The Second Knowing™
A Spiritual and Somatic Coaching Journey for High-Achieving Women
For the woman who’s done everything “right“… and still feels something calling deeper.
A Quiet Restlessness:
When Success No Longer Feels Like Fulfillment
You’ve done everything you were told would bring peace.
You’ve built, achieved, cared, and led.
And yet, beneath the noise, there’s a quiet tug — a whisper that asks:
Is this all there is? There must be something more... something truer.
You’re not in crisis. You’re evolving.
You’re outgrowing the version of yourself that once kept you safe.
For many women, this awakening arrives alongside the physical and spiritual thresholds of
perimenopause, menopause, or post-menopause — a season when the body itself insists on truth,
release, and realignment.
The voice you’ve long quieted is now too sacred to ignore.
It isn’t asking for more doing — it’s calling you into a deeper being.
The Second Knowing™ is a trauma-informed, spiritual coaching experience for high-achieving women navigating change, identity, and awakening — in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, and online.
Who This Is For
This experience is designed for high-performing professionals, leaders, and entrepreneurial women who:
Are highly accomplished yet feel an unspoken fatigue beneath their competence.
Have reached outward milestones but sense an inner shift calling for meaning, rest, and renewal.
Are seeking a structured yet soulful approach to growth — one that integrates psychology, spirituality, and embodiment.
You don’t need to start over. You’re being invited inward.
The Invitation
The Second Knowing™ helps you translate decades of success into a new way of living — one defined by alignment, vitality, and legacy. It blends trauma-informed coaching, somatic intelligence, and womanist wisdom to guide your next evolution with integrity and care.
You’ll be guided step-by-step to:
Clarify the difference between ambition and authentic desire.
Reconnect to the wisdom of your body and intuition.
Establish boundaries that protect your energy and values.
Build a grounded strategy for sustained emotional and spiritual well-being.
What Makes This Experience Distinctive
Depth of Expertise
Led by Lisa Lackey, M.A., LCPC, CSAT, CMAT, this experience draws on more than 25 years of experience in trauma recovery, addiction treatment, and identity work—integrated with executive and leadership coaching — to meet women at the intersection of healing, purpose, and high performance.
Integrated Frameworks
The Second Knowing™ weaves evidence-based psychology, polyvagal-informed practices, and womanist theology into practical tools for embodied transformation and sustained change.
Whole-System Alignment
Through reflection, somatic awareness, and structured planning, you’ll translate inner insight into tangible shifts—in energy, focus, and presence—aligning who you are within with how you lead without.
Professional-Grade Facilitation
Each session blends warmth with rigor, creating a refined space for accomplished women who hold others yet are ready to return to themselves
The Journey: Awakening → Deepening
The Awakening (Cohort I)
Objective: To gain clarity and language for your emerging truth.
You will:
Name the deeper ache beneath your success.
Reconnect to your body’s signals of wisdom and safety.
Identify your seasonal Seed — the project, purpose, or truth ready to grow.
Create boundaries that align with your values and current capacity.
You’ll leave with:
A clear sense of direction rooted in authenticity.
Tools to regulate your nervous system and protect your energy.
A trusted circle of peers who mirror your evolution.
The Deepening (Cohort II)
Objective: To sustain and structure your transformation.
You will:
Strengthen the patterns you began in The Awakening.
Refine your relational and professional boundaries.
Build your 30–60–90 Day Seed Plan — a customized roadmap connecting purpose, performance, and wellbeing.
Anchor a personal rhythm that harmonizes action and rest.
You’ll leave with:
A structured plan that aligns ambition with authenticity.
Daily rituals that reinforce nervous system resilience.
A network of peers who hold you accountable to your next chapter.
Ways to Experience The Second Knowing™
The framework adapts to multiple professional and personal contexts. Each format maintains the same depth of content and trauma-informed care.
1. Cohort Experience
Small-group, live sessions that combine community learning, practice, and coaching. Ideal for women seeking depth, dialogue, and support.
2. Private 1:1 Intensive
A high-touch engagement customized for your pace and goals. Available virtually or in-person. Includes pre-session assessment, curated agenda, and 30-day integration support.
3. Executive & Leadership Groups
Private, confidential cohorts for senior leaders and teams seeking values alignment, psychological safety, and emotional sustainability within their organizations.
4. The Second Knowing™ Retreat
An immersive, retreat-format experience blending reflection, bodywork, and strategic clarity — designed for profound renewal and next-level recalibration.
What Our Participants Are Saying
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“The Second Knowing™ reshaped my self-understanding, illuminated a clear path forward, and awakened a deeper vitality within me. Lisa’s depth, warmth, and wisdom created a space for sustainable transformation.”
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“I’ve achieved more than I thought possible — but now I understand how to achieve without abandoning myself.”
How It Works
Every format of The Second Knowing™ follows the same sacred rhythm — a structured, evidence-informed process refined through decades of practice, grounded in neuroscience, somatic awareness, and spiritual wisdom.
The Core Process
Assessment: Each journey begins with a guided reflection or consultation to clarify goals, history, and desired outcomes.
Alignment: You’ll identify the Seed for this season — the purpose or priority ready to be nurtured — and align your environment and boundaries to protect it.
Practice: Through live teaching, somatic exercises, and reflective frameworks, you’ll develop embodied tools that support nervous system regulation and emotional clarity.
Integration: You’ll translate insight into sustainable action through The Wait Map™ and a customized 30–60–90 Day Seed Plan, ensuring your growth becomes a lived experience.
Format Adaptations
Cohort Experience:
A six-week collective journey with weekly 90-minute sessions. Each gathering includes live facilitation, community dialogue, and shared reflection — blending structure with soulful connection.
1:1 Intensive:
A personalized immersion designed for depth and pace. You’ll receive private coaching, a customized agenda, and follow-up integration sessions that anchor insight into embodied change.
Executive Groups:
Tailored for leaders balancing high responsibility with inner growth. These sessions combine developmental dialogue with applied strategy — strengthening clarity, alignment, and relational intelligence.
Retreats:
Immersive, multi-day experiences that restore nervous system balance, renew clarity, and align vision with rest. Designed for those ready to reset from the inside out.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need 'The Awakening' before 'The Deepening'?
Yes. The Deepening builds on the foundation of self-awareness, nervous system literacy, and embodied practice established in The Awakening. Each phase is designed to unfold in sequence — discovery first, then integration.
Is this therapy?
No. The Second Knowing™ is a coaching-based, educational experience that draws from psychological, spiritual, and somatic frameworks. It’s about guided growth — not clinical treatment.
Can this be adapted for teams or organizations?
Yes. Leadership and executive cohorts are available by consultation. These experiences translate the same principles of presence, regulation, and authentic connection into professional and organizational settings.
Is this religious?
No. While the language honors the sacred and acknowledges ancestral wisdom, the experience is inclusive of all faith traditions and personal worldviews. It’s spiritual, not dogmatic.
Meet Your Guide
Lisa Lackey, M.A., LCPC, CSAT, CMAT
Co-Founder, Insideout Living
Women’s Transformation & Deep Identity Coach
Lisa brings more than 25 years of trauma-informed clinical practice and executive coaching expertise. She integrates psychology, spirituality, and embodied leadership to help women reconnect with their wholeness and lead from within.
Through Insideout Living™, Lisa and her husband, Steve, have launched more than 15 clinicians into thriving practices and guided hundreds of high-achieving women through sustainable transformation — blending neuroscience, ancestral wisdom, and soul-centered strategy into a process of lasting change.
Your Next Step
The restlessness you feel isn’t emptiness — it’s a signal.
What feels like unease is often the first movement of alignment — the body and soul beginning to agree on what’s next.
If this resonates, let’s discern the path that best supports your next becoming — whether through The Second Knowing™, private coaching, or a restorative intensive.