Unpack your bag. Reclaim your rhythm. Reimagine what’s next.
Coaching, community, and culture strategy for people who've spent years over-performing and are ready to come home to themselves.
I'm Leslie (she/they) — coach, community cultivator, and founder of Rooted Reclamation. A decade professional experiences across tech, academic, nonprofit organizations as a lonely only taught me how to hold space for others long before I learned to hold it for myself. This practice is what I built once I did.
MY STORY
CREDENTIALS
ICF-certified coach · Presence Project Resonance Program · 5+ years coaching · DEIB Strategist & Thought Leader · Decade of interdisciplinary professional experience in HR, Comms, Research, Strategic Operations · Featured Speaker at Luminary, Baddies in Tech, VC Unleashed, ICF
OUR WORK
Rooted Reclamation is a coaching, consulting, and community practice for Black women, femmes, queer folks of color, and neurodivergent professionals navigating burnout, career transitions, and seasons of loneliness and low confidence. Through 1:1 coaching, community gatherings, and workplace culture strategy, we create space to unpack what weighs you down and reconnect with your values, your voice, and your vision.
This is where you rediscover your capacity to trust yourself more than the systems around you. This is where you remember your power.
This is for you if…
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Constantly code-switching, over-performing, and carrying the weight of excellence while feeling unseen, isolated, or burnt out.
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A layoff, a move, a rupture, a new identity, a new role AND you're ready to stop white-knuckling it alone
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Who am I when I'm not doing something for someone else?
what do I most want right now?
what am I meant to be doing with my skills?
What is pulling at me, bothering me and how do I deal with it?
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Something has been pulling at you, whispering to you, coming up constantly and you feel called to answer. You want to trust yourself more than the systems and limiting beliefs that have shaped you
“Reframing loneliness as solitude transforms silence into a sacred resource for clarity and remembering the power you have to create the exact life you desire.”
You’ve spent years navigating spaces that weren’t built for you. You’ve been code-switching, over-performing, carrying the weight of excellence while feeling unseen, isolated, or burnt out. As you call in change and transformation, you might be asking: Who am I when I’m not proving or pleasing? What do I most want right now? How do I reclaim my creative dream capacity?
Working with Rooted Reclamation provides a safe, imaginative space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with your values, your voice, and your vision. This is where you rediscover your capacity to trust your self more than the systems and limiting beliefs around you. This is where you remember your unique power. This is where you incubate the next phase of impact in your career. This is Rooted Reclamation.
Our current offerings range from individual coaching and training, to virtual and in-person events, and strategic consulting as a fractional people & culture lead. We invite you to join us on the journey to build a more sustainable and just future.
Our Current Offerings
Transformational Coaching
Private Customized Guided Inquiry Sessions
The SOLO Journey
A private coaching container for those ready to reclaim clarity, confidence, and self-trust. Together, we’ll move through the 4 stages of the SOLO methodology, whether you’re navigating a major transition, reimagining your leadership, or rebuilding after burnout. Each session is a space to unpack, reflect, and root into aligned next steps.
What’s Included:
Four live 60-minute coaching sessions
Personalized rituals and guided reflections
Email support between sessions
Gentle follow-up notes to anchor your transformation
For the “Lonely Only” ready to come home to themselves.
Rooted Reset
A single, nourishing 1:1 session designed to re-center you and help you reclaim your power and purpose. Perfect for a reset, milestone reflection, or moment of decision-making.
What’s Included:
One 60-90 minute coaching session
Guided reflection and strategic ideation
Personalized meditations, affirmations, guided reflections, and rituals
Gentle follow-up notes to anchor your reset
A tender tune-up for your spirit and strategy.
Core Coaching Methodology
At the heart of this work is the S.O.L.O. Method—a cycle of Stillness, Openness, Loving Kindness, and Ownership. Born from lived experience and 5+ years of coaching in tech, this method helps clients reclaim self-trust and root into liberatory ways of being. Whether you're navigating burnout, reimagining your leadership, or rebuilding after rupture, this methodology invites you to pause, listen deeply, expand your vision, and move forward with intention and care.
This method honors the cycles we move through when we’re reclaiming our voice, recovering from isolation, burnout, and invisibility, and reimagining our path forward. Whether you’re navigating a transition, rewriting your relationship to work, or longing to trust yourself again, the SOLO Method offers a grounded, liberating path forward. It’s not about fixing—it’s about returning to yourself.
I have been formally coaching for 5 years, but have been a source of empathy and reflection for colleagues, peers, and leaders throughout a decade-long career. My coaching style is informal. I focus on allowing clients to tap into their authenticity and capacity for self-trust more than adherence to a norm or standard that wasn’t created with their needs in mind. Read more about my journey as a coach here.
I prioritize values of empathy, transparency, care, and safety in coaching engagements and guide all coaching engagements through the ICF Code of Ethics. I am certified through the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the Presence Project Resonance Program. Additional terms and conditions are available here.
Credentials
Are you interested in taking the first step toward your ideal future? Rooted Reclamation coaching packages are about accelerating your transformation and aligning to your unique purpose and gifts. Get started by setting up a free discovery call to explore how we can empower you and your community to access the tools and spirit you need to bring your dreams to life!
Reclamation Circle Events
Workshops - Mini-Retreats - Facilitated Learning Events
I create virtual and in-person spaces for connection, reflection, and collective imagination. These events bring together women, Black women, and gender-expansive folks who are navigating transitions, seeking renewal, or reimagining the next chapter of their lives.
Each gathering is rooted in care, creativity, and community. Whether online or in-person, the focus is on slowing down, building trust, and opening space for shared vision. These aren’t one-off workshops, they’re intentional rituals designed to deepen resilience, strengthen belonging, and cultivate the courage to reclaim our own paths.
Event Highlights:
🔹 Rooted & Rising mini-retreat brought together participants across time zones to imagine new futures, reframe solitude, and build confidence in their own capacity to dream.
🔹 The Sisterhood Gathering in Mexico City combined circle practice, rituals of release, and shared meals to repair connection and deepen bonds of community.
🔹 Dream Labs held within The Reclamation Circle invited participants to map desires and test possibilities in a collaborative, supportive environment.
Looking for a space to reflect and reimagine alongside others? The Reclamation Circle gatherings are designed for collective dreaming, tenderness, and grounding. Join us in the circle to reclaim belonging and vision together.
Strategic Operations/Administrative Consulting
Project-Based Operations and Administrative Support
I partner with executives, founders, and cross-functional teams to bring clarity, alignment, and momentum to their most important priorities. Through a mix of operational strategy, executive support, and systems design, I help leaders stay focused on vision while ensuring the daily mechanics of their organizations run smoothly.
My work spans across managing complex projects, streamlining communications, and building systems that anticipate needs before they arise. I design workflows and frameworks that transform scattered efforts into cohesive strategies, bridging silos, strengthening accountability, and creating operational excellence that lasts.
Behind the scenes, I manage the rhythms that keep leaders and teams aligned: calendars, inboxes, and schedules structured to maximize focus and minimize distraction. I also oversee the stewardship of budgets, vendor relationships, and partnerships to ensure resources are invested wisely and with long-term impact in mind.
Whether you’re looking for an embedded partner to steady executive operations, launch new initiatives, or refine systems of accountability, I offer:
Fractional Chief of Staff & Operations Manager
Designing workflows, policies, templates, trackers, and systems
Executive scheduling, travel, and inbox management
Cross-functional project & communication strategy
Budget, vendor, and partnership ecosystem management
Project Highlights:
🔹 Operational Excellence Framework
Designed and implemented workflows and accountability systems for an organization scaling from 8 - 12 employees, increasing cross-team collaboration and reducing decision-making bottlenecks.
🔹 Executive Enablement
Built scheduling, communication, and delegation systems for a founder-CEO, freeing up 20% of their time to focus on vision, fundraising, and external partnerships.
🔹 Solopreneur Business Foundations
Created templates, tracking databases, website copy, and workflows for a solopreneur launching a multi-national travel offering.
Need a steady hand to bring clarity, alignment, and momentum to your priorities? Through executive operations and project consulting, I help leaders and teams cut through complexity, anticipate needs, and keep vision at the center. Let’s talk about how I can support your next chapter of growth.