high stakes. messy dynamics.
a praxis you can stand in.
90 minutes of focused, real-time support to cut through the tangle, choose your next move, and walk in with clarity and language you can use.
When the stakes are high, the dynamics are messy, and you don’t want to cause harm — or disappear yourself trying to avoid it — you need real-time, justice-rooted strategy.
Power Praxis sessions help leaders cut through the tangle, choose your next move, and walk into it with language, clarity, and a steadier spine.
why now?
The window to act well is often short. Delay risks trust, momentum, and the chance to lead instead of react.
This is where we move fast — and with integrity.
is this for you?
You’re a values-driven leader (ED, program officer, director, founder, chief of staff) who is:
Caught in a knot of competing responsibilities, identity, and care.
Facing a tough conversation, an apology, a team rupture, or a thorny decision.
Tired of choosing between being principled and being effective.
Ready to stop spinning and take the next step — with rigor, consent, and integrity.
If you’ve said “I’ve already tried everything” or “I don’t want to make this worse,” this is for you.
from → to
From spinning → to clarity on what matters now (and what can wait).
From stumbling words → to an email, opening script, or apology architecture you can deliver.
From defaulting to appeasement or escalation → to a grounded plan that honors equity, power, and consent without self-erasure.
From avoiding → to holding firm boundaries without collapse.
what we’ll do together
Map the field. Name the positions, interests, and power dynamics — formal and informal. Identify the stories being told by you, about you, and about “them.”
Choose a posture. Decide what you’re consenting to (and not), and what “good” looks like right now.
Design the move. Draft the email, script the conversation, structure the apology/repair, or build the decision path — right there in the session.
clients use power praxis sessions for
High-stakes 1:1s, board dynamics, feedback scripts, performance concerns, repair after harm, role clarity, decision rights, cross-cultural misattunements – and more.
Not sure if this is for you? Drop me a note.
how it works
Book: Choose your time + answer a short intake.
Price: $475
Meet: 90 minutes on Zoom. We work live on processing, language, and strategy.
Organization-funded welcome. All sessions remain confidential.
what clients say
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"Shivani gave me permission to be vulnerable and I trusted the reflection she held up was coming from a place of kindness.”
— Tomei Kuehl
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"I'm hopeful for the future of my organization, and the ways that we work together and address issues.”
— anon
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"You are the embodiment of poetic justice...like I got read for filth but I feel so good about it. You have that gentle fierce accountability and are truly a balm to my soul."
LXV, graduate-level professor