You don’t need to fire everybody. You need clarity about who can grow, who needs to go, and how to protect what you’ve built without losing your damn mind.
I’m Leslie D. Lyons, and I provide soul care for women who lead. Together, we uncover what’s beneath the frustration so you can make hard decisions without spiraling, set boundaries without guilt, and lead from grounded discernment instead of exhaustion, fear, or resentment.
The meeting ends. The anger doesn’t.
It follows you home.
Into your conversations, your closest relationships, your body, and even your prayers.
What started as frustration with your team is now taking up space in every part of your life.
You’re replaying conversations instead of resting.
Reacting to people you love who didn’t cause the problem.
And spending so much energy managing what’s going wrong that you have nothing left to imagine what could be next.
You don’t have to excuse dysfunction.
But you do have to release its grip if you want to grow.
Your next level cannot be built from resentment.
You’ve spent so much time reacting to what your team is doing wrong that you’ve lost space to think about where you want to go next.
Maybe some people need more development.
Maybe some people are no longer aligned with the mission.
And yes—some people may need to go.
But you cannot make clear decisions while every conversation feels like a personal attack and every mistake feels like a threat to everything you’ve built.
I provide the space for you to tell the whole truth, separate the facts from the frustration, and decide what your team—and your next chapter—actually require.
This is soul care for women who lead.
Not endless venting. Not another leadership formula. Just honest reflection, grounded discernment, and the clarity to move forward without sacrificing your relationships, your peace, or yourself.
A hospital chaplain.
A Soul Companion for women who lead.
A fiery Enneagram 8 who traded empire-building for soul-tending.
I no longer help women chase six-figure goals.
I help them come home to themselves.
I’ve sat with grieving mothers, tired leaders, and women on the edge of becoming.
What I know for sure?
We don’t need more strategies—we need sanctuary.
I hold sacred space for women who are done being everything for everyone.
Women who are unlearning the lie that their worth is tied to how much they produce.
Women who are reclaiming rest, rage, softness, and sacred rebellion.
This work is not about shrinking or silencing.
It’s about honoring your power—the kind that prays, pauses, and knows when to burn it all down.
Let’s remind the woman in the mirror who she is.
Not with hustle.
With holy fire.
THIS IS SOUL WORK, NOT BUSY WORK
The “People Problem” Strategy Session
This 90-minute session is for leaders tired of carrying the vision while everyone else complains about how heavy it is.
You’ve built something meaningful, but lately, leading your team feels like the hardest part of the work. You’re frustrated, questioning people’s commitment, and wondering whether you need to develop them, replace them, or burn the whole thing down and start over.
This private session gives you room to say what you cannot say to your employees, board, colleagues, or family. Together, we’ll separate the facts from the frustration, identify what is actually happening beneath the conflict, and clarify what needs to change.
You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of who can grow, who may no longer be aligned, what your team needs from you, and the next decisions required to protect what you’ve built without ending up in jail. Just kidding but you know…
Held: A Soulful Companion for Becoming (Podcast)
A podcast from Leslie D. Lyons—chaplain, soul coach, and womanist witness—offering tender truth, holy rage, sacred pause, and soulful presence for women navigating the thresholds of faith, leadership, identity, and calling.