The Psychology of Self-Leadership™
Depth Psychological Training for Executives
“Founded by James Fox by integrating Jungian depth psychology (4 years of personal analysis with James Hollis, PhD), contemplative practice (training with the late Kathleen Dowling Singh), and 40 years of lived transformation work”
You've achieved external success.
The gap between what you’ve built and who you’ve become feels wider every year. No productivity system addresses what’s actually missing—inner integration.
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Social
Neuroscience
Nervous system regulation and embodied transformation. Your body maintains patterns despite conscious intention—chronic tension, reactive states, dysregulation masquerading as productivity. This dimension addresses capacity, not understanding. You develop the somatic foundation for witnessing awareness: the ability to hold intensity without reflexive action.
You learn to stay steady under pressure instead of bracing through life.
Jungian Depth
Psychology
Systematic engagement with unconscious patterns, shadow material, and archetypal forces. This addresses structural transformation of how your psyche organizes itself. You learn to recognize when the ego is compensating for inner fragmentation rather than serving authentic development.
You stop being driven by patterns you can’t see.
Contemplative
Practice
Witnessing awareness through non-judgmental observation. This isn’t meditation for stress relief—it’s training in metacognition. You cultivate the capacity to observe your own psychological processes without being consumed by them. The gap between stimulus and response becomes workable space rather than reactive inevitability.
You gain space inside yourself—so you can choose, not react.
Three Dimensions of Integration
The Psychology of Self-Leadership™ integrates three complementary dimensions of depth work:
INTEGRATION
Jungian Depth Psychology
Systematic engagement with unconscious patterns, shadow material, and archetypal forces. This addresses structural transformation of how your psyche organizes itself. You learn to recognize when the ego is compensating for inner fragmentation rather than serving authentic development.
You stop being driven by patterns you can’t see.
Social Neuroscience
Nervous system regulation and embodied transformation. Your body maintains patterns despite conscious intention—chronic tension, reactive states, dysregulation masquerading as productivity. This dimension addresses capacity, not understanding. You develop the somatic foundation for witnessing awareness: the ability to hold intensity without reflexive action.
You learn to stay steady under pressure instead of bracing through life.
Contemplative Practice
Witnessing awareness through non-judgmental observation. This isn’t meditation for stress relief—it’s training in metacognition. You cultivate the capacity to observe your own psychological processes without being consumed by them. The gap between stimulus and response becomes workable space rather than reactive inevitability.
You gain space inside yourself—so you can choose, not react.
Three Dimensions of Integration
The Psychology of Self-Leadership™ integrates three complementary dimensions of depth work:
The Hidden Cost of Inner
Fragmentation
This isn’t a list of symptoms you’re managing. It’s a trajectory. The gap between external success and internal integration doesn’t stay constant—it widens.
The Leadership Gap
You lead teams, manage complex decisions, navigate organizational politics. But the internal chaos—competing impulses, unexamined patterns, reactive states—undermines the clarity your role demands. What starts as Sunday night anxiety becomes chronic dysregulation. You’re effective, but at what cost?
Purpose Drift
The work that once felt meaningful now feels mechanical. You’re checking boxes, hitting targets, accumulating achievements—but the sense of direction has eroded. What begins as ‘going through the motions’ becomes moral injury. The cost compounds year after year.
Relationship Fragmentation
You show up differently in different contexts—professional, personal, intimate. These aren’t healthy boundaries; they’re unintegrated fragments. The person who leads with confidence at work withdraws at home. The person who appears self-aware in conversation remains blind to their own shadow material.
The Five-Year Slope
Where does this trajectory lead? Not crisis, necessarily. Something quieter and more insidious: a life that looks successful from the outside while feeling increasingly hollow within. The gap widens. The adaptations become more elaborate. The cost becomes normal.
WHAT THIS ISN'T
This Isn't Surface-Level Work
No productivity hacks. No five-step frameworks for peak performance. No vision boards or manifestation exercises.
The Psychology of Self-Leadership™ is depth work—systematic engagement with unconscious patterns, nervous system states, and inner fragmentation that conventional approaches can’t address because they operate at the wrong level.
This is training for people who understand that surface-level solutions create more elaborate adaptations, not actual integration.
The Unitive Mind™ Integration
Framework™
From Fragmentation
to Integration
Integration isn’t a destination you arrive at. It’s a capacity you develop—the ability to hold complexity without fragmenting, to feel more without being consumed, to act from clarity rather than compensation.
Shadow Work & Projection
Your shadow—the disowned aspects of yourself—doesn’t disappear through positive thinking. It operates autonomously, driving reactions you don’t understand and sabotaging outcomes you consciously want. You learn to recognize shadow material not as something to eliminate but as unconscious energy to reclaim and integrate.
Nervous System Regulation
Chronic dysregulation masquerades as productivity, urgency, or high standards. Your nervous system has learned to interpret ‘calm’ as ‘unsafe’—so you create crisis to feel functional. This work addresses the somatic patterns maintaining fragmentation, not just the thoughts about them.
Autonomous Complexes
You contain multiple autonomous complexes—relatively independent psychological patterns operating with competing agendas. What Jung called ‘a collection of relatively autonomous complexes’ isn’t metaphor; it’s structural reality. Integration requires recognizing when complexes are active and developing capacity to observe them without identification, rather than forcing false unity through willpower.
Witnessing Awareness
The capacity to observe your own psychological processes without being consumed by them. This isn’t detachment or spiritual bypassing—it’s the foundation for choice. You hold intensity without reflexive action. The gap between stimulus and response becomes workable space.
WHY Unitive Mind™
Depth Work, Not Surface
Solutions
Systematic Training, Not Inspiration
The Psychology of Self-Leadership™ is a systematic approach to integration developed over 40 years of transformational work. This includes 4 years of personal Jungian analysis with James Hollis, PhD—one of the world’s leading Jungian analysts—and advanced training at the Jung Society of Washington.
Clinical Precision, Not Generic Frameworks
Every concept, practice, and framework is grounded in established depth psychology—Jung, Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems, Contemplative Neuroscience. This isn’t borrowed language applied superficially. It’s precise application of clinical models adapted for high-functioning professionals.
Integration, Not Optimization
You’re not here to become more productive or achieve better work-life balance. You’re here because fragmentation—the gap between who you appear to be and who you actually are—has become untenable. This work addresses that gap directly
Pathways to Integration
Three pathways to integration. Choose the approach that matches your current readiness and circumstances.
Private Depth
Consultation
One-on-one depth work for executives addressing root-cause patterns. Systematic psychological training for integration, not therapy. Minimum 3-month commitment.
The Inner Path™
Training Program
Comprehensive 12-module self-guided training in the Psychology of Self-Leadership™. Covers shadow work, nervous system regulation, internal parts, contemplative practice, and integration.
Intensive
Workshops
3-day deep-dive workshops on specific dimensions: Shadow Work, Nervous System Regulation, Internal Parts Integration. Limited to 8 participants. Held quarterly in Washington, DC area.
FAQ
Frequently Asked
Questions
No. This is depth psychological training and consultation, not clinical therapy. I’m not a licensed therapist and don’t treat mental health conditions. This work is for high-functioning professionals addressing root-cause patterns—fragmentation, misalignment, Success-Shadow dynamics—not symptoms requiring clinical treatment. If you need therapy, I can help you find qualified resources.
Executive coaching typically focuses on performance optimization, leadership skills, or career advancement. The Psychology of Self-Leadership™ addresses the psychological infrastructure beneath performance—unconscious patterns, nervous system states, internal fragmentation. Most people come to this work after coaching has improved their effectiveness without addressing what’s actually missing.
Private consultation: Minimum 3-month commitment, typically 6-12 months for substantial integration. The Inner Path™ program: Self-paced, average completion 3-6 months. Workshops: 3-day intensives held quarterly. Integration takes time—there are no shortcuts to depth work.
High-functioning professionals who’ve achieved external success but recognize something fundamental is missing. People who understand that productivity systems and leadership frameworks operate at the wrong level. Individuals ready to address root causes rather than manage symptoms. If you’re looking for quick fixes or motivation, this isn’t the right fit.
Ready for Depth Work?
If you recognize yourself in this description—if the gap between external success and internal integration has become untenable—you’re ready for this work.