Meet Gwen Klassen, Founder and Director

Gwen (she/her) is a lifelong learner, certified Life Coach, tenured orchestral musician, University Sessional Instructor, parent, and Reiki practitioner. Click on the button for links to Gwen's ongoing professional development, recordings, and blogs.
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Wellness and Leadership Incorporated (WLI) cohort courses and coaching are designed to support and cultivate change, through the wisdom practices of ​Creativity, Courage and Compassion while in Community. Sliding scale options are available.
Leadership can often be a lonely experience in any profession, requiring immense capacity, resiliency and care. Coaching with Gwen provides a safe space to process, debrief, unpack and re-engage with the vision.

Coaching Cohort Series January - June 2023

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Once/month for 6 months with Cayla Charles from Credence and Co - Transforming Power, Privilege and Prejudice for Womyn in the Arts

​Monday's 2pm Eastern
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​Once/month for 6 months with Gwen & guests
Care of both the Music and the Musician

Monday's 2pm Eastern

Learn more about the 3 Streams from which to choose!

3 Steps
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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.
Coming soon!
  • Mental Skills and Mindfulness for One-One Music Teachers with Carolyn Christie and Gwen - 12 videos on Teachable
  • Musician Wellness and Leadership Series "Care of Both the Music and the Musician. Explore your relationship to yourself, your role, the team and the stories with both compassion and personal excellence".  Teachable 
  • Flute Tapestry - The weaving of wisdom practices into the mystery and methodology of Music Storytelling, with both clarity and flexibility. Teachable
  • 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.
Gwen Klassen is an accomplished classical musician, employed by the Calgary Phil as a performing artist and by the University of Calgary as an Instructor. Gwen is also contracted independently as a Wellness and Leadership Coach/Facilitator, and has extensive administrative experience as the Founder and Director of the highly successful and original Pender Island Flute Retreat Inc 2009-2021. 

​​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.
​Embracing the paradox of both the critical and the creative mind body spirit....of both the vision and the execution, of both the lines and the spirals.
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Wellness and Leadership endeavours to create a sense of safety, meaning, belonging, voice and choice* as we unpack our backstories and bias'. 
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.