When teams struggle to collaborate, adapt or align, its not (only) a communication issue.

Innovation is a body-based skill.

You already know the old fixes aren’t cutting it.

You've tried....

But your best people are still missing each other.

Stuck in silos.

Teetering between burnout and brilliance.

So why do even the smartest, most capable teams clash?

It's easy to blame personalities, leadership styles, or "communication issues" when teams get stuck.
But underneath it all, it's often a body's automatic survival responses that drive disconnection, mistrust, and stalled momentum.
And so, what looks like a performance problem is often a patterned bodymind response to pressure, conflict, or uncertainty.
If we want teams to work differently, they need to feel differently. That’s where Somatic Strategy comes in.

Here's the truth

“86% of executives cite lack of collaboration and ineffective communication as the primary causes of workplace failure.” (Deloitte, 2020)

“Cross-functional collaboration is a key predictor of innovation—but only 30% of companies believe they’re effective at it.” (McKinsey, 2021)

hi, i'm crosby

I help teams, leaders, and founders build the embodied skills

they need to thrive in complexity, relate across difference, and unlock their full creative, collaborative intelligence.

Somatic Strategy blends embodied intelligence with creative leadership development

Together, we build resourced teams that are:

Whether you’re a founder, team lead, or people ops director, this work helps your organization stop spinning and start syncing.

Why me?

I’ve led multi-disciplinary teams in creative agencies, coached CEOs, managers and interns through all manner of Big Decisions, and helped high-achievers reconnect to their embodied self-trust and become organizational and industry leaders.

I know what it’s like to carry too much, overfunction, and be the one holding it all together.
And I know what it feels like when collaboration, trust and actual fun starts to flow again—when teams remember how to be together, not just think together.

This work isn’t fluffy.It’s what sustains both people and performance under the relentless demands of today’s best-in-class organizations.

ways we can work together

01 | Build Embodied Collaboration Workshop

90-min, Half-day, or Full-day formats available

A practical, energizing introduction to somatic leadership for Cross-functional teams and individual departments.

Teams will learn how their body-based patterns (freeze, appease, overfunction, shutdown) show up in collaboration—and how to shift into more sustainable, creative states.

Includes:

- UZAZU-based movement practices (no mats or awkward vulnerability required!)
- Practical emotional regulation tools
- Language + frameworks teams can actually use

02 | The Deep Dive: Strategic Somatic Consulting

3–6 month engagement for culture transformation and team growth

This is for organizations ready to shift the way they do leadership and collaboration.
Using a custom blend of UZAZU, creative facilitation, and strategic consulting, I partner with you to identify core patterns, surface the stuck points, and build embodied capacity for connection, communication, and creative action.

Includes:

- Cross-team assessments
- Leadership coaching
- Custom team sessions
- Change integration strategies
- Strategic reflections for founder/exec teams

03 | Leadership Embodied: Executive & Manager Coaching

1:1 + small group coaching programs

Your leaders are burned out, second-guessing themselves, or micromanaging without meaning to. This track supports executive and mid-level leaders to lead with greater embodied presence, resilience, and trust. Because leadership isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about staying regulated enough to stay in the room.

Includes:

- Cross-team assessments
- Leadership coaching
- Custom team sessions
- Change integration strategies
- Strategic reflections for founder/exec teams

Ready to Build the Future of Creative Collaboration?

Whether you’re leading a high-performing team, shaping culture across an organization, or reimagining your own leadership —
Somatic Strategy meets you where you are, and helps you build from the body up.

Let’s talk about what’s possible.

Innovation is a body-based skill.

You already know the old fixes aren’t cutting it.

You've tried....