Radiant Work Circle coaching group

For leaders, therapists, coaches, and healthcare professionals who sense they’re being called toward the second summit of their work.


You’ve built a meaningful career. You’ve developed expertise, earned trust, and contributed in ways that matter.

And yet… Something inside you knows your work is evolving.

Perhaps leadership has become heavier than fulfilling. Perhaps your practice no longer feels sustainable. You may love parts of your work, but you can’t see doing this for ten more years.

And if you’re longing to contribute differently – still, you aren’t willing to throw away everything you’ve spent years building.

This group is designed for that threshold.


Discover the next right livelihood mountain you’re meant to climb.

If you’re ready to connect with others on a similar journey, align your inner wisdom with soulful action, and gently clear the emotional and inherited patterns that can make change feel harder than it needs to be, please join us.

Change of this magnitude rarely feels straightforward.

Many can find themselves caught in an exhausting volley with self-doubt.

One day, you know something needs to change.

The next, you’re telling yourself, “Who am I to want more?”

You wonder whether you’re simply burned out… whether you should be grateful for the career you’ve built… whether you’re expecting too much… or whether leaving would mean throwing away everything you’ve worked so hard to create.

For leaders, the fear may be losing a respected position or identity. Or that a shift may mean less income.

For therapists, coaches, and healthcare professionals, the question is often different: “I still love helping people – Why does this way of working feel so hard now?”

These questions don’t mean something is wrong with you.

More often, they’re signs that you’ve grown – and that your work is asking to evolve with you.

Concerns are real, and so is the risk that comes with meaningful change. We won’t shy away from exploring either.

Bringing these fears into the light – supported by a thoughtful community- helps you discern what deserves careful consideration and what may simply be old echoes encouraging you to stay small, stay safe, or stay the same.

And as you may already know, staying the same doesn’t bring peace of mind. It doesn’t quiet the question that’s been asking for your attention. More often, that alert grows louder until we’re willing to listen.

Together, we’ll learn to distinguish the voice of fear from the voice of wisdom, so your next steps can come from clarity rather than the exhausting volley between ‘I know something needs to change’ and ‘Who am I to want more?’

This group offers a thoughtful community at a similar stage of life and work. People who are ready to explore what comes next with honesty, courage, compassion, and practical support.

You’ll leave with:
Greater clarity + a personal vision grounded in practicality + understanding of the patterns that kept you stuck + practical steps you’ve begun testing + community + confidence.

Why This Journey Is Easier Together

Meaningful career change is rarely just about strategy. It asks us to question old identities, outgrow familiar roles, and trust ourselves in new ways.

That’s much easier in community.

In this group you’ll learn from your own process and from witnessing the courage and insights of others. Often someone else’s breakthrough unlocks your own.

The group creates momentum and shared wisdom that help you gain clarity, test new possibilities, and take your next steps with real-world support.

Participants will have the option of adding 1-1 work with Denise during the ten-week group.

GROUP FOCUS ZONES

We’ll cover the first two steps of the Radiant Work framework and leave you ready to enter the pathway where you can start to create this in real life.

The Radiant Work framework recognizes that meaningful work transitions aren’t solved by strategy alone. We work simultaneously with clarity, the nervous system, identity, grief, intuition, and practical experimentation. This integrative approach is informed by my Three Levels of Healing model, developed through more than three decades as a therapist, coach, and educator.

While this group is coaching – not therapy – we recognize that meaningful career transitions often involve emotional, nervous system, and identity shifts. You’ll learn practical tools to navigate them with greater confidence and self-trust.

Step one: CLARITY

  • Gathering clues for what is now calling you
  • Support to name what you really want in your next ideal work reality
  • Set up the inner / outer details so you can better attract this / notice its arrival

Step two: FOUNDATIONS

  • Check in on practical realities such as financial considerations and needs
  • Name the blocks that have stopped you, the family/ancestral/cultural ceilings
  • Learn how to name and work with your inner BS that hijacks your best intentions
  • Beta test soulful action steps within the group support matrix

Working through these first two areas of the Radiant Livelihood Journey gives you greater clarity about where you’re headed and what creative steps to take next. By the end of these ten weeks, you’ll have a clearer picture of what you’re moving toward and several real-world experiments already underway.

See Denise’s Philosophy about this Radiant Work expansion – why it can be hard, and what works best, to do this deeply and sustainably.

How the group coaching works

  • Group coaching meetings:
    Wednesday 5:30 – 6:45 Mtn time (convert to your time zone)
    Begins Sept 30th and closing Dec 9th 2026
  • Optional Radiant Work labs: 7:30 – 10:30 Mtn time , every other week
    10/10, 10/24, 11/7, 11/21 + a bonus Radiant Productivity party 12/5, 8-12 Mtn time
  • Group size limited to ten participants (Fill out the application here)
  • In person attendance is most beneficial and recordings are available
  • Feel free to (email your questions to me here)

In each Wed meeting, there will be teaching pieces, experiential work, assignments to customize your learning, Q & A.

The every other Saturday Radiant Work Lab (optional) are practice sessions where we can deepen the work together. Depending on the group’s needs, Labs may include guided regulation practices, visualization, focused work sessions, decluttering, implementation time, tool demonstrations, or other integrative pratices that help bring your insights into daily life.

Join for all or part of the Lab time. Come practice, implement, co-work, ask questions, receive support. (Note: Some of the teachings/tool demos may be shared to my YouTube channel.)

Investment

The investment for the inaugural Radiant Work Group is $997 for the full 10-week program.

Founding Early-Bird Investment: $897 through August 31
Beginning September 1, the investment is $997.
Group begins 9/30.

As a founding participant, you’ll receive the inaugural pricing while helping shape the future of the program through your participation and feedback.

Future cohorts will be offered at a higher investment.

Your investment includes:

  • Ten weekly 75-minute live group coaching sessions
  • A small group (maximum of 10 participants)
  • Session recordings if you need to miss a meeting
  • Guided exercises and resources to support your work between sessions
  • The opportunity to add individual coaching sessions with Denise at a reduced participant rate (if you decide you’d like additional support).

WHAT THIS GROUP WILL GIVE YOU:

  • Greater clarity about your next work direction and next experimental steps
  • A personal vision grounded in both practicality and your updated purpose
  • A deeper understanding of patterns that kept you stuck, and tools to loosen them
  • Practical next steps you’ve already begun testing (watch for feeling more aliveness!)
  • The support of a community that understands this journey
  • Increased confidence in making decisions aligned with who you are becoming

Group Leader

Denise Barnes is a life and career coach, licensed trauma-informed somatic psychotherapist, and spiritual counselor who has spent more than three decades helping thoughtful, purpose-driven people navigate life’s biggest transitions.

While career strategy matters, meaningful change also involves working with the nervous system, limiting beliefs, grief, identity, spiritual/ethical frameworks, and intuition.

This group brings those elements to support both practical action and deep inner change. The result isn’t simply a new direction – it’s a way of creating work that reflects your deepest values, honors your inner wisdom, and can sustain you for years to come.

Learn more about Denise and the roots of her approach, which integrates evidence-based therapeutic practices with intuitive and contemplative methods, helping clients create change that is both grounded and deeply personal.

Next steps: Is this group right for you at this time?

This group is intentionally small and designed for participants who are ready to engage deeply with both the practical steps and inner aspects of creating meaningful work.

You’ll likely be a good fit if you:

  • Are a therapist, coach, healthcare professional, or leader who senses you’re ready for a more aligned and fulfilling next chapter
  • Are willing to look honestly at the patterns, beliefs, and fears that may have kept you stuck
  • Have tools to regulate yourself during times of growth and are open to learning new ones
  • Value both practical action and inner exploration
  • Know you’re meant for more and are willing to stretch beyond your comfort zone, even when it feels uncertain
  • Have the space/time to commit to attending the group, participating respectfully, doing homework, and supporting the growth of others

This group is designed for personal and professional growth. It is not a substitute for treatment of acute mental health concerns or active addiction.

The goal isn’t simply to discover your next job. It’s to become the person who can create meaningful work again and again throughout the rest of your life.

Ready to explore?

If this speaks to you, I’d love to hear from you.

Because this is a small, carefully curated group, participation begins with a brief application and conversation to ensure the experience is a good fit for everyone involved.

Email me here about the Radiant Work Circle, and I’ll send you the application along with the next steps. Payment link will be forwarded to either pay in full, or for two payments.

Imagine looking back a year from now and realizing this was the season you finally stopped circling the question—and began creating work that truly reflects who you’ve become.

Past Client coaching experiences

Almost unfathomable what has shifted and the gears you got moving…

When Denise let me know that she was creating a group, I jumped at the chance to work with her on issues of wealth and creativity.  Having worked with Denise one-on-one in the past, however, I was unsure of how I’d feel sharing her time and expertise with other participants.  What I discovered was that her ability to zero in on the needs of her clients only became more charged and clear and created a sort of super magnet energy that connected the entire group in a dynamic, exciting, way.  Plus, by sharing the journey with other clients I was able to understand my journey more thoroughly, more quickly.  In one short month, I was on my way to living my intention: to be in awe of my joyful balanced life. I’m so grateful for the gears you got moving in me. It’s been almost unfathomable what has shifted.

Morgan Rowe, Life Coach/Chaplain, Actress/Writer, Portland, ME

“I’m doing the work I love, and contributing in the way I am meant to”

I was feeling full of all kinds of ideas but really didn’t know what to do … I needed help to focus, and be accountable again. I was feeling a little deflated – the job market, my unique profession – and I was not finding my new work in Boulder or Colorado. You had a spiritual component that I was drawn to, and the work was holistic. That’s essential, and I was drawn to that and your openness. You never pushed one way or another; you just kept asking me the questions that helped me get to the creative place, to get me to the next level. Now I’m really in my element, love the Northwest. I’m doing the work I love, and contributing in the way I am meant to. The work was really rich… heart and soul centered … phenomenal. I loved that you were so approachable and really knew what you were doing.

Sheila Tallmon, Children’s Camp Director
Seattle, WA