This May Be the Moment You're In
You’re capable, committed, and often relied upon. You may be noticing that the cost of leadership has changed.
You anticipate problems. You manage relationships. You step in when something needs doing, and things keep moving because of it.
Capability becomes over-responsibility. Decisions get second-guessed. Boundaries need explaining. Other people's reactions become yours to manage, and the day follows you home.
You may already know exactly what you want to change. You may have known for a long time.
And still find yourself repeating the pattern.
Your leadership requires a deeper level of thinking, reflection and regulation
That is not a discipline problem, and it is not a knowledge problem. It is a sign that something underneath is holding the pattern in place.
THE REFRAME
What if the pattern you are trying to change is also protecting you?
Using Immunity to Change, adult development, and emotional intelligence, we look beneath behaviour to the hidden commitments and assumptions that keep even highly self-aware women stuck.
This is not about becoming less caring or less responsible. It's learning to care without carrying, stay connected without abandoning yourself, and trust your judgment when others disagree.
It is developing the capacity to disappoint others without abandoning yourself.
WHAT CHANGES
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Stop over-functioning without becoming detached
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Set boundaries without guilt or over-explaining
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Speak more clearly without replaying every word afterward
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Reduce rumination after difficult conversations
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Build self-trust from the inside out
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Lead with more steadiness under pressure
Not sure whether this is your work right now?
That is exactly what the conversation is for. Twenty minutes, and I'll tell you honestly, including if the answer is no.
What Makes This Cohort Different
This is not a networking group, a motivational circle or another leadership program that gives you more strategies to perform.
The Capacity Shift is a developmental coaching experience.
Together, we look beneath the surface at the beliefs, assumptions, and protective patterns that shape how you lead, respond, decide, communicate, and relate under pressure.
The goal is to build capacity.
The capacity to pause.
The capacity to tell the truth.
The capacity to hold complexity.
The capacity to disappoint others without abandoning yourself.
The capacity to care deeply without carrying everything.
The capacity to let others sit in discomfort.
The capacity to lead from your values with steadiness, clarity, and courage.
The 6-Week Structure
How The Work Moves
Before we begin - Private 30-minute session. We map where you are, what you want to shift, and what has held it in place.
Week 1 - Patterns Beneath the Surface -Name the change you want, and why insight alone has not produced it.
Week 2 - What Are You Protecting? Surface the hidden commitments that keep familiar behaviour repeating itself.
Week 3 - Assumptions Running the Show - Uncover the beliefs quietly shaping your decisions, relationships, and reactions.
Week 4 - Testing What You Believe - Design your first real-world experiment, a small, safe test that replaces assumption with evidence.
After you run your test - Private 30-minute session. We debrief what actually happened, what surprised you, and what the evidence may be revealing about the assumption beneath the pattern.
Week 5 - Boundaries, Self-Trust & Voice -Bring what your test revealed, then run a second. Stay connected to yourself when others disagree, react, or expect more and say it anyway.
Week 6 - The Capacity Shift -Integrate what the experiments taught you and build a practice that continues long after the cohort ends.
This is not six weeks of learning more about what you should do. It's six weeks of understanding what makes it difficult to do what you already know.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Women in Leadership | Physicians & Surgeons | Healthcare leaders | Clinic and practice owners | Executives and senior professionals | Education and Business leaders
Women in roles where competence is assumed, the responsibility is heavy and the cost of carrying it is largely invisible.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is The Capacity Shift for?
The Capacity Shift is for women in leadership, healthcare, education, business, entrepreneurship, executive roles, management, or high-responsibility professional roles who want to lead with more clarity, steadiness, boundaries, and self-trust.
Do I need to have an executive title?
No. Many women carry significant leadership responsibility without a formal executive title. This cohort is for women who lead people, decisions, relationships, systems, organizations, families, or change.
Is this coaching or a course?
This is a small-group coaching experience. There is structure, teaching, reflection, and practice, but the focus is developmental coaching rather than passive learning.
Is this therapy?
No. This is coaching and developmental work. It focuses on leadership capacity, boundaries, communication, self-trust, emotional steadiness, and the patterns that shape how you lead.
What if I am not sure I am ready for a cohort?
That is completely normal. You can begin with a discovery call or join the interest list before making a decision.
Is the cohort virtual?
Yes. The cohort is virtual and available to women in Alberta, across Canada, and throughout North America.
How many women are in the cohort?
The group is intentionally small with 8 participants, so there is space for reflection, conversation, and meaningful practice.
What if I prefer private coaching?
Private coaching may be a better fit if you want confidential, individualized support. Mary also offers individual coaching for women leaders and high-responsibility professionals.
PRACTICAL DETAILS
What you are committing to:
The cohort October 27 - December 1, 2026 Tuesdays, 1:00 PM Alberta Time Six consecutive weeks, live online 75 minutes per session Plus two private 30-minute sessions Limited to 8 participants
Alberta no longer changes its clocks, so this time holds all six weeks. Joining from elsewhere: October 27 is 3:00 PM Eastern / 12:00 PM Pacific. From November 3 onward it is 2:00 PM Eastern / 11:00 AM Pacific.
Between sessions About 60 minutes of reflection and real-world practice each week. Much of it is noticing rather than sitting down to work, observing your own patterns as your week unfolds.
Enrolment Registration closes October 8, or earlier if the cohort fills. Your intake session is scheduled as soon as you register.
INVESTMENT
Investment
$1,700 or two payments of $875
Includes six live 75-minute small-group sessions, two private 30-minute sessions with Mary, one before Week 1 and one after you run your first experiment and all materials. Deliberately small so every participant is worked with directly.
ABOUT MARY
I work with women who are very good at carrying a great deal, and who've begun to notice what it costs them.
I spent more than two decades as a consultant and administrative leader in a role where being the one who held everything together was the job. I was good at it. I also know what it costs, and how long you can carry it before you notice. That's why this work matters to me not as a theory about over-functioning, but as something I've had to learn my own way out of.
Mary Printz, M.Ed. Advanced Adaptive Growth Strategist (Harvard) Certified Immunity to Change Coach (Harvard) EQ-i 2.0 Certified · Leadership Circle Profile Consultant
If This Resonates
You don’t need to be certain to begin a conversation.
Or reach out directly at mary@maryprintz.com or 1-403-866-3806