Your Guide Through Professional & Sacred Transformation

MBA, MCC, and shamanic practitioner bridging executive excellence with ancient wisdom
Erin Owen sitting on a park bench under a tree

Think of me as both Leadership Alchemist and Sacred Guide—helping leaders recognize their unique gifts so they can make magic in the world while honoring the full depth of who they are.

I specialize in coaching rising leaders navigating the complexities of change—particularly those moving from senior management into director, VP, and C-suite roles, as well as those experiencing deeper identity transformations that transcend traditional career frameworks.

Since 2004, I’ve worked with over a thousand clients from nearly 30 nationalities, leveraging my change management and organizational development background, knowledge in neuroscience, and inspiration from thousands-year-old wisdom and practices from Asia to the high Andes.

“Clients appreciate my ability to flexibly utilize intriguing coaching technologies, unlock hidden wisdom and untapped potential, foresee growth opportunities and ‘connect the dots’ to evolve their careers, mix research-based science with the spiritual, and creatively design coaching fieldwork to be meaningful, motivating, and impactful.”

I’m called upon as an expert in career advancement, stakeholder management, effective communication, neuroscience-informed embodied leadership, navigating workplace complexity and influence across cultural, gender, and generational boundaries, work-life integration, holistic approaches to stress management, mental fitness and quieting mental saboteurs, and clarifying vision and goals.

What makes my approach unique is the integration of worlds that don’t usually meet: I hold an MBA from Kellogg School of Management and bring 20+ years of executive coaching expertise, while also being trained in shamanic practices and initiated into the Andean Tradition’s mystical path. I’m certified to teach yin and vinyasa yoga, a Reiki Master, and have hundreds of hours applying practices from somatic coaching, presence-based coaching, Taoism, Balinese Hinduism, meditation and MBSR.

Bridging Worlds

Executive Excellence

I serve as an Executive Coach via annually renewed contract with The Wharton Business School’s Executive and Full-time MBA programs. For nearly 20 years I’ve delivered Stew Friedman’s Total Leadership curriculum to leaders across sectors.

I also serve as the lead external consultant and leadership coach for the UC Women Lead and UC Rising Leader programs at the University of Cincinnati, and am a member of the adjunct faculty at the Community College of Philadelphia where I teach the professional coaching curriculum.

My organizational effectiveness consulting background from Hewitt Associates (now Aon) included leading cultural integration projects for Fortune 500 companies like Cadbury, GE, Verizon, and United Airlines.

Sacred Wisdom

After completing my BA in Chinese at Grinnell and graduate certificate in International Studies at the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, I lived and worked in China and traveled throughout Asia, immersing myself in ancient wisdom traditions.

This cross-cultural foundation evolved into deeper spiritual study, including shamanic training in the Andean tradition, Reiki mastery, yoga teacher certification, and extensive practice in somatic and embodied approaches to transformation.

I bring these practices into my work when they serve the client’s evolution—whether that’s using somatic visualization for executive presence, energy clearing for confidence building, or shamanic journeying for life purpose clarity.

Credentials & Experience

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Master Certified Coach (MCC)
International Coaching Federation’s highest credential

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MBA, Kellogg
Northwestern University School of Management

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International Studies
Johns Hopkins-Nanjing Center Graduate Certificate

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Hogan Certified
Leadership assessments & personality-based coaching

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Somatic Practices
Yoga RYT-250, Reiki Master, embodied leadership

Shamanic Training
Initiated into Andean mystical tradition

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Wharton Coach
14+ years, annually renewed contract

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Total Leadership
Certified Program Leader (Stew Friedman’s framework)

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Global Experience

1,000+ clients from 30 nationalities

Areas of Expertise

Career Advancement: Strategic navigation from senior management to VP/C-suite roles

Stakeholder Management: Building influence and strategic relationships across organizations
Executive Communication: Authentic presence, self-advocacy, and confident leadership voice
Embodied Leadership: Neuroscience-informed somatic coaching for sustainable performance
Cross-Cultural Leadership: Navigating complexity across cultural, gender, and generational boundaries
Work-Life Integration: Total Leadership approach to achieving success across all life domains
Mental Fitness: Positive Intelligence and quieting mental saboteurs
Vision & Purpose: Clarifying life vision and aligning career with deeper calling

Identity Transformation: Sacred support through major life and career transitions

Energy & Wellbeing: Holistic stress management and sustainable success practices

Ready to Work Together?

 

Whether you’re seeking strategic career navigation or sacred transformation—or a combination of both—I’m here to support your evolution as a whole human, not just a professional.

 

 

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