Somatic Intelligence for High-Stakes Leadership
A Practical Leadership Program for Founders Under Pressure
Somatic Intelligence for High-Stakes Leadership is an applied workshop for Series A and B founders operating under sustained pressure, rapid decision cycles, and high-consequence communication.
At this stage, leadership rarely breaks down from lack of intelligence or strategy. It breaks down from nervous system conditioning. Under chronic load, the brain shifts into protective prediction modes. Nuance drops, timing slips, and people signals get misread while the leader still appears functional.
This program works at the level where behavior is actually generated: autonomic regulation. By learning to detect and interrupt stress-pattern activation in real time, founders regain access to judgment, relational accuracy, and decision flexibility during critical moments.
The focus is not mindset.
It is rewiring how pressure is processed before it becomes behavior.
Why This Matters for Founders
Founders in high-growth environments face:
• investor scrutiny and compressed timelines
• complex people decisions with limited margin for error
• constant context-switching and cognitive load
• prolonged uncertainty without recovery windows
Traditional leadership programs focus on mindset and strategy. This program focuses on capacity.
What the Program Delivers
• a clear understanding of how stress physiology impacts leadership behavior
• insight into their personal stress response patterns
• early warning signals that precede reactive decisions
• practical somatic tools usable before high-stakes conversations
• increased clarity, composure, and relational stability under pressure
This is not therapy. It is leadership infrastructure.
Program Format
• Duration: 1 hr Somatic Session and Refreshments after
• Delivery: In-person
• Audience: Series A and B founders, executive teams
• Style: Applied, experiential, non-performative
No prior somatic experience required. No forced vulnerability or group disclosure.
Outcomes You Can Expect
For founders:
• improved decision-making under pressure
• reduced reactivity in conflict and communication
• greater leadership endurance without burnout
For organizations:
• stronger founder presence and stability
• healthier team dynamics during scale
• reduced risk of leadership-driven disruption
Why Somatic Intelligence
Leadership does not fail at the level of ideas. It fails at the level of regulation.
By developing somatic intelligence, founders learn to stay coherent when stakes are high, pressure is sustained, and decisions carry real consequences.
This workshop complements strategy, coaching, and performance programs by addressing the physiological foundation beneath them.
Facilitation
Led by Deborah Lee, founder of Creaturae.
Deborah works at the intersection of clinical psychology research, somatic coaching, and human-AI interaction. Her work focuses on how physiological regulation shapes perception, decision quality, and relational stability in high-pressure environments.
She works with leaders, professionals, and teams navigating sustained cognitive load, conflict dynamics, and performance pressure. The workshop translates these methods into a practical operating layer for founders.