Vaughan, Ontario · In person and online
Calm & Empowered delivers science-based, experiential workshops for workplaces, wellness organizations, and communities — designed to help people better understand stress, regulate emotions, and respond more intentionally under pressure.
Combining behavioural science, nervous system education, and Subconscious Visualization, each experience moves beyond information alone — giving participants the opportunity to practise and experience regulation in real time.
Understanding stress is one thing. Experiencing a different response is another.
Subconscious Visualization is a guided, experiential practice combining relaxation, focused attention, imagery, and mental rehearsal to help participants experience a calmer, more intentional state — not just learn about one.
Because many of our responses under stress happen automatically, the practice moves beyond conscious instruction alone. Participants are guided to mentally rehearse and experience new ways of responding to everyday pressure, creating an opportunity to practise regulation before they need it in real life.
Subconscious Visualization is structured and goal-oriented, with a focus on stress regulation, emotional regulation, and behavioural change.
It is an educational and experiential practice and does not diagnose, treat, or address medical or psychological conditions.
Meaningful change starts with meeting people where they are — not asking them to do more.
Whether you’re looking to support your team with stress and emotional regulation, bring a meaningful experience to your clients or community, or offer more personalized support, every experience is designed with your audience in mind.
I partner with businesses, wellness and motherhood centres, and community organizations to create workshops that are practical, engaging, and grounded in behavioural science — without feeling clinical or overwhelming.
There is no one-size-fits-all program. Together, we shape the experience around your goals, your audience, and the challenges they’re actually navigating — from workplace stress and team wellbeing to emotional regulation and everyday resilience.
You know your people. I bring the research, tools, and experience to create something that genuinely supports them.
A practical reset within the workday.
Focused 45–60 minute sessions designed for workplaces and teams. Participants learn what happens in the mind and body under stress, experience a guided Subconscious Visualization session, and leave with practical regulation tools they can use the same day.
Go deeper into the challenges your team is actually facing.
Interactive workshops designed around your organization’s needs — from high workloads and workplace stress to emotional regulation, resilience, and change. Content and exercises are tailored to your team, rather than delivered as a one-size-fits-all program.
Bring an experiential approach to wellbeing into your space.
Workshops, special events, and series created for wellness centres, studios, motherhood centres, and community organizations. Each experience can be adapted to your audience, environment, and goals.
A space to understand stress, experience regulation, and simply exhale.
Intimate, science-based workshops created specifically around the realities of motherhood. Available for motherhood and wellness centres to host, as well as through select public events.
Next workshop: Sunday, November 1 · Rayla, Richmond Hill
Explore the Nervous System Reset WorkshopPersonalized support for change that fits real life.
Private, goal-oriented sessions for individuals who want to better understand their patterns, regulate stress and emotions, and practise more intentional ways of responding — with an approach shaped around their goals, pace, and everyday life.
All workshops and sessions are educational and experiential in nature. They do not diagnose or treat anxiety disorders or any other mental health, medical, or psychological condition.
No. Sessions are educational and experiential, focused on stress and emotional regulation. They are not psychotherapy, counselling, or medical treatment.
A combination of nervous system education, guided Subconscious Visualization, and practical regulation tools they can use in everyday life.
Yes, always. Participants remain awake and aware and can pause, open their eyes, or step out at any time.
Yes. Participants complete a short waiver before taking part.
Absolutely. Each experience can be shaped around your goals, audience, setting, and the challenges most relevant to them.
Behavioural science. A decade in the corporate world. And the lived experience of being a mother of three.
My work has been shaped by more than a decade of studying what drives human behaviour — and what helps us create meaningful, sustainable change.
I hold a Master of Science in Persuasive Communication from the University of Amsterdam, with a specialization in Health Interventions and Behavioural Change. My academic work focused on how communication, psychology, and behavioural science can be used to understand and influence real-world behaviour.
Alongside this, I spent ten years working across sales and marketing with globally recognized technology and software companies. Working inside fast-paced corporate environments gave me another perspective: understanding the science of behaviour is one thing; creating change within the realities of busy lives, demanding workplaces, and everyday pressure is another.
Calm & Empowered brings those worlds together.
My workshops combine behavioural science, nervous system education, emotional regulation, and Subconscious Visualization to make the science of stress practical and experiential. Rather than simply telling people what they should do, I help them understand their automatic responses, experience regulation for themselves, and leave with tools they can realistically use beyond the session.
Whether I’m working with a workplace, wellness community, motherhood centre, or individual, my approach is structured, research-informed, and adapted to the people in the room — because meaningful change needs to work in real life.
I believe we often have more capacity within us than we realize. Sometimes, we simply need the right understanding, tools, and support to access it.
Salpi
University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies
Professional membership and standards
University of Amsterdam, ranked number one worldwide in Communication and Media Studies [source and year]
Advanced EQ in a business context, accredited by The Institute of Leadership
Sales, marketing, and behavioural strategy in global software and technology
Real change happens in the middle of a full and demanding life, not outside of it.
A short conversation about your group, your goals and which format fits best. No commitment, and no sales pitch.
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In person and online sessions available
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