Summer Book Club and Coaching Intensive
Journalists Break News, Don't Let It Break You
The inaugural book club for the first of its kind book to give step-by-step tools to ensure journalists break news, without letting it break them. It's a book every journalist should have as a reminder that you deserve to feel like a HUMAN first.
Start Date: June 12, 2024
Meeting Wednesdays @ 6:30 CT
Are you this JOURNALIST?
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"Always on" and can't slow down
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Stressed and no way to get rid of it
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Have anxious thoughts of traumatic news
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Don't feel rested no matter what you try
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Feel invalidated in this career
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Deal with Imposter Syndrome
Now Pause.
Relax your shoulders, unclench your jaw, soften your eyebrows and breathe.
Imagine you're this HUMAN.
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Have an emotional health plan
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Understands stress triggers & response
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Has the tools to rest & recharge
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Has more space and peace in life
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Feel more clarity in your life's purpose
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Understand you belong in all spaces
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Your soul understands You Are ENOUGH
Join the inaugural 5 week intensive Book Club and Group Coaching Cohort
Reclaim your Emotional Health!
You are NOT defined by your job title! Learn step-by-step tools to understand your mental wellness and have work-life harmony.
Stress, Burnout or Moral Injury?
Our 24/7 news cycle has our bodies in constant stress response mode. Understand how simple tools can help your body find peace and rest.
Prepare for Trauma
Build awareness about the different types of trauma, how your nervous system responds and how to prepare for the unexpected in this constantly violent news cycle.
Manage the Microagressions and Microassaults
It's not just you. There are different rules for the marginalized. Learn specific tools to keep your peace until you find more inclusive and equitable environments.
Build your coping skills
Forget work-life balance, instead focus on work-life harmony to release pressure of the all-or-nothing mentality. Learn the tools to help you find more peace, ease and rest in life.
Call to action for Newsrooms
It's ultimately on the industry to help journalists find better quality of life. We can do our part, but also gather ideas to help normalize the conversation in your newsroom.
What's included in the 5 Week Intensive?
- Welcome Call get to know your fellow book club members, build relationships with like-minded journalists, experience a somatic movement practice and set your intentions for our 5 weeks together ($200 value)
- Weekly Group Coaching Call Live coaching with Leslie to discuss book reflections and real-life scenarios in a safe, community setting with journalists who understand what news stress is like. ($750 value)
- E-Copy of Book Get an e-copy of Journalists Break News, Don't Let It Break You ($40 value)
- Accountability Challenges build your supportive journalist network, holding each other accountable through growth work prompts from Leslie ($500 value)
- Mindset and brain hacking techniques like Neural Energetic Wiring, Hypnosis, Anchoring, Emotional Freedom Techniques (Tapping) and Somatic movement practices to embody the work you are going through, including beginner-friendly and trauma-sensitive teachings ($5,000 value)
- Mentorship and Emotional/ Mental Support from Leslie who draws on her own training and life experiences to help you focus on your emotional health, dreams and goals to get out of your own way with real action
- Custom movement and mediation library between calls this specially curated library will give you extra tools to help you in your 5 week journey and beyond.
Plus.....
- 24/7 voice/video/text communication support for check-ins in between calls, no matter what your news and life schedule brings
- Start showing up as the HUMAN you're meant to be.
- Step into the clarity of choosing your best life, putting your mental wellness first and saying YES to a life with more peace and rest.
The News Yogi Intentional Pricing Plans
Tier 1
Full Program Value
$329
One Time Payment or Split
Select this payment plan if:
- You are employed
- You may have access to financial savings
- You have some expendable income and can be choosy about where to spend it
- You sometimes stress about meeting your basic needs but still regularly achieve them
- You may have some debt but it does not prohibit you from meeting basic needs
Tier 2
Meet You Where You Are
$199
One Time Payment or Split
Select this payment plan if:
- You are unemployed, underemployed, or have unstable employment
- You have no access to savings and very limited expendable income
- You frequently stress about meeting basic needs & don’t always achieve them
- You have debt and it sometimes prohibits you from meeting your basic needs
Tier 3
Pay it forward
$529
One Time Payment
Select this payment plan if:
- You see the value in this book club and want to contribute to a more equitable world
- You want ALL journalists to experience this and have the ability to help
- You are willing and able to gift a program to a journalist who is unable to pay for it
- You are employed and do not need to worry about meeting your basic needs
- You have access to financial savings and/or expendable income** for “wants”
- You may have some debt but it does not stop you from meeting your basic needs
- Note: By choosing this price, you are “paying it forward” and supporting the book club access for one other journalist who can't pay full value
Leslie Features & Collabs:
Who is Leslie and why Coaching?
Hey Newsie! I'm Leslie, the founder and CEO of The News Yogi Coaching, providing emotional health, movement and leadership coaching to public-facing visionaries, particularly those who are often the firsts in their family from a non-dominant culture.
I began my coaching work after spending years as a TV reporter and news anchor. In such a high-stress and public career, I found myself burned out and looking for purpose. In 2016, I began my own healing journey.
Today, I'm certified in yoga psychology and an emotional health, mindset, breath work, meditation and movement coach. I'm on a mission to help high-achieving marginalized folks, do their jobs in a holistic, soul-centered way.
My work drives mental wellness conversations in the workplace to help leaders step into their purpose and big life goals.
I'm the co-author of “Journalists Break News, Don’t Let it Break You: Normalizing Mental Wellness in News,” the first book of its kind to give step-by-step wellness tools for managing stress, trauma and burnout in the news and media industry.
I'm an Emmy-nominated journalist recognized by the United Nations for my storytelling skills. I'm a first generation daughter of Mexican and Guatemalan immigrants and live in Austin, TX with my husband, a fellow journalist, and our two rescue pugs.
Here's what I can do for JOURNALISTS...
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Help You Learn... mindset work to help with burnout, stress management and ways to reconnect to your purpose.
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Help You Understand... neuroscience, stress, triggers, burnout and how it relates to your brain and mental health.
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Help Build Resourcing Tools... including thought work, Emotional Freedom Tapping (EFT), meditation, movement, breathwork and journaling to help the body activate rest, close stress cycles and relax
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Help Reach Emotional Health Goals... like how to incorporate daily practices to use at home and in the field, even when it feels like you're always on deadline. I along with this community, will give you the support you may not be getting in your newsroom.
JOURNALIST LOVE:
You're a journalist, you probably have questions!!
FAQ's
How much time is this going to take?
In order to be a different person and see different outcomes, you have to do things DIFFERENTLY. This work is all about what you put into it. You are responsible for your own results, but we're here to support you! All calls are 75 minutes and recorded for you to review if you can't make the calls.
How big is the group?
I'm limiting this to 15 journalists to ensure I can give each one of you attention and create a safe and welcoming space. Spots are filling quickly!!
Is this right for me? I just left news or am planning on it.
YES!!! I've coached journalists who quit their jobs and were lost in finding what the next thing was in their career journey. You may have left the newsroom, but our bodies and brains likely still operate as if they're living in the dysregulated news environment. So, while you're no longer in a newsroom, you may still notice at times it feels like you still have the pressures of a newsroom. Coaching will give you clarity and teach you the tools you need to regulate, put yourself first and step into the life you TRULY want to live.
What is Mental Wellness Coaching?
As a coach, I focus on teaching you emotional health management. My approach is mind-body-nervous system regulation. I help you with subconscious mindset techniques such as Neural Energetic Wiring, mindset techniques, somatic techniques, breath work, meditation and other tools to help you wire in the changes. Coaching will focus on addressing limiting beliefs and letting go of negative emotions while giving you the coping tools to use in stressful situations.
Is this therapy? How is this different?
Coaching is not therapy. Therapists focus on your past to deal with your current issues and focus on treating mental illness and other complex issues. I'm not a licensed therapist.
A mental wellness coach focuses on your emotional well-being and teaching you how to better your mental health. As a coach, I focus on your current reality to help you get to your future goals and the life of your dreams. My coaching certification is through YES SUPPLY in Toronto, Canada and is accredited with the International Coaching Federation. I'm also a 500-hour yoga educator with an emphasis on yoga psychology.
Think of your therapist as the person who gives you the diagnosis in the way a doctor would and Leslie as your personal emotional health trainer that will give you the exercises and action plan to achieve your goals and prioritize your mental wellness.
Do you have scholarships available?
I believe in wellness equity for all. Send me and email Leslie@TheNewsYogi.com and we'll chat about your unique situation!
When do we start?
We start on June 12th and meet every Wednesday at 6:30pm CT for a 5 week intensive. We will have a welcome call that will be sent and determined via survey by the first week of June.
What is Leslie trained in?
I'm a mental wellness coach, yoga, meditation and breath work educator. I have more than 800 hours of yoga training and am certified to work with techniques like EFT, Neurolinguistic Programming and Subconscious mindwork. I also have more than a decade's experience in newsrooms. As I said before, think of me as your personal emotional health trainer that will give you the action plan to reach your goals and prioritize your mental wellness. I can't do the work for you, you have to want it for yourself!
Still have a question? Email me!