Coaching, courses, and concerts to cultivate an inclusive culture with ​creativity, courage, and compassion.

Wellness and Leadership Incorporated (WLI) cohort coaching, courses and concerts are designed to support and cultivate change, through the wisdom practices of ​Creativity, Courage and Compassion. Invoke your leadership presence while navigating your role, responsibilities and resources as you discern wise next steps for both the individual and organizations' wellness. Sliding scale options are available.
  • For Ongoing WLI productions, click here. This includes the 13 WLI workshop series for Mount Royal University Conservatory Advanced Performers Program.
  • For Spring/Summer 2024 Series, click here
  • ​Questions? Contact Gwen

Gwen Klassen

Wellness and Leadership Founder and Director, Gwen (she/her) is a lifelong learner, certified Life Coach, tenured orchestral musician, University of Calgary Sessional Instructor, Workshop facilitator/producer for Mount Royal University Conservatory APP programme,  parent, Reiki Master, and certified End of Life Doula.

Click here for links to Gwen's ongoing professional development, recordings, and blogs. Gwen was also the Founder and Director of the highly successful Pender Island Flute Retreat 2009-2021. Wellness and Leadership Inc Values ​
Leadership can often be a lonely experience  professionally and personally, requiring immense capacity, resiliency, care and a circle of trust. Coaching with Gwen provides a safe space to process, debrief, unpack and re-engage with the vision.
 WLI often hires additional consultants for the Womyn in the Arts Series and the Musician Wellness and Leadership Series such as Cayla Charles, Carolyn Christie, Betty Pries. The Flute Tapestry Series guests included Alex Conway, Sara Hahn Scinocco from the Winnipeg Symphony and Calgary Phil.

One-One Coaching

​One-One coaching allows for a more in depth and insightful approach to creating and executing your vision for your life. It's all about rooting in the relationship we have to ourselves that anchors us when the winds of transitions begin to blow, and we're sensing the call to lead.
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A safe space to discover and explore what is alive and sparkling in you right now, and unpack what's getting the the way!
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Pender Island, BC


​Monthly Coaching Cohorts & Courses

WLI is currently producing 13 bi-monthly workshops for the Advanced Performers Programme at the Mount Royal University Conservatory. "Movement, Mental Skills and Mindfulness for Musicians". Contact Gwen if you wish to audit.
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West Hawk Lake, MB
Musician Wellness & Leadership Cohort
Once/month Monday's @ 2pm Eastern
​Jan 15, Feb 12, Mar 11, Apr 15, May 13, June 17 $189 CAN. Join the next cohort Series in Sept 2024.
Explore our constant yet ever changing relationship to Music, ourselves, and each other throughout our career and life chapters!
Flute Tapestry - 12 week video Series
2 or more videos each week for 12 weeks.  Next session July 8 - Sept 23, 2024 $125 CAN
Weekly Mental Skills & Mindfulness videos by Carolyn Christie and Gwen, plus curated flute fundamental videos, as well as charts, videos,  articles, and documents from Gwen's many years as faculty | Life Coach | administrator at the ​Pender Island Flute Retreat, of which she was also Founder & Director for 12 years.

Curate your own private or cohort series process

3 Steps

Step 1 - Book a free zoom consult with Gwen to discern which stream is best for you and your team.
Step 2 -  Register and receive Wellness and Leadership Inc discovery and preparatory packages.
Step 3 - Engage deeply with the process of exploring what you want and create an accountable plan. Execute and evaluate the plan. Be willing to experiment and change the plan with Generosity, Gratitude, and Grace.
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West Hawk Lake, MB
Gwen Klassen is an accomplished classical musician, employed by the Calgary Phil as a performing artist and by the University of Calgary as a Sessional Instructor. Gwen is also contracted independently as a Wellness and Leadership Coach/Facilitator (certified), and has extensive administrative experience as the Founder and Director of the highly successful and original Pender Island Flute Retreat Inc 2009-2021. Gwen is a Certified Reiki Master and End of Life Doula.

​​The integrative, nuanced, paradoxical wisdom gathered from all Gwen's experiences, expertise and education is the foundation of her performing, teaching, coaching and facilitating career.
​Wellness and Leadership Inc endeavours to create a sense of safety, meaning, belonging, voice and choice* as we unpack our backstories and bias'. 

Coaching Testimonials

"Gwen helped me identify what I wanted and to say it out loud.... We talked through strategies on how to clear some space for this goal and made a short-term and a long-term plan...." A.C.

​"I found (Gwen's) suggestions and hints to be just what I needed to go forward with the ideas that were incubating in my subconscious. Without leading me off my path, she offered ideas and experiences from her own life that reflected issues I have been having in mine. I would strongly recommend her as a coach to anyone who wants more clarity in their lives and could use some guidelines offered by a long time professional to find it." N.B

"The classes gave me the opportunity to slow down once a week and check in on my physical and mental health. It also brought more intention and meaning into my daily practice that I didn't have before. Providing a space to talk about important and vulnerable issues in music and life, and challenging me to dive deeper and ask questions about who I am and why I make music." Anonymous

"...Gwen consistently led classes with her infallible sense of humour and an honest perspective from the eyes of an accomplished professional musician.... I always knew that the morning class would bring laughter and insightfulness....Gwen excels at teaching people to recognize and appreciate the people around them....Gwen created the friendly, encouraging, and supportive environment....” S.M.
Coming Soon!

  • Patreon - The Atom as a metaphor for Leadership and team dynamics, Body, Brain, Breath and Boundaries, The Container and Column, Ease with the Effort, Paradigms and Paradox, Flow, Harmonic Series as a metaphor for Life's transitions and transformations, Resonance and Resilience.