Educational Consultant | Google

Jodee is a professional that is committed to helping you understand human behavior. Her instructional style combined with her practical approach deepens your ability to understand. Jodee is a master at conveying the essence of human behavior.

Eric Stark • Head Volleyball Coach | University of Michigan Dearborn

I continue to hear student athletes as well as coaches using Jodee's approach and referencing her materials. And not to sound like a Billy Joel song yet it's interesting to see how life events leave a permanent imprint on someone's map...very interesting.

Jenna B. • Athletic Coach | Former Athlete

This really spoke to me as an athlete turned coach! A big part of my journey was not having a lot of confidence or mental toughness, and nobody around me had the tools to help me through that. As a coach I’ve made it my priority to build my athletes up in any way I can! Jodee's work has the power to completely shape the thought, which cycles into our emotions and actions...her work helped me understand how to fine tune my words to better talk to my athletes!

Jessica Atkins • Head VB Coach | Fort Hays State University

Great and super simple ideas to better engage your athletes and invite them into the process of learning and growth.

Carlos Flores • Vice Principal | Escuela Internacional Sampedrana

Very interesting approach on how to be better as a leader when expressing myself.

Dr. Richard Bandler • Co-Creator of NLP

Jodee Gibson has pragmatically taken the NLP theory to the person. I have, for fifty years, dealt with and developed technologies to get people past trauma of every description. I find her work proudly useful...heal yourself to live free and smile.

Kelli Meeks • How Words Work™ | Presented for WXW

Brilliant insights and actionable takeaways on why words, what we say and how we say it matters. “Spilling T.E.A. “ = gold . . . profoundly enhance your relationships, influence and impact.

Sam Skinner • How Words Work™ | Presented for WXW

Jodee gives you insight on how you react/respond/see the world around and shift your perspective to healthier choices. Her teaching is very impactful and I will be thinking of what she taught me on the daily.

Anonymous Attendee • How Words Work™ | Presented for Athletics

This was amazingly positive and motivating as a coach. I think the way Jodee is explaining and understand mental health and language is innovative and extremely important in this day and age.

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Healing Your Map

Jodee's first book, Healing Your Map - released in November, 2022 earned a
2023 IPPY Silver Medal for psychology/mental health.
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

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