A Soulful Transition — Partner Program for Outplacement Firms

The gap in outplacement

Outplacement gets people back to work.
This gets them back to themselves.

Your core services — CV, LinkedIn, search strategy, interview coaching — solve the outer transition. The inner transition decides whether the people in your care merely land somewhere, or grow into what comes next.

Senior candidates stall from the inside

After decades of achievement, identity is fused with the title. Until that fusion loosens, executives interview from fear, grasp at the wrong roles, or freeze — no matter how strong the search strategy.

AI has changed what "next role" means

Displaced leaders aren't just changing jobs; they're re-founding careers in a labour market AI is actively reshaping. They need direction and discernment, not only placement mechanics.

Your clients want their people cared for

Corporate sponsors increasingly judge outplacement by what it does for the people affected — their wellbeing, their growth, and how they speak about their former employer afterwards. A credible human-development offering shows that care is real.

"The world doesn't need more busy people; it needs more people who have come alive."
— from the book A Soulful Transition

Why it works

Built on architecture proven over four decades — not a workshop format invented last year

A Soulful Transition is deliberately modelled on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), the most researched behaviour-change curriculum in the world. MBSR never promised to remove stress; it transformed people's relationship to it. This program does the same for career transition — transforming each participant's relationship to uncertainty, identity, and change itself.

The language is fully secular and corporate-appropriate. The depth comes from the design, not the vocabulary.

1:1 orientation intake before Week 1 — sets intention and screens for fit (developmental, not clinical; referrals where appropriate)
A daily practice spine — 10–20 minutes of guided practice between sessions, where the real change happens
Weekly 90–120 min cohort sessions — consistent arc: practice, inquiry, teaching, signature exercise, integration
Optional "Day in the Void" immersion — a premium half/full-day deepening around Week 6, mirroring MBSR's retreat day
Built-in pre/post measurement — evidence your buyers can see
Complete materials — the published book, recorded practice audio, and participant workbook included

The 8-week arc

From Sunday Night Dread to steady ground

The arc moves from awareness, through working with identity and difficulty, to integration — following the narrative spine of the book, chapter by chapter.

Week 1

Meeting the Sunday Night Dread

Turning toward anxiety with curiosity — observing the storm without being swept into it.

Week 2

You Are More Than Your Job Title

The Identity Detox: creating space between the person and the professional costume.

Week 3

Loving Your Job Without Marrying It

Sustainable non-attachment — caring fully without being destabilised by outcomes.

Week 4

The Spark Joy Audit

Releasing outgrown "Robot Work" and locating the Zone of Genius AI can't replace.

Week 5

Meaningful Work 2.0

Sensing emerging direction through four felt streams — not forcing a Venn-diagram answer.

Week 6 · The Crucible

The Void Between Trapeze Bars

Staying steady in not-knowing without grasping prematurely for the wrong next move.

Week 7

The Finance of Freedom & the Resonance Tribe

Fear literacy for the "Mortgage Fear," and peer support that outlives the program.

Week 8

The Whole Leader in the Boardroom

Integration: a personal practice commitment and a sustainable way forward — wherever they land.

Between sessions: a 10-minute daily guided practice, one evening reflection line, weekly chapter reading, and one applied experiment — the spine that converts insight into change.

Download the 8-week program one-pager (PDF)

Outcomes by week 8

What participants walk away with

1Meet anxiety with presence instead of being swept into reactive processing
2Hold their professional identity without being held captive by it
3A clear map of their Zone of Genius versus the "Robot Work" they can release
4Capacity to stay in not-knowing without grasping at the wrong next move
5Fear literacy around money — facts separated from inherited panic
6A sustainable daily practice and an ongoing peer "Resonance Tribe"

Measured, not asserted

A light pre/post instrument at orientation and after Week 8 demonstrates change on the dimensions your buyers care about:

Self-rated clarity of direction
Frequency & intensity of anticipatory anxiety
Identity-fusion with the professional role
Tolerance of uncertainty
Sense of support and belonging
Qualitative reflection: "What has shifted since Week 1?"

Aggregated, anonymised deltas become reporting you can put in front of corporate sponsors.

Why partner

A premium tier built around human growth — ready to offer next quarter, with nothing to build

Differentiate your executive tier

A named, book-backed, methodology-grounded program elevates senior packages beyond the standard CV-and-coaching bundle — and shows clients your firm invests in the growth of their people, not just placement rates.

Outcomes you can report

Built-in pre/post measurement turns "wellbeing support" from a soft promise into evidence — for client reviews, RFP responses, and renewal conversations.

Deep support, at scale

One facilitator, 8–14 participants, eight weeks. Group delivery brings meaningful support to far more affected people than 1:1 hours alone — with economics that still work after restructuring events.

Turnkey delivery

Orientation intakes, weekly facilitation, the published book, practice audio, and participant workbooks — all included. Your team manages the relationship; we carry the program.

Flexible & bilingual

In person across Switzerland/Europe or via Zoom worldwide. Delivered in English or Mandarin — a rare capability for multinational restructurings and APAC-linked clients.

Safe and well-bounded

Explicitly developmental, not clinical. Every participant is screened in a 1:1 orientation, with referral pathways where therapeutic support is the better fit. Secular language throughout.

Chunfeng "Breeze" Dong

Founder, Springbreeze Ventures
Author, A Soulful Transition

Your facilitator

Corporate credibility. Human depth.

Breeze has spent two decades inside the rooms your candidates are leaving — strategy consulting at Roland Berger, then senior organisation development and change leadership at Siemens, ABB, and Roche. She has led leaders through restructurings from the inside, and she understands exactly what is lost, and what is possible, when a senior role ends.

She pairs that career with deep formal training in the inner disciplines this program draws on: professional certified coaching, mindfulness teaching, and systemic work. Her recently published book A Soulful Transition (2026) is the foundation of the curriculum — every participant receives a copy.

ICF PCC CPCC ICF Advanced Certification in Team Coaching PCC Marker Assessor Mindfulness Teacher Systemic Constellations EN / 中文

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What leaders say

Trusted by leaders at the world's most demanding companies

What started out as a career coaching engagement ended up benefiting me in ways I could not have imagined… After 3 months not only have I become a better leader but also a more grateful individual. Working with Breeze was one of the best decisions I have made for my personal and career growth.

DeonDirector of Software Engineering, Meta

A recurring theme was how to bring mindfulness, or presence, to bear in the way that I lead… I think this is a key element of the future of work. Breeze's experience and strength in this area has her well positioned to help accelerate this wave.

SteveHardware Engineer, Google X

She supported me throughout with empathy, intelligence, wisdom, keen insights, and a deep understanding of the benefits of mindfulness, perspective, and compassion. I have grown in meaningful ways I did not anticipate — I heartily recommend her.

LorieSenior VP, Software Engineering

Ways to work together

Three partnership models

Embedded in your executive packages

Offer A Soulful Transition as a named premium component of senior outplacement tiers. Cohorts run on a rolling calendar; your consultants refer candidates after intake.

Dedicated cohorts for restructuring events

When a client releases a leadership population at once, we stand up dedicated cohorts for that organisation — a visible, humane signal in sensitive separations.

Alumni & candidate-experience enrichment

Keynote sessions, "Day in the Void" immersion days, and taster workshops for your candidate community and HR-buyer events — a low-commitment way to begin.

Commercial terms are flexible by design — per-cohort, per-participant, or program-licence structures, co-branded under your candidate experience. Every partnership starts with one pilot cohort and a shared review of its pre/post results.

Start with one pilot cohort

Give the people you support a transition they can grow from

A 30-minute conversation is enough to explore fit: your candidate population, an upcoming mandate, and what a pilot would look like.

Email: info@springbreezeventures.com Book an exploratory call

Download the 8-week program one-pager (PDF) · Or visit springbreezeventures.com to explore the wider practice.

Outplacement gets people back to work.This gets them back to themselves.