Geno La Placa is a mom, wife, executive coach, and transformational leader dedicated to empowering women by teaching them how to turn an unconscious mind into a conscious life. With over two decades of executive experience, she served as a C-level executive in the hedge fund industry and consulted for the world’s leading investors. The loss of her mother illuminated the struggle women face between career success, family life, and caring for themselves inspiring her journey of personal growth and integration.

Her background includes entrepreneurship, nonprofit leadership, an Executive Coaching certification from Berkeley University, and training with pioneers like Dr. Shefali, Dr. Gabor Maté, and Suzi Lula. She bridges executive strategy with soulful living, inspiring sustainable growth and meaningful transformation.

Teri Potter is a Mother, a trauma-informed guide and the founder of S.A.F.E. Practice™. Her work is rooted in both personal and generational healing. Teri grew up in a home where emotions were rarely spoken and learned early to stay safe by detaching from what she felt. That early disconnection grew the roots of her later work – a search for truth, authenticity, presence and belonging – which has guided her whole life.

Years later, when Teri’s highly-sensitive daughter fell into crisis, that buried history of hers erupted into the present. Her pain drew Teri straight back into her own and what began as a desperate scouring for answers and solutions turned into a sacred invitation and path of awakening. Teri learned that healing begins when we slow down, turn inward and make space for what’s real. She discovered that presence was the answer to every question. Teri is now devoted to the spaces where truth is spoken gently, where presence is always enough and where we remember together that nothing in us needs fixing to be whole.

Alongside lived experience, Teri’s work has been shaped by study with teachers whose wisdom continues to ground me. Dr. Shefali Tsabary in Conscious ParentingTM, Dr. Gabor Maté in Compassionate InquiryTM, Dr. Richard Schwartz in Internal Family SystemsTM and the timeless teachings of enlightened sages including Ramana Maharshi, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, Adyashanti, and various Dzogchen Masters who point us home to awareness itself.”

Kristina Burke is a dynamic hospitality and business development professional based in Philadelphia with over 30 years of experience creating meaningful, purpose-driven experiences. As the Director of Business Development at Twist Out Cancer, Kristina brings her signature energy, attention to detail, and deep-rooted belief in the power of connection to cultivate strategic partnerships and drive innovative fundraising initiatives.

Her career spans the restaurant, event, nonprofit, and academic sectors, including her work as a hospitality consultant for The Tasties, a celebration of food, story, and community. Kristina is known for her ability to build authentic relationships that bridge missions with impact—connecting people and organizations at the intersection of art, healing, and human connection. In addition to her role at Twist Out Cancer, Kristina is a trauma-informed grief coach, supporting young mothers navigating the loss of a partner to serious illness. Inspired by her own experience with loss, she’s committed to creating safe, compassionate spaces where your grief is seen and healing is possible.

Kristina is also a breast cancer survivor. While undergoing her own treatment, she simultaneously cared for her husband, who was diagnosed with EGFR stage IV lung cancer the following year. Her beloved husband ultimately passed away from complications due to his illness, an experience that profoundly shaped her work and deepened her commitment to supporting others through loss.

Melissa Be Zen is an Embodiment Alchemist and photographer dedicated to helping women reconnect with their true selves through the power of movement, nature, and radical acceptance. With a deep passion for body celebration, Melissa offers transformative experiences that guide women in embracing their softer, more embodied side.

Whether through empowering photoshoots, soul-nourishing dance medicine events, or personalized mentoring sessions, she creates safe spaces where women can reclaim their personal power, heal, and thrive. Melissa’s approach is deeply rooted in the belief that the body holds wisdom, and through embodiment practices, women can rediscover their inner strength, confidence, and joy.

Maureen Spielman is the Founder of the Mystical Sisterhood® podcast and a Soul Psychology & Conscious Parenting Coach devoted to guiding women into their fullest expression. With roots as a Speech-Language Pathologist, Maureen brings a deep understanding of the power of the voice, language, and communication into her transformational work—helping women find their voice, speak from the heart, and express themselves with clarity and confidence.

Blending practical tools with intuitive insight, Maureen encourages her clients to live in alignment with their soul’s wisdom. Her work is infused with Universal truths and anchored in love, whether she’s holding space in a private session, guiding a group, or interviewing visionary guests on her podcast. Through every offering, Maureen fosters connection, embodiment, and the awakening of each woman’s unique path.

Jessi Sheridan, ACC founded Habituelle to help ambitious women reconnect with what matters most, step into their power, and lead lives they’re proud of. What started as a storytelling platform has evolved into a leadership coaching practice and community that includes: – 1:1 leadership and performance coaching – A
transformative group coaching experience called The Accelerator – A membership community for ongoing support – Curated events supporting women-owned businesses called We Rise.

Jessi’s superpower? Helping people see what they can’t always see for themselves—and supporting them as they grow into their next chapter with confidence.

Founder, Spiritual Director & Community Builder

Leslie Bost is the founder of Casa Damara, a family-healing sanctuary rooted in her devotion to reparenting work and the lifelong journey toward unconditional love. After many years of nomadic living with her husband and four children, she now calls Pescadero home, a place where her personal healing path is evolving into a shared, heart-centered community experience.

Her passion for this work was forged through lived experience. Leslie’s story includes trauma, abandonment, adoption, eating disorders, depression, miscarriages, complicated pregnancies, NICU journeys, and the pressures these challenges place on relationships and parenting. These initiations opened the doorway to her own reparenting, learning to tend to her inner child with presence, compassion, and truth. Through this process, she discovered that when we heal the relationship within, that transformation ripples outward into our partnerships, our communities, our work, and most powerfully, into our children.

Leslie immersed herself in transformational study with mentors such as Dr. Shefali Tsabary, Dr. Gabor Maté, Suzi Lula, Dr. Ricci-Jane Adams, and the Sri Vidya lineage, alongside training in Transcendental Meditation, The Presence Process, NLP, Timeline Therapy, Conscious Parenting with Yvonne Laborda, and postgraduate studies in Spiritual Direction. Over time, these teachings evolved into her integrated methodology, Sabios Parenting, which she has shared through retreats, mentorship, and circles with families and coaches in Mexico, the U.S., and France.

A central thread in Leslie’s work is community. Beyond her studies, her life’s calling has been to build safe, loving sanghas where people feel seen, heard, and supported. Her global accountability group for The Presence Process & retreats for women are expressions of this devotion, bringing people from around the world into shared practice, honest reflection, and collective growth.

Her work rests on a simple truth: when we reparent ourselves, we transform our lineage. And when that healing is nurtured in community, we create homes, circles, and worlds where families, children, and individuals alike can thrive and expand in love and presence.