CALLING ALL COACHES & MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Specifically Designed for Coaches & Mental Health Professionals

Virtual Course with Live Support and in-person Equine Experiences

Special Breakout Sessions for Licensed Mental Health Providers

Next cohort begins Spring 2025! This approximately 5-month-long hybrid virtual course will allow you to engage with content and exercises, live Zoom calls, and a community of other learners. Our unique onsite equine experience workshops bring Natural Leadership to life to support and solidify your learning.

Upon registering, you will have access to original Natural Leadership content, which will provide an overview of the model, how to use it to better understand yourself, and how to apply the Model in your mental health practice. There are modules with a special focus on neurodivergence, anxiety, depression, grief, and psychedelic-assisted integration.

Natural Leadership Accelerated Coaching Certification Program

Pricing options

Pay in full now or pay monthly - you choose!

This course is for you if...

  • You are a licensed (or pre-licensed) mental health professional looking to expand your therapeutic toolkit. 
  • You are ready to draw from nature's processes and patterns to better understand and address complex human systems, like family dynamics. 
  • You are eager to integrate diverse theoretical approaches into a unified, structured framework that offers clarity and coherence in your practice.   
  • You want to enhance or expand your skills in nature-based therapies, including animal and equine-assisted approaches.
  • You are interested in creating experiential activities that enrich your therapeutic practice. 
  • You prefer the flexibility of learning at your own pace through an online format that fits your personal and professional commitments.
  • You want to connect with a community of innovative mental health professionals who are also expanding their skills and exploring new approaches to therapy. 
  • You are interested in learning a framework that you can apply to your own personal development as well as coaching, helping, or leading others.
  • You are looking for an introduction to coaching, leadership, experiential learning, and/or animal and equine assisted coaching.

What to Expect

  • Over 50 Hours of Instruction

    This hybrid course features over 20 hours of direct instruction over Zoom and over 30 hours of equine-assisted instruction.

  • Virtual Instruction

    Our team will provide direct instruction and opportunities to work with Natural Leadership Principles during Zoom calls and on Slack.

  • Two Equine Experiences

    During two separate, in-person, 2-day equine-assisted workshops, participate in hands-on learning and apply Natural Leadership principles.

  • Course Length

    This is an approximately 5-month long hybrid virtual course that features engaging exercises, two Zoom calls per module, and two equine-assisted workshops.

  • Materials

    Using a combination of reading materials, audio and video content, and exercises you will learn about, apply and integrate Natural Leadership.

  • Support & Mentoring

    Our team will provide coaching, support and mentoring through the Cohort's private Slack Channel, Zoom calls, and at the Equine Experience Workshops.

To complete the course for certification, you will:

  • Complete all of the learning modules.

  • Complete all of the exercises.

  • Attend at least 75% of the Community Gathering Zoom calls.

  • Attend two onsite Natural Leadership Equine Experience Workshops (offered as part of this program).

  • Engage with a Circle Up facilitator in-person for at least one coaching session (offered within this program).

  • Engage with a Circle Up facilitator in-person (or video recorded) showing how you apply the model to coach another individual (offered during onsite experiences).

  • Pass the certification evaluation coaching session that takes place at the final Equine Experience Workshop.

Pricing options

Pay in full now or pay monthly - you choose!

Instructor

Brad Lande-Shannon

Owner, Head Leadership Coach

A long-time C-suite executive himself, Brad Lande-Shannon has a first-hand understanding of the pressures and stresses that face company founders, leaders, and high performance teams. This is partly why he first turned to Natural Leadership as he faced his own professional challenges.

Brad's passion for horses has been a life-long pursuit. Having competed with the National Cutting Horse Association as a youth and now as an adult amateur dressage competitor, he’s combined his deep horse expertise with his executive leadership coaching. Over the course of his career, Brad has guided thousands of leaders on values, purpose, emotional intelligence, and well-being.

Certified in the 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership and following training from The Center for Equus Coaching (formerly The Koelle Institute), Brad enrolled in the Natural Leadership program. Compared to other programs, Brad says Natural Leadership is, “deceptively simple and multi-dimensional in its use cases to apply and teach.”

Brad has an equestrian facility that offers Natural Leadership facilitation, coaching and programming at Awake Ranch, near Portland, Oregon, which he acquired with his husband in late 2022. “We are home to 16 horses, three goats, and two cats surrounded by Pacific Northwest trees and on farmland that regularly displays exquisite sunset and sunrise views.”

Jeanette Christensen

Medical Director

Dr. Jeanette Christensen (Jay) is a licensed psychiatrist, executive coach, and healthcare consultant with over 20 years of experience in mental health and leadership development. She holds a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree and an MBA from Texas A&M University. Jay is board-certified in adult, adolescent, and child psychiatry and is trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Integrative Enneagram, and conscious leadership coaching. She also holds certifications in sex therapy and psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Jay is licensed in multiple states, including Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Texas, and Oregon. She is the Medical Director and oversees CUE’s Mental Health Professional components. Jay’s approach integrates mental, physical, and emotional aspects of health, using horses to foster personal transformation.

When not designing programs, Jay enjoys world travel and spending time with her horse, Titan, always seeking personal growth and ready for her next adventure.