❋ The Inner Leadership Gym
Strengthen the inner capacities that shape how you lead, decide, and show up in your life and work.
“The success of an intervention depends on the interior condition of the intervener.” - Bill O'Brien.
What?
8 weeks · 20 Jan - 10 Mar '26 · Tuesdays, 17:30 Central European Time · once a week on Zoom · Small group (max. 15 participants)
A practice-based self-development journey supporting inner leadership growth and resilience.
Why?
Most people who care deeply about change aren't lacking knowledge, passion, or ideas. They're lacking inner capacity - the ability to stay grounded, clear, and connected whilst navigating complexity.
We live in a time of endless information, constant movement, and structural uncertainty. It's no surprise that so many leaders feel overwhelmed, reactive, or unsure how to move forward.
This Gym is created for them.
For you.
For all of us who want to show up differently. No need to have a formal leadership position.
Aim:
To cultivate the inner resources that enable us to act with clarity, resilience, and presence in the face of complex challenges: ecological and social collapse, fragmentation, and burnout.
How?
We do this by creating an intentional space for awareness, introducing tools and concepts, and creating a support system through practice.
During facilitated online sessions, participants explore key inner leadership capacities through guided practices, reflective dialogue, and tools they can meaningfully integrate into their daily lives.
Who?
Your facilitators will be Rossitsa Rousseva and Kristiana Stoyanova
Step into the Gym if …
You sense that real change starts within and you’re ready to do that work, seriously.
You feel a quiet (or loud) pull toward purpose, source, or deeper alignment.
You’re drawn to a systems view of life and want to experience interconnectedness as a lived reality.
You’re ready to stop “fixing” and start holding complexity.
You see diversity, interdependence, and collaboration as strengths, not obstacles.
You want to embody sustainability, not just advocate for it.
You want to act for people and the planet without sacrificing your well-being.
You’re willing to practice, not just consume content.
What to Expect
The Inner Leadership Gym is not about learning more concepts - it's about training the internal capacities that shape how you lead your life and work every day
✓ Understand how inner patterns shape outer action
✓ Sense your place within a larger system
✓ Recognise habits, strengths, and shadows with compassion
❋ Know
❋ Experience
✓ Greater emotional resilience and centredness
✓ Connection to your deeper purpose
✓A felt sense of presence in challenging situations
✓ A simple daily practice
✓ A real-world leadership micro-experiment
✓ New behaviours creating clarity and ease
❋ Apply
✓ Learn with a committed community
✓ Receive peer reflection and accountability
✓ Offer your "Strength Contribution"
❋ Co-evolve
Duration: 8 weeks
Live sessions: 1 per week, 90 min, Zoom
When: Tuesdays, 17:30 Central EU Time
Group size: max 15 participants
Practicalities
Short teaching inputs
Guided inner practices
Dialogue and reflection
Real-time integration into daily life
Each session blends
The sessions are
A brave space for exploration
A dedicated time window
A place to practice and play
A group to learn and reflect
they are NOT
A psychological training
A therapy session
A theoretical course
This is a facilitated safe space to build range, strength, and flexibility inside yourself, through consistent practice and reflection.
What You Can Gain
While results depend on your level of engagement and practice, by the end of the 8 weeks, you can develop:
✓ Greater clarity and emotional steadiness
✓ Stronger self-trust and personal boundaries
✓ More grounded decision-making
✓ Increased capacity for challenge and uncertainty
✓ A renewed relationship to leadership from the inside out
Outcome:
A more grounded, resilient, purpose-aligned version of you - a leader who leads from within.
Investment and registration
We offer this pilot edition of the Inner Leadership Gym at a ‘pay-what-you can’ basis, so money doesn’t stand in the way of joining the practice.
The payment link is in the registration form. If you have any questions reach out at connect@systemschangecollective.com