Coaching for ConsciousLeaders, Rising.
You're standing in a life you don't recognize. The path that got you here can't take you where you're going. This one can.
Evolution isn't about following
a predetermined path.
It's about discovering the inner authority to create your own.
There is no universal path. There's only yours. The patterns you alone carry. The shadows you alone must face. The gifts you alone are here to give. This is soul work, not strategy work. And your curriculum is written nowhere but inside you.
Transition Coaching
For leaders in crisis who don't know where else to turn
Burnout. Post-exit existential dread. Partnership dissolution. Identity loss. When the old life stops working and the new one hasn't emerged yet, most leaders try to strategize their way out. But strategy won't solve this, only consciousness will.
We help you slow down, extract the wisdom hidden in the chaos, and transform breakdown into breakthrough. Every crisis is trying to teach you something. This is where we learn the lesson.
Conscious Leadership Coaching
For leaders ready to lead from Big Self, not little self
You're not in crisis, you're in evolution. You've achieved success but know you're still leading from ego, from survival patterns. You want to do shadow work, face your unconscious patterns, and lead from wholeness instead of compensation.
This isn't about becoming a "better leader" through tactics. It's about confronting what's unconscious and doing the inner work that amplifies your authority.
The Enneagram
For teams stuck in patterns they can't see
Your team doesn't need better processes, it needs deeper awareness. Unspoken conflicts. Ego dynamics. Patterns you keep repeating. The Enneagram reveals what's actually blocking collaboration, then we do the consciousness work that creates real transformation.
This isn't only "fun Enneagram day." This is using the Enneagram as a surgical tool to expose and shift what's keeping you stuck.
I'm Dr. Shelley Prevost.
Licensed therapist for 20+ years. Former tech CEO. Angel investor in 50+ startups. I've sat in your seat. I've built companies, lost myself in them, hit the wall of burnout that nearly killed me.
That breakdown became my breakthrough. In 2019, I founded Big Self School to guide others through the same transformation: from little self (ego, achievement, survival) to Big Self (presence, wisdom, wholeness).
I don't work on your business. I work on you.
"Working with Shelley was incredibly helpful for me to start to build that confidence and set goals."
I was starting to just get incredibly overwhelmed with being the sole leader within my company. I felt stuck, like I had gotten to a point where I was only working through these thoughts with myself.
The Enneagram work was probably one of the most powerful things, it gave me a basis for understanding why I operate the way that I do. It helped me understand the DNA of my team and the DNA of the team I want to build. Having the tools in place was what I needed to feel like I could move forward and get unstuck.
This is your
inflection point.
inflection point.
You can keep optimizing the old life with more strategy, more effort, more exhaustion. Or you can do the one thing that actually changes everything: wake up to who you are beneath the performance. The old life has stopped working. Let's build the new one together.
Common Questions
Big Self School is where accomplished leaders come to do the one thing no executive program ever taught them: meet themselves. "Big Self" is the wise, grounded core beneath your professional identity — the source of your clearest decisions, your deepest resilience, and the kind of leadership people actually want to follow. This is a school for that.
The leaders who find us aren't looking for another framework. They're standing in a life that looks right on paper but feels wrong in their bones. Maybe it's burnout that no vacation can fix. Maybe it's the eerie silence after a company exit, a divorce, or a diagnosis that rearranged everything. Maybe it's the quiet dread of realizing the path that got you here can't take you where you're going. We work on what's actually underneath: the identity you've outgrown, the patterns running your life on autopilot, the inner voice you've been overriding for decades. Leadership gets better — often dramatically — but that's the byproduct. The real work is becoming someone you actually recognize again.
We're a team led by a licensed therapist with over 20 years of clinical training who's also been a founder and CEO. We work on root causes, not symptoms. We see patterns you can't see and won't let you hide behind intelligence. We've lived the ordeal — burnout, exit, identity loss, rebuilding. When we tell you something, it's from lived experience, not a certification program.
Our sessions are therapeutic but not therapy. It's transformational work with psychological depth focused on your growth and leadership, not clinical treatment. If you're in therapy, this work complements it beautifully.
No, but you need to be open. We use tools like IFS, Enneagram, and Human Design because they work. We're unapologetic about it. If you're completely closed to exploring the psychological and spiritual dimensions of who you are, we're probably not a fit.
We track what shifts internally: how you make decisions, who you trust, how you relate to people, and how you hold uncertainty. The real transformation often shows up as quiet knowing — clarity, presence, alignment with what's actually true.
Yes. Our virtual programs are designed for digital engagement — not just in-person sessions moved online. We use synchronous learning, asynchronous reflection, digital collaboration tools, and breakout sessions to ensure depth and connection.
Completely. Your sessions, notes, conversations with Emma, and growth path stay between us.
We'll talk about it. And we'll help you find someone who is. This only works if you actually want to be here.