Running the River with Lodestar
Navigate the realities of today’s workplace.
Gain understanding of the neuroscience of threat activation.
Build capacity and gain skills for regulation and recovery.
Join a community that cares.
Join us for this 6-session program.
The healing professions are relational work.
They require empathy, presence, and a steady nervous system.
Over time, that level of attunement takes a toll.
Lodestar faculty are the professionals we work with, and Running the River was designed just for you.
We’ve been where you are. We know the challenges, the exhaustion, the overwhelm. This is the work that helps everyone stay in the work they once loved.
Running the River is a small-group experience that blends the neuroscience of stress and resilience, trauma-responsive coaching, Polyvagal Theory, and reflective, community-building.
A nod to Dr. K’s river adventures, this time is intentionally restorative, joyous, and connecting.
Space remaining in 2026 Cohort B!
Jan. 15 + 29; Feb. 12 + 26; Mar. 12 + 26 from 3:00-4:30 EST
What You’ll Experience While Running the River™
Through six live sessions with guided reflection between meetings, you will:
✓ Recognize signs of secondary and vicarious stress in your own system
✓ Strengthen boundaries without losing compassion
✓ Practice self-regulation tools grounded in Polyvagal Theory
✓ Build capacity and reconnect to purpose, presence, and professional joy
✓ Develop a language and structure for ongoing self-care in your practice
✓ Build community with other professionals
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Meet Our Faculty
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Kemia M. Sarraf, MD, MPH, CCC, TIPC
President & CEO
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Ann V. Deaton, PhD, PCC, CTPC, TIPC
Director & Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Antoinette DuBois Ayers, RCC, CPCC, TIPC
Director, Training Development | Executive Coach
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Kiana S. Joersz, J.D., SHRM-SCP, TIPC
COO/CFO
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Michael Forlenza, PhD, MPH, PCC, TIPC
Director & Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Kerri Lockhart, MD, FAAP, CPC, TIPC
Director of Client Engagement | Executive Coach
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Sunny Nakae, PhD, MSW, TIPC
Director of Professional Development | Executive Coach
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Greg Pawlson, MD, MPH, FACP, AGSF
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Wendi Wills El-Amin, MD, RCC, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Lynn Black, MD, MPH, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Ken Jenkins, MA.S, ACC, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Floyd Carlson, MS, ORSCC, TIPC, CNTC, PCC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Jean Johnson, PhD, RN, FAAN, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Laura Berenstain, MD, ACC, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Dianne Rizzo, RN, PCC, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Kate Deaton, MS, PCC, TIPC, CPCC, OTR/L
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Stephanie Byerly, MD, CLC, ACC, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Lydia Johnson, MD, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Michael Hersh, MD, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Debbie Beardslee, RN, BSN, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Jennifer Pernfuss, LL.B, BA, ORSCC, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive and Systems Coach
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Tennaile Timbrook, JD, LTC (Reserves), TIPC
Senior Faculty
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Liz Peintner, MSW, PCC, CPCC, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Luis Rodriguez JD, LLM, TIPC, MS; COL (US Army Retired)
Senior Faculty
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Ann-Gel Palermo, DrPH, MPH, TIPC, ACC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Kelly Hurst, Ed.D., M.Ed, TIPC
Director of Data Analytics and Strategy | Senior Faculty
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Steve Wendell, PhD, ACC, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Lawrence Henderson, PhD, MSHRD, PCC, CPC, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Sookyung Suh, PhD, TIPC
Associate Faculty | Executive Coach
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Eliza Humphreys, MD, MPH, TIPC
Associate Faculty | Executive Coach
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Neil Gordon
Executive Strategy | Director of Communications | Special Advisor
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Devika Bhushan, MD, TIPC
Associate Faculty | Executive Coach
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Ashlea Winfield, MD, MSPH, TIPC, TMMC
Associate Faculty | Executive Coach
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Jill Wener, MD, TIPC
Associate Faculty | Executive Coach
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Ellie Hirshberg, MD, TIPC
Senior Faculty | Executive Coach
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Julia Huber, MD, TIPC, ACC
Associate Faculty | Executive Coach
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Rikeesha Phelon, MA, TIPC
Associate Faculty | Executive Coach
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Suzanne Maxwell, PhD, PCC, TIPC, CTPC, CTIPC, WBECS, CCIC, CCM, ACC
Associate Faculty | Executive Coach
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Maiysha Claireborne, MD, TIPC, MCNP
Associate Faculty | Executive Coach
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Jo Deaton, MS, APRN-BC, TIPC
Associate Faculty | Executive Coach
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Joseph Goldstein, BA
Senior Associate | Executive Office
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Allison Moss, BIS, PMP
Administrative Assistant | Support Staff, Executive Office
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Ivy Grisham
Administrative Assistant | Support Staff, Executive Office
Why This Work Matters
Sustainability begins with a well-regulated nervous system. Running the River™ with Lodestar draws from the same trauma-responsive principles that anchor Lodestar’s Second Responder™ and All of Us™ programs: safety before strategy, reflection before reaction, connection before correction.
Each session models what it teaches—slower, closer work that replenishes capacity rather than performance.
Program Details
Six × 1.5-hour live sessions + guided reflection activities
12 CME Credits
Total 11.5 hours | ICF CCE pending
Investment: $995
Choose From Two Upcoming Start Dates:
Cohort B 2026: Thursdays from 3:00-4:30 EST, Every two weeks Jan. 15, 29, Feb. 12, 26, Mar. 12, 26