"True liberation and success require an inner journey of self-discovery, healing and joy."
MARLA TEYOLIA
Marla Teyolia is a Master Coach, Strategic Advisor, Wisdom Keeper + CEO reinventing how leaders Heal, Lead, & Rise.
The Visionary
Marla is reinventing leadership development by combining Indigenous wisdom, strategy, and somatic practices to liberate authentic power. Often clients approach Marla because they want guidance untangling career complexities and workplace challenges, however, what they quickly realize is that she doesn’t just guide them on a journey of professional development but rather one of personal growth and healing. Through her innovative support blending the modern with the ancient, clients report emerging with tactical support, a map for strategic action, as well as personal healing.
Her secret sauce is as a trusted advisor to visionary BIPOC leaders who have taken on the unique challenges of big, all-encompassing roles by helping them unpack the emotional depths that drive us all. She often finds herself helping her clients through trials and tribulations that they trust few others with. Marla’s ethos is that liberation is an inside job. The world around her clients may not change, but their commitment to self-mastery and healing leads them on the path of liberated leadership.
The Executive, Advisor, + Coach
Marla is the Founder and CEO of Culture Shift Agency, a trailblazing coaching and consulting firm committed to propelling leaders into a new era – where personal development and organizational health are inextricably linked. Her company takes a two-pronged approach to drive meaningful impact by empowering leaders to heal into their true potential and collaborating with forward-thinking companies to help them build and nurture equitable cultures. The coaching arm of her business includes a coaching house staffed by twelve executive coaches impacting hundreds of leaders.
Marla’s work with corporate clients includes leading retreats, workshops, keynotes and developing programming on topics such as value-based leadership, breathwork practices for resiliency, and somatic practices for presence and creativity. She has worked with employees at all levels of an organization, from entry level executives to Chairperson of the Board. Having facilitated over 50+ retreats, ranging from half-day to week-long experiences for individuals and groups, Marla is passionate about empowering individuals and teams to fully assess the ways they think, behave, and work to make lasting impact in their personal and professional lives.
Marla’s background includes a Masters of Science in Social Work from Columbia University with a focus on the intersection of organizational development and individual clinical practice. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley graduating magna cum laude, is a Certified Empowerment Coach and Facilitator, a Conversational Intelligence® (C-IQ) Enhanced Skill Practitioner, Certified Breathwork Practitioner and Registed Yoga Teacher.
The Wisdom Keeper + Healer
Marla offers others a portal of transformation as she is comfortable with discomfort and unafraid of the process of change. Her clients often comment that to call her work solely executive coaching would be reductive. Instead, she creates safe, sacred spaces for BIPOC leaders to heal at the deepest levels enabling them to do the transformative lineage shifting work of reclaiming their power in order to heal, lead, and rise.
Marla had the privilege and honor to study with Elena Avila, Master Curandera and author of Women Who Glows in the Dark, as her apprentice for four years during her mid-20’s. This Mesoamerican, holistic healing system has deeply informed how she approaches transformational leadership development and growth – one that is connected to personal agency, community, lineage, and ritual. Deeply influenced by her own experiences and 25+ years of study in yoga, meditation, breathwork, somatic practices and trauma-informed healing, Marla brings all of these modalities to her work.
Every year, Marla hosts a retreat in Mexico called Pause + Press Play, a Rejuvenation Retreat for Women of Color, that centers Indigenous wisdom, somatic practices, and ceremony as a practice for joy and liberation. Participants report experiencing monumental shifts in their personal lives, removing long-held barriers to accelerate results.
The Executive, Advisor, + Coach
Marla is the Founder and CEO of Culture Shift Agency, a trailblazing coaching and consulting firm committed to propelling leaders into a new era – where personal development and organizational health are inextricably linked. Her company takes a two-pronged approach to drive meaningful impact by empowering leaders to heal into their true potential and collaborating with forward-thinking companies to help them build and nurture equitable cultures. The coaching arm of her business includes a coaching house staffed by twelve executive coaches impacting hundreds of leaders.
The Wisdom Keeper + Healer
Marla offers others a portal of transformation as she is comfortable with discomfort and unafraid of the process of change. Her clients often comment that to call her work solely executive coaching would be reductive. Instead, she creates safe, sacred spaces for BIPOC leaders to heal at the deepest levels enabling them to do the transformative lineage shifting work of reclaiming their power in order to heal, lead, and rise.
The Visionary
Marla is reinventing leadership development by combining Indigenous wisdom, strategy, and somatic practices to liberate authentic power. Often clients approach Marla because they want guidance untangling career complexities and workplace challenges, however, what they quickly realize is that she doesn’t just guide them on a journey of professional development but rather one of personal growth and healing. Through her innovative support blending the modern with the ancient, clients report emerging with tactical support, a map for strategic action, as well as personal healing.
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