The practice began in 2019 with a vision of transforming work, home and community spaces to enhance well-being, welcome peace, and create positive social impact.
We influence and change how working relationships are formed and sustained, how conflicts are addressed, and the ways in which well-being is affected in organizations, on teams and within persons.
At our core, is the interactivity of the whole - person, team and systems. We offer personalized and integrative approaches to fundamental and meaningful change taking into consideration four Sustainable Development Goals as outlined by the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Health & Well-being
We promote healthy lives and well-being for all at all ages.
Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions
We promote peaceful and inclusive organizations and societies for sustainable development.
Quality Education
We ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Gender Equality
We advocate for gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Meet the Founder
I am a certified Executive, Leadership and Team Coach, and a Mediator, with a focus on designing team engagements, enhancing well-being, and sustaining creative futures.
I offer clients a range of learning modalities, facilitation, leadership, and services drawing on my experiences in large complex organizations both as an entrepreneur and an intrapreneur creating system change. My clients value my ability to remain compassionate, energizing, and supportive while challenging and strengthening their mental models to make continual progress towards creative and actionable ways forward.
I specialize in helping leaders connect with aspects of their well-being, find fulfillment, perform, learn, and grow holistically both in their professional and personal lives. I apply my training in Compassion, Focusing, Internal Family Systems, Mediation, and Positive Intelligence to go even deeper with my clients in a thoughtful and immersive way.
I am a life-long learner who is always willing to give back to her community and lift others up. I trained in the Living Systems team approaches, with the Adler Graduate Professional School, and I hold an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) designation as a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). I teach Organizational Behaviour, Strategy, Leadership & Management at Conestoga College’s School of Business, and within McMaster University’s Bachelor of Health Sciences Program. I am an Executive Coach with McMaster University’s School of Medicine Bridging Leaders Program, their Advanced Leadership Program, and with Fora: Network for Change. I am a member of the Epiphany Coaches, the Leadership Intelligence Community of Practice, and the Graduate School Alliance for Education in Coaching (GSAEC). I was awarded the Proficiency in Focusing Award and am an Associate Member of The International Focusing Institute. I am an Affiliate Partner with Tilt365 Academy. I previously led both an anxiety disorders Centre and a leadership Centre at major academic and teaching institutions. I hold a Bachelor of Honors in Psychology and Human Behavioral Biology – now Neuroscience – and a Master’s degree in Management of Innovation from the University of Toronto.
To learn more about me visit my LinkedIn profile.
FUN FACT: SOLE MATE
Amanda’s last name is Calzolaio. Calzolaio is Italian for ‘Shoe Maker’. Shoes support our feet. If our feet are comfortable and well supported, we can walk or run farther, stand longer, and do more of the things we need to do.
Amanda is your Sole Mate co-creating your best fitted shoe(s) to support you and your team one step at a time - at work, at home and in your community.