You aren't honest about what you want.
The want is there, but you don't want it to be your want. Tangled, yes. So it stays buried under shoulds and stories about who you ought to be.
A practical program for lived change
The Bridge
Learn what blocks you, and design a system for changing how you live.
Around 12 weeks of live group practice, buddy work, and self-study with Phil Goddard and Leonhard Pessl.
We made The Bridge to help people create lasting change and wellbeing.
Phil & Leonhard
Q1 2027 / dates and details go to the list first
What changes
What stands between you and what you want?
You don't believe you can have it.
Belief that it is possible is not a nice-to-have. Without it, no amount of planning gets you there. Investing without believing in the return is nuts.
Both reasons are made of thought. Both can be examined and changed. The program begins there, but ends with systemizing the change you want to make.
What you take with you
A clearer direction, and a way to keep moving.
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Far more clarity about what makes your life good
A living document that makes your desires visible, plus a structure for keeping it honest.
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Belief that you can have it
Recognition of the thoughts that keep you small, and deliberate shifts in how you see yourself and the world.
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A practice rhythm
Group calls, buddy work, and self-study that keep you moving after the program ends.
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A shift in identity
Less revolving around yourself, more capacity to act in service. Yes, that includes acting in service of yourself.
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An honest sense of the work
One cohort can help you recognize patterns and start shifting them. Full grounding takes longer; we will not pretend otherwise.
The practice
You don't grow muscles by watching someone else work out.
The teaching lives in the preparation. Live time is for doing the work and building a system that lasts into your life.
We use your real situations and questions. You come prepared, practice, and get feedback. We hold the structure that helps the work continue between calls.
- 01Group call
- 02Buddy work
- 03Self-study
Six connected topics
From meeting life as it is to creating in community.
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Loving Being Human
What it actually means, and why loving is the verb.
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From Fixing to Loving
Dropping the fix-it mindset and meeting yourself and others as they are.
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From Consuming to Creating
Turning the consumer in you into a creator.
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From Psychologizing to Systemizing
Moving from analyzing yourself to understanding and designing your whole system.
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Creative Self-Expression as a Choice
Creating is inevitable. What you create is a choice you have to make.
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Life as a Creator in Community
Staying who you choose to be amid everyday relationships, reality, and influence.
The people
Two practitioners, one shared piece of work.
Co-creator
Phil Goddard
Phil brings 32 years in coaching and 26 years in the corporate world, with work across Europe and Asia.
Meet Phil at philg.com
Co-creator
Leonhard Pessl
Leonhard is a Gestalt-trained coach and organizational developer based in Vienna, working with individuals and groups since 2014.
Meet Leonhard at leopessl.netThe boundaries
This asks something of you.
- Not one-to-one work. That is The Shift, a separate personal engagement. We are, however, personally available here.
- Not something you can passively consume. Watching and reading count for very little; doing the work is the point.
- Not a framework to implement alone. The group is the instrument, not a nice bonus.
The waitlist
Ready to cross from insight into practice?
Join for Bridge development updates, confirmed details, and priority access when applications open.
The Bridge is planned for Q1 2027. It will be a serious investment, in the low four figures.