Life is a Gift to be Fully Lived
The story of how two women created a community greater than either could have imagined on their own.
Life is a Gift to be Fully Lived
The story of how two women created a community greater than either could have imagined on their own.
Maren Oslac
Born into two different worlds: One, the world of a successful, driven business owner. The other, walking a deeply attuned, spiritually aware path, a world more interested in inner growth than outward accomplishment.
Stephanie Allen
Brought up in a family of architects and builders, Stephanie Allen has always been fascinated with the science of building and structuring things. This included relationships and herself.
Both athletes and women on the outside with an internal longing to discover their deep inner why. The journey of life lead them to the same mentors, coaches, and eventually business together.
Maren and Stephanie met for the first time in the late 90s through Daniel Goodenough. They had individually been drawn to his work of Life Mission and The Way Of The Heart. They joined a retreat for an intensive with Daniel in Durango, Colorado. Making a connection from the beginning, they continued seeing each other at future retreats ranging from Vancouver, Canada to Chicago, Illinois.
Roughly 10 years went by until they found each other again in Portland, Oregon. On another Life Mission retreat they knew they needed to catch up and hear what the other had been doing over the time apart. Time had passed, and they were both aware of how their paths had crossed once again.
When on break and talking, Maren’s eyes were drawn to Stephanie’s workbook from a guided exercise. Maren rushed off to get her own as she had noticed eerie similarities and needed Stephanie to see it for herself. The exercise had been about creating a year through symbols, shapes, or possibly doodles in 12 separate boxes. There were no written words and there was nothing to figure out in the exercise. When seeing these seemingly random doodles side by side they saw how at least half of their symbols were identical – down to the same box on their respective pages.
Their lives were intertwined
When talking later that day, they discovered that individually they were working with the same business coach, Roger Hamilton. They had both decided to get certified in his company, named Entrepreneurs Institute at the time, to be flow and performance consultants. A Flow Consultant is someone who works one-on-one with an individual to help them get into their flow. A Performance Consultant works with a business, helping the individuals that make up a business get into flow, what that means and how they all work together to run the business.
In 2016, they found each other in the vast sea of people Roger was coaching. They were in a group as the only two people from North America. They kept paying attention.
As they continued to learn from Daniel Goodenough, they became affiliates with the HuPerson Project. In 2020 they paired up for a prototype exercise where they wanted to create a weekly, biweekly, or monthly rhythm to practice their practices. Thus, The Soulful Leader Podcast was created.
In their prototyping they worked with businesses, entrepreneurs, and business organizations funded by the Canadian government. As they worked with leaders they saw the need for a space for this community. They were inspired to bring these leaders together and create a change in the way leadership is in the world. The Soulful Leader Project grew organically as they realized they were doing so much more than just talking on a podcast.
Maren and Stephanie connect with the people behind businesses.
They connect with the highly sensitive people that will turn away promotion because that promotion would take them away from the people they care about. They use their tools that they have learned over their combined lifetimes and make genuine, human connections with people in leadership positions. Both raised by entrepreneurs, both high achieving athletes, both business owners turned business coaches. They are creating a space for others like themselves to connect with a community of leaders and explore how life is speaking to everyone.
Join the Community of Soulful Leaders
You are not alone. If you’re looking for the ‘next’ external thing to do to make your life rich and meaningful, you will keep creating the same old, same old. We are a community of leaders waking up from our high functioning, sleepwalking days to explore the fullness life has to offer.
More About Stephanie
Based in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Stephanie manages her own business, Gateway Wellness. Stephanie has a variety of different expertise: massage therapy, acupuncture, yoga, and consulting, which ultimately helps her clients break through barriers to live healthier lives and build stronger connections. When not working, she can be found outside surfing or snowboarding.
More About Maren
Based in Mokena, Illinois, Maren guides conscious leaders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers in integrating inner alignment with outer action. Maren works one-on-one virtually and in person with people in all stages of their life. When not working with people, she can be found outside hiking and gardening.