learn the practices and habits that sustain what matters.
The Groundwork Collective helps you build the foundational capacity to show up fully—for your family, your work, and the world that needs you.
Not just managing overwhelm.
Building what makes you sustainable.
I help people build foundational capacity for what matters most:
sustained leadership, meaningful contribution, and a life that's worth living.
Welcome. I'm Rebecca.
Not through motivation or willpower, but through the grounded practices that build real, sustainable capacity.
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You know you're meant for more.
But you don't know how to build the capacity to actually live it.
So many of us know what needs to change—in our organizations, communities and our world.
We have the wisdom, skills, and perspective to offer. You want to lead, to build, to make a difference.
→ You're trying to show up for what matters while constantly depleted
→ You care deeply about your work, but can't sustain this pace
→ You've tried "self-care" but bubble baths don't build leadership capacity
→ You know you need something foundational, not just another productivity hack
→ You want to contribute over the long haul, but you're burning out in year three
You don't need more motivation. You need more capacity.
But here is the Thing...
The Groundwork Collective Builds the Foundational Capacity That Makes Sustained Contribution Possible
✓ Lead with clarity through complexity (not just survive it)
✓ Sustain meaningful work over decades (not burn out in months)
✓ Show up fully to what matters (family, work, community, world)
✓ Navigate uncertainty with groundedness (instead of constant reactivity)
✓ Access wisdom beyond your thinking mind (embodied intelligence, creative insight)
✓ Build practices that hold you (when everything else is chaos)
This isn't wellness.
This is infrastructure.
Field-tested practices from the most demanding contexts, adapted for your life.
Our four-part framework—meditation, movement, community, and creativity—builds sustainable capacity from the ground up.
Not so you can do more. So you can contribute what only you can offer.
We don't help you
"manage stress."
We help you build the internal infrastructure to:
What makes US Different?
For over 15 years, I've worked in some of the most demanding contexts imaginable—peace negotiations in conflict zones, humanitarian crises, leadership teams navigating impossible decisions.
Here's what I learned: The people who sustained their work weren't necessarily the toughest. They were the ones who had built groundwork.
Daily practices that held them. Presence that allowed them to work skillfully with difficulty. Capacity that didn't collapse under pressure.
If these practices can sustain people through peace processes and humanitarian emergencies, they work for your complex life.
Personal Practice Enables Collective Contribution
We reject the false choice between self-care and showing up for the world.
- Personal groundwork isn't selfish. It's essential.
- You can't lead from depletion.
- You can't sustain meaningful contribution without foundational capacity.
- You can't give what you don't have.
