Conscious Impact

What Does Conscious Impact Mean to You?

Meaningful work matters. It matters to have a full life, not just a busy life. But finding evidence in the importance of your work can feel elusive. The world exists to pull you in every direction. Work, family, and hoping your actions mean something take center stage in your life. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, know you’re not alone. Many people feel tired, uncertain, and search for meaning just like you.

I know that feeling. I have been there too. Sometimes, the pressure to do more or be more, creates a sense of loss and disconnection. But what if the answer isn’t to do more? What if it’s about being more present, more aligned, and more intentional? This is the idea of conscious impact.

Why Conscious Impact Matters

Conscious impact is our ability to move from autopilot to conscious response...

…and our willingness to take responsibility for the impact of our actions on ourselves and the world around us. It’s about amplifying your everyday choices through awareness of your values. It’s about slowing the pace of a frenzied world, regardless of urgency. It’s about leading rather than reacting to what’s around you.

When you take action from a place of awareness, you create ripples—at work, at home, in your community. These ripples aren’t isolated; they build. Even when you can’t see them, they shape the world. And you don’t have to change everything all at once. A single conscious breath, a word said with intention, or a decision made with clarity—this is how conscious impact begins to compound. When you align your actions with your values, you experience clarity. You experience meaning. You find serenity within the noise of the world.

Conscious Impact Retreats

Step away from the noise

Micro Retreats - Conscious Impact (2.5 hours)

This quick mindfulness reset is a simple yet powerful way to pause and regain clarity. Whether you choose a focused breathing exercise or a short evening intensive session, each option is designed for busy professionals seeking a moment of reflection. Perfect for those with demanding schedules, this session delivers a conscious impact—helping you step back, refocus, and return with renewed energy.

Weekend Retreats - Conscious Impact (2 days)

If you’re ready for a deeper reset, my weekend retreat offers a refreshing two-day escape designed to create lasting conscious impact. Step away from the noise of everyday life and immerse yourself in a calm, supportive environment. This retreat helps you release stress, reconnect with what truly matters, and return to your routine with renewed clarity and inner peace.

Weeklong Retreats 6 days Conscious Impact

My most popular offering, the weeklong retreat, provides a full six-day immersion to step away from everyday life. Set in the tranquil beauty of Puglia, Italy, you’ll experience simple meditations, calming breathwork, and gentle teachings—all designed to create a deep and lasting conscious impact. This extended retreat allows you to fully absorb the benefits of each practice, so you return refreshed, centered, and ready for what’s next.

Conscious Impact: The Book

If you’re looking for practical tools

If you’re looking for practical tools, my book, Conscious Impact: Mindful Leadership for Meaningful Change, is for you. It’s a six-week guide filled with meditations, exercises, and real stories. You’ll learn how to manage stress, reconnect with your values, and lead with purpose. Each chapter gives you something you can use right away. You don’t need to be a CEO or a meditation expert. You just need to be willing to start.

This book is for anyone who wants to make a difference—at work, at home, or in the world. It’s about finding your own way to create conscious impact, one step at a time.

Get Involved

There are many ways to start

If you’re ready for more clarity, resilience, and purpose, you’re in the right place. Conscious impact starts with a single step. Maybe it’s reading a chapter. Maybe it’s taking a deep breath. Maybe it’s reaching out for support. Whatever it is, it matters. And it’s enough.

Let’s make a conscious impact—together.

Praise for Conscious impact

Don’t just take my word for it. People who have joined retreats or read the book share stories of real change. They talk about feeling less stressed, more focused, and more connected to what matters. They find new ways to show up for themselves and others. They see that conscious impact isn’t just a buzzword—it’s a way of living that brings more meaning and joy.

This book masterfully bridges the worlds of business leadership and contemplative wisdom, offering a practical 6 week roadmap for leaders seeking to effectively impact our complex and often frustrating world.

Leading a company as a CEO in today’s unpredictable world demands a great deal of care—both for yourself and for those around you. Staying mentally strong and aligned with your personal values is key and a skill that can be cultivated. Susanne’s new book is the ideal practical guide for any leader looking to embark on the journey toward 'mindful leadership.

Susanne offers wise and helpful perspectives and practices for leaders in this challenging time.

In times of turmoil and confusion, changing the way we go forward is much more about the "how" than the "what". This book gives a comprehensive approach and good hints for so many people feeling lost. It addresses the current emptiness of the word "leadership" by emphasising that it is, first and foremost, a journey in the company of others towards humility and courage.

The perilous times we are witnessing require an evolutionary step up by leaders everywhere. We clearly will not build a flourishing world for people and planet by using the same extractive and destructive logic that has become mainstream. Conscious Impact gets straight to this evolutionary need by embedding the business acumen and existential awareness that are Susanne von der Becke’s hallmarks. Few authors truly understand both worlds the way she does. I strongly recommend not only reading it, but using it frequently as a source of knowledge and wisdom for the challenging years ahead.

What’s gotten leaders here will not get them to the “there” the world needs now. Conscious Impact delivers the expanded toolkit modern leaders need to navigate the shifting terrain of creating impact and building success for the journey ahead. Through vivid stories, clear images, and thoughtful exercises, Dr. von der Becke maps the path – and guides the mindsets – for bringing true humanity to the role of leadership. It’s a one-stop handbook to the essential changes shaping leadership excellence as we face the future.

Many conscious leaders, including myself, are convinced that systems change does not happen without inner transformation. I refer to this as ‘mindset shift for systems change’ or ‘cosmic dance between inner and outer transformation’. Susanne has created a compelling and inspiring book for business leaders, who want to explore this dance, who have decided to cultivate clarity, resiliency, and heartfulness - necessary ingredients for leading, co-creating, and co-envisioning our future. This is a must read for any business leader, who has the desire and intention to co-create the biggest transformation humanity has ever experienced, the transformation from an extractive economic and financial system to a regenerative one.