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Anese Cavanaugh

Anese Cavanaugh is the creator of the IEP Method (Intentional Energetic Presence) as well as a leadership & collaboration advisor, strategist, and thinking partner for business leaders in the design, service and innovation spaces. Through her speaking, writing and creative leadership programs, people learn how to optimize their leadership and presence, bringing their best selves to the table for greater collaboration, impact, and cultural success.
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Want a Leadership Breakthrough? You Need a Leadership Immersion

You can’t lead at full capacity from an empty tank. Join the in-person experience that refuels your leadership — and reboots your growth trajectory.

 

Let’s be honest: leadership isn’t getting easier. It’s getting deeper, more human, more energetically complex — and more consequential.

Whether you’re running a team, a company, or a movement, the question I hear over and over is this:

“How do I lead powerfully while also staying grounded, clear, and well?”

The truth? You can’t think your way into becoming the leader you want to be. You have to embody it — and that’s exactly what the IEP Immersion Experience is designed for.


The Self-Study Leader vs. The In-Room Leader

One of our participants once spent months trying to integrate IEP work on her own — reading the books, journaling, even using the IEP Sheet regularly. And she did make progress: she felt clearer, more intentional, more present.

But when she finally joined us for an in-person immersion, she said:

“Now I get it. It’s not just the tools — it’s the energy. The presence. Being in the room with you and others doing the work together… I shifted patterns in two days that I couldn’t touch in six months alone.”

This isn’t about more information. It’s about transformation in the moment — when your energy, awareness, and nervous system are all present.

That’s how new patterns take root. Not through theory — but through experience.


This Is Why In-Person Changes Everything

When you're in the room, we don’t just talk about your leadership energy — we work on it.

In real time.
With real people.
With Anese — guiding, coaching, and walking the path with you.

You’ll move through interactive frameworks, deep reflection, real coaching, and new energetic territory that allows your leadership to click into alignment — not just intellectually, but physically and emotionally.

You’ll walk out clearer, lighter, more grounded — and with tools you can actually use the next day (and years later).


About the September IEP Immersion

Dates: September 18–19
Location: Northern California
Format: 2-day in-person intensive (plus integration tools + vitality amenities)
Facilitator: Anese Cavanaugh, in the room with you, fully engaged.

  • Day 1 is all about your leadership energy — your internal fuel, your balance, and building your capacity to stay grounded and resilient.
  • Day 2 turns outward — we’ll work with the real-time complexities leaders are navigating now: leading hybrid teams, navigating retention, integrating AI, merging generations, and showing up with the kind of presence that modern leadership (and sales) now demands.


You’ll also have access to biohacking and vitality tools — including the fitness center, cold plunges, sauna, group breathwork, EES sessions, and nourishing food designed to fuel your brain and body.


The Results Speak for Themselves

One leader said:

“I wasn’t sure what to expect or if spending time on the ‘intangibles’ would be worth the investment — but this experience completely changed how I interact with my team and clients. I made back 30x my investment before I even got on the train to go home.”

How?

During a break, she used the IEP Sheet and tools she learned on Day Two to reset her presence and close a deal.


Save Your Seat (and $500)

This is the only public opportunity currently available to work with Anese in person this year. If you’re ready to get out of the swirl and into alignment — this is your invitation.

👉 Reserve your seat now

Use code IEP500 to save $500 through August 1.

 

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Your Physical Vitality: A Leadership Superpower

There’s a common belief in leadership:
That wellness is something you tend to after the real work is done.
That it’s a luxury, a reward, or another item on a list of “shoulds” — sleep more, drink more water, fit in a workout.

But what if physical vitality isn’t something you squeeze in, but something you build from?

In our latest Energy of Leadership — Live! session, we flipped the script on traditional wellness advice and explored physical vitality as an essential leadership foundation — one that directly influences your presence, patience, and performance.

 

 

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Mastering Presence: How the IEP Method® Helps You Serve and Retain Your Clients

There’s a space that so many practitioners — coaches, consultants, therapists, facilitators, service professionals — are hungry for…

A space where they can talk about the real challenges of holding space for others.
The energetic drain. The boundary confusion. The subtle, often-invisible ways presence (or the lack of it) impacts every client outcome.

This past week, we created that space.

In our live webinar, IEP for Practitioners and Service Professionals: How to Authentically Serve and Keep Your Clients, we invited this community to take a closer look — not just at their technical skills, but at how they show up energetically to serve.

It’s a conversation many didn’t even realize they were missing.

View a quick clip kicking off the session:

 

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Why The Energy You Show up With Is the Service You Provide

What your clients are really paying for — and what happens when you’re not fully there.

The “quality of the container” we hold for each other determines how far we can go, how much trust we build, and the results we achieve together.

This is true in any relationship — personal and professional. But in service work especially — coaching, facilitation, consulting, healing, leadership, therapy, and more — the presence we bring to that container becomes everything

Your clients may think they are hiring you for your expertise, credentials, or methodologies. But what they’re actually paying for… is your presence

They’re paying for how safe, seen, and supported they feel with you.

They’re paying for how clearly and genuinely you hold space for them. 

They’re paying for how intentional and energetic and “clean” you are in your leadership — especially when things get messy.

They’re paying for the container you hold — and your ability to hold your own energy.


This is the difference between good work and great work. Between short-term results and deep, sustainable transformation.

And yet… energy and presence are often the last thing people think about when they are “doing their thing,” providing their services, or interacting with another human being.

 

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The Confidence No One Can Give You (Or Take Away)

Are you leading in a way that feels true to you?

In our recent Energy of Leadership — Live! session, we explored what authentic, lasting confidence in leadership really looks like — and what gets in the way.

One of the biggest takeaways?

Your confidence and congruence — your ability to show up aligned with who you are, what you believe, and how you lead — is the one thing no one can give or take away from you. It’s yours. You build it. You protect it. You embody it.

And yet, many leaders (especially high-achievers) unintentionally outsource their confidence.

 

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