
Cultivating emergence and belonging in the spaces where we work, live and lead.
Loam deepens community and develops leaders with reverence to nature.
The word “loam” means “nutrient-rich soil.” To us, soil represents the interior spaces we occupy that shape what we grow on the surface.
Whether that space is within ourselves, our organizations or our communities, Loam’s relational change framework looks to Earth’s wisdom as a guide for cultivating soils rich with interdependence, belonging and emergence.
Let us grow from here!

What We Do
Building capacity and confidence to embody relational change
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Education
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Programs
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Design & Facilitation
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Leadership Coaching

Our Approach
Changemaking is a sacred act. We offer a generative approach that invites us to embrace joy alongside impact.
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Interdependent
We’re relationship-centered.
We lead all aspects of our work with respect and reverence to interdependence, building from a foundation of trust, adaptability, equity and belonging.
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Whole
We’re humans, first.
We make sure working together feels good. Across all of our services, we honor our individual and collective creativity and wellbeing.
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Courageous
We’re in this together.
Just like you, we are always learning and working to embody the change internally that we seek to create externally. Together, we will practice new ways of being, learning and working.
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Systemic
We won’t lie to you.
We’re not going to sell you on quick, superficial fixes. This work requires attention and spaciousness over the long haul. Our job is to help transform at the interlacing personal, community, structural and cultural levels.
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Mutual
We know you’re brilliant.
We’re aware that the best solutions come from the ground up. We work as partnered learners to illuminate and prioritize the wisdom of our clients, collaborators and the communities we serve.
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Bold
We dream big.
We believe in possibility and bold visions. We make those dreams become reality with practical, principled action to tangible, transformative outcomes.

Our People
Radicals and revolutionaries, bridge builders and weavers, space holders and healers
You’re in the right place if…
You’re proud that your way of moving through the world challenges the status quo
You are aware that systems change is a marathon, not a spring
You understand leadership as an action, not a position
You’ve been called an “outside the box” thinker more than once in your life
You know in your bones that “radical” is sometimes subtle
In your world, play and rest are just as important as work
You feel called to slow down in a fast-paced world
You understand conflict, even when messy, can lead to deeper connection when tended to with care
You prioritize people and can often be found working “at the heart” of it all
You invite intuition into your way of knowing and decision making
You learn best when integrating mind, body and spirit
You want a brave space to deepen your anti-oppression and liberation practices