A Soulful Transition is a structured 8-week group program that addresses what traditional outplacement cannot: the identity loss, anxiety, and uncertainty beneath every senior-level transition. Built on the proven architecture of MBSR. Delivered turnkey, as a premium add-on to your executive packages.
Your core services — CV, LinkedIn, search strategy, interview coaching — solve the outer transition. For senior leaders, the inner transition is where placements stall and satisfaction scores dip.
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.
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.
HR buyers increasingly evaluate outplacement on candidate experience and wellbeing, not just landing rates. A credible inner-transition offering is a visible differentiator in competitive bids.
"The world doesn't need more busy people; it needs more people who have come alive."
— from the book A Soulful Transition
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.
The arc moves from awareness, through working with identity and difficulty, to integration — following the narrative spine of the book, chapter by chapter.
Turning toward anxiety with curiosity — observing the storm without being swept into it.
The Identity Detox: creating space between the eternal self and the professional costume.
Sustainable non-attachment — caring fully without being destabilised by outcomes.
Releasing outgrown "Robot Work" and locating the Zone of Genius AI can't replace.
Sensing emerging direction through four felt streams — not forcing a Venn-diagram answer.
Staying steady in not-knowing without grasping prematurely for the wrong next move.
Fear literacy for the "Mortgage Fear," and peer support that outlives the program.
Integration: a personal Practice Covenant 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.
A light pre/post instrument at orientation and after Week 8 demonstrates change on the dimensions your buyers care about:
Aggregated, anonymised deltas become reporting you can put in front of corporate sponsors.
A named, book-backed, methodology-grounded program elevates senior packages beyond the standard CV-and-coaching bundle — and gives your sales team a story competitors can't copy overnight.
Built-in pre/post measurement turns "wellbeing support" from a soft promise into evidence — for client reviews, RFP responses, and renewal conversations.
One facilitator, 8–14 participants, eight weeks. Group delivery serves more candidates at a better margin than 1:1 coaching hours — ideal after restructuring events.
Orientation intakes, weekly facilitation, the published book, practice audio, and participant workbooks — all included. Your team manages the relationship; we carry the program.
In person across Switzerland/Europe or via Zoom worldwide. Delivered in English or Mandarin — a rare capability for multinational restructurings and APAC-linked clients.
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.
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 book A Soulful Transition (2026) is the foundation of the curriculum — every participant receives a copy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
When a client releases a leadership population at once, we stand up dedicated cohorts for that organisation — a visible, humane signal in sensitive separations.
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.
A 30-minute conversation is enough to explore fit: your candidate population, an upcoming mandate, and what a pilot would look like.
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