Leadership
Starts Within
Leadership Starts Within
🥂 SPECIAL EVENT 🎊
August 27 - September 29, 2024
Are you ready to rock the fundraising world?
Join us for the HeART and Science of FUNdraising
Susan Kramer
Founder/CEO Susan Kramer Consulting
Angie Lieber
Founder of Angie Lieber Coaching
As a fellow fundraiser, I understand the challenges you face.
My colleague Susan Kramer and I are offering a 5-week course called 'The HeART and Science of FUNdraising' to share our insights.
We'll explore donor connections, data-driven decisions, supporter potential, mission alignment, and personal growth, with 5 hours of personal coaching included.
If you're interested in joining us on this empowering journey, find more details and register here:
KNOW YOUR PARTS.
UNDERSTAND YOUR CHALLENGES.
GREET TRANSFORMATION.
KNOW YOUR PARTS.
UNDERSTAND YOUR CHALLENGES.
GREET TRANSFORMATION.
I’m glad you’re here...
I’m Angie Lieber
A coach for brave hearted people looking to go deep to move forward.
All of my history has prepared me for working with you. I’m honored to have extraordinary clients from a range of domains and life stages who count on me as a guide and fellow traveller.
In the early 90s, during a college year abroad, I worked with a psychoanalyst who introduced me to attachment theory. We walked the hills of Jerusalem and spoke about anxious, avoidant, and secure attachment—and what actually
is “good enough mothering.”
I then worked at the Burt Center, a psychiatric center for children in San Fransisco founded by the intrepid Mary Burt. There I met a wonderful 8 year old boy named Ryan, who was blond and freckled like an elementary school member of the beach boys.
Ryan had been routinely abused by his mother. He had a warm and loving side, and also a protective side that lashed out when something set him off.
We did intensive drama therapy, played house, and co-created a vision of what secure attachment might be. The joy of seeing Ryan’s soul emerge from behind the abuse, when he finally knew it was safe, has stayed with me for all these decades.
Helping people find themselves in this way became my passion. At Harvard, where I did a degree in education, I focused on the role courage plays in human growth. The cultural muting of voices came to fascinate me. I often work with clients now to help them understand how inhibition can be a useful skill, one acquired to protect us. In coaching, we show this protector great gratitude for its help. I’ve been astonished over and over to see a client’s innate courage then reveal itself.
In my 20s, I wanted a public career—and I turned to development. For close to three decades, as I got married and raised my daughter, I worked for high-profile non-profits. Development work, especially at mission-driven non-profits, requires an intense understanding of psychology. Everything I’d learned came into play. After raising millions of dollars, and building and sustaining board leadership, I started my consulting practice.
Then Covid came, and the world shut down. Finally, in the quiet, I pursued the deep dive into psychology that I had started in my 20s. In my leadership-coach training with Co-Active I learned how to work with the body and mind in sync to help people move inward. In 2023, I developed Life in Transit, my program to help managers, directors, CEOs, and other leaders as they navigate life changes and make big decisions.
In parallel, I trained in Internal Family Systems. The modality is now a centerpiece of Life in Transit, and it’s been a revelation for my clients. People who have been treading water for years—personally and professionally—discover a clear, confident, and courageous path forward.
This is 4th grade me. The little girl who loved the Beatles, Creamsicles, and Happy Days. This little girl stays with me, always. Sometimes she is a generous, supportive friend. Sometimes she is a scaredy-cat. I’ve learned to appreciate both sides of her.
Self-Leadership Means
Every Part of You is Welcome
Given the cognitive and past-abuse challenges many of my clients face, it was extremely important to me to train to work with trauma and neurodivergence. I’m now further certified as a trauma-informed IFS and attachment-theory coach.
The differences between me and a therapist are:
My certification status allows me to work borderlessly—in any state or country
I see you as mind, body and spirit
My goal is to develop a way for you to build and lead a life you absolutely love
I am trained in a range of modalities, and can customize coaching to you
You and I will examine the past, but don’t dwell there
We focus on understanding the present, so you can move ahead with clarity and courage
We look at what people and ecosystems impact you, but see you an agent of your own change
The differences between me and some coaches are:
I am trained in both psychodynamic and coaching practices
I will never tell you what to do or judge your choices
I believe a compass of your own is better than a destination some else sets for you
I understand that intergenerational trauma, cultural expectations, early trauma, and cognitive challenges can inform your responses to life's circumstances
I see you as already fully resourceful, creative and whole
If this sounds good to you, I very much hope we can work together.
Founder & Lead Coach
Masterclass Coursework
life in transit
Moving Through vs. Getting Over
CLARITY
Step 1
We begin with clarity. At the start of our work, you’ll get clear on your area of focus and your values. We will tap into the seat of your deepest wisdom, your authentic self and learn how you can let all of the parts of yourself become valuable players.
COURAGE
Step 2
Next is curiosity and courage. With great care, we will partner to look within. We’ll take the measure of what scares you, frustrates you, or causes deep grief. And then we’ll tap into your internal leader, to anchor you to your values.
COMMITMENT
Step 3
Finally is courage. This is the hyperfun part. That unique internal leader begins to step up; after all our work together, we know together how to call on it. And that leader in your becomes the source of overflowing enthusiasm and playfulness and bravery.
