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We make well-being a performance strategy

We bring you practical, leading edge programs

Our clients reclaim focus, energy, and clarity—so work outcomes improve and life doesn’t feel like a grind.

We’ve lived the boardroom and the healing journey

That’s why we help leaders and teams turn well-being from theory into lived practice that drives real growth.

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We have partnered with over 30 Fortune 500 organizations to unlock greater well being, purpose, and achieve lasting results

 Well-being enables performance. By weaving resilience into the way you work and live, you create a foundation where results and fulfillment thrive.

Peak performance comes when your body, mind, and daily practices align into one system working together.

Today’s systems fuel burnout. We show you how to reset, regulate, and rise into resilience and performance.

The results speak for themselves

Challenges We Solve

Problem: Burnout is no longer episodic. People feel overwhelmed, disconnected from purpose, and unable to sustain performance. Disengagement quietly drains output, morale, and retention.

Gallup reports global disengagement costs companies US$ 8.8 trillion in lost productivity each year.

Our Solution: We help employees regulate stress, reconnect to meaning, and rebuild internal capacity. Our programs teach nervous system resets, emotional regulation, and clarity practices so people operate from grounded energy rather than exhaustion.

Problem: Under pressure, reactivity takes over. Stress triggers miscommunication, defensiveness, and unnecessary conflict. Performs dips when teams are dysregulated.

APA/US Surgeon General found stress-related absenteeism and low productivity cost the U.S. $47.6 billion annually.

Our Solution: We teach the emotional literacy and somatic tools that interrupt reactivity. Teams learn how to notice triggers, regulate their system, and respond with clarity. Communication improves, tension diffuses, and collaboration becomes easier and more effective.

Problem: When people don’t feel safe to speak openly or be themselves, trust erodes and culture breaks down. Engagement drops, performance declines, and turnover becomes costly and disruptive.

Replacing an employee costs 50%–200% of their annual salary according to SHRM.

Our Solution: We help organizations strengthen psychological safety through emotional intelligence training, relational skills, and real facilitated conversations. Teams begin communicating honestly, repairing trust, and supporting one another more effectively.

Problem: Leaders are overwhelmed by stakeholder expectations, constant decision-making and emotional load. Fatigue lowers judgment, drains creativity, and reduces their ability to influence and inspire.

Burned-out employees are nearly 3x more likely to be actively job searching, directly increasing pressure on leadership based on Gallup research.

Our Solution: We help leaders upgrade their internal operating system. Through regulation skills, emotional capacity-building, and strategic clarity practices, leaders learn to stay steady under pressure and lead with presence, empathy, and energy.

Problem: Stress, poor focus, and unresolved emotional strain reduce output and drive up absenteeism, presenteeism, and healthcare claims. Organizations lose millions in preventable productivity loss.

WHO found that depression and anxiety cost the global economy $1 trillion per year in lost productivity.

Our Solution: We help employees regulate stress, sharpen attention, and improve decision-making. Our science-backed practices boost energy, cognitive clarity, and emotional stability, raising performance while reducing the human factors that inflate health-related costs.

Problem: Chronic stress, disrupted sleep, anxiety, and physical tension quietly accumulate across a workforce. Over time, they lead to higher medical claims, fatigue-related errors, absenteeism, and reduced performance. These human health challenges create significant financial strain for organizations.

Untreated depression alone costs employers an estimated $9,450 per employee per year in absenteeism and lost productivity (APA).

Our Solution: We improve performance by improving the human systems that drive it. Our programs teach somatic regulation, stress recovery, breathwork, and cognitive clarity tools that strengthen mental and physical wellbeing. Employees gain more energy, better focus, and healthier daily habits, lowering preventable health-related costs while raising stability, performance, and overall vitality.

Problems we solve

Disengagement & lost productivity
  • Disengaged employees globally cost the economy $8.8 trillion annually in lost productivity. 
  • in the U.S., disengaged employees are estimated to cost companies $450–$550 billion a year through reduced productivity, absenteeism, and turnover.
  • A single disengaged employee is estimated to cost their employer around $3,400 in lost productivity for every $10,000 of their salary.
Mental health, absenteeism, and productivity loss
  • Poor mental health is estimated to cost the U.S. economy $47.6 billion annually in lost productivity due to missed workdays.
  • Globally, depression and anxiety account for about 12 billion lost working days per year, translating to about $1 trillion in lost productivity. 
  • Untreated depression can cost an employer around $9,450 per employee per year in absenteeism and lowered productivity. 
Turnover, burnout, & replacement cost
  • The cost to replace an employee can range from 50% up to 200% of their annual salary, depending on role and level. 
  • Burnout correlates strongly with turnover: workers experiencing burnout are nearly three times more likely to be actively looking for a new job (45% vs 16%).

Why Choose Us

Experienced

Seasoned consultants trusted by dozens of top executives at many top organizations

Leading Edge

Address the whole human experience bridging science based rigor with holistic practices

Simple + Customized

Customized when helpful, standardized when efficient: we make it easy for you

Coaching for Individuals

Our Coaching Practices

Leadership

Lead from steadiness, not stress. We help you expand emotional capacity, communicate with clarity, and make decisions from your highest self — even in high-pressure environments.

Career & Transition

Get clear on where you’re going and how to get there. We help you align your strengths, strategy, and direction so your next step feels intentional and successful.

Well-Being

Your inner world drives everything. We teach the nervous system, emotional, and mindset tools that help you feel better, think clearer, and live from a grounded, authentic place.

Entrepreneur

Build the life and business you actually want. We blend strategy, business tools, and energetic principles so you create success without losing yourself in the process.

Take Control of Your Career and Life Impact

Our coaching helps you shift your paradigm so you can unify career goals with personal well-being. Together we clarify direction, break through blocks, and create alignment between mind, body, and vocation, unlocking sustainable performance, impact, and fulfillment across your whole life.

  • Break through blocks and limiting beliefs
  • Turn clarity into confident decisions
  • Lead with calm under pressure
  • Align purpose with performance
  • Transform stress into fuel for growth
  • Create flow across work and life
  • Elevate leadership with presence
  • Adapt with agility and resilience
  • Unlock creativity and innovation
  • Build momentum toward bold goals
  • Understand intuition and your body

Being Well, Inside and Out

Our 1:1 coaching and healing sessions help you recalibrate from the inside out, integrating body, mind, and performance. With practices like breathwork, yoga, meditation, and somatic resets combined with clear strategy and guidance, you’ll release stress, strengthen resilience, and unlock more ease in daily life. These sessions are designed to meet you where you are, blending modern science with timeless practices so you can feel grounded, focused, and fully alive.

  • Reclaim energy and vitality
  • Lower stress and restore calm
  • Deepen authentic relationships
  • Cultivate connection (inner + outer)
  • Awaken passion and creativity
  • Build sustainable happiness
  • Flow with life’s rhythms
  • Regulate your nervous system
  • Strengthen intuition and listen to your body
  • Release trauma and stored tension
  • Ground into balance and presence

Most People Settle for 'Just OK.' You Don't Have To.

Feeling stressed, stuck, or scattered? It’s not your fault. It is your opportunity. Many people today navigate life with an unregulated nervous system. Negative thoughts and burnout are inevitable when you’re out of balance.

Our holistic approach works the way you need it to, by engaging your whole system: body, mind, and consciousness. When everything’s in sync, life works for you. This is real well being.

Meet Brett Mackey, CEO

Who We Work With

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Corporations & Orgs

Reduce burnout, improve focus, and increase resilience through experiences and training that regulates the nervous system and unlock sustainable performance

Image of Paradigm Rhyme founder Brett Mackey, at a yoga shala in Guatemala displaying his favorite mudra.

Individuals

One-on-one coaching to align your work, health, and life — so you can thrive without separating who you are from what you do

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Events and Retreats

Transform events and retreats into powerful experiences that reset the nervous system, deepen connection, and inspire lasting growth

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Private Groups

Transform gatherings into meaningful moments with immersive group offerings that balance science, spirit, and connection

Integrating Science, Tradition, and Healing for Modern Performance

We draw on years of experience guiding leaders and organizations, combined with holistic practices that strengthen both body and mind. Our approach is practical, research-informed, and human, designed to reduce stress, improve focus, and build resilience in the workplace.

We offer executive coaching and corporate wellness programs that blend modern methods with breathwork, meditation, yoga, and somatic practices. This creates a grounded path to sustainable performance, leadership growth, and well-being for individuals and teams in Chicago and beyond.

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