Timeless Wisdom for Modern Life

What happens when you regulate your inner world to transform your outer impact?

Former Big Law attorney turned meditation teacher, corporate speaker, and executive coach.
I help high-achieving folks source their power from wisdom rather than achievement—creating ripple effects of calm in chaotic times.

How I Serve People

Corporate Speaking

Ancient wisdom for modern leadership challenges.
I help organizations understand what I call “the organizational nervous system”—how leaders either spread stress or create calm throughout their teams. Through interactive keynotes that combine research-backed insights with live practices, teams learn to transform pressure into presence and crisis into conscious leadership.

Executive Coaching

Nervous system-first transformation for leaders.


I guide high-performing professionals through major transitions and threshold moments using approaches that work with your nervous system, not against it. This isn’t traditional coaching—it’s transformation that honors both who you’ve been and who you’re becoming.

India Pilgrimage
March 2026

Transformational journeys for conscious leaders.

I lead small groups of visionary professionals to places where ancient wisdom traditions were born, creating space for profound personal and professional transformation. These aren’t vacations—they're pilgrimages designed to help you remember who you are beneath all the armor.

The 40 Portal Project

Something extraordinary happens when women stop performing and start sharing their real stories.

What began as handwritten letters for my 40th birthday has become a revolutionary collection of multigenerational wisdom—women’s authentic voices creating medicine for other women’s becoming.

When we tell the truth about ourselves in our own voices, we grant wild permission for other women to do the same.

Your voice—whatever threshold you're standing at—might be exactly what another woman needs to remember who she really is.
This isn't just a book project.
It’s a movement of women choosing truth over armor, presence over performance, and collective wisdom over isolated struggle.

Where Ancient Meets Modern

My approach draws from wisdom traditions that have sustained conscious leaders for centuries—the teachings of Rumi on gradual transformation, Parker Palmer’s work on the undivided life, Buddhist practices for navigating uncertainty, and Socratic methods of self-inquiry—combined with cutting-edge research on nervous system regulation, organizational psychology, and sustainable high performance.

The result is frameworks that enhance rather than compete with professional excellence, helping you integrate who you are with what you do.

Let’s Sit Together.

I’ve said these words thousands of times as an invitation to the groups I’ve led through meditation, mindfulness practices, breath work, and guided relaxation & nervous system reset practices.

It’s also the name of my newsletter, where I explore what it means what inner work looks like in community, using ancient wisdom in modern times.

Whether you found me through my corporate work, my writing about transformation, or somewhere else entirely, you’re here because something in you recognizes that there's another way to live—one that doesn't require choosing between success and soul.

What Cath’s Clients Say:

  • "Her warmth is contagious. From the moment she entered the space, the energy shifted, and everything felt more serene. Catherine has a gift for making everyone feel seen and supported while delivering transformational content."

    — Corporate Event Organizer

  • "I'm no longer in a state of constant burnout and exhaustion. I have a fuller cup to pour from. Rather than chasing happiness, I've learned what contentment feels like."

    — Executive Coaching Client

  • "Over the past 4 years of working with Catherine, she has offered endless wisdom and thought-provoking questions that help me move from point a to point b with confidence. She is a trusted guide who always has your back."

    — Longtime Coaching Client

Welcome,
Welcome,
Welcome.

I'm Catherine Zack, but you can call me Cath.
I work with people who are ready to listen for the sound of their own voice.

I see you—you’ve spent a lifetime checking the right boxes, collecting the degrees, climbing the ladders. You've achieved what others call success.

And yet... you’ve reached a moment where you’re ready to ask: Are these choices really my own? Is there better alignment between my inner landscape and my outer reality?

As a former Big Law attorney who walked away from the partnership track to find something more sustainable and true, I understand the complexity of transformation without abandoning excellence.

My approach bridges ancient wisdom with modern life—because sustainable leadership requires more than strategy. It requires connection to something timeless and true.