Helping Leaders Cultivate Presence, Boundaries, and Well-Being for Sustainable Success
Stress, reactivity, and burnout are symptoms of a system that is out of balance.
The BoundaryWise Workplace Wellness Guide offers tools for leaders to flip the script on success, break cycles of reactivity, reclaim attentional control, and lead with integrity, steadiness, and care.
Inside, you’ll find insights and strategies on:
✅ Breaking reactive cycles – How stress patterns shape leadership and what to do instead
✅ Intentional boundaries – Why clear boundaries create stability for both you and your team
✅ Training attention – The power of single-tasking and how to direct focus with intention
✅ Creating a culture of belonging – How psychological safety transforms workplace dynamics
No matter how busy you are, you can take action to create a healthier, happier workplace.
Helping Leaders Cultivate Presence, Boundaries, and Well-Being for Sustainable Success
Research proves that the best professional development is personal development—and that a leader’s regulated nervous system is the intervention. Leadership is not just about strategy and execution; it is about presence, mental fitness, emotional regulation, and skillfully modeling an commitment to well-being in real time.
The way you show up—your steadiness, clarity, and emotional intelligence—directly shapes the culture of your team. Through 1-on-1 coaching, small group mentorship, and staff well-being workshops, we help leaders cultivate the self-awareness, boundaries, and nervous system capacity needed to foster resilient, engaged, and high-performing workplaces.
Programs and Offerings
🔹 1:1 Leadership Coaching
For executives, managers, and emerging leaders seeking clarity, balance, and personal mastery. Learn how to regulate your nervous system under pressure, set and maintain fierce yet compassionate boundaries, and lead with presence and intention.
🔹 Small Group Mentorship & Coaching
A space for leaders, teams, and mission-driven professionals to cultivate shared wisdom, deepen emotional intelligence, and practice boundary-setting in a supportive environment. Sessions integrate mindfulness, somatic awareness, and real-time leadership challenges.
🔹 Staff & Employee Well-Being Workshops
Workplace well-being isn’t a perk—it’s a necessity. Our customized workshops help teams reduce stress, increase emotional resilience, and create a culture where engagement and innovation thrive.
Meet Dr. Cynthia Garner, Systemic Wellbeing Specialist and Group Facilitator:
Cynthia Garner, D.B.H., is a mindfulness educator, leadership consultant, expert in trauma-sensitive systems change, and the author of the book Fierce Boundaries. She holds a Doctorate of Body Mind Healing, and her work is informed by cutting-edge mindfulness research, neuroscience, psychotherapeutic training, and somatic awareness practices.
With a background in leadership coaching, stress and anxiety management, and organizational well-being, Cynthia helps professionals lead with presence, set sustainable boundaries, and cultivate workplaces that support performance, belonging, and well-being.
She has worked extensively with school leaders, corporate teams, and mission-driven organizations, guiding them to interrupt stress and abuse cycles, strengthen emotional intelligence, and create cultures of safety and mental fitness. Cynthia’s approach is both deeply compassionate and highly actionable—helping leaders develop the internal stability and strategic skills needed to create lasting change.
Cynthia is also a highly engaging speaker and facilitator, known for her ability to blend research-backed insights with real-world application. Whether leading a keynote, workshop, or leadership retreat, she creates a space that is both expansive and deeply grounding, leaving participants with a renewed sense of clarity, empowerment, and the tools to implement meaningful change.
With her signature, field-tested BoundaryWise Leadership Framework, Cynthia offers leaders actionable skills and practices to transform how they lead—helping them build workplaces where clarity, well-being, and sustainability go hand in hand.
Eyecare Associates, Loveland, CO.
Why Choose BoundaryWise Leadership?
✔ Expert Guidance Rooted in Mindfulness, Neuroscience, and Leadership Development
Cynthia Garner brings decades of experience in leadership consulting, mindfulness-based coaching, and trauma-sensitive systems change. She has worked with school leaders, executives, and mission-driven professionals, helping them cultivate the internal stability needed to lead with clarity and strength. Her approach is both deeply nourishing and highly practical—blending cutting-edge neuroscience, mindful leadership practices, and boundary-setting strategies to create sustainable workplace transformation.
✔ Engaging, Captivating Speaker with Real-World Impact
Cynthia is known for her dynamic presence as a speaker and facilitator, bringing a powerful yet grounded energy that resonates across industries. She has led transformational workshops, keynotes, and leadership intensives, offering actionable tools that create real-world ripple effects in both personal and professional communities. Audiences leave her sessions not just inspired—but equipped with strategies that immediately impact their teams, organizations, and leadership approach.
Parents and Teens Mindfulness Workshop, Longmont, CO.
✔ Sustainable Success, Not Just Productivity
Leadership is not about pushing harder—it’s about leading smarter, with attunement and intention. At BoundaryWise Leadership, we teach leaders how to access deep reserves of clarity, resilience, and emotional intelligence, so they can sustain high-impact leadership without burnout.
✔ A Trauma-Sensitive Approach to Workplace Well-Being
Many leadership programs focus on strategy alone. At BoundaryWise Leadership, we go deeper—addressing the nervous system, emotional regulation, and the unspoken stressors that shape decision-making. By working with the body’s innate wisdom, we help leaders interrupt stress cycles, restore balance, and create a culture of psychological safety that allows people to do their best work.
District Leadership Mindfulness-Based Mentorship Group, South Bend, IN.
✔ Real-World, Field-Tested Strategies for Leaders
These are not abstract theories. Every practice, tool, and strategy we teach has been field-tested in high-pressure environments, from education to corporate leadership. Cynthia’s work has been shaped by years of hands-on experience, research, and mentorship with top experts in mindful leadership, somatic healing, and organizational well-being.
✔ Leadership with Integrity that Feels Good, Not Just Effective
When leaders are regulated, present, and boundary-wise, their teams become more engaged, creative, and resilient. At BoundaryWise Leadership, we don’t just help leaders be more effective—we help them lead in a way that feels nourishing, sustainable, and deeply fulfilling.
Reflections from Past Participants…
