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Life & Leadership Coaching
For People Navigating Change 

Are you ready to live & lead courageously?

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We exist for people in transition

Greater Grounds supports people in seasons of change—whether that’s career transition, burnout, relational shifts, spiritual searching, or a growing sense that life is calling you toward something more.

We offer coaching, retreats, workshops and reflective practices that help you slow down, gain clarity, and move forward with courage and grounded purpose.

What We Do

We support individuals and groups through three core pathways

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1

Individual & Group Coaching

Coaching for individuals, families, and organizations navigating change, difficult seasons, and facing hard choices.

2

Programming, Resources & Retreats

Small, immersive workshops, groups, resources, and retreats designed for navigating change in life giving and grounded ways.

3

Spiritual Direction & Formation

Guided spiritual direction and formation for those seeking deeper meaning, discernment, or inner grounding in seasons of change. We use our E4 Way to support this journey.

Who We Serve

Greater Grounds is for people in seasons of transition, searching, or reorientation—whether in life, work, leadership, or faith.

 

You may be:

  • Feeling burned out, but still carrying responsibility for others

  • In a career or life transition and unsure what comes next

  • Experiencing leadership pressure that no longer feels sustainable

  • Moving through relationship shifts, endings, or new beginnings

  • Seeking deeper clarity, meaning, or alignment in how you live and lead

  • Feeling a quiet inner pull toward something more, but not yet able to name it

  • Wanting spiritual direction or a grounded space to discern your next steps

 

If life feels full but misaligned—or if something inside you is asking for attention you haven’t had space to give—it may be time to pause and listen differently.

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When Success Stops Feeling Like Success

Many people reach a point where they’ve done what they were supposed to do—built careers, carried responsibility, stayed strong for others—yet internally feel disconnected or exhausted.

 

This is often not failure. It’s misalignment.

Greater Grounds creates space to listen for what’s next.

Our Approach

We don’t rush insight. We don’t force clarity.

We use a grounded process that combines:

  • Coaching conversations

  • Reflective practices

  • Silence and retreat environments

  • The E4 Transformation Framework

 

The goal is not just insight—but integration.
Not just understanding—but lived change.

Why Greater Grounds?

Greater Grounds was created out of lived experience navigating leadership pressure, transition, and the search for deeper alignment.

It integrates:

  • Leadership coaching experience

  • Contemplative and reflective practices

  • The E4 Transformation Framework

  • A commitment to grounded, humane leadership

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"Twenty years of walking alongside people in their most challenging seasons teaches you something: the questions that unsettle us most are often the ones trying to wake us up."
Lisa Dolese McClanahan

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What Our Clients Say

Over the last two years, I have collaborated with Lisa to transform myself from an insecure, "chameleon-type" people-pleaser into a self-assured woman who recognizes and values her strengths, talents, and opinions.  Lisa has helped me to explore and comprehend what God's purpose is for me and how to make choices that align with it.  She has played a crucial role in helping me understand the importance of self-care, setting boundaries, and advocating for myself.  If you are seeking life-changing guidance, Lisa is the key to your success!

Maria R.

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If you're in a season of change, you don't have to navigate it alone.

There is a way to move through transition with clarity instead of confusion, and grounded courage instead of burnout.

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© 2023 by Greater Grounds. 

Email: greatergrounds@gmail.com

Phone: 512-522-9078

PO Box 1746

Blanco, TX 78606

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